Month: April 2019

After an absence from Italy of nearly 500 years, beavers are back. The species, which was once widespread across Europe, has been spotted in Italy’s “Beavers are back in Italy after an absence of nearly 500 years as big mammals rebound in Europe”

OTTAWA — Torstar Corp. and Postmedia Network Canada Corp. agreed to lists of employees who would be terminated as part of their deal last year “Torstar-Postmedia Deal That Cost 300 Jobs Part Of Conspiracy, Competition Bureau Says”

A seven-year-old girl who talked to Donald Trump on Christmas Eve still left out milk and cookies for Father Christmas despite the president telling her it “Donald Trump fails to diminish girl’s belief in Father Christmas”

For more than a century, Belgium’s Royal Museum for Central Africa has stood as a monument to the worst excesses of colonial plunder.  After a “Belgian museum on Africa reopens after 10-year effort to exorcise the ghosts of colonialism”

SHUBENACADIE, N.S. — A Nova Scotia livestock farmer’s racy marketing campaign has set off a social-media slugfest over beef and a satirical holiday for men “Moo Nay Farms, Shubenacadie Steak Producer, Sparks Backlash With 'Man's Day' Ad Campaign”

Are you in the habit of putting everything off until tomorrow… or the day after that? You’re certainly not alone. Everyone needs strategies to help “8 Tips For Improving Self-Motivation And Productivity”

When chaplain Mikhail Vasilyev’s parachute malfunctioned during a low-level training jump in central Russia in 2007, it wasn’t a miracle of God but his military “Putin is planning a school for military priests at his £236m ‘military Disneyland’”

Fierce clashes broke out in Yemen’s crucial port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, leading UN and Yemeni officials to delay the "official" start of the hard-fought “Fierce clashes in Hodeidah cast doubt over ceasefire”

TORONTO — Workers at auto body shops deliberately damaged cars, installed used parts but billed for new ones, or invoiced for phantom repairs, according to “Aviva Canada Urges Action After Investigation Shows 'Pervasive' Auto Body Shop Scams”

Egyptian police say they have killed 40 suspected "terrorists" who were planning a spate of attacks on churches and tourist sites, following a deadly roadside “Egyptian authorities kill 40 ‘terrorists’ in Giza after tour bus bombing”