17 h. ago Is there any doubt? Leon Draisaitl is this year's Most Valuable Player

If Leon Draisaitl lost any ground in the race for the NHL’s Hart and Ted Lindsay awards because he sat out four games and dropped to third in league scoring, he made all of it back in one giant leap Saturday night. Might as well call it “one giant leap for mankind” because it was […]

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29 h. ago The history of the Selby Hotel in Toronto and its connection to Ernest Hemingway

The Selby Hotel, once located at 592 Sherbourne St., is a Victorian mansion with a history that spans over 140 years and boasts an interesting connection to writer Ernest Hemingway.Originally built for Henry Falwell Gooderham, a member of the influential Gooderham family, the mansion was designed by renowned architect David Roberts Jr. between 1882 and 1883.Roberts Jr. also designed many buildings in Toronto's Distillery District, and is perhaps most known for his iconic Gooderham Flatiron Building at 49 Wellington St.The Selby Hotel in 1940. Photo by City of Toronto Archives.The red brick mansion's Queen Anne Revival style pays homage to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, and was constructed during a residential boom in Toronto.During the time it was built, the St. James Town neighbourhood was home to several of the city's most affluent families, and many grand Victorian homes sat on Sherbourne Street. However, only a few of these original mansions remain int...

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34 h. ago Un nouveau gouvernement syrien dominé par les fidèles du président par intérim

Le gouvernement se veut aussi inclusif et compte une femme, la ministre des Affaires sociales et du Travail.

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36 h. ago Libéraux et conservateurs vendent «un bazou» aux électeurs, dit Blanchet

Au septième jour de l’élection, le chef bloquiste a aussi reconnu que la guerre commerciale aide les libéraux.

Politics

39 h. ago Hardcore for Hard Rock: Every location is a destination for superfans

The rockin' burger joint stands as a testament to the enduring powers of rock idolatry, American roadside diners and logo tees

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56 h. ago SFU initiative aims to better share data with scholars around the world

The concept of Open Scholarship is simple: make all academic research and data as accessible as possible to other scientists, regardless of who or where they are. 

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58 h. ago How one pilot school is welcoming women, Indigenous youth to the sky

Students in the Dziret’ái Pilot Training Program have completed ground training and now turn their attention to the sky.

Society

60 h. ago UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugs in drinks

VANCOUVER — A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia want to make a stir stick drug testing tool for spiked drinks the norm in the hospitality industry, and they’re gearing up to start “real-world testing” in hopes of commercializing the idea. The device called “Spikeless” was developed in the university’s faculty of […]

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61 h. ago 3 Yale profs ditch school for U of T amid Trump education crackdown

One professor said Columbia University's decision to follow a series of government directives, including a crackdown on student protests, played a role in his decision to leave.

Society

61 h. ago SNOBELEN: Learning from America’s past may help save Canada 

Benjamin Franklin was a clever fellow. He once allowed that “experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.” It is a rare occurrence when we take the time or have the wisdom to learn from the experience of others. This election cycle, we Canadians seem determined to ignore the painful lessons […]

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63 h. ago Thames Valley senior admin salaries dip amid financial audit

Despite hefty salary increases in 2023 almost all Thames Valley senior administrators’ salaries dropped significantly in 2024, according to the annual rundown of income and taxable benefits paid to public workers making $100,000 or more. Education director Mark Fisher’s total salary rose from $283,000 in 2022 to $326,000 in 2023, but sunk to $295,999 in […]

Economics

64 h. ago Alberta to allocate $100M over three years to fund collegiate and dual

Alberta plans to invest $100 million over three years to fund more career education programs across the province. If Budget 2025 is passed, the money will go toward funding collegiate and dual-credit programs. The province will allocate $21 million of the funding to school boards to fund and renovate collegiate learning spaces such as carpentry […]

Economics

65 h. ago Rock that sat in Aussie school for years is fossil jackpot, scientists say

66 dinosaur footprints were found on the boulder, which is about 10 square feet

Society

67 h. ago Germany’s Power Market Bailed Out by Gas Plants as Wind Plunges

Germany added more onshore wind turbines in the past decade than any other European country, but a severe slump in output this month shows how the nation’s energy system is still at the mercy of the weather and its old fossil-fuel plants.

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68 h. ago Rio Tinto Talks With Congo Over Developing Prize Lithium Deposit

Rio Tinto Group has held talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo about developing one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits, in the latest sign of the miner’s enthusiasm for the battery metal.

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69 h. ago High school bus pass program can survive London Transit turmoil: Trustee

A Thames Valley trustee who championed a bus pass pilot project is hopeful it will go forward despite hitting a series of speedbumps.

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3 d. ago UBC scientists invent stir stick that detects drugged drinks

Spikeless is able to detect common drink-spiking drugs like GHB and ketamine within 30 seconds, say researchers

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3 d. ago Kamila Valieva’s attorneys accuse WADA of ’procedural fraud’

Attorneys for Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva are taking her doping case back to court, arguing the World Anti-Doping Agency withheld and altered evidence that could have proven her contamination claim during the hearing that resulted in her four-year suspension. The experiment conducted by scientist Martial Saugy at the request of Russia’s anti-doping agency through […]

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3 d. ago Deonandan: Canada should act quickly to attract U.S. scientists fleeing Trump

This is a rare chance to snatch the best of American scientific talent and position Canada as a world leader in promising fields of research.

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3 d. ago Portland Investment Counsel Inc. Announces Alternative Fund Risk Rating Changes

BURLINGTON, Ontario, March 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Portland Investment Counsel Inc. (“Portland”) announced today a change to the risk rating of Portland 15 of 15 Alternative Fund and Portland Replacement of Fossil Fuels Alternative Fund (the “Funds”). Portland determines the risk rating for the Funds in accordance with the methodology required by the Canadian […]

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