Snails, squirrels and creepy crawlies: Over 1,000 species live on Dawson campus

Turkey vulture, eastern grey squirrel and dog vomit slime mold are among the species observed at Dawson college over last two years. Dawson College biology teacher Brian Mader, left, and Jennifer de Vera, the program development director at Dawson’s Office of Sustainability, show off the rooftop garden on campus. “We document everything. Fungus, plants, moss, … Read more

Cabinet minister’s Cree great-grandmother claims were untrue, records show

Relying on obituaries and census records, the National Post pieced together some of Lucy Brenneis’s lineage. Boissonnault’s office did not dispute the findings Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Minister Randy Boissonnault rises during question period in the House of Commons on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024.Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press OTTAWA — For years, … Read more

Even supermodels have their struggles. Elle Macpherson hopes readers will learn from hers

Elle Macpherson, author of “Elle: Life, Lessons, and Learning to Trust Yourself.” (Adam Whitehead) On the Shelf ‘Elle’ By Elle MacphersonBenBella Books: 384 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Even Elle Macpherson, a model who would come to be … Read more

It’s hard to pin down the music of ‘Emilia Pérez’

“Emilia Pérez” is not what most would conjure when thinking of a movie musical. And therein lies its superpower. Its writer-director, Jacques Audiard, chose to tell the story of a brutal Mexican drug cartel lord (played by Karla Sofía Gascón) who undergoes profound changes in midlife — including gender-reassignment surgery — as a romantic, comic, … Read more

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