Two nuns have admitted to embezzling $500,000 (£400,000) from a Catholic school to fund their gambling trips to Las Vegas, their order revealed. Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang, who are said to be best friends, stole the money from tuition, fees and donations at St James Catholic School in Torrance, south of Los…
OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association is lowering its national home sales forecast for this year due to weaker sales in B.C. and Ontario. The industry association which represents about 100,000 real estate agents across Canada said Friday it now expects home sales this year to fall 11 per cent compared with a year…
Several people were feared dead in Damascus on Sunday after the city was rocked by a huge explosion in what appears to be the first terrorist attack in more than a year. The attack took place on a highway near the southern suburbs, according to the regime news agency SANA, while Syrian experts said a…
TORONTO — A line of cannabis strains backed by members of the Tragically Hip will carry names familiar to many of the band’s fans. Up Cannabis investor, and Hip bassist Gord Sinclair, says the company plans to market five strains — each making a subtle nod to the Hip’s most popular songs. One is called…
Pakistan’s national airline has given overweight flight attendants an ultimatum to slim down or be grounded. A waiver currently allowing Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cabin crew to fly despite not meeting strict weight targets will be phased out over six months, staff were told last week. The state owned carrier, which is sometimes accused of…
MARKHAM, Ont. — A city just north of Toronto is making a play to try to position itself as the home for Amazon’s second North American headquarters. Markham, Ont. — one of 10 Canadian cities that joined with Toronto to bid for the hub — installed 23 bright orange signs on Monday throughout the city,…
A Nintendo Switch version of Sid Meier’s Civilization 6 will launch on 16th November, publisher 2K Games has confirmed. It’s the latest announcement clearly designed to drop last night during the now-postponed Nintendo Direct, following Final Fantasy 15: Pocket Edition for Nintendo Switch popping up earlier this morning. The Switch version of Civ 6 includes…
A wave of frigid arctic air that paralysed the US Midwest and caused at least a dozen deaths swept across the Northeast on Thursday but was expected to move along by the weekend, making way for warmer weather. The prospect of a weekend break offered little comfort to those enduring icy conditions, brutal winds and temperatures as…
London-based HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, has joined a growing number of financial institutions that are cutting off funding to oilsands projects. As part of reforms to its energy policy, HSBC says it will no longer finance new projects in the oilsands or related pipelines. It will also halt funding of new coal power plants, in…
In the paediatric ward of Al Ghaydah central hospital, a young child writhes, screaming in his mother’s arms. He has a skin infection, coupled with vomiting and a fever. At any other hospital he would be dosed with painkillers – but here in Yemen’s east, his screams echo through the ward without pause. There is no medication,…