TORONTO — Criminals may be taking advantage of lax disclosure rules in the Greater Toronto Area to park billions of dollars in ill-gotten gains in the regional housing market according to a new report. The report out Thursday by Transparency International Canada, along with Canadians for Tax Fairness and Publish What You Pay Canada, found…
A far-right Australian senator who said the Christchurch mosque massacre was the result of Muslim immigration into New Zealand was censured for his "ugly and divisive" comments by his parliamentary peers on Wednesday. Fraser Anning, who drew international condemnation for linking the March 15 killing of 50 people in two mosques last month to immigration,…
TORONTO — When it came to choosing a director for her new Indigenous-focused drama “Through Black Spruce,” Cree producer and actor Tina Keeper says she felt fortunate to land Toronto filmmaker Don McKellar. Keeper says she’s known McKellar since she was young in the industry, is a great admirer of his work, and considered him…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With a lot of movement in this week’s USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Poll, undefeated Florida (11-0) continued its hold on the No. 1 ranking, announced on Tuesday by the Association. The Gators received 26 of 29 possible first place votes and 722 points. Following a mid-week rout of Jacksonville…
Today at X018, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment. Obsidian Entertainment is best known as the developer of role-playing games like Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth, the Pillars of Eternity series, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2. InXile is also well-known for its…
The risks associated with Canada’s long-running consumer debt binge are falling most heavily on the shoulders of the people who can least afford it, new data from Statistics Canada shows. In a study on the debt and wealth of Canadian households, the agency found that the lowest income quintile in Toronto and Vancouver — meaning…
Two teenagers who survived America’s deadliest high school shooting have committed suicide in the last week, bringing fresh tragedy to the Florida community. A 17-year-old boy who attended the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – where 17 people were killed last year – died on Saturday in what police are treating as…
As if we didn’t already love and respect Ariana Grande, we shed a tear alongside the 25-year-old pop-powerhouse during her moving tribute to the beloved Aretha Franklin. RIP Queen of Soul. The singer opened Thursday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” by paying tribute to Franklin, who died Thursday at her home in…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Throughout the 2015 softball season, those of us at the NFCA will feature some of the sport’s highest-profile contests in our “Featured Five” Games of the Week segment. Each weekly installment will be released on Thursday, providing live stat links, game notes, returnee info, Twitter accounts and any available broadcast links…
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s first major story-driven DLC, Legacy of the First Blade, has received a launch trailer, showing off a highly-important assassin. With Episode 1: Hunted releasing on December 4, Legacy of the First Blade follows the first assassin to wield a hidden blade: Darius I, son of Xerxes I. Though Darius had long passed since…