Here’s a roundup of what is open and closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. What’s Open and Closed throughout Waterloo region The Region of Waterloo International Airport will remain open. Grand River Transit will operate on a Christmas holiday schedule from Dec. 24 until Jan. 6. The full schedule […]
Hackers have stolen account information, including encrypted passwords from users of the question-and-answer website. About 100 million users of Quora, a popular question-and-answer website, have been affected by a security breach involving a “malicious third party”, the company says. Quora said it was notifying all users who may have been affected to prevent further damage. Account information, […]
When Emily Elliott moved to New York from North Carolina almost 12 years ago, she handed out resumes in the East Village and slept on her sister’s couch. Two weeks went by and no one hired her. Just as she was starting to feel desperate, Colors, a new restaurant cooperative in NoHo focusing on fair […]
Stormy conditions will bring heavy rain, snow and winds for millions across the eastern seaboard. A large winter storm is expected to disrupt millions of holiday travellers across the eastern seaboard on Friday and Saturday. Severe storms swept across Florida on Thursday morning, triggering at least 3 tornadoes and dozens of reports of wind damage, […]
The risk of a heart attack is nearly 40 per cent higher on Christmas Eve, says a Swedish study based on 16 years of medical data. The study looked at several holidays and dates of major sports events to see if there was an uptick in cases of myocardial infarction, also known as a heart […]
Several businesses in Barrie will have altered hours on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Here’s what you can expect. Christmas What’s open: Movie theatres Some convenience stores What’s closed: Georgian Mall Vaughan Mills Mall Upper Canada Mall Tanger Outlet Mall LCBO The Beer Store Banks Government offices Canada Post mail collection and […]
A former aide to the Senate Intelligence Committee was sentenced on Thursday to two months in prison for lying to federal law enforcement agents about unauthorized contact he had with an unidentified reporter during a federal leak investigation. The former aide, James A. Wolfe, 58, pleaded guilty in October to one count of making a […]
The US justice department has indicted two Chinese men accused of hacking into the computer networks of companies and government agencies in Western countries. The pair are allegedly part of a “hacking group” known as Advanced Persistent Threat 10, affiliated with China’s main intelligence service. They have not been arrested. The US and UK have […]
Edward Douglas is serving a life sentence for selling crack cocaine. He cannot go to church with his mother, a pastor in Chicago. He cannot take his grandchildren to the park. He dreams of working as a mechanic again. It’s a possibility that seems increasingly likely. Under bipartisan criminal justice legislation that won final approval […]
With H&M coming to the Cornwall Centre back in March, many hoped other retail giants would follow suit. Instead, the mall will actually be a little emptier in the new year. Roots will be closing its doors at the end of December and the Gap, along with the Gap Kids store, will be closing at […]