HBO Max, the streaming service launched by AT&T‘s (NYSE:T) WarnerMedia, made its debut on Wednesday. The service, which is anchored by content from its namesake HBO, went live packing a $ 14.99 monthly price tag and a host of flagship programming. Unfortunately, even with more than a dozen distribution deals in place, there was a…
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s closest aide refused to resign on Monday, saying he had done nothing wrong by driving 250 miles from London to access childcare when Britons were being told to stay at home to fight COVID-19. Dominic Cummings has faced calls to quit from lawmakers, Church of England bishops,…
PORTERS LAKE, N.S.—Nova Scotia fire crews faced rocky terrain and dry conditions as they battled an out-of-control blaze Sunday that forced the evacuation of 523 homes in an area east of Halifax. David Steeves of the province’s lands and forestry department said the wildfire in the Porters Lake area was 60 per cent contained by…
TORONTO—A man has been charged in a fatal fire in the laundry room of a Toronto apartment building. Toronto police say they were called to a fire in midtown on Thursday. They say a man was found with obvious injuries and pronounced dead. Investigators say they arrested a suspect on Friday. A 27-year-old man from…
Ontario’s education minister — under fire after not appointing someone from the Black community to help probe allegations of racism at the Peel school board — has now named a third reviewer, the Star has learned. The appointment of Shawn Richard, past president of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, “is intended to address feedback…
