Fashion model Sabrina Dhowre Elba, left, and actor Idris Elba attends The Prince’s Trust Global Gala at Cipriani South Street on Thursday, April 27, 2023, in New York. “Luther” star Idris Elba revealed that without a grant from The Prince’s Trust when he was 17, he would not have been able to join the National Youth Music Theatre, which launched his career. “One thing The Prince’s Trust gave me was confidence,” said Elba, who mingled among celebrities including actress Sienna Miller, supermodels Kate Moss and Winnie Harlow and fashion designers Tommy Hilfiger and Michael Kors among others. “His majesty couldn’t be with us this evening — I know he wanted to be,” said Charlotte Mensah, owner of the Hairlounge salon in London and a past grantee of The Prince’s Trust. “He has something next week,” joked Mensah, referring to King Charles III’s coronation on May 6.

Fans scrambling to grab Drake tickets Thursday morning for the Toronto shows were faced with steep presale prices. The Toronto artist will wrap up his North American “It’s All a Blur” tour at home staging at the Scotiabank Arena on Oct. 5 and 7. Drake will also perform in Montreal on July 14 and 15 before hitting the Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Aug. 28 and 29. Available level 100 and premium seats for both concert dates sold out quickly before noon, with some seats still available hours after the presale started for the 200 and 300 levels. Drake tickets will be on sale to the general public on Friday.

Goaltender Jake Oettinger, coming off a Game 5 shutout of Minnesota, is 24. But for this generation of young Stars to truly be immortalized, playoff steppingstones like Friday night’s potential series-clinching Game 6 in St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center must be crossed. Since losing Joe Pavelski in Game 1 and falling in overtime, the Stars have flexed superiority and outscored the Wild 15-10 despite a stinker 5-1 Game 3 loss in St. Paul. “He’s doing some special things, for being at the stage of the career he’s at,” DeBoer said. It seemingly bodes well that young Oettinger on Thursday sounded like a wise veteran when asked about the Stars’ mindset entering Game 6.

Since 2011, Time magazine has utilized a paywall and as of June 1st, 2023, that paywall is being removed. In its simplest form for all publishers/outlets: no readers, no revenue. No revenue, no readers. There are three primary options:Install a paywall, get consistent revenue from users but have smaller audience size. Find a hybrid model where higher-profile articles live behind a paywall and others are freely accessible.

While the Maple Leafs continue to battle for respectability during these Stanley Cup playoffs, it appears GM Kyle Dubas may be in a similar battle of his own. Dubas, as it has been well-documented, is in the final year of his original five-year contract. “I fully expect to be judged on the full body of my work over the five-year term of my contract. But as the stakes are raised with every Leafs win, there are the complexities of what a full body of work means to Dubas, MLSE and, ultimately, Leafs fans. Add Leafs assistant GM Brandon Pridham, known for his salary cap analysis and who Dubas promoted weeks after he was named GM, to that mix.

Meet the Japanese man who spent $15,000 to transform into Collie dogDuration: 01:01Toco, from Japan, paid two million Yen ($15,000) to have a custom dog suit made for him to wear, fulfilling his dream of becoming an animal. He proudly wears his Collie suit, rolling on his side with paws up in the air, and even hanging out inside a kennel with fake grass. Although Toco keeps his hobby a secret from his friends and family, he continues to enjoy sharing his transformation into a lovable pet pooch.

The financial district will be home to Toronto’s first stock exchange-themed restaurant and bar, where drink menu prices will fluctuate based on demand throughout the day. CKTL & Co. — named after the stock ticker for cocktail — will be Ontario’s second restaurant inspired by the stock market. “We’re here to set standards, not follow trends,” said John Ko, mixologist and the restaurant’s beverage manager, of their drinks menu. However, only a select number of drink items will be on CKTL & Co.’s stock screens each day. While the establishment has food, like CKTL & Co., it operates under a similar model that only sees drink prices fluctuate.

they failed to properly coordinate this work properly and now we are on the hook both in time and money to replace this at a snails pace. sometimes things dont line up but its their jobs to verify on site and make sure everything is communicated properly. Some of these errors could have been detected during the construction process if there was proper oversight. Proper oversight by knowledgeable people costs money, but fixing it after is likely more expensive.And the excuse that they inherited this poorly managed project from a "liberal" government is crap. If it was built the way it was intended, it would have been finished three years ago.

