Halifax's Mount Saint Vincent University Has Started Giving Away Menstrual Products

HALIFAX — A Halifax university has become the first in Nova Scotia to offer its students free menstrual products, part of a national movement that has been gaining steam among student leaders. Nikki Jamieson, president of the Mount Saint Vincent University Students’ Union, said the products will be available at pickup locations across campus, and…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Live Event Canceled for the Second Time

The first planned in-game live event for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, an Epic Mercenary encounter, has been canceled once again seemingly due to technical issues. The official Assassin’s Creed Twitter account made the announcement, saying there’s been trouble in tracking down the mercenary in question, Damais the Indifferent. It seems the technical issues have to do…

Hawai’i Hilo’s Aubrey, Valdosta State’s Calhoun Named Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Hawai’i Hilo senior Colleen Aubrey and for the third time this season, Valdosta State junior Caitlyn Calhoun, were selected as this week’s Louisville/Slugger NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played over March 23-29.   Aubrey, a native of Sunnyvale, Calif., was a consistent threat at…

Number of Brits moving to Australia plummets amid Brexit uncertainty and a weakening pound

Australia has long been a favourite destination for British émigrés – but recent figures indicate a dramatic fall in the number of Britons moving down under. Over the past thirty years, an average 30,000 Brits have made the move every year – twice the number as moved to second-favourite destination Spain. However, in 2017, that number…

The 'Harry Potter' Character You Identify With Can Predict Your Personality

Click:city tour shanghai china New European research suggests that the “Harry Potter” character you most identify with could say something about your personality, and make it possible for psychologists to predict your behaviour. Carried out by psychologists at South Ural State University, Russia, the small-scale study recruited 70 Russian fans of the “Harry Potter” movies…

Chadron State’s Eatmon, California (Pa.)’s Sagl Named Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Chadron State senior Jessica Eatmon and California (Pa.) junior Alex Sagl were selected Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II National Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played April 20-26 announced the Association on Wednesday afternoon.   Eatmon saved her best for last. The senior outfielder finished her career in style, batting…

Bavarian town finally gets through 12-year stockpile of toilet paper

A small town in Bavaria has finally run out of toilet paper, 12 years after a bungled order by the local council left it with a massive stockpile. “The final roll has been used up,” Erwin Karg, the relieved mayor of Fuchstal, announced this week. The sleepy town of 3,800 inhabitants found itself lumbered with…

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout Map Getting Seasonal Changes

With Operation Absolute Zero, Treyarch is bringing new content to all three modes of Black ops 4, including the Blackout map getting some free frosty changes, starting tomorrow. Announced by Treyarch, the update will hit the PlayStation 4 on December 11, and soon after on PC and Xbox One. The battle royale mode Blackout will…

New Zealand mosque shooter ‘acted alone’; sent manifesto to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Police in New Zealand said on Sunday that the right-wing terrorist behind a massacre at two mosques in Christchurch was acting alone, as it emerged the killer’s manifesto had been sent to the country’s prime minister minutes before the tragedy unfolded. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, sent a racist, rambling manifesto to prime minister Jacinda Ardern in which he…