Month: May 2020

“Vous semblez en bonne santé mais vous ne mangez pas assezde fibres“. Tel pourrait bientôt être ce que vousentendrez dans vos toilettes ! C’est du moins la promesse d’une firme anglo-saxonnequi a déjà fabriqué un prototype de cuvetteinteractive ! Premièrement, ces toilettes reconnaissent lesutilisateurs à la voix et s’adaptent à lastature de chacun, se baissant…

Dans une interview accordée à Vanity Fair, Johnny Depp parle de son salaire et reconnait être trop bien payé ! La situation est suffisamment rare pour être soulignée ! Voilà qu’un acteur, et non des moindres, reconnait que son salaire est “ridiculement” élevé ! Johnny Depp a accordé une interview au magazine Vanity Fair dans…

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suggesting the House of Commons could resume business during the COVID-19 pandemic using a “hybrid” model, in which some MPs are physically in the chamber while others participate virtually. Trudeau suggested he is open to the idea Wednesday as the governing Liberals were in the midst of negotiations…

Ontario has deferred the deadline for colleges and universities to sign onto a significant and controversial change to their provincial funding. The previous agreements between the province and post-secondary institutions expired in March 2020. The ministry had been working to sign new ones that would extend until 2025 — and would include new conditions for…

MONTREAL ― Japjot Gill has dreamt of becoming a pilot since he first attended ground school as a teenager and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) promised to put him through flight school if he enlisted. It’s been a long journey for the now-21-year-old, who first needed to get Lasik eye surgery and become a Canadian…

Canadian consumers will face previously unheard-of levels of debt in the coming months as households grapple with shrinking incomes and mounting bills, the head of Canada’s government-run mortgage insurer says. There were virtually no silver linings in Evan Siddall’s testimony to the House of Commons finance committee Tuesday ― testimony Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre described…

TORONTO — Three for-profit companies that run Ontario long-term care homes have hired lobbyists with Conservative ties since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the provincial NDP revealed Wednesday.  “Shortly after the first COVID outbreaks in Ontario that happened in nursing homes around March 24, private long-term care operators began to register to lobby the government, including…

OTTAWA — An Ontario court has put another curve into the long and winding road of the Conservative leadership race, potentially adding a fifth candidate to the ballot with three months left in the contest. In a ruling released early Wednesday, Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell said longtime conservative activist Jim Karahalios can be…

BOSTON — The Boston Marathon has been rescheduled to Sept. 14 due to the new coronavirus, marking the first postponement in the race’s 124-year history. The Marathon had been scheduled for April 20. “We want to make sure we keep people safe,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Friday morning. Legislators will aim to make Sept.…

SCOTTSBORO, AL — A fire at a Jackson County marina Sunday night has resulted in multiple fatalities. Authorities said eight people are confirmed dead and seven people have been hospitalized from the fire, which destroyed 35 boats. The incident occurred late Sunday night and into Monday morning, just after midnight. Fire crews were called to…