Montreal bike festival heralds release from grip of COVID
In early June, Montrealers will line sidewalks, toot horns and pound drums as swarms of cyclists wend their way through the iconic spaces of that bicycle-mad city
2023-05-15 21:25
Liz Weston: 3 steps to downsize in a hurry
Despite our plans, life sometimes throws a curveball
2023-05-15 21:20
Cartier's use of images of Amazon tribe prompts Indigenous advocates to allege hypocrisy
Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Indigenous children playing in a field of tall, green grass
2023-05-15 20:21
Don't use sugar substitutes for weight loss, World Health Organization advises
The World Health Organization said a systematic review of the available evidence had suggested that use of non-sugar sweeteners "does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children."
2023-05-15 20:16
Minor league host families, once a pillar of pro baseball, phased out by new CBA
After decades of supporting poor, young baseball players as they began their professional careers, minor league host families have officially been phased out
2023-05-15 18:53
Controversial jewelry collection fetches a record-shattering $196 million
Jewels owned by the late billionaire Heidi Horten, whose first husband purchased Jewish businesses sold under duress during the Nazi era, fetched a combined $196 million.
2023-05-15 15:59
Kehinde Wiley is taking his art everywhere, all at once
Kehinde Wiley wonders aloud if he’ll ever reach a career moment of such import and gravity as his famous 2018 portrait of Barack Obama, which has drawn crowds around the United States
2023-05-15 12:45
'World's largest ocean restoration project' designed for Dubai
Sustainable city developer URB has produced designs for 77 square miles of artificial reef off the coast of Dubai.
2023-05-15 11:51
They left South Korea for the American Dream. Now their children are moving back
Korean Americans, born and raised in the US, are migrating to South Korea. But for many, even moving thousands of miles away brings them no closer to finding home.
2023-05-15 09:18
Child social media stars have few protections. Illinois aims to fix that
Illinois lawmakers aim to make their state what they say will be the first in the country to create protections for child social media influencers
2023-05-14 21:27
Let us now praise single moms
Advantages of being raised by a single mother outweigh expectations and outlast childhood embarrassment.
2023-05-14 15:19
Scabby the Rat gives bite to union protests, but is he at the tail end of his relevancy?
For decades, a giant, inflatable rat with beady eyes, sharp teeth and a pustule-covered belly has been looming over union protests, drawing attention to construction sites or buildings with labor disputes
2023-05-14 02:58