Nearly a decade after it came out, The Last Remnant will be delisted on PC

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,…

Bank Of Canada Holds Key Interest Rate Steady At 1.25%

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…

Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd to remain in Georgian jail as lawyers consider fighting extradition

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…

Asia Bibi’s daughters take refuge in Canada ahead of court blasphemy ruling

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…

Ontario Turns Back Time To 1998 With Sex-Ed Curriculum Change

The announcement was expected. Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government announced Wednesday that the province’s sex-ed curriculum, updated in 2015, will be replaced. In the mean time, the old curriculum — a version from 1998 — will be taught to kids. Doug Ford campaigned on a promise to scrap the revamped curriculum, which included new classroom discussions…

Canadians Could Get Back More From Feds’ Carbon Tax Than They Pay: Study

Opponents of the federal government’s carbon pricing plan call it a “tax on everything,” but a new report suggests it could actually be a “rebate on everything” for consumers in provinces where the tax will be implemented. A soon-to-be-released study says people living in provinces that don’t set up their own carbon pricing plan could…

Asylum-seekers in Germany could lose right to remain if they hide their identity

Asylum-seekers who seek to hide their identity or refuse to cooperate in obtaining new documents from their home could lose their right to remain in Germany under leaked details of a new draft law. The proposals also include changes to the law to allow migrants awaiting deportation to be held in regular prisons, according to…

Political Twitter Parodies Are A Sad Excuse For Free Speech

Is operating a social media account in the likeness and purported voice of a public official “parody” or “impersonation?” Is there a reasonable limit on this behaviour that is, at best, “trolling” or, at worst, intentionally perpetuating libelous misinformation? The recent proliferation of Twitter profiles bearing misspelled federal cabinet ministers’ names and using their official…

Assad regime found liable for war reporter Marie Colvin’s death in landmark $300m US lawsuit

The Syrian government has been found culpable for the killing of veteran conflict correspondent Marie Colvin in a £230m judgment in a US court – a landmark case holding Bashar al-Assad’s government to account for war crimes. The civil lawsuit, filed by Colvin’s sister Cathleen in Washington DC, was the first of its kind brought…