Whatchamacallit, owned by Hershey’s, is expanding its “wacky, crazy, crunchy, chewy” brand by releasing another equally layered and equally zany confection in July.  However, instead of adding another no-named bar to its repertoire, Whatchamacallit wants its fans to weigh in.  The as-yet-to-be-named candy, the first released under the Whatchamacallit brand in 10 years, will be made up of … Read more

A 1762 vintage bottle of cognac, one of the oldest surviving cognacs in the world, sold for $146,000 at an online auction.  The Gautier cognac, one of only three surviving bottles of the spirit, was sold yesterday by Sotheby’s auction house.  The bottle is known as the “grand frere,” or “big brother,” as it is the … Read more

Police in Minneapolis were forced to abandon their precinct after massive crowds of protesters began to set the building on fire. The thousands of protesters were angry over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while pleading for air as a white police officer kneeled on his neck. Several other buildings were torched, marking the third night … Read more

A woman was shocked when she realized a selfie she had uploaded on Instagram featured her boyfriend wiping his butt in the background.  Shannon Butt, 22, (seriously. That’s her name) took a selfie of herself at home and uploaded it on social media without realizing what was lingering in the reflection of the mirror.  Upon closer look, Shannon, from Gloucestershire … Read more

In an effort to give their neighbors a laugh during the coronavirus pandemic, a couple recently posted 30 flyers advertising an Avengers-themed “Post Pandemic Pan-Philadelphia Orgy” around their South Philly neighborhood. While the event started as a joke, the pair have received so many inquiries that they now intend to actually host it.  “The orgy is on,… Read more

Ashley Foret Smith, a mom of three from Jacksonville, Florida, accidentally gave her daughter’s first-grade class an eye full on Zoom earlier this month.  On May 5, she took to Facebook with some advice for parents — along with a cheeky video that has had some 1.8 million viewers.  “I watch all of these videos of people on the … Read more

Dropping F-bombs can possibly help increase a person’s pain threshold, research has shown — and, according to a follow-up pain management experiment, using made-up swear words doesn’t quite garner the same results.  The original 2009 experiment suggested that swearing under the right circumstances can increase a person’s pain threshold. To test the theory, Richard Stevens, a British psychologist from Keele … Read more

A Toronto man said he was surprised and confused when a package showed up at his home containing a product he had ordered eight years earlier.  Elliot Berinstein said a Canada Post delivery worker left the package from Well.ca on his doorstep May 6, and he was initially confounded about its origins.  “I was very confused because I hadn’t … Read more

Environment Canada has released a special weather statement warning of rain today associated with the remnants of tropical depression Bertha impacting southern Ontario. Here are the details:… Read more

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Video has emerged showing a white Minneapolis police officer pinning a black man to the ground by his neck with his knee, moments before the suspect loses consciousness and dies.  The footage was taken by a bystander in south Minneapolis on … Read more

The B.C. Supreme Court is scheduled to release a key decision today in the American extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Justice Heather Holmes is releasing her ruling on the issue of so-called double criminality. The legal arguments centre on whether the allegations Meng is facing in the United States would be a crime in Canada.

The decision could … Read more

One of Canada’s biggest print media companies has been bought. Torstar, owner of the Toronto Star, has agreed to a $52-million dollar acquisition deal with NordStar Capital — a Canadian investment firm that plans to take the company private. The deal takes control of the company away from five families — the Atkinsons, Hindmarshs, Campbells, Thalls and Honderichs. John Honderich, … Read more

Haligonians lined city streets Sunday to observe the police-escorted motorcade carrying the remains of the Canadian Forces Snowbirds member who died in a jet crash last week. Halifax native and public affairs officer Captain Jennifer Casey died May 17th in the crash of a Snowbirds Tutor jet in Kamloops, BC. The aerobatics team had been carrying out a cross-country tour … Read more

The Canada Food Inspection Agency has issued an allergen alert after a brand of vegan chocolate bars were found to contain milk. The agency says there are two varieties of iChoc vegan bars that contain improperly labelled milk — the White Vanilla Vegan bar and the Classic Vegan Bar. And while both are advertised as being made with “rice … Read more

A NAFTA panel has backed the U.S. International Trade Commission’s decision regarding softwood lumber imports from Canada. The U.S. Lumber Coalition says the decision affirms the U.S.I.T.C. determination from December that the imports “materially injured” American producers and workers… Read more

Amazon is scheduling its annual Prime Day shopping event for September and allowing unlimited shipments of non-essential goods to warehouses, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.  The latter move will allow the company to lay the groundwork for shipments of a wider variety of products, indicating it is now in a position to process orders more quickly in its warehouses … Read more

Dutch golfer Joost Luiten “almost killed” his girlfriend while practicing a trick shot, he wrote on social media this week.  Luiten was practicing a trick shot with his caddy, who was throwing him his golf club from a few feet away due to coronavirus pandemic guidelines, and the golfer was going directly into a swing after he caught … Read more

A Texas dad recently drove 1,152 miles roundtrip to give his daughter a socially-distanced birthday surprise.  Julio Cesar Segura, 53, got on the road at 4:15 a.m. to start the eight-and-a-half-hour drive from El Paso to Austin to visit his daughter, Diana Segura Lerma, for her 19th birthday.  The dad spent 17 hours in the car, roundtrip, only to spend … Read more

A Texas couple believes they were spied on while having sex in their Denver hotel room.  Now, Nathan and Christina Parks have filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court against DoubleTree by Hilton for invasion of privacy.  The married couple, both 35, were staying at a DoubleTree by Hilton in the Stapleton neighborhood in September 2019.  When Nathan opened the … Read more

Kellogg’s just redesigned Toucan Sam from Fruit Loops.  It’s not clear why the iconic brand opted to change their mascot’s look but they took his blue body colour and made it brighter and added more turquoise, gave him … Read more