Fans at a Toronto Raptors game on Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at sporting events in Canada. Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the US anthem before the Raptors’ game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Scotiabank Arena in downtown Toronto. Similar reactions broke out on…
No dogs barking. No lawnmowers. No revving engines. No sirens or car alarms. No planes. No construction work. No delivery lorries. Just pure, blissful silence. My ears could barely believe what they weren’t hearing when I opened the door, stepped into the garden and listened. It was autumn last year and I had just moved…
There has been a kerfuffle about cafes recently. In the US, Starbucks’ new “Coffeehouse Code of Conduct” is making people buy something or leave, reversing its previous laid-back attitude. Meanwhile, in Paris, cultural barricades are being raised between trad cafes and the kind that sell €5 almond milk cortados. The New York Times last month…
College basketball freshmen who are making a case to be lottery picks Here are 3 freshmen who are playing their way into becoming lottery picks for the 2025 NBA Draft. The NBA felt a seismic jolt overnight with the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz agreeing to one of the biggest blockbuster trades…
Critics warn that a new executive order from Donald Trump’s administration purporting to “combat antisemitism”, and a corresponding fact sheet suggesting deporting international students who protest Israel, could chill political speech on campuses. The fact sheet released before Trump signed the order on Wednesday quoted the president as saying: “To all the resident aliens who…
We have purchased a labradoodle puppy with, despite assurances from the breeder, two ongoing problems. One is behaviour, with the pup continuously acting fearfully towards me (male) though not my wife. The second is a genetic class two malocclusion of the jaw which is likely to cost over $2,000 to treat. I fear we will…