TORONTO — The Ontario government passed sweeping labour reform legislation Wednesday, effectively rolling back many changes brought in by the previous Liberal regime. The law freezes the province’s minimum wage at $14 an hour until 2020 and cuts two paid personal leave days for workers, among other things. The governing Progressive Conservatives said the legislation
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Neshoba Central (Philadelphia, Miss.) High School junior Aspen Wesley, sophomore Biveana Figueroa of Natalia (Texas) High School and senior Izabel Enriquez of Buena High School (Sierra Vista, Ariz.) were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played the week of Feb. 19-25. South RegionWesley was unhittable in the
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Austrian ambassador on Friday to protest over ‘sensationalist media leak’ about a former military officer accused of spying for Moscow, and expressed concern over damage to relations. Earlier, the Austrian government confirmed reports in the national media that a retired Austrian colonel was being prosecuted for espionage. The man
Russia has entered a new space competition, according to the head of the country’s space agency, Roscosmos. The new “competition” is focused on manned space flight and deep space exploration. “Now we are entering a new stage of a certain competition with leading space powers, related to future manned programs, including in deep space,” Roscosmos
OTTAWA — Contentious wording in Ottawa’s summer jobs program that tied pro-abortion beliefs to funding eligibility is being dropped after a backlash to what was styled last year as a values test. Instead, the federal Liberals have re-tooled the 2019 version of the Canada Summer Jobs program to require applicants to declare they don’t work
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Defending national champion Virginia Wesleyan continues to lead the way in an unchanged first five in the NFCA Division III Top 25 rankings. The (28-0) Marlins swept Guilford in a pair of run-rule shortened games on Sunday, and are unbeaten in their last 34 games, but figure to have a much-tougher test
In classic Soviet style, a Communist party candidate was elected head of the Republic of Khakassia after running with no other candidates on the ballot. The candidate defeated the incumbent from United Russia in round one. During runoff elections for the head of the Siberian Republic of Khakassia, voters were asked to mark if they
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Yanique Spencer (Baldwin [N.Y] HS), Lexi Wagner (Seton LaSalle [Pittsburgh, Pa.], Alexis Kilfoyl (Academy at the Lakes [Fla.] HS), Kendall Fritz (Wakeland [Frisco, Texas]) HS) and Madie Augusto (St. Ignatius [San Francisco, Calif.] HS) were selected MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Players of the Week for games played the week of March 19-25.
Zhores Alferov, the only Nobel laureate in physics to reside in Russia, has passed away aged 88. One of his inventions revolutionized mobile phones and helped to develop LEDs, barcode readers, and CDs. Alferov, born in 1930, died of pulmonary heart insufficiency on Saturday, Russian media reported. He was hospitalized in November last year after
A deadly bus crash that united a hockey-mad country in grief and spurred people to leave sticks on porches from coast to coast has been selected as Canada’s News Story of the Year. The Canadian Press annual survey of newsrooms across the country saw 53 out of 129 editors cast their votes for the Humboldt