World swimming’s governing body FINA on Sunday voted for new eligibility rules that restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions. The policy is the strictest from any Olympic sports body and effectively bars any transgender women who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events. FINA also agreed to work […]

As the tourism industry picks up and restrictions lift on planes and trains, aspiring travellers are on the hunt for the ideal place to stay. But what do people look for in a vacation rental property? Booking a travel residence requires a level of trust between the traveller and the host. A host expects their […]

Charlie Sheen says he “overlooked and dismissed” issues surrounding his daughter’s decision to join OnlyFans. The 56-year-old actor recently criticized his 18-year-old daughter Sami for joining the platform – but he’s now changed his mind and has instead come out in support of his daughter and his ex-wife Denise Richards. Charlie acknowledged that Denise, 51, […]

From the outside looking in, Shari Leid’s life was perfect on paper. Accomplished and driven to succeed, the lawyer-turned-life coach had done everything by the book. She’d graduated from law school, married her college sweetheart, had kids, welcomed a dog into the family and purchased a beautiful home. But with her 20-year wedding anniversary on […]

ROME — Film director Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors. The Canadian-born, Oscar-winning Haggis, 69, has been in Italy for a film festival that begins on Tuesday in Ostuni, a tourist town in Puglia, the […]

Durham Regional Police are investigating an early Sunday morning shooting and stabbing in Clarington that send three people to the hospital. When officers responded to the Newtonville Rd.-Concession Rd. 4. area at around 1:45 a.m., they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims were rushed to a hospital with serious injuries. A third […]

At 82, Smokey Robinson is a miracle. The Motown singer and prolific songwriter — who once fronted Smokey Robinson and the Miracles — is still going strong despite a recent bout with COVID-19 in 2020. “I was very sick — I was in the hospital for 11 days with it — but I came through,” […]

Life imitated art in Houston, according to Texas cops. According to WZT, a man who rapped about robbing ATMs was arrested while allegedly robbing a bank machine in Houston. Ladesion Riley, 30, was arrested at a Motel 6 in Dickson, Tenn., earlier this month, according to the report. Nashville Metropolitan Police said three other people — […]

AMSTERDAM/PARIS/DOHA — After 21 years as a service agent at Air France, Karim Djeffal left his job during the COVID-19 pandemic to start his own job-coaching consultancy. “If this doesn’t work out, I won’t be going back to the aviation sector,” says the 41-year-old bluntly. “Some shifts started at 4 a.m. and others ended at […]

ATLANTA — With street parties, the trumpets and drums of marching bands, speeches and a few political rallies, people across the United States marked Juneteenth this weekend, a jubilee commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans. Events started on Friday and continued through Sunday featuring concerts at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, […]

DHAKA/ASSAM — At least 25 people were killed by lightning or landslides over the weekend in Bangladesh while millions were left marooned or homeless in low-lying northeastern parts hit by the worst monsoon floods in the country’s recent history, officials said. In the neighbouring Indian state of Assam, at least 17 people were killed during […]

Billie Eilish thinks she “tried too hard to be desirable.” The 20-year-old singer showcased a radical change of image when she shed her baggy clothes and dyed her green hair blond to pose on the cover of British Vogue magazine last summer in a pink silk corset but now she feels very detached from the […]

KYIV — The war in Ukraine could last for years, the head of NATO said on Sunday, calling for steadfast support from Ukraine’s allies as Russian forces battle for territory in the country’s east. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said supplying state-of-the-art weaponry to Ukrainian troops would boost the chance of freeing its eastern region of Donbas […]

Issuing a passport is a basic government service. It’s not complicated, it’s not new — they’ve been doing this in one form or another for over a century. It’s why the current passport debacle is so frustrating. Both critics and defenders of the government have had to wade through a lot of false information about […]

BUDAPEST — Swimming’s world governing body FINA on Sunday voted to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions and create a working group to establish an “open” category for them in some events as part of its new policy. Transgender rights has become a major talking point as sports seek to balance […]

LOS ANGELES, June 19 (Variety.com) – To infinity and beyond? Not exactly… “Lightyear,” a spinoff story set in Pixar’s “Toy Story” universe, fell short of that boundless milestone in its box office debut, collecting a lackluster $51 million from 4,255 North American theatres. Family audiences, the movie’s prime demographic, have been largely absent since COVID. […]

