Conjoined twin boys born in the chaos of Yemen’s war may be evacuated to Saudi Arabia for live-saving treatment, Saudi authorities said on Thursday. Abdelkhaleq and Abdelkarim were born two weeks ago in Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, where the health system has collapsed under years of airstrikes and blockade by a Saudi-led military coalition. The tiny…
Rental rates are soaring in half of Canada’s largest cities, according to new data from PadMapper. According to the site’s August rent report looking at Canada’s 26 largest cities, 13 cities saw median one-bedroom rents increase over the last month: Toronto, Burnaby, B.C., Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, Ont., Oshawa, Ont., Hamilton, Ont. Halifax, Abbotsford, B.C., Quebec…
A local authority in Germany is facing criticism after it seized a family’s pet dog and sold it to cover unpaid taxes. The pedigree pug named Edda was seized by officials in the Rhineland town of Ahlen last year after her owners failed to pay local taxes, including their dog tax. In a highly unusual step, the local authority…
Microsoft staff have demanded that the megacorp cancel a $479 million HoloLens contract with the US Military. In an open letter on Twitter (via Polygon), a group of Microsoft employees united as Microsoft Workers 4 Good are calling on Microsoft president Brad Smith and CEO Satya Nadella to cancel the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)…
Whether you’re looking for a teeny bikini, a sporty surf suit, or the perfect one-piece, summer fun is simply that much better when you find a swimsuit you want to live in. From suits with built-on SPF to mix-and-match two-pieces designed to flatter all body types, we’ve compiled this list of the best swimsuits $150…
The latest report on the health of Canada’s job market landed on Thursday, with the monthly ADP Canada survey showing the country lost 10,500 non-farm payroll jobs in June. “We saw a significant dip in job growth in Canada for the month of June,” ADP Research Institute vice president Ahu Yildirmaz said in a statement….
OTTAWA — Sources say Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and her team of negotiators are engaged in an intensive, late-stage effort to get Canada back into a trilateral trade deal with the United States and Mexico before Monday’s American-imposed deadline. With the release of the text of the U.S.-Mexico trade agreement expected any day, and…
I grew up in Virginia. In college, my summer job took me to the Pacific Northwest, where I was first introduced to B.C. bud. In that moment, I suddenly realized why Canadians were rumoured to be so earnest in their positive outlook towards cannabis. Canada is now on the brink of adult-use legalization, and feelings…
A fat rat has been rescued in Germany after getting itself stuck in a manhole cover. The helpless, overweight rodent was spotted on Sunday afternoon in the small town of Bensheim near Frankfurt, attempting to hoist itself through a gap in a manhole too narrow for it to pass through. Animal rescuer Michael Sehr was dispatched following a call…
Alberta hasn’t exactly been having its best week. Although the province has been challenging its socially conservative stereotype, the recent controversy over the United Conservative Party’s (UCP) motion to inform parents when their children join gay-straight alliances (essentially outing them as LGBTQ) hasn’t helped. Neither has a stomach-churning video of a woman’s racist rant against…