Drinking water in First Nations communities would be brought to the same standard as water off reserves under a bill introduced by the Conservative government.
Posted: | 6:46 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206667 |
Rating: | 20667 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A series of forest fires raging out of control in northern Quebec has forced 1,300 people from their homes.
Posted: | 6:44 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206694 |
Rating: | 20669 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
An Alberta judge has ruled that a prostitute killer and violent sex offender is dangerous and must stay in prison indefinitely.
Posted: | 6:42 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206715 |
Rating: | 20672 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Victoria-area Mounties say they are closing in on suspects they believe targeted and murdered a teenaged girl last month, a crime so sinister police say once the details become public, the community will be permanently scarred.
Posted: | 6:38 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206698 |
Rating: | 20670 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Connecticut woman who developed larynx cancer won battle against cigarette company
Posted: | 6:39 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 207022 |
Rating: | 20701 |
Poster: | snookums |
Two Ontario military bases were scenes of sadness and remembrance Thursday as the families and friends of two Canadian soldiers gathered to mourn their loved ones.
Posted: | 6:36 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 206730 |
Rating: | 20673 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Though Jamaican security forces have gained a precarious grip on the slum stronghold of accused drug don Christopher "Dudus" Coke, members of the government now say they can't even be sure he's still in the country.
Posted: | 6:29 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206703 |
Rating: | 20670 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Former child television star Gary Coleman is in critical condition in Utah, a spokeswoman for the hospital said Thursday.
Posted: | 6:26 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207263 |
Rating: | 20726 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Procedural wrangling helps prevent Derek Lee from testifying before same group of parliamentarians investigating Rahim Jaffer�s alleged lobbying activity
Posted: | 5:33 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206984 |
Rating: | 20698 |
Poster: | stokes |
While outdoor hockey may