Canada Why is Pride celebrated in different months across Canada?Pride season is well underway across Canada. The timing of local events and celebrations varies, however, with some Pride events occurring in June and others arriving after the formal start of summer. Pride season arrives in Canada, with events underway now and through the summerCBC NewsContinue Reading
Canada Some of the characters from Sarah J. Maas’ internationally best-selling series A Court of Thorns and Roses are starting to pop up on baby names lists in the U.S. and Canada. The ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas has inspired baby names like Cassian and Rhys Natalie Stechyson ·Continue Reading
Drake has seemingly bet big on the Edmonton Oilers to win the Stanley Cup Finals. A recent post on his Instagram account outlines a $500,000 US bet in favour of the Canadian team hoping to bring the Cup north of the border for the first time in 30-plus years. “Oilers areContinue Reading
Canada·First Person After years of hiding her body and feeling ashamed of her weight, Whitney Swinimer realized she could do things differently: instead of changing her body to fit store-bought clothes, she could make clothes that made her feel confident and beautiful. I realized I could make clothes to fitContinue Reading
China’s electric vehicle industry is poised to dominate the globe, and that has governments in Europe and North America, including Canada, grappling with how to meet ambitious targets for reaching 100 per cent zero-emission vehicle sales through domestic manufacturing. “In the last five years or so, China emerged as anContinue Reading
Canada If there’s anything people can agree on these days, it’s that flying sucks. Which may partially explain the online roasting of WestJet’s new UltraBasic fare, where travellers can board the plane and that’s about it. Social media response to the airline’s new ‘no-frills fare option’ was swift and merciless Natalie Stechyson · CBCContinue Reading
Canada A leading federal scientist claimed he wasn’t allowed to keep investigating a mystery neurological illness that made dozens of people sick in New Brunswick, according to an email obtained by CBC News. Dr. Michael Coulthart was moved off file after team ‘ruled out’ his specialty cause of disease, PHACContinue Reading
Canada People have found a new reason to be angry on the internet, and this time, it’s about grocery carts. More specifically, whether or not you return your shopping cart to the grocery store corral or leave it in the parking lot — and if leaving it is rude. ‘Judge me all youContinue Reading
Canada·First Person Being an alcoholic isn’t something that Matthew Heneghan openly shares with pride. But he still wants to share it publicly in the hopes it might help others seek the help they need. Rehab was a battlefield, but I liked the person who emerged from the fog of alcoholismContinue Reading
