64 m. ago The Bookless Club: Do you possess the soul of an adventurer?

My friend Bill has been pining to return to this goal of circumnavigation.

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24 h. ago Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera and Jamie Lee Curtis talk tense wildfire thriller ‘The Lost Bus’

McConaughey and Ferrera play ordinary people forced into heroism in upcoming film that recounts California's devastating 2018 Camp Fire

Events

44 h. ago The LFP Podcast, ep. 217: A downtown hotel turns into downtown apartments

Rachel Gilbert spoke with Norman De Bono about his story on a downtown London hotel, which has converted hotel rooms into apartments.

Society

45 h. ago JD Vance escorts Charlie Kirk’s casket to Phoenix aboard Air Force Two

'Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him,' Vance wrote in a tribute to Kirk.

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45 h. ago 10/3 podcast: Why Gen Zs are freezing their eggs and sharing their stories

Canadian women are changing the conversation around when and how they want to have babies, with many of them opting to freeze their eggs. And more and more, led by Gen Z, they’re having the conversation online. Calgary Herald reporter Devika Desai joins Dave Breakenridge to discuss why the women of Gen Z are freezing […]

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64 h. ago Abaxx Announces Results of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

TORONTO, Sept. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abaxx Technologies Inc., (CBOE:ABXX)(OTCQX:ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial software and market infrastructure company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and “Abaxx Clearing”), and producer of the SmarterMarkets™ Podcast, is pleased to announce the results […]

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66 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, their new drummer, Paul McCarney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

Culture

66 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, their new drummer, Paul McCartney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

Culture

66 h. ago Q&A: Spinal Tap talk about the new film, Druids, their new drummer, Paul McCartney's meddling and their impressions of Calgary

Earlier this week, Spinal Tap band members David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) spoke to Postmedia prior to the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the long-awaited sequel to Rob Reiner’s 1984 debut feature This is Spinal Tap. The classic “mockumentary” had Reiner playing earnest […]

Culture

2 d. ago What they're saying (and seeing and selling) at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show

The Free Press stopped by the expo and spoke with some attendees and vendors who work in the agriculture industry.

Economics

3 d. ago «La violence ne résout aucune de nos divergences politiques» : les animateurs de talk

Les animateurs de talk-shows de fin de soirée ont dénoncé mercredi l’assassinat du militant conservateur Charlie Kirk

Politics

3 d. ago Former Toronto Blue Jays player thinks team could have won it all in mid

Former Toronto Blue Jays infielder Lyle Overbay had some interesting things to say about his time with the team, and what could've been in some of their best seasons.Joining Sportsnet's Blake Murphy and Julia Kreuz on Wednesday's episode of Jays Talk+,  Overbay spoke about his highs and lows with the franchise across five seasons in the mid-2000s.Overbay had a batting average of .268 with 672 hits, 83 homers, 336 RBIs, and 337 runs scored in 723 games for the Blue Jays in his career, playing for the team from 2006 to 2010."I always know when there's a lot of Canadians in the stands because they're involved... You don't get that very often everywhere else." 🇨🇦Former #BlueJays infielder Lyle Overbay chats with @BlakeMurphyODC & @juliackreuz about Toronto's unique crowd atmosphere.#LightsUpLetsGo pic.twitter.com/wDBKErXD9P— Sportsnet 590 The FAN (@FAN590) September 10, 2025Though he spent 14 years in the majors for six teams, he play...

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3 d. ago Bitget COO Vugar Usi Zade Speaks on Blockchain Education at TEDx Manila

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Sept. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is proud to share Chief Operating Officer Vugar Usi Zade’s talk “The Next Billion Minds: Why Blockchain Education Matters More Than Blockchain Itself” delivered on September 8 at TEDx Forbes Park, held at Bonifacio High Street Cinemas in […]

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3 d. ago Polly Holliday, a brassy waitress on TV’s ‘Alice,’ dies at 88

Polly Holliday, a character actress who attracted a national following as the brassy Southern waitress Flo on the 1970s sitcom “Alice,” dispatching rude diner customers and her cheapskate boss with the country-fried put-down “Kiss mah grits!,” died Sept. 9 at her home in Manhattan. She was 88. Her death was confirmed by her friend and […]

Events

3 d. ago Charlie Sheen regrets not reaching out to Matthew Perry before death

There is one thing that Charlie Sheen regrets not doing in recent years. Reaching out to his friend Matthew Perry before the Canadian actor’s death nearly two years ago. Sheen, whose new memoir “The Book of Sheen” was released Tuesday, said he picked up Perry’s 2022 memoir and ended up devouring it in one day. […]

Events

3 d. ago The newest Bachelorette is ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul

There’s a new Bachelorette in town — and we’ve met her before. Taylor Frankie Paul, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star, will be the lead on Season 22 of “The Bachelorette.” She broke the news herself Wednesday on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. ABC confirmed the news in a statement that touted Paul for […]

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4 d. ago DEAR ABBY: Boyfriend has personal relationship with his needy boss

DEAR ABBY: I am a man whose long-distance boyfriend of one year has a married female best friend. (She’s his boss.) She is also a tobacco-addicted narcissist who drinks a lot. They chat on the phone and text for hours every day because, as he puts it, “she can’t be alone.” I think she uses […]

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4 d. ago Letters to The Sun: Students' efforts to get AEDs in schools following tragic event deserve recognition

Re: B.C. orders defibrillators, naloxone in schools, but cash-strapped districts say there’s no money to buy them Re: This student watched his friend die: He’s angry Vancouver won’t mandate life-saving medical device in schools Thank you so much, Lori Culbert, for your follow-up article. Kudos to the classmates led by Tobias Zhang of Point Grey […]

Society

4 d. ago Jaffer promises a sweeping tax rollback; Walters pledges to cut red tape

Mayoral candidates make some big-ticket promises as municipal election campaign heats up

Economics

4 d. ago Howard Levitt: Employers who tell an employee to ‘retire’ should be prepared to pay

When employers talk of employee 'retirement,' it screams age discrimination and violates an employee's human rights

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