Wanted: Young Torontonians who are willing to drink and smoke weed and then get behind the wheel. Not of an actual car, of course, but behind the wheel of a driving simulator. Dr. Christine Wickens, an independent scientist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), is looking for study participants to help shed…

By passing a draft internet law, Russia isn’t isolating itself from the rest of the world but is making sure that national networks don’t go down if they are disconnected from the outside, Kaspersky Lab co-founder told RT. The bill, officially called the Digital Economy National Program, requires Russian internet service providers to ensure they…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior Caroline Newton of Worth County (Sylvester, Ga.) High School was selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for games played the week of Oct. 16-22. Newton played a key role in Worth County advancing the Georgia High School Elite Eight with a doubleheader sweep of Peach County in the…

Ontario MP Raj Grewal says he’s changed his mind about definitively resigning his Brampton East seat, after more than a week of controversy arising from his professed gambling addiction. In a lengthy post on Facebook late Friday, as well as a video statement, Grewal laid out some of his personal finances and addressed some of…

Russia enjoys a record-low number of inmates, thanks to “humanization” of the penal code, deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has said, adding that the number of jailed people is expected to shrink further. Russia’s ‘deadliest maniac’ gets SECOND life sentence for murdering 56 more women Over the past few years, the number…

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will do everything it can to intervene on behalf of a Canadian sentenced to death in China. Canadian Robert Schellenberg, who is accused of smuggling drugs into China, has been handed a death sentence after a one-day retrial. “I will say it is of extreme concern to…

If you buy a used armored personnel carrier make sure your joy rides don’t spark hostilities with your neighbors, who believe their favorite skiing track is no place for a 10-ton war machine, even a demilitarized one. That’s probably the lesson for Ilsur Zagidullin a businessman living in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan region….

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Megan Hensley of Louisville and Amber Fiser of Minnesota were named Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division I National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played April 23-29. Hensley used her bat and her arm to key the Cardinals to a 3-1 week in ACC play. The junior hit .500 (6-for-12) with a…

HAVANA — The federal government says no Canadians were among the seven people killed when a bus carrying tourists and local travellers crashed in far eastern Cuba. State media report that the bus was carrying 18 Cubans and 22 tourists from Holland, Great Britain, France, Mexico and Canada when it crashed Thursday afternoon on a…

Praising strategic partnership between the two nations, President Vladimir Putin invited India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to become the “main guest” at an economic forum in Russia. Putin and Modi talked over the phone on Monday, the Kremlin said. The Russian leader invited the Indian PM to attend the Eastern Economic Forum in September. The…