By John Chidley-Hill The Canadian Press Posted September 3, 2024 5:42 pm Updated September 3, 2024 6:29 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – All-star shortstop Bo Bichette is progressing in his recovery from a strained calf. Bichette took batting practice and fielded groundballs with his Toronto Blue…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by Danish police during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Copenhagen on Wednesday. Thunberg, 21, and student organizers were arrested shortly after protestors entered an administrative building that houses the office of the rector, the university’s head official. The student…
Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he and his daughter Liz Cheney said Friday. Liz Cheney, who herself endorsed Harris on Wednesday, made the announcement when asked by Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic magazine during an onstage interview at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin….
Montreal Canadiens forward Cole Caufield is changing jersey numbers to honour hockey star and his hero Johnny Gaudreau, who was killed while cycling last week. The American-born player announced the touching gesture Tuesday on his Instagram account, saying he will wear no. 13 this season in tribute of Gaudreau. They played together for Team USA…
Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance is facing the ire of Democrats after he lamented school shootings as a “fact of life” and argued for heightened security rather than stricter gun control. “If these psychos are going to go after our kids we’ve got to be prepared for it,” Vance said at a rally in Phoenix,…
The days of mooching off a friend’s Costco membership will soon be over. In an effort to implement stricter store policies, Costco Wholesale announced it will be placing membership scanners at the entrance door to each of its locations. Before entering the warehouse, shoppers will be required to scan the barcode on their physical membership…
Move over, MAGA hats: Gov. Tim Walz’s camouflage ballcap has entered the chat and it’s quickly becoming the hottest fashion accessory of the summer, having the potential to topple Donald Trump’s stronghold on meme-to-merchandise election wear. When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, she celebrated the pick with…
Linkin Park announced that a new singer and drummer has joined the band as they prepare to release their first new album in over seven years since the death of frontman Chester Bennington. Vocalist Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain performed onstage with returning bandmates Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn during a…
Initial results of autopsies conducted on four of the people who died on board the Bayesian superyacht revealed the victims may have died of suffocation as opposed to drowning. The four victims had little to no water in their lungs and stomach, suggesting that they suffocated to death, a so-called “dry drowning,” Italian newspaper La…