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File this one under "Yes, this is real."A Victoria, B.C. naturopath is facing a storm of online criticism after she posted an article claiming she treated a four-year-old boy's aggression and behavioural problems with a remedy made from rabid dog saliva. Dr. Anke Zimmermann, who has been in practice for 26 years, posted in February that it was a "very interesting case.""Why are some kids so aggressive? Maybe they were bitten by a dog! This four-year-old boy with sleep and behavioural problems, i

TORONTO — If elected premier of Ontario in the spring election, Doug Ford says his first act will be to fire the CEO of Hydro One and its board of directors, whom he blames for the rising electricity costs in the province.The decision, however, would not come cheap.Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt, who earned a $6.2-million salary last year, would be entitled to at least $10.7 million in severance if he were to be removed from his job by the board of directors, according to the company's annual

Kids always get the best stuff.The cool toys, the fashionista clothing, even their birthday cakes tend to be next-level adorable (how do we get unicorn cake for ourselves, exactly?).Well, their rain gear is no different, and we are officially jealous of all the adorable rain boots out there for kids. So, check out these cute spring options, and — if you have kids — start splashing!The 10 cutest rain boots for kids:1. Hatley rainbow hearts rain bootsCost: $42Get them at: Hatley2. Cart

Prince William might've let a major hint about the royal baby slip out at the Aston Villa soccer event on Tuesday.At the game, Aston Villa's Jack Grealish scored a game-winning goal against Cardiff City and the prince got really excited about it.The prince ― whose favorite team is Aston Villa ― reportedly told fans, "I'm going to insist the baby is called Jack," he said, according to The Mirror, before pausing and adding, "... or Jackie."Sounds like Prince George and Princess Charlot

The Rohingya refugee crisis is perhaps the most pressing in modern history. Since a military campaign of ethnic cleansing began in late August, more than 671,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed into Bangladesh, creating the world's largest refugee settlements.Despite appeals for humanitarian assistance and aid, the international community has fallen well short of the $950.8 million needed to save lives and improve conditions. This has placed a great deal of burden on UN agencies and the government

Khloe Kardashian has welcomed a baby girl with basketball player Tristan Thompson, according to multipleoutlets.The reality TV star reportedly delivered her first child on Thursday morning near Cleveland, where she spends some of her time to be closer to Thompson, a Cleveland Cavaliers center.Thompson, mother Kris Jenner, sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, as well as best friend Malika Haqq were reportedly by Khloe's side when she gave birth, according to TMZ.The baby's arrival comes days afte

We're already feeling spring style fever and are eager to start stocking our closets with a handful of the spring fashion trends of 2018. It's time to shed those thermal layers (finally!) in favour of stylish items that can carry us through the summer.Check out our favourite spring fashion trends below, and get ready to say buh-bye to those heavy coats and sweaters, not to mention those dull colours!RainbowsNot just for kindergarteners and Pride parades, rainbows are at the top of our list for s

WASHINGTON — The United States has softened another one of its key NAFTA demands, shaving 10 per cent off a request on automobiles amid a flurry of talks aimed at getting a preliminary agreement this spring.The U.S. has watered down its demand that cars include 85 per cent North American content to avoid a tariff _ and lowered the number to 75 per cent.That's after it already dropped a demand that every car include 50 per cent U.S. content.​​The new U.S. position is that auto c

Foodies, rejoice!The 2018 rankings for Canada's top restaurants are here, and giving us delicious reasons to dine out from coast to coast to coast. This year, the annual rankings from Canada's 100 Best Restaurants include the country's top 50 bars, and wow do we ever want a cocktail now.Toronto took the top spot on both lists, with contemporary french eatery Alo ranking first for restaurants (plus its bar placed fifth for bars), and Bar Raval listed as the top bar in the country."Two years after

MONTMARTRE, Sask. — Adam Herold was known in Saskatchewan as a hockey player, but his dad says he was so much more.He was a friendly, small-town boy.He was an "old soul" who liked talking to adults.He was a gardener and a hunter.He also would have turned 17 Thursday.To celebrate, his family and friends in Montmartre, Sask., will take part in one of his favourite activities."We still have snow and he loved snowmobiling," his dad, Russell Herold, told The Canadian Press. "He'd want to go sno

When I was a child in the 1970s, we used to visit my Great Uncle Sam and Auntie Goldie at their little house in Toronto's Kensington Market. They seemed very old and Sam seemed very sad. I didn't know why then, but now I understand that Sam looked the way you would probably look if someone put your wife and kids into an oven and turned on the gas.They were Polish concentration camp survivors whose, first spouses and children were killed in the holocaust. They met after the war, married and came

OTTAWA — The Prime Minister's Office says Justin Trudeau will sit down Sunday with B.C. Premier John Horgan and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley in an effort to hash out a solution to the ongoing dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline project.Spokesperson Chantal Gagnon says Trudeau, who is on his way to Peru for the Summit of the Americas, will return to Ottawa for the meeting before resuming his travels to Paris and London on Monday.Tensions over the pipeline impasse reached a new peak th

