MONTREAL — Criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by the wife of Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault raised questions Wednesday about how a possible Coalition government would get along with the federal Liberals. In a newly emerged recording, Isabelle Brais, Legault’s wife, can be heard telling a party meeting last month that while Trudeau’s…
The Upper House Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty has registered more than 1,000 incidents of the western mass media meddling in the recent Russian presidential polls. The overall number of negative reports relating to the election was some 55 times bigger than ones with a positive outlook. “Over the period of our monitoring…
In an alleged e-mail that went out to various Microsoft employees, Xbox head Phil Spencer reportedly said the Google Stadia announcement had “no big surprises,” and that Xbox in turn will “go big” at E3 2019. Thurrott, a website known for reporting on and leaking Xbox news, claims it got hold of this e-mail. “We…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Texas Lutheran’s Maitlin Raycroft and Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Mallory Klotz captured Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors. Raycroft, a junior right-hander for the 19th-ranked (22-4) Bulldogs, set the Division III record for no-hitters in a season with her sixth in Sunday’s twinbill nightcap against Austin College. In the…
OTTAWA — In a sobering new report, the head of the United Nations says the security situation in Mali has sharply deteriorated over the past three months even as demand for more food aid and other humanitarian assistance has skyrocketed. The assessment by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres coincides with the presence of Canadian peacekeepers…
Some 79 percent of Russians want their country to use Chinese means to fight corruption, with the death penalty for large-scale bribery, according to a Twitter poll conducted by the head of the Defense Ministry’s public council. Earlier this week renowned Russian journalist and military expert Yuri Korotchenko asked his Twitter following to answer the…
Borderlands 3 will officially release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on the Epic Games Store on September 13, 2019, and four different versions of the game have been revealed, including the $250 Diamond Loot Chest Collector’s Edition. Announced by Gearbox Software and 2K, the latest entry in the Borderlands franchise also received a…
“But didn’t that just become illegal in Canada?” I’ve been getting this question a lot lately in relation to our campaign to ban animal testing for cosmetics in Canada. Back in June, the #BeCrueltyFree Canada campaign, led by Humane Society International and Animal Alliance of Canada, had cause for celebration as the Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act…
A Russian MP from Crimea has told RT that Ukraine’s fears about nuclear weapons deployment in the republic were groundless and advised those who spread such rumors to take anti-panic drugs. The comment came from MP Dmitry Belik, who represents the Crimean city of Sevastopol in the State Duma in reply to recent allegations made…
A photo picturing a man, similar in appearance to Russia’s space chief, making a Nazi salute went viral on Sunday. Journalists and public figures picked it up as an exposé but the image got promptly debunked. An undated black and white photo posted by Alex Kokcharov, a country risk analyst, was accompanied with the claim…