MILAN, Italy – A 56-year-old Canadian woman died after being caught in a sudden snowstorm in Italy’s Dolomite mountains and her companion was being treated for severe hypothermia, Italy’s Alpine Rescue Corps said Friday. The two climbers, exhausted and suffering hypothermia, called for help Thursday evening after being hit by the snowstorm about … Read more
The Toronto International Film Festival says it’s pausing upcoming screenings of the controversial documentary “Russians at War” due to “significant threats” to festival operations and public safety. The film about Russian soldiers’ disillusionment at the front lines of the war in Ukraine was set to have its North American premiere at TIFF on … Read more
Toronto actor D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai knows winning an Emmy won’t solve the systemic problems within Indigenous communities, but he still believes it could spark something meaningful: nuanced representation and a sense of possibility. “I don’t know what an Emmy Award will really do for stopping issues that we face on a daily basis,” the … Read more
When Nicola Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and occasional art collector, bid on a portrait of the late U.K. prime minister Winston Churchill, he says, he didn’t know it would land him in the centre of an international criminal investigation. The image depicts a glowering Churchill posing after his prolific 1941 speech in Canadian Parliament. … Read more
Teenagers who lived 25,000 years ago likely experienced the same stages of puberty as modern adolescents, and on a similar timeline, according to a new joint study. That includes a stage where the Paleolithic teens would have endured the same awkward, cracking voices that plague high school students to this day. The … Read more
OTTAWA – The Federal Court has denied Ottawa’s bid to quash a case in which advocates for Israel are asking for a reversal of Canada’s temporary freeze on the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians. In April, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs joined Canadians whose relatives were killed in the Hamas … Read more
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will end all taxes on overtime pay as part of a wider tax cut package, if he is elected in the Nov. 5 election. “As part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all taxes on overtime,” Trump said in remarks … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Francis Ford Coppola has sued Variety, saying that a July story that said he ran an unprofessional set with impunity and touching and tried to kiss female extras during the production of his film “Megalopolis” was false and libelous. The suit, which seeks at least US$15 million from the entertainment … Read more
BOSTON – A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the swimming abilities of dead fish were among the winners Thursday of this year’s Ig Nobels, the prize for comical scientific achievement. Held less than a month before the actual Nobel Prizes are announced, … Read more
An Israeli intelligence commander, who critics say played a pivotal role in failing to prevent the Oct. 7 attacks, is resigning, Israel’s military told CNN. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Brigadier General Yossi Sariel, who led its 8200 intelligence unit, has informed them he will “conclude his role in the near future.” … Read more