OTTAWA — The government representative in the Senate is accusing Conservative senators of deliberately trying to sabotage Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's efforts to turn the upper house into a less partisan, independent chamber of sober second thought.Sen. Peter Harder says the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper "swung a partisan wrecking ball" at the Senate, turning it into little more than "a rubber-stamping echo chamber."But now he says the 33 Conservative senators &mdas

CALGARY — The owner of a trucking company involved in a horrific collision that killed 16 people on the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team bus says the tragedy has upended his life and he's not sure what the future holds for his business."It changed my whole life, this incident," Sukhmander Singh told reporters outside his suburban Calgary home Wednesday.The soft-spoken and visibly tired man said he doesn't know what his next steps will be, as an investigation continues into the collision

TORONTO — Second Cup wants to serve up a different kind of buzz by converting some of its coffee shops into cannabis dispensaries.Shares in the Canadian restaurant operator rose as much as 26 per cent to $3.47 apiece in early Thursday trading after it announced that it has signed an agreement with marijuana clinic operator National Access Cannabis to develop and operate a network of recreational pot stores."This strategic relationship provides Second Cup with a great opportunity to leverag

A hilarious case of mistaken identity has the internet in stitches.In honour of the royal wedding, U.K. Etsy store ModernChintz released a commemorative plate featuring the faces of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. However, the store got one very important detail wrong, mistaking British singer and fellow redhead Ed Sheeran as Markle's famous fiancé .At first glance, the plate — which sells for $46.26 — looks like a gag gift. After all, it's hard to believe the store could mix

Some people like cleaning and know a lot about how to do it efficiently. But some of us ... do not. Some of us try to stay on top of the dishes and run a Swiffer over the floors here and there and figure that'll do it.The problem is that that will not, in fact, do the job properly. You don't need to spend your whole life cleaning, but a few hacks and regular maintenance on the trickiest spots can save you a lot of time and money when your parents are about to visit and you really have to make th

VANCOUVER — The city of Vancouver is moving to legalize short-term rental accommodation like Airbnb but operators will only be able to advertise their principal residence.Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said Wednesday that new regulations to be enacted next week are designed to protect and free up rental housing in response to a critically low vacancy rate."The goal of the city is to restore some of our long-term rental and take a balanced approach, making sure we are protecting rental st

OTTAWA — Sexual harassment is far more prevalent in Canadian workplaces than company executives would like to believe, a new report says.Indeed, the report from the Human Resources Professionals Association says recent revelations of harassment in the political, media, entertainment and business sectors have exposed the "dark reality'' that sexual harassment in the workplace is an "epidemic that has been allowed to persist."In a survey of the association's members, 17 per cent reported hav

OTTAWA — Sexual harassment is far more prevalent in Canadian workplaces than company executives would like to believe, a new report says.Indeed, the report from the Human Resources Professionals Association says recent revelations of harassment in the political, media, entertainment and business sectors have exposed the "dark reality'' that sexual harassment in the workplace is an "epidemic that has been allowed to persist."In a survey of the association's members, 17 per cent reported hav

MONTREAL — Last Friday night, a few hours after a bus crashed in rural Saskatchewan killing 15 people, a prominent Montreal doctor who is also chief surgeon of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team couldn't sleep.What kept David Mulder awake was his belief that if the same tragedy occurred in a small town in Quebec, the province would be unprepared.Quebec is the sole province in Canada and Montreal the only urban centre in North America without a helicopter program that can quickly transport

QUEBEC — Footage captured by surveillance cameras during the 2017 shooting at a Quebec City mosque shows Alexandre Bissonnette calmly murdering men lying on the carpet who were already injured by his bullets.The carnage lasts all of two minutes.Bissonnette hides several times behind a column in the prayer room to recharge his weapon before returning to empty his gun into the bodies of worshippers.The Crown prosecutor presented the footage on Wednesday to Superior Court Justice Francois Huo

WINNIPEG — A frightened rescue dog that escaped from a plane and scampered onto a runway at Winnipeg's airport was shot dead by wildlife control officers after officials feared the pooch might cause an accident.Winnipeg-based Manitoba Mutts Dog Rescue says the two-year-old golden-Labrador mix, named Greta, fled from a Perimeter Aviation plane Monday after a flight from Shamattawa First Nation.Airport spokesman Tyler MacAfee says the dog ran onto a runway and forced the crew of a WestJet fl

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League will resume playoffs with the blessing of the Humboldt Broncos.The league was in the difficult position of deciding how to proceed with its post-season after the Broncos team bus collided with a semi truck Friday, killing the head coach and 10 players among the 16 fatalities, and injuring 13 others.The Broncos were heading to Nipawin for Game 5 of their semifinal series against the Hawks when the crash occurred at an intersection north of Tisdale.The SJHL sa

SASKATOON — A woman who worked as a trainer for the Humboldt Broncos hockey team and was on a bus that crashed last week has died.The family of Dayna Brons says the 25-year-old died this afternoon in Saskatoon hospital from injuries sustained in Friday's crash.Full statement by Dayna Brons' family. She passed away this afternoon as result of her injuries from the accident. #PrayforHumboldtBroncospic.twitter.com/LVWyQbFpyg
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