It’s a year of firsts for Pride Toronto. June has been officially recognized as the first Pride Month in Toronto while 2016 marks the first time the Pride flag has flown on Parliament Hill, as well as the first time the transgender flag has been raised near Toronto’s City Hall at Queen and Bay streets….
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…
Amid predictions of rising rents in some of Canada’s already-red-hot markets, a new report shows there could be bad things to come even for those who don’t plan on moving. For those who’ve somehow managed to secure an affordable, stable place to live, a report from rentals.ca predicts “renovictions” will rise in 2019. A “renoviction”…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Opening Round Brackets – HTML) The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the seeds and brackets for the 2015 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round. Forty qualifiers will play out 10 double-elimination tournaments with four teams at each location. The event will take place from May 11–13. On…
Russian jets have bombed the last-remaining Syrian rebel stronghold, threatening a ceasefire reached to prevent a humanitarian disaster. The raids on Wednesday, which killed at least 13 civilians including six infants, were the first on Idlib since Russia agreed to a de-escalation zone with Turkey in September. The strikes targeted a displacement camp, as well…
Seven years have already passed since the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released, and now the community wants to see an 82-year-old fan who regularly plays the game included in its next entry. Per Eurogamer, Reddit user phantom-scribbler started a push to have Bethesda create a version of 82-year-old YouTuber, Skyrim aficionado and grandmother Shirley Curry in…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers backed tighter Internet controls on Tuesday to defend against foreign meddling in draft legislation that critics warn could disrupt Russia’s Internet and be used to stifle dissent. The legislation, which some Russian media have likened to an online “iron curtain,” passed its first of three readings in the 450-seat lower…
New U.K. research has found that women who have undiagnosed sexually transmitted infections may be more likely to experience negative premenstrual symptoms (PMS). Carried out by researchers at Oxford University, the study was part of a long-term partnership with period-tracking app CLUE. The team gathered data from 865 CLUE users who logged information on the…
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot dead in the US city of Los Angeles Sunday, sparking an outpouring of grief from fellow celebrities as the city’s mayor blamed "senseless gun violence." According to local media reports, Hussle was shot in front of his own clothing store Sunday afternoon at close range, by a man who fled in a getaway…
KANSAS CITY, MO. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has released the list of 10 host sites for the third annual NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round, the national office announced on April 15. The event will be played May 11 – 13 and features 10 four-team double elimination tournaments. The 40 qualifiers…