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Daughter of Italy’s murderous mafia godfather names new Paris bistro Corleone

It is not your average Parisian dining experience, but it may add a little extra frisson to the fettucine. The daughter of a notorious mafia killer nicknamed The Beast has opened a restaurant in Paris – and she has called it Corleone after her hometown, the infamous lair of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra. Corleone, in the […]

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Walmart Canada Is Launching 1-Hour Grocery Delivery In Greater Toronto, Winnipeg

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Walmart Canada says it is starting to roll out one-hour grocery delivery today for customers in parts of the Greater Toronto Area. The discount grocer says it’s partnered with Instacart, a California-based company, to provide the service. Shoppers use the Instacart website or app to place their order, which is then picked […]

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Rubens authenticated in Netherlands is first discovered in 19 years

The first undiscovered work by Peter Paul Rubens to be found in 19 years has been authenticated in The Netherlands. The sketch in oils, called The Secular Hierarchy in Worship, was found by an art dealer in the Hague, who obtained it from a Belgian owner.   Art historian Emilie den Tonkelaar, of the of […]

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More Than 1 In 5 Canadian Professionals Have Precarious Jobs: Study

If you think getting a higher education and joining a profession will help you avoid precarious work, you may be in for a rude awakening. A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has found that more than a fifth of Canada’s professionals — 22 per cent — are in precarious work […]

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Words And Symbols Matter, Whether It's Ice Cream Or A Political 'Values Test'

Recently across Canada, hundreds of thousands of Christians attended church, commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus, while our Jewish friends observed Passover. Both traditions are filled with sacred texts, symbolism and prayer. Words and symbols matter in our society, whether they belong to ice cream products or the imposed values on a government form. […]

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12 Anthem tips, tricks and things to know for launch day

Anthem is finally out – properly, fully, actually out for everyone who’s bought it like normal – this weekend, and in the past days and weeks of launches left-right-and-centre we’ve gathered a nice handful of handy tips and good-to-know tricks – and expanded on them not once, but twice, with a few more that we […]

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Bollywood releases boundary-breaking lesbian romance

A Bollywood film on lesbian love released on Friday is pushing boundaries in a country where most audiences find the subject too embarrassing to mention. Ek Ladki ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (How I Felt on Seeing the Girl), a light and humour-laced production, centres on the relationship between a lonely small-town Punjabi heroine and […]

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Chappie in Apex Legends? Neill Blomkamp and Vince Zampella are up for it

If you’re playing Apex Legends right now (I imagine most are), and you’ve seen Chappie, it’s probably already occurred to you how good a fit the police droid would be for Respawn’s battle royale. Well, it hasn’t gone unnoticed by their respective creators, either. In a tweet, Chappie director Neill Blomkamp said “I am down […]

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Make Robots Pay Taxes And Other Labour Force Changes, Feds Urged

OTTAWA — The Liberals have been told to consider taxing robots that displace workers, letting people pay their tax bill in kind rather than with cash, and work to prevent income inequality before it happens. The ideas are part of a massive government effort to adapt to a rapidly changing workforce and stave off some […]

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Donald Trump: Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz doesn’t have ‘guts’ to run for president

Donald Trump has said former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz does not have the “guts” to run for US president and questioned his intellect just 24 hours after news broke of a possible White House bid.  Mr Trump took to Twitter to mock the announcement that Mr Schultz, who led the coffee chain for three decades, […]

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