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Time’s Up chief resigns after assault allegation against her son

Time’s Up president Lisa Borders stepped down after allegations of sexual assault were made against her son, the group has announced. Borders revealed she was leaving the anti-sexual harassment movement on Monday, four months after taking the job of president and chief executive officer. The former Coca-Cola executive said she needed to "address family concerns". […]

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52% Of Canadians Less Likely To Buy Homes Where Legal Pot Was Grown: Zoocasa Study

It may be legal to smoke, grow, and possess marijuana come Oct. 17, but that doesn’t mean Canadians looking to purchase real estate are suddenly going to be chill about it. According to a new report on cannabis and real estate from real estate site Zoocasa, 52 per cent of Canadians say they’d be less […]

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Iranian foreign minister and architect of Iran nuclear deal abruptly resigns

Iran’s Foreign Minister has said he is stepping down, in a surprise announcement made on his Instagram account.  In a message on the platform, Mohammad Javad Zarif said: "I apologise for my inability to continue serving and for all the shortcomings during my term in office".  The veteran diplomat played a prominent role in striking […]

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B.C., The Capital Of Weed, Will Have 1 Store Open On Legalization Day

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s public safety minister says the province will meet demand for recreational marijuana with only one government-run shop and an online store when the drug is legalized next month. Mike Farnworth also defended the province’s approach to legalization Monday after it announced that only one brick-and-mortar BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops will […]

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The Best Face Sunscreens You Can Find In Canada

Fact: Hundreds of beauty products launch every season. Other fact: Zero per cent of humans have time to try each one. In TheKit.ca’s If You Only Buy One series, we do the deep digging and test driving to declare the top beauty products out there. The slightest whiff of coconut takes me back to childhood […]

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Serena Williams cartoon not racist, Australian press watchdog rules

A controversial cartoon of Serena Williams which was accused of being racist and presenting her as “ape-like” has been found by Australia’s media watchdog to be acceptable.  The cartoon, which appeared in Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper, depicted a heated exchange between Williams and an umpire during her loss to Naomi Osaka in the final of […]

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Navigating Racism On Campus Can Be A Lonely Experience

I have mixed feelings about my experiences in graduate school. As a Black, first-generation Canadian and the first in my family to become a doctoral student, I did not understand the culture of the academy. If I knew then what I know now as an adjunct professor teaching part time, I might have made different […]

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Super Smash Bros. Melee absent from Evo 2019 line-up

For the first time in six years, Super Smash Bros. Melee will not be gracing the main stage of this year’s Evo, as the game has been dropped from the tournament’s line-up. A game Nintendo amusingly described as “too difficult”, Super Smash Bros. Melee has been a staple of fighting game tournaments since its release […]

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Senegal youth movement turn on president they brought to power as rigging accusations dent one of African’s beacons of democracy

Seven years ago Macky Sall was propelled to victory in Senegal’s presidential election by a vibrant youth movement insistent on sweeping away the old guard. Youngsters from Y’en a Marre (‘Fed Up’) rallied around the opposition candidate as the country stared down the barrel of constitutional crisis when 85-year-old president, Abdoulaye Wade, stood for an unprecedented […]

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Thank You, Prince Harry, For Shedding A Tear At Your Wedding

Prince Harry, you held it together for so long. When your future wife, Meghan Markle, stepped out of the car in her spectacular white dress, you were in the chapel at the end of the aisle. Like every man awaiting the love of his life, you looked hella nervous. I know that seemingly endless fidgeting, […]

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