A panel of judges ruled Wednesday to grant Ontario a stay of a previous ruling that struck down legislation cutting the size of Toronto city council. The province’s original legislation, Bill 5, can now be implemented in time for the Oct. 22 election. Toronto will have 25 wards, rather than 47 as originally planned. Bill
CARY, N.C. — Wayne State University head softball coach Gary Bryce, in his 36th season at WSU, became the all-time NCAA Division II wins leader as the Warriors blanked Lincoln (Pa.) in their opening contest of the 2017 Shaw University Invitational. Bryce snapped a tie with former Bloomsburg coach Jan Hutchinson (1978-2010), who garnered 1,215 wins in
The number of deaths caused by tainted alcohol poisoning has fallen by 25 percent since Russian authorities imposed a ban on the sale of alcohol-containing non-food products, the government consumer rights watchdog has reported. The press service of the Rospotrebnadzor agency told TASS that there were 677 alcohol poisonings over the New Year holidays in
Rotten Tomatoes is reportedly said to be considering further changes to its audience reviews process following continued negative posts by trolls. As reported by THR, Rotten Tomatoes may soon require users to verify that they have actually “seen the film in question before being allowed to post a critique.” It is unclear how this will
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — St. John Fisher’s Lindsey Thayer and Keene State’s Jenny Galavotti scored Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week recognition, respectively. Junior right-hander Thayer is the national leader in strikeouts per seven innings (13.0) and ranks second in Division III in hits allowed per seven innings (2.4) and third
The Telegram messaging app acknowledges that thousands of its users are involved in terrorist activities, but still refuses to assist security services, Aleksandr Bortnikov, FSB head, said, calling the situation “paradoxical.” The owners of Telegram have “difficulties” understanding the need to facilitate the work of Russian government agencies, fighting against terrorism, Bortnikov said. He reminded
OTTAWA — Canadians living in provinces that have rejected the federal carbon pricing system will get cash directly from Ottawa this spring in the form of a new tax rebate. “Starting next year, it won’t be free to pollute anywhere in Canada,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in Toronto Tuesday, explaining how the new Climate
Mark Hamill will voice Chucky the killer doll in the upcoming remake of Child’s Play, Orion Pictures announced Saturday. The Star Wars actor joins a cast that includes Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman and Brian Tyree Henry. Described in the official press release as “a contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic,” Child’s Play “follows Karen (Plaza),
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Caroline Brown of Purdue Northwest (Ind.) has been named the final NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week and Tara Moates of Oregon Tech has been named the final NAIA National Softball Player of the Week. Brown and Moates were selected based on their performances from April 24 – 30, and were
The head of the Russian internal security agency has dismissed charges of graft and corruption made by Aleksey Navalny, calling the activist a “cloned US puppet” and challenging him to a hand-to-hand fight. “You have allowed insulting and slandering theorizing about me and it is not a habit among officers to simply forgive such things.