Amazon and Ebay are among the major retailers pulling a brand of smart toys from their sales platforms following warnings about cybersecurity weaknesses. The brand, called CloudPets, was found last year to have been storing millions of owners’ voice recordings online,…
Pierre Leroux was defeated as the Liberal candidate for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell against one of his fellow members on township council, Amanda Simard, the Progressive Conservative candidate. Ontario has given the province’s Progressive Conservative party a majority, ousting the rival Liberals after…
Val Kilmer To Star Opposite Tom Cruise In New “Top Gun” and Last Munchkin Dies: Val Kilmer will star opposite Tom Cruise in the “Top Gun: Maverick,” says an individual with knowledge of the production. Kilmer will join Cruise in…
A new survey by the Accident Advice Helpline reveals that 70% of people say backseat drivers are annoying. Criticizing the driver’s decisions behind the wheel Complaining about the driver going too fast Gasping loudly at any slight braking movement Flinching…
After a month of politicians campaigning across Ontario, it’s the peoples’ turn to speak. Voters cast ballots today in an election that polls suggest is a neck-and-neck battle between Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives and Andrea Horwath’s New Democrats. Liberal Leader…
Remember, you can vote in person today from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. at your assigned voting location. To be eligible, you must be 18 years of age or older, a Canadian citizen and a resident of Ontario. You can only vote at…
As major fast food chains and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) move to incorporate healthier alternatives, KFC is making a huge play in the veggie meat game. The chicken chain is officially working on the first vegetarian fried chicken to ever hit a…
The basics: Getting rid of mosquito-breeding sites is critical to lowering the number of mosquitoes in your yard, and protecting yourself from bites. A mosquito only needs a tiny bottle cap-size pool of water to lay up to 200 eggs,…
The yo-yo was made popular in America when Donald F. Duncan, Sr. manufactured the Duncan Yo-Yo in the early 1900s. The name “Yo-Yo” was first registered as a trademark in 1932. In 1999, the Duncan Yo-Yo was inducted into…
The mayor of an eastern Ontario town is renewing his call to add an extra lane of traffic in each direction on the stretch of Highway 401 where a tour bus crashed this week. A 54-year-old Chinese tourist was killed…
A new report by the Heart and Stroke Foundation says women need to be aware of the risk factors for stroke, as they can be more affected than men by the brain injury. The report says high blood pressure…
Ontario provincial police say 24 people were taken to hospital, including four with life-threatening injuries, after a bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed on Highway 4-0-1 near Prescott. Operated by Massachusetts-based Union Tour Express, the bus had 37 people onboard when…
Many professionals suggest keeping an entirely separate wardrobe for work attire, which could help lessen the time it takes in deciding what to wear each day. Two-thirds of the respondents from a recent survey followed this practice, but interestingly, it…
Hawkesbury OPP responded to a report of a male that had gone underwater and not surfaced last Saturday afternoon. Along with assistance of the East Hawkesbury Fire Department and Plantagenet Fire Departments the body of a 57 year old male…
A school district just outside of New York City says it is considering a proposal from two fifth graders to get rid of homework. Fifth-graders Christopher DeLeon and Niko Keelie at Farley Elementary School in Stony Point say…