Several NATO countries, including Canada, are currently participating in an anti-submarine warfare exercise in the North Atlantic. “Exercise Dynamic Mongoose will ensure crews are prepared to respond to threats posed by sub-surface forces and demonstrate the Alliance stands ready to defend all Allies,” NATO said in a statement. Normally the exercise takes place off the coast of Norway, but is this year hosted by Iceland. In this year’s event, the participating nations will practice “hunting and being hunted” during the 11-day exercise, NATO said. A news release from the government of Iceland said 15 vessels, “several submarines,” and maritime patrol aircraft were involved in the exercise.

With his wrist taped, the second baseman singled to left in each of his first two at-bats, driving in a run with the second hit. He also stole a base in the fourth inning on the back end of a double steal with Whit Merrifield. The 2022 all-star finished up his three-hit day with another single to left to lead off the eighth. The Jays are hoping that George Springer will have a similarly speedy convalescence. The leadoff man was hit in the right hand in the third inning, the first of three Jays to get plunked.

A House of Commons health committee is studying the feasibility of a national breast implant registry, something advocates have been calling for since the 1990s. "To me, it's something that should have happened the moment breast implants started to be manufactured in 1964," she told CBC. The federal feasibility study will look at what information might be included in a national registry and how it might function once it's in place. "Any next steps with respect to a breast implant registry would heavily depend on its purpose, structure, and design," Johnson wrote in an email. He described a breast implant registry as a "complex endeavour" that would require participation and coordination from multiple levels of government.

In This Story: COVID-19Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020. Symptoms of coronavirusThe main symptoms of coronavirus are:a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)Latest News about Covid-19Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top. 5 Recent Items: COVID-19

In 2021, in what has been described as “a coup within a coup,” the Sudanese military, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, took control of the government. Al-Bashir, the former president, came to power with the promise to end decades of civil war, but that did not come to pass. While he is reported to have negotiated an end to the second Sudan Civil War in 2005, which led to the creation of South Sudan, he was also charged with war crimes, including genocide, for overseeing a conflict in Darfur that reportedly killed 300,000 people and displaced some three million. The civilians are, frankly, no longer relevant,” said Nicholas Coghlan, Canada’s former top envoy to Sudan and its first ambassador to South Sudan. Joly said there were 1,700 Canadians registered with the government as being in Sudan, who the federal government is reaching out to.

An RCMP traffic collision reconstructionist is assisting with the investigation, said Staff Sgt. (CBC/Radio-Canada - image credit)Codiac Regional RCMP continue to investigate after two women from Moncton died following a three-vehicle collision in Riverview last week. "The collision is believed to have occurred when a vehicle travelling east, crossed the centre line and collided head-on with a second vehicle going west," he said. A passenger in the first vehicle, a 70-year-old woman, was transported to hospital and later died as a result of her injuries, said Malenfant. The passengers in the other two vehicles were transported to hospital with what were believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, Malenfant said.

Metrobus is implementing a wait list for riders looking to travel on the GoBus system due to a lack of available drivers. (Meg Roberts/CBC - image credit)Meg Roberts/CBCA letter sent to users of the accessible transit system GoBus, operated by Metrobus, says a driver shortage has forced the company to implement a waiting list for passengers who want to use the service. She also said riding the GoBus allows her to travel around the city with dignity, and believes making a change that only affects the GoBus system feels disrespectful. Waitlist highlights equity issue, says CoalitionNancy Reid, executive director of the Coalition of Persons with Disabilities Newfoundland and Labrador, says the waitlist highlights inequity in the transit system — and how people with disabilities can't just switch from riding the GoBus to the Metrobus. "People with disabilities need to be able to access the community, need to be able to go to our friends' house, need to be able to share in the things that all humans in our community want to share in.