Two sisters graduate university, fulfilling father’s dying wish
Two sisters, 10 years apart in age and graduating from university in the same week, are fulfilling a wish their dying father had for each of them.
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Thousands in Norway mistakenly told they won big on lottery
A Norwegian lottery company on Monday apologized to 47,000 crestfallen gamblers who were mistakenly told they had won huge sums in a lottery, the firm blaming a currency conversion error.
The cost of loneliness can be death. Here’s how to find good friends
Having strong, positive relationships is one of the best ways to extend your life, according to research.
Don’t pour that pickle juice down the drain. It’s a cocktail darling
If you have a cocktail scene in your neck of the woods (and it’s safe to say that I do in NYC), you might have noticed the words 'pickle juice' appearing more often on drink menus.
This hilltop town is one of Europe’s smallest — and most unusual — countries
Tucked away in the hilly countryside just a few kilometers from the Adriatic coast is one of the world’s smallest nations — the centuries-old republic of San Marino.
Indigenous fashion designer with northern Ontario roots celebrates success
Lesley Hampton, a member of Temagami First Nation, is seeing her work featured at Holt Renfrew in Mississauga as part of a three-week pop-up celebrating Indigenous History Month.
Montreal Jewish museum reopens century-old sewing shop as a pop-up exhibit
Earlier this month, H. Fisher & Fils reopened, but this time with a transformation of its own: as a pop-up museum exhibit and heritage space paying tribute to Montreal’s garment industry and its role in the city’s Jewish community.
The Spanish town where locals soak each other with wine
Every June 29, hundreds of locals gather in Haro for a festival to celebrate the wine for which the surrounding La Rioja region is famous, culminating in La Batalla del Vino — the Battle of Wine.
Not just for dogs: Cat leashes are a growing trend
More and more felines are getting exercise and stimulation outdoors, safely, thanks to leashes made specifically for cats.
At 100, this globetrotting Catholic priest still bakes pies, enjoys opera and performs daily Mass
Throughout his remarkable lifetime, the Rev. James Kelly has baptized thousands of people, married thousands more, ministered to the sick in hospitals, and traveled the world extensively. He became friends with an opera superstar and, yes, even with a saint.
‘A no-brainer’: Some bosses happily giving staff Monday off along with Canada Day
Anyone who works Monday to Friday and is keen for a long weekend this Canada Day has likely had to do a bit of calendar juggling to cope with the ill-timed holiday.
Jeff Bezos weds Lauren Sánchez in lavish Venice ceremony
The sky itself is no limit for billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancee Lauren Sanchez, who have travelled into space -- and expectations are just about as high for their wedding in Venice.
Venice expects to rake in over US$1.1 billion from Bezos-Sanchez wedding
Venice, Italy, can expect to reap a US$1.1 billion reward from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s controversial, star-studded wedding, according to Italy’s Tourism Ministry.
She threw three coins in the Trevi Fountain and immediately met the man she would marry
American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the city’s Trevi Fountain and came to face-to-face with her future husband, local Fausto Mezzana.
Princess Diana’s ‘caring dress’ fetches over US$500,000 in largest auction of late royal’s fashion
A floral dress that Diana, Princess of Wales, wore to visit children in hospitals sold for US$520,000 on Thursday, as over 100 of the former Princess of Wales’ possessions went up for auction in California.