Casualty star Amanda Mealing is no stranger to riveting plot twists on the soap. But her own life has been every bit as extraordinary as anything the show’s scriptwriters could deliver. For the 51-year-old actress has told for the first time how she only found out at 30 that she was adopted – when a drunken cousin dropped the bombshell […]

WITH spring only right around the corner, get yourself in the mood for the happiest season of all by treating yourself to these top high street picks. From cute trinket plates to some fresh beauty picks, these high street pieces are bound to put a spring in your step..! Plates, £45 for four from Royal Doulton – buy now Bag, […]

Triple Frontier is the latest in a long line of Dirty Dozen-style action movies that see a team of badasses recruited and sent on a wild mission. From Kelly’s Heroes to Predator to Ocean’s Eleven to The Avengers, it’s something that always works in movies. (MacGruber may have done it best: Recruit the team and explode everyone in a van by […]

While Justice League was mostly a flop (due in part to Superman’s weirdly CGI’d face), there was one thing that many fans and nonfans alike could agree on: Ezra Miller is simply delightful as the slightly awkward but nonetheless endearing Barry Allen aka the Flash. Whether it was good writing, Miller’s supreme comic timing, or a mixture of both, it’s […]

Most people who watch the Netflix series Making a Murderer become obsessed with the idea of Steven Avery being innocent – and rightfully so. There are plenty of reasons to believe that Avery was wrongfully accused of a major crime for the second time in his life. But with the spotlight trained on Avery, it’s far too common to neglect […]

Ever since Ezra Miller stole Justice League with his sly take on The Flash, fans have been clamoring to see Miller’s Barry Allen get his own standalone movie. The long-rumored Flashpoint came closer to fruition after Warner Bros. hired John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein to direct. The duo was coming off the surprise success of Game Night, and after […]

The giant Moreton Bay fig shaded my daughter and me from the heat of the day as we made our way down the steep footpath to my crookedly parked car. The roots of the tree had broken through the concrete, so we chose our steps carefully. "What did you just say, Mummy?" asked my youngest daughter. Her question caused me […]

As a Winnipeg firefighter, Chad Swayze has faced danger as a matter of course throughout his career, but he’s about to take on his biggest challenge yet – literally. Swayze is about to fly to Nepal to climb the planet’s highest peak, 29,029-foot Mount Everest. He told 680 CJOB the trek is part of a lifelong passion for outdoor adventure. […]

When Milton Moskowitz set out to evaluate America’s best companies to work for, he took a novel approach: He talked to their employees. He and a colleague, Robert Levering, spent more than a year traveling the country, interviewing hundreds of workers in dozens of cities. The resulting book, “The 100 Best Companies to Work For in America,” was a best […]

Al Silverman, a magazine editor and publishing executive who collaborated with the Chicago Bears halfback Gale Sayers on an autobiography that was adapted into “Brian’s Song,” the popular 1971 television movie about the friendship between Mr. Sayers and his dying teammate, Brian Piccolo, died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 92. His son Brian confirmed the death. […]