TOKYO Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron made sure that, at least in some way, Christine Girard was able to be part of the experience that comes with winning an Olympic gold medal. Charron won gold in the women’s 64-kilogram event on Tuesday, and she spoke of what it means to follow…
Posted Gymnast Simone Biles’ bid for a record six gold medals, what would make her the most successful female Olympian of all time, ended abruptly on Tuesday when she pulled out of a team event. Russia’s gymnastics team went on to carry the gold.read more…
Two more mink have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus from a Fraser Valley farm already under quarantine from positive tests in May. As a result of the new infections, a moratorium has been placed on any new mink farms in B.C., with a cap on existing mink farms at…
How would you describe your job at a dinner party? My team works with the people who design and build some of Googles most used and loved products like Search, Maps, Photos and News to make them more equitable, more inclusive and simply work better for everyone. We also work…
MONTREAL – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that as a lifelong Montreal Canadiens fan he’s deeply disappointed by the team’s selection of Logan Mailloux in the NHL draft. Mailloux, who was picked by the Canadiens on July 23, was fined by a Swedish court last year after he was convicted…
Julyana Al-Sadeq went viral after Twitter users perceived similarities to Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga, Julyana Al-Sadeq/Instagram Julyana Al-Sadeq, 26, is a taekwondo athlete representing Jordan at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Al-Sadeq went viral on Monday July 26 after a picture appeared to show a resemblance to Lady Gaga. She competed…
It’s hard to keep up with the Olympics any year, let alone when they’re taking place in a time zone that’s 13 hours ahead of you (if you’re on the U.S. East Coast). Apple News on Monday announced a collaboration with NBCUniversal (the U.S. broadcast rights holder for the Olympics)…
Enigmatic Dutch synth inventor Gijs Gieskes has a musical instrumental response to the strangeness of late capitalism – and it’s oddly poetic. And patchable. It’s a synth about finance. There’s a millennial, lost in an electronic forest – with a gender encoder you can use to set their gender. (Needs…
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher only bathe their children when they see dirt on them. The couple has admitted they only give daughter Wyatt, six, and son Dimitri, four, a scrub when they look physically grubby and, even when the youngsters are allowed a quick dip in the tub, they…
A closed NBC news studio is pictured following the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriJuly 27 (Reuters) – NBCU News Group, part of NBCUniversal, is expanding its streaming and digital operations, adding 200 new jobs…