Canadians Divided Over Legal Age For Marijuana, Angus Reid Institute Poll Suggests

Almost a month into Canada’s waltz with legal weed, a new poll suggests Canadians are divided when it comes to the age to buy and consume marijuana. The federal government set the minimum age for recreational cannabis at 18, but left it up to the provinces and territories to decide if it should be higher….

Steven Seagal says he is Putin’s man, wouldn’t mind ruling Russia’s Far East region

Click:Hinode Martial arts icon and Hollywood star Steven Seagal has described himself as Vladimir Putin’s representative, and announced that he wants to become the governor of Primorsky region in the Russian Far East. Seagal has arrived in Primorsky Krai (a type of federal district in Russia) to take part in the Pacific Meridian movie festival,…

Clemson to add softball

CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson Athletics announced plans to sponsor intercollegiate softball as a substitute for the women’s diving program, which competed in its final season in 2017. “Softball is a tremendously popular sport among young women in the state of South Carolina and around the nation,” Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich said. “We’ve evaluated our…

Rock Valley quintet leads NFCA NJCAA Division III All-Americans

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Sixteen players from seven schools in three member regions have garnered 2017 NFCA National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III All-America Team recognition, the Association revealed on Tuesday. Rock Valley College, which went 57-2 and won its record fourth-straight NJCAA Division III national championship earlier this month, leads all teams again…

Murdered Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres Deserves Open Justice

The long awaited first trial for the murder of renowned Indigenous environmental defender Berta Cáceres was set to open on 17 September 2018 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Cáceres’ assassination in 2016 was one in over 130 targeted killings of environmental defenders in Honduras since the 2009 coup d’état, including various members of her organization, the Civic…

‘We won’t pay for thin air’: Moscow responds to Council of Europe expulsion threats

Russian officials have replied to the Council of Europe’s demands for payment with a promise to suspend its membership unless it introduces anti-discrimination amendments to its parliamentary assembly (PACE) regulations. Russia is interested in full-pledged participation in the Council of Europe and not mere presence in the body under discriminating conditions, Senator Oleg Morozov, who…

National Championships participants garner 2017 NFCA Division II Regional Coaching Staff of the Year Recognition

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The eight programs that reached the 2017 Division II National Championships were selected by their peers as the  NFCA Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year, announced the Association on Monday afternoon.  Representing each of the NFCA’s eight Division II regions, these respective coaching staffs – West Virginia Wesleyan College (Atlantic), Minnesota State…

Calgary October Snow Creates Gigantic Traffic Mess On Roads And Highways

It would be an understatement to say that the roads and highways in and around Calgary are a mess, following Tuesday’s record-breaking snowfall. A warming centre, set up in Canmore for the hundreds of people stranded for up to 13 hours by bad weather on the Trans-Canada Highway west of Calgary, was not accepting new…