Unless Premier Doug Ford acts, the City of Ottawa will have almost as many municipal politicians as Toronto after the October elections. In a December 2020 vote, at a time when the province was working at breakneck speed to get just-arrived COVID vaccines out the door to the most vulnerable, Ottawa City Council voted to […]

Josh Emmett defeated Calvin Kattar by split decision in their featherweight bout Saturday night at UFC Fight Night at Austin, Texas. Emmett took two cards 48-47 and Kattar took the other 48-47 in the main event. It was Emmett’s fifth win in a row. “I thought I had it four (rounds) to one,” Emmett said. […]

Prince William has released a new photograph with his children in honour of Father’s Day. The 39-year-old prince marked the occasion on Sunday by sharing a sweet family photo of himself and children Prince George, eight, Princess Charlotte, seven, and four-year-old Prince Louis – who is sitting on his father’s shoulders – which was taken […]

Two men are dead following a shooting in Brampton early Sunday in a banquet hall parking lot. Peel Regional Police say the dead men had earlier been denied entrance to a Father’s Day banquet inside the Chandni Convention Centre — in the Gateway Blvd.- Queen St. area — and were shot outside around 2 a.m. […]

PILOT MOUND, Man. — Daniel Lints was kind and responsible with a witty sense of humour. The rural Manitoba teenager had a bright future and loving family. He played hockey and was a constant visitor to the nearby community pool. He was a normal and happy 17-year-old until one chilly February day, he accepted a […]

OTTAWA — Disinformation, including “deepfake” videos and bots spreading deception, should come within the scope of a future online harms bill, say a panel of experts appointed by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez to help him shape a future law. Members of the expert panel, including Bernie Farber of the Canada Anti-Hate Network and Lianna McDonald […]

Apple Inc workers in Maryland voted on Saturday to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the United States. More than 100 workers in Towson near Baltimore “have overwhelmingly voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,” the union said on its website. The […]

Lise Jasmin appreciates the flexibility of her job as a community health nurse in Ottawa, but the mix of at-home and in-office work as well as varied scheduling makes it tough to fully disconnect when she’s off the clock. There’s little clarity around what to do, for example, if a colleague working a later shift […]

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday’s Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on June 22 will be an estimated $6 million. Lotto 649 winning numbers for Saturday, […]

1. The Man From Toronto Movie Toronto gets to play itself on the big screen when a screw-up (Kevin Hart) and an assassin (Woody Harrelson) are forced to work together after a case of mistaken identity. When: Friday on Netflix 2. Carrie Underwood Live Special Carrie Underwood performs songs from her new album, Denim & […]

Kyle Dubas thought Garret Sparks could play goal for the Maple Leafs. He was wrong. He thought Michael Hutchinson could be a decent backup/third-string goalie for the Leafs. He was wrong. He thought Petr Mrazek was the goaltender to sign last summer to bring stability and assurance to the Leafs. He was wrong. Dubas has […]

Dear Amy: My husband has girls from work that message him. Sometimes these are work-related, and sometimes not. When I stress that I don’t like it, he says it’s nothing I should be concerned about. He also says it’s unattractive for me to act this way, that they are his friends, and I need to […]

CAMPBELLVILLE – Pebble Beach really is a special one. The three-year-old colt completed a perfect three-week stay at Woodbine Mohawk Park, capturing the $1 million North America Cup on Saturday. Driven by Todd McCarthy, Pebble Beach made the lead just after the half-mile pole and looked comfortable through the stretch, holding off a mild challenge […]

DENVER — So this is what getting caught in an avalanche looks like. Unyielding, unstoppable and unlike anything you’d ever want to experience. Certainly, the Tampa Bay Lightning have never experienced what the Colorado Avalanche gave them in the first two games of the Stanley Cup final. While Game 1 had to be settled in overtime, […]

TFC is winless in 16 straight away matches dating back to a 2-1 win in Chicago last July, the longest road winless streak in team history

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Canadian Adam Hadwin will arrive at The Country Club at Brookline on Sunday with an opportunity to win the U.S. Open. When the dust finally settled late Saturday evening, only Will Zalatoris, Matthew Fitzpatrick, and Jon Rahm stood between the 34-year-old Abbotsford, B.C. native and the top of the leaderboard. On a […]

