Giada De Laurentiis has been dropping clues that she’s found a new man since her divorce from Todd Thompson — and now the mystery dude has been revealed! According to a recent report, the 45-year-old TV chef is now dating Shane Farley, the executive producer of Tyra Banks’ new talk show, FABLife, and a former producer of The Rachael Ray …
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Canadian Doctors Breach the Blood-Brain Barrier
Sunnybrook researchers made history this week as they used focused ultrasound to non-invasively breach the blood-brain barrier and more effectively deliver chemotherapy into the brain tumour of a patient. Each person has a protective barrier that normally restricts the passage of substances from the bloodstream into the brain protecting it from toxic chemicals. “The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been a …
Read More »Toyota to build SUVs in Cambridge starting in 2019
Southwestern Ontario has become a hub for the hottest-selling vehicles in North America. Toyota’s announcement Tuesday that its Cambridge plant will make the RAV4 after the Corolla is phased out solidifies Ontario as a centre for crossover utility vehicle (CUV) production, industry observers say.
Read More »Nigel White: Man arrested following ‘random’ College Park assaults
A man has been arrested for a series of “random” assaults near Yonge and College, Tuesday afternoon, according to police. Nigel White, 38, faces charges for three separate attacks on Nov. 5.
Read More »Researchers find mysterious ‘anomalies’ while thermal scanning Egypt pyramids, Report
Anomalies have been found in Egypt’s Khufu pyramid two weeks into a thermal scanning project aimed at discovering the famed pharaonic monument secrets, officials said. In a statement released on Monday, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced that “among the various identified thermal anomalies, the team has observed a particularly impressive one located on the eastern side of the Khufu …
Read More »Melissa Click: Missouri professor who blocked media at protest apologizes
Who Is Melissa Click? University of Missouri communications professor has landed at the center of a media firestorm after a widely-circulated video showed her trying to blockade a student reporter from the site of an on-campus protest on Monday — at one point calling for “muscle” to forcibly remove him. Students and faculty gathered in support of the activist group …
Read More »Grilled, Barbecued Meat Linked to Cancer Risk, new study says
Pan-fried, grilled or barbecued meat, cooked at high temperatures or over an open flame, may increase the risk of kidney cancer, a new study has claimed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study illustrates how diet and genetics may interact to impact cancer risk.
Read More »Allen Toussaint: New Orleans pianist dies aged 77
Allen Toussaint, the versatile producer, songwriter, pianist and singer who was a fixture of New Orleans R&B, died Monday after appearing in concert in Madrid. He was 77. In the 1960s, he wrote and produced a series of hits for New Orleans artists, such as Ernie K-Doe, Irma Thomas and the Neville Brothers, among many others. Many of his hits …
Read More »Vancouver crews prepare for King Tides, Report
Crews with the City of Vancouver have lined a 200-metre stretch of Locarno Beach with tens of thousands of sandbags to prevent low-lying homes from being flooded by record high king tides beginning this week. Vancouverites can expect king tides to arrive as early as next week, according to the city. Also known as perigean spring tides, king tides happen …
Read More »Satoshi Nakamoto: Creator of Bitcoin nominated for Nobel Prize of Economics
The nomination of Satoshi Nakamoto has become possible thanks to Professor Chowdhry from UCLA who proposed bitcoin inventor for the Laureates of 2016. The digital currency technology was first described in a 2008 paper published under Nakamoto’s name, which detailed a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system”.
Read More »Wealthy more likely to get organ transplants, according to new study
Being wealthy increases a person’s chances of securing an organ transplant, a new study has found. Individuals living in higher income neighborhoods are more likely to register with multiple transplant centers and have increased access to organ transplants, Columbia University Medical Center researchers report. The new study was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.
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