Fernando Pons is a little-known poker player with enough guile to make it into the prestigious November 9 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016. At 37 years of age, he has plenty to look forward to with a guaranteed $1 million in poker prize money. The illustrious contest is the most highly anticipated of the world’s major poker ...

Fortunately for Canadians, online gambling in Canada has always been a bit of grey area. Canada was a traditionally anti-gambling country. But, 40+ years ago the government legalized certain activities by amending the Criminal Code thus making it kind of legal. Later on in 1985, the provinces got the right to decide whether they will allow poker or other forms ...

Oscar Wilde, Richard Nixon, Pierre Trudeau, Marilyn Monroe, Winston Churchill, Shirley Temple, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Charles Blondin, Wild Bill Hickok, Laura Secord, H.G. Wells, Charles Dickens, Helen Keller, Sir Harry Oakes, Jimmy Stewart, Princess Diana … Bit characters all – in a story in which the main character has always been and will always be: the Falls. Those famous ...

The Liberal government is feeling pressure from industry over a campaign pledge to restore regulations surrounding project permits and environmental assessments after a series of changes by the Conservative government in 2012. The Trudeau government is planning to launch a consultation on the environmental assessment process, possibly this summer, and lobby groups are anticipating possible changes such as the relisting ...

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday a long-delayed rule requiring the financial industry to identify the real owners of companies will help fight corruption and tax evasion and boost the economy. His administration on Friday issued the Customer Due Diligence rule in the works since 2012 and proposed legislation meant to stop prevent criminals from using shell companies to ...

Ricky, Julian and Bubbles just made an $800,000 score. Nova Scotia Business Inc. announced Tuesday that it’s offering $810,368 in production funding for Trailer Park Boys Out of the Park: Europe, the newest television show chronicling the escapades of actors/executive producers Mike Smith, Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay. At close to a million dollars, it’s the largest block of ...

It’s happening again folks, as inevitable as the occasional loss on the Roulette wheel or a downpour of rain fall on the very day of that big BBQ party you’ve been planning for months. The nights are getting longer, the weather is getting colter, the end of the year is drawing upon us, and bringing those pesky Winter Blues with ...

You’ve tried all social games you’ve come across, but failed to find one that would keep you occupied for more than a few minutes at a time. No wonder: most social and mobile games are copies of the same successful format, hoping to grab a slice of the same pie. Swapping candy, linking flowers - the symbols change, but the ...

It has been revealed by “Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger in a recent interview that “Terminator 5: Genesis” is actually very much similar to the story line of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” “Terminator will have the exact same feel. The way the script reads, it has the same feel as Terminator 2… “It is big. There is hardcore action and it ...

The adaptation of multiple Hugo and Nebula award winner George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire to the TV screens, the series called Game of Thrones, has been an incredible success. The series, the actors and the production team has won a number of awards themselves, including several Emmys, Golden Globes, Scream Awards, Satellite Awards and six ...