There are no must-win baseball games in June, right? Don’t bother trying that soft sell approach to the New York Yankees, who continued their assault on baseball history on a breezy Saturday afternoon at the Rogers Centre. The Yanks got just enough of Toronto ace Alek Manoah to cruise to a 4-0 win, their ninth […]

Washington Capitals centre Nicklas Backstrom underwent invasive surgery on his left hip, a move that could sideline him long term but is designed to give him a chance to continue playing hockey. The Capitals said Saturday that Backstrom had hip-resurfacing surgery a day earlier at the ANCA Clinic in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium. No timeline was given […]

Remember when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed to running an open and transparent government and guaranteeing freedom of information when the Liberals won the 2015 election? That’s another broken promise on the Liberal record. Federal Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard testified before the Commons ethics committee last month that government agencies, legally required to respond to […]

DENVER — Shane Wright and a few other top prospects in next month’s NHL Entry Draft had just spent several star-struck minutes watching Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon sprint around the ice before Game 2 of the Stanley Cup final. So when asked if they would be willing to put their NHL dreams on hold for another year […]

Rowan Atkinson thinks comedians should be allowed to make jokes “about absolutely anything.” The 67-year-old star has hit out at cancel culture, warning that comedy will suffer if current trends continue. He explained: “It does seem to me that the job of comedy is to offend, or have the potential to offend, and it cannot […]

The past couple of weeks has brought us an alarming series of reports that indicate life in Canada is about to become a whole lot more challenging for millions of people. Manulife released a new survey revealing that a quarter of Canadian mortgage holders say they’ll have to sell their home if interest rates go […]

KYIV — With a blessing for its EU ambitions and a pledge of unwavering support from Britain, Ukraine vowed on Saturday to prevail against Moscow as it battled Russian assaults near a key eastern city and multiple locations came under shell and missile attack. European Union countries are expected at a summit next week to […]

Did you know it is mandatory to have the ArriveCAN app on your phone when entering Canada? Do you even know what ArriveCAN is? I’m betting lots of intelligent, well-informed Canadians don’t. ArriveCAN is the federal government’s smartphone-based method for ensuring all passengers arriving in Canada are vaccinated against COVID. And if you attempt to […]

PHILADELPHIA — A building caught fire and later collapsed in Philadelphia, killing one firefighter and injuring six other people, two critically, after all became trapped early Saturday, authorities said. The fire was reported just before 2 a.m. Saturday in the building in north Philadelphia, eight occupants were safely evacuated and the fire had been declared […]

The Liberal government is a dumpster fire that can't fix the airports, can't issue passports and can't seem to get anything right lately

Selena Gomez once felt over-sexualized during an album cover photo shoot. The 29-year-old star thinks she was put in an “unfair” position during the shoot, and she’s even recalled the experience making her feel “ashamed.” Selena shared: “I actually did an album cover and I was really ashamed after I did it. “I had to […]

Faith Hill hated not being able to shave her armpits for months. The 54-year-old singer was told not to shave before shooting ‘1883’ – the ‘Yellowstone’ prequel miniseries – but Faith hated the experience. The country music star – who is married to singer Tim McGraw – shared: “That was really difficult, and Taylor [Sheridan, […]

Richard Taylor has been found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the 2018 arson deaths of his mother and stepfather in Dundas, Ont., according to various media reports. Taylor, now 46, was charged in 2019 after his mother, Carla, and his stepfather, Alan Rutherford, were killed in a July 9, 2018 blaze at […]

This past week was a funny one — everyone I met was either completely beside themselves at the state of the economy and/or real estate market, or appeared entirely oblivious to it all. People were either mapping out the ways in which they would batten down the hatches and tighten their belts as they braced […]

Dads come in all shapes and sizes. They are executives and construction workers, stay-at-homes and surgeons, police officers and policy advisers, chefs, teachers, musicians, mechanics – the list is endless. And then you have dads with really unusual jobs – like these three. They live and breathe a circus life. But all three will tell […]

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Meta (formerly Facebook), is under investigation. The famed author of Lean In, a career-based book that many women (including myself) read with interest, faces allegations of inappropriate use of corporate resources while at the tech giant. Notably, the investigation, led by Meta’s lawyers, goes back “several years” and continues after Sandberg […]

Though health restrictions have lifted, some summer camp operators say they’re grappling with staffing issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Raf Choudhury, owner and founder of Baseline Sports, says he normally hires between 15 and 20 young adults to work at his summer camps in the Toronto region. But he says so this season, he’s […]