Новости за 09.11.2018

I seldom gave much thought to my prostate. As long as everything worked "down there," my small, chestnut-sized gland lived in splendid anonymity.

Among Canadians, Boxing Day is out and Black Friday is in, a new survey has found.

Explaining Remembrance Day to your kids doesn't have to be complicated. At its heart, Nov. 11 is about donning red poppies in honour of fallen soldiers, those who have served in war, or are currently serving. But for little ones who aren't quite able to grasp this concept, there are always songs, picture books, and — our personal favourite — crafts.

Ever wonder why you're so drawn to names from your grandparents' or great-grandparents' generation rather than your own? It's because there's a 100-year rule that hypothesizes it takes a century for old monikers to sound new again.

Ontario Environment Minister Rod Phillips is in a bit of a pickle: he has promised to come up with a climate plan but has forsworn using many of the most effective tools (like carbon pricing) because they are associated with the previous Liberal government.

Everybody, the Backstreet Boys are back. For real.

Your teenage self might be a little giddy right now with news that the '90s boy band will recreate their melodic magic with their biggest arena tour in 18 years. And chances are they'll be hitting up a stage (hopefully) near you.

The boys-turned-men will stop in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver next summer as part of their worldwide tour. Six Canadian cities, ftw!

After wrapping up their year-long Las Vegas residency in April 2019... Читать дальше...

My grandmother, a WWII refugee, is my hero.

In 1944, the year before the end of WWII, the Soviet Army was advancing on my grandmother's small farming community near Rauna, a little over 100 km northeast of Latvia's capital, Riga. For my grandmother's family, Russia was the enemy they knew — the tiny Baltic country had only regained its independence from the Empire a few decades earlier — and that meant that they knew to run.

Valija Grauds, nan or nana to us, was 17. Her family were living as refugees in Kurzeme... Читать дальше...

Bad news everyone. It seems last night all of our dads fused into an amorphous blob, became the premier of British Columbia and did this:

TORONTO — There are two days from this past year that deb singh counts among the best of her professional life.

FREDERICTON — Blaine Higgs has been sworn-in as the 34th premier of New Brunswick, just a week after the Liberal government of Brian Gallant was defeated on a confidence vote.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — All Canadian passengers aboard a Toronto-bound flight with a mechanical problem escaped injury when their plane skidded off the runway at Guyana's main international airport, federal officials said Friday.

OTTAWA — As the Liberals begin to roll out spending on a multimillion-dollar plan to combat a rise in gun and gang violence in Canada, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer unveiled his own platform pledge to crack down on gangs, including tougher criminal penalties for gang members.

Home affordability has become so strained in Canada's priciest markets that if incomes don't catch up, house prices will fall, says the co-author of National Bank of Canada's latest home affordability report.

HALIFAX — The Boeing 747 cargo jet that overshot a Halifax runway this week had touched down in rainy conditions while being buffeted by a crosswind with a potential tailwind, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Thursday.

VANCOUER, B.C. — Vancouver police have issued a public warning about a high-risk offender moving into the city who was at the centre of a high-profile abduction case in 2011.

Maureen Pacheco, now 53, arrived at a hospital in April 2016 for a procedure to fuse a few of the vertebrae in her lower spine to help reduce back pain. She left missing a kidney.

MILTON, Ont. — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government plans to disburse money from a climate fund directly to Ontario institutions and businesses after the provincial government cancelled its climate program.

Canadian Twitter has erupted in a wave of gloriously bad puns, Photoshop mayhem and digital eye rolling — all at the expense of Maclean's December cover.

Conservatives and New Democrats are ridiculing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's apparent refusal to take part in a signing ceremony for the new North American trade pact because of punishing steel and aluminum tariffs.