Shoppers Drug Mart Botox Clinics Are Here, And Not Everyone Is Happy About That

TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart takes its most aggressive step into the beauty business this weekend with its first stand-alone clinic to offer Botox injections, fillers, laser treatments and medical-grade peels. But while the Beauty Clinic by Shoppers Drug Mart is being touted as “a natural extension” of the drugstore chain’s moves into the cosmetics…

Fallout 76: Bethesda Responds to PC Hacking Concerns, Is Planning Fixes

UPDATE 11/5: Bethesda have provided further comment to IGN contesting the validity of the claims made in a Reddit thread asserting that Fallout 76 is extremely vulnerable to hacking. Here is the full statement: “Many of the claims in the thread are either inaccurate or based on incorrect assumptions. The community has however called to attention several issues…

Study Finds Junk Food Withdrawal Can Have Symptoms Similar To Drug Withdrawal

New U.S. research has found that quitting junk food can produce similar withdrawal symptoms during the first week to those experienced when quitting drugs. Carried out by researchers at the University of Michigan and published in the journal Appetite, the study set out to investigate what withdrawal symptoms are experienced when people stop eating highly…

Top 10 Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball announced today the Top Ten Finalists for the 2015 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, which will be announced on Tuesday, May 26 just prior to the start of the 2015 NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) in Oklahoma City. This…

Removal of WWI Battle of Verdun from French curriculum sparks outcry

A decision to remove the Battle of Verdun, the longest of the First World War, from the French national school curriculum, has provoked outrage among conservative politicians. Verdun was fought on the Western Front between the French and German armies, with 700,00 soldiers killed or injured. But the education ministry has decided that it is more valuable…

DC’s Black Label Imprint Adds Watchmen, All-Star Superman and Other Classic Graphic Novels

DC’s new Black Label imprint is poised to get much bigger in the months ahead. In addition to original projects like Batman: Damned and Superman: Year One, DC will be reprinting no fewer than 23 classic graphic novels under the Black Label banner. The Black Label line emphasizes stories geared towards older readers and with…

Frank Cali, alleged boss of New York’s Gambino mafia family, shot dead outside his Staten Island home

The reported crime boss of the New York Mafia’s Gambino family, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, was gunned down in front of his Staten Island home late Wednesday, police and media said. Cali, 53, was fatally shot multiple times to his torso shortly after 9 p.m. (0100 GMT on Thursday) in front of his home, police…

Federal Budget 2019: Feds Pledge $4.5 Billion For Indigenous Services

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government plans to spend $4.5 billion over the next five years to try to narrow the socio-economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people — part of a plan to keep reconciliation at the forefront of this fall’s campaign narrative. Speaking to reporters, Finance Minister Bill Morneau stressed the Liberals have…

TIFF 2018 Red Carpet: Film's Brightest Stars Dazzle

From Lady Gaga’s dramatic black veil at the hot-ticket premiere of “A Star Is Born” to Quincy and Rashida Jones sharing an adorable father-daughter moment at the premiere of “Quincy” — a documentary about the legendary producer’s impact on modern music, co-directed by Rashida herself — there’s been no shortage of priceless red carpet moments…