Trigger warning: This article includes descriptive language that may be triggering for survivors of gender-based violence. Twenty-nine years ago, a man entered a packed classroom at l’École Polytechnique, the engineering school at l’Université de Montréal. He told all the men to leave the room. “J’haïs les féministes,” he said to the women who were forced…

The mysterious group behind last month’s commando-style raid on the North Korean embassy in Madrid on Thursday boldly promised “bigger things ahead” in its stated goal to “overthrow the Kim Jong-un regime” with comrades from within. But until earlier this week, the little-known Choellima Civil Defence (CCD) group had largely existed in the shadows, describing…

The Predator’s ending already had a bit of a surprise, but one of its alternate endings almost featured a major Alien reference. SFX artist Yuri Everson posted an image on Instagram that supposedly came from the BCIT Aerospace Centre showing actress Breanna Watkins playing a “Predator Killer Ripley,” with her face covered by a mechanical…

OKLAHOMA CITY —  The 2015 Championship Season for the ASA/USA Junior Olympic (JO) Program is coming to a close as over 1,200 teams will head to the ballpark this week on their journey to claiming a 2015 ASA/USA Softball National Championship the Amateur Softball Association (ASA)/USA Softball announced today.  With over 40 JO National Championships taking…

Pureed pastry may not sound appetizing, but Sweden is preparing to road test such a ‘dish’ as part of a new 3D-printed food project which aims to make higher-quality mushed meals and improve elderly people’s nutrition. The number of adults who have trouble chewing or swallowing increases with age, resulting in a serious risk of…

Epic Games, known for developing the highly popular Fortnite, has received an “F” rating from the Better Business Bureau, though the rating might not be an accurate reflection of Epic’s customer service. The BBB allegedly granted the rating due to unanswered customer complaints, stating that 279 complaints have been filed against the business, but 247 have…

After several months of verbal sparring and rumor, the hotly anticipated debate between Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson has been arranged, with the philosophers scheduled to go tete-a-tete later this year. Announcing the intellectual bout in a YouTube video on Thursday, the media-savvy Peterson said he would face off against the reclusive Slovenian Marxist in…

Anti-EU populists have triumphed in regional elections in the Netherlands, robbing the governing party of its senate majority in a vote held two days after a suspected terror attack in Utrecht. The Forum for Democracy supports “Nexit”, the Netherlands leaving the EU, and is virulently against immigration and anti-Islam. It is led by Thierry Baudet, 35,…

Kristi Lane Sinclair didn’t know what to expect when she set up her first meeting with members of the Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre for a project she’d be working on. So to put her best foot forward, she brought coffee and muffins — only to realize that everyone she was meeting with was…