Once denounced as a “gangster” by authorities, Peppa Pig has managed to clean up her act to go from censored to celebrated in China – just in time for the year of the pig. In a timely turnaround for the British animated porcine once co-opted as an unlikely symbol of dissent against the Communist Party,…
QUEBEC — The leaders of Canada and the United States are locked in an ugly, escalating public dispute over trade barriers, tariffs and how they think they world should resolve its problems. With U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the centre of the dispute, the back and forth has intensified since…
Drinks giant Coca-Cola has shaped the Chinese government’s obesity policy over the last 30 years, pushing the idea that a lack of exercise is the main cause of overweight and obesity rather than poor nutrition, according to research. An investigation published in the BMJ medical journal has found that through a "complex web of connections" with the Chinese…
Two of Japan’s largest 24-hour convenience store chains are to ban sales of pornographic magazines ahead of the Rugby World Cup later this year and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo due to concern that the ready availability of adult publications will give visitors a bad image of the nation. Seven-Eleven Japan Co. and Lawson…
TORONTO — Scotiabank has joined its Big Five banking peers in raising its benchmark fixed-rate mortgage rate. Canada’s third-biggest lender raised the posted rate for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage from 5.14 per cent to 5.34 per cent, effective Tuesday, while also increasing the posted rates for other terms. Late last month, TD Bank was the…
Remember The Last Remnant? Square Enix’s role-playing game will soon be discontinued on PC nearly a decade after it came out. In Europe, The Last Remnant will be delisted at 5pm UK time on 4th September, which means you have just over a week to grab it from Steam before it’s scrubbed forever. Of course,…
Click:6m street light pole OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is maintaining its trend-setting interest rate as its careful assessment of the timing of future hikes continues amid a backdrop of moderating growth. The central bank, which kept its rate at 1.25 per cent Wednesday, said slower first-quarter growth of about 1.3 per cent was…
The fugitive who killed his date in a speedboat crash will remain in a Georgian jail for at least three months after a court heard he planned to flee to Thailand. Jack Shepherd, 31, appeared before a judge in Tbilisi to argue that he could not be extradited back to the UK because he had…
Being part of an ice hockey team in Africa poses some challenges, as one can probably imagine. Outdoor rinks are out of the picture, thanks to the weather. Indoor rinks are very hard to come by — there’s only one in all of East and Central Africa. Finding hockey skates and sticks is likely a…
The daughters of a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy have been taken to Canada for safety ahead of a court hearing next week that could see her finally freed. Asia Bibi is expected to join her daughters in Canada if Pakistan’s supreme court upholds its decision to quash her…