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Aquardens spa, on the outskirts of Verona, is typically the epitome of tranquility. Natural thermal springs feed expansive indoor and outdoor pools. Vineyards on the foothills of the Italian Alps grace the horizon. There are steam rooms, saunas, and a snow alcove, where snowflakes waft down on visitors wishing to cool off after a sweating session. But for a week this fall, the thudding bass of electronic dance music emanates from inside the spa’s largest sauna.
Abandoning my flipflops and possibly my dignity, I adjust my towel and join the gleeful crowd of more than 200 naked people...
November 14, 2025 - 06:30 | Sarah Everts | Walrus
Molly Dunn had always wanted to join a book club. Until last winter, the twenty-five-year-old had been too busy or distracted to find the right one. The opportunity to start one struck when she began a new job as a sales associate at BMV, a Toronto bookstore. With her manager’s permission, she set a date for the inaugural meeting and posted an announcement to the store’s Instagram page. The question was: Would anyone come?
Her manager had stipulated that at least four people needed to attend, and Dunn was already wondering if she’d have to call on friends to fill the spots. The weather...
November 14, 2025 - 06:29 | Janna Abbas | Walrus
A team at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon.
November 14, 2025 - 06:24 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
The Ontario Public Service has the highest Microsoft Copilot use in the country, according to internal government documents, and is used weekly by more than 15,000 civil servants.
November 14, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
A Hells Angels hitman who killed a man in Nova Scotia can’t fathom why the Parole Board of Canada takes his victim’s family’s word over his when it comes to granting him freedom.
Dean Daniel Kelsie is serving a life sentence for the October 2000 shooting death of Sean Simmons in the lobby of a Dartmouth, N.S., apartment building. The court heard Simmons was killed for having had an affair with the wife of a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang.
In a new appeal, Kelsie, who is in his early 50s, argued unsuccessfully against the decision this past spring to yank his day parole...
November 14, 2025 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
Twenty years ago, Cosmo Jacobson was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a Crown witness who had been set to testify against him for charges in an earlier home-invasion case.Last week, he participated as a speaker at a seminar for some judges on the Ontario Court of Justice in a panel about the treatment of inmates and conditions of life behind bars.Now, some attendees are complaining. A written statement from Jason Gennaro, a spokesman for the court, said some had “expressed concerns about the panel.” Correspondence was sent to all 356 judges on the Court of Justice to...
November 14, 2025 - 06:00 | David Ebner | The Globe and Mail
