Canada took 4 months to send money after deciding to buy air defence system for Ukraine

Canada took 4 months to send money after deciding to buy air defence system for Ukraine

It initially took Canada four months to get into the queue after deciding to join a plan by the United States to buy urgently needed National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) for Ukraine. Defence Minister Bill Blair insists the lag did not contribute to the slow pace of acquiring the high-tech defensive capability, which is … Read more

Calgary is moving past peak mosquito activity, but a new species is still buzzing around

Calgary is moving past peak mosquito activity, but a new species is still buzzing around

Although cooler fall temperatures are coming, which local experts say usually drives down mosquito populations, one researcher says Calgary isn’t totally in the clear yet A relatively new species is likely hitting its peak population now, according to John Soghigian, an assistant professor of parasitology at the University of Calgary. The Culex pipiens, also referred to … Read more

Orville Peck on feeling like an outsider and finding his home in country music

Orville Peck on feeling like an outsider and finding his home in country music

With his deep baritone voice and high-camp take on cowboy culture, Orville Peck has been steadily on the rise since the release of his debut album, Pony, in 2019. Now, he’s back with his highly anticipated third album, Stampede, but in an interview with Q‘s Tom Power, Peck shares that he didn’t always feel at … Read more

Edna O’Brien, iconoclastic giant of Irish literature who penned The Country Girls, dead at 93

Edna O’Brien, iconoclastic giant of Irish literature who penned The Country Girls, dead at 93

Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel, The Country Girls, before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast that found her welcomed everywhere from Dublin to the White House, has died. She was 93. O’Brien died Saturday after a long illness, according to a statement by … Read more

Think your grocery bill is high? Try eating gluten-free

Think your grocery bill is high? Try eating gluten-free

When Ashley Hickey’s seven-year-old son Alex was diagnosed with celiac disease last month, she knew she had to revamp the entire family’s diet to become a gluten-free household. Celiac is a genetic autoimmune disease that causes people to get sick when they consume wheat, rye or barley. Having celiac herself, Hickey is familiar with the … Read more

Anger and awe as Ambanis prepare for billionaire heir’s extravagant wedding

Anger and awe as Ambanis prepare for billionaire heir’s extravagant wedding

The unmatched extravagance of Indian billionaire heir Anant Ambani’s wedding is creating divisions in a country where the gap between the rich and poor is stark and growing. The son of Asia’s richest man has already partied through a series of pre-wedding festivities for his coming union to Radhika Merchant, including a three-day March event … Read more

Kartik Aaryan confesses to becoming bitter due to lack of opportunities: ‘My loneliness is compensated by my fans’ | Hindi Movie News

Kartik Aaryan confesses to becoming bitter due to lack of opportunities: ‘My loneliness is compensated by my fans’ | Hindi Movie News

Kartik Aaryan, who made a successful debut in Bollywood with 2011 film ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama’, revealed that he had experienced a period of bitterness in his career due to a lack of opportunities.During a conversation with Nikhil Taneja in his podcast ‘Be A ManYaar’, Kartik Aaryan discussed his difficult time and how it affected his … Read more

Suresh Oberoi recalls his ‘second struggle’ to launch son Vivek Oberoi in Bollywood: ‘I would sit outside offices with his photos in my hand’ | Hindi Movie News

Suresh Oberoi recalls his ‘second struggle’ to launch son Vivek Oberoi in Bollywood: ‘I would sit outside offices with his photos in my hand’ | Hindi Movie News

Veteran actor Suresh Oberoi recently opened up about the challenges he faced in launching his son Vivek Oberoi’s career in the film industry. In his recent interview, Suresh recounted how he tirelessly worked to secure opportunities for Vivek, often sitting outside producers’ offices with his son’s photo in hand.Discussing his reaction to Vivek’s decision to … Read more

Mortgage debt is growing at its slowest pace in 23 years — but that could be short-lived, says CMHC

Mortgage debt is growing at its slowest pace in 23 years — but that could be short-lived, says CMHC

Mortgage debt grew at its slowest pace in 23 years in February, amid high borrowing costs and reservations related to the Bank of Canada’s key interest rate — but the slowdown likely won’t last, according to Canada’s housing agency. Canadian mortgage debt totalled $2.16 trillion that month, up 3.4 per cent from the same period last year — a historically low … Read more

Stressed at work? Anxious about the wider world? You might be part of ‘The Great Exhaustion’

Stressed at work? Anxious about the wider world? You might be part of ‘The Great Exhaustion’

Cost of Living76:40:00The Great Exhaustion For years, Sabrina Royal worked with one of Canada’s big banks. She worked her way up from an entry-level job to a management position. But that’s when her hours started getting out of hand. “When it was good, I was working 8 a.m. to about 6:30 p.m.,” Royal, 42, told … Read more