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The Super Bowl has come and passed, and now the real game can begin—hunting for the very best Presidents’ Day home sales. And with the multitude of discounts already underway, we’re willing to bet that there’s an irresistible deal on a splurge-worthy item you’ve had your eye on. Whether your mattress needs replacing, your home…

For their 2022 events, the Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals will not require partygoers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, to mask up, or to attend having first received a negative COVID-19 test. That’s right: Organizers have scrapped all COVID-19 precautions. Coachella is undoubtedly one of the most renowned music festivals in the U.S., if not the…

Ice cream brand Royal Ice Cream Company is recalling a wide range of products due to reports that they could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes are bacteria that can listeriosis, a foodborne disease that can range from annoying to life-threatening. According to the FDA, the Connecticut-based brand is recalling products across nine U.S. states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,…

Going off script. Chris Rock‘s joke about Jada Pinkett Smith during the 2022 Oscars didn’t land well with the actress or her…

Sutton Stracke and Kathy Hilton. Shutterstock Clearing the air. Sutton Stracke squashed the rumor that pal Kathy Hilton recently mistreated her assistant,…

Back to business! Chris Rock took the stage for the first time since his 2022 Oscars drama with Will Smith — and…

A recent royal tour intensified a spotlight on Britain’s colonial history, renewing questions about how much longer Commonwealth countries — including Canada — will have a monarch as their head of state.A plane carrying Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, arrives at Nassau’s Lynden Pindling International Airport last Thursday. The royal couple’s week-long trip saw them…

A Florida man will stand trial in Minnesota this summer on human smuggling charges following his January arrest after authorities just across the Canadian border found four migrants who had frozen to death during a blizzard, according to federal court documents filed Wednesday.Steve Shand is accused of human smuggling after seven people were picked up…

The RCMP has introduced training and policies to rid its ranks of bias, but without tracking allegations it’s hard to know if it’s actually working, according to a new report from the national police force’s watchdog.The head of the RCMP has agreed to make changes to the force’s ‘bias-free policing model.’ (Valerie Zink/Reuters)The RCMP has…

Northwestern Ontario’s beleaguered remote tourism operators say they’re hoping for a good season after two years of economic devastation brought on by border closures. But many are also hampered by rising costs, delayed provincial recovery funding and vaccine requirements that U.S. customers may be unwilling to follow.Wayne Clark and wife Karla own Clark’s Resorts and…