Ontario swingers club hopes to return lifestyle ‘to the old ... If his backdrop weren’t a dimly lit stage with two gold stripper poles and wall-sized image of a nearly naked woman, you might think Jack Cohen was lamenting society’s loss of, say, sit-down family...
This was published on 2/18/2014

Mavis Gallant, short story maven, dies at 91 Mavis Gallant, the celebrated Canadian short story writer who lived and worked for most of her life in Paris, has died, according to her publisher. She was 91.Considered one of Canada's finest writ...
This was published on 2/18/2014

Volcano erupts in Indonesia: 76,000 evacuated, most of Java’... More than 76,000 people fled their homes and flights were grounded across most of Indonesia’s densely populated island of Java on Friday after a volcanic eruption sent a huge plume of ash and sand ...
This was published on 2/14/2014

Loss of Immigrant Investor Program for all provinces except ... REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is frustrated that the federal government is scrapping the Immigrant Investor Program for all provinces except Quebec.Wall said he knows Ottawa had concerns ...
This was published on 2/14/2014

Room escape game opens in Richmond, B.C. A new game facility that locks participants in a room from which they must escape has opened in Richmond, B.C.EXIT has four themed rooms: The Lost Ship, Ancient Egypt, Prison Escape and Laboratory ...
This was published on 2/14/2014

Hybrid software defect causes Toyota Prius recall Toyota is recalling 1.9 million of its Prius cars worldwide.That is being done to fix a programming problem in the hybrid systems, which could cause vehicles to lose power or even stop altogether.M...
This was published on 2/13/2014

Facebook lets people customize their gender You don't just have to be male or female on Facebook anymore.The social media giant is adding a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as ...
This was published on 2/13/2014

Belgian MPs back bill for child euthanasia The Belgian parliament has voted by a strong majority to extend euthanasia to terminally-ill children who will now be able to ask to die if they are in great pain and there is no available treatmen...
This was published on 2/13/2014

Money tops the list of reasons for divorce: Poll A new survey suggests that Canadian couples may be more willing to forgive a cheating spouse than to overlook money problems.According to the poll by the Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO), 68 per cent of ...
This was published on 2/12/2014

Transgender comedian Avery Edison moved from Milton men’s ja... Thanks to Twitter, a transgender woman detained at Pearson airport and jailed in a men’s prison had personal and political support during her ordeal.Avery Edison, a comedian from England, began twe...
This was published on 2/12/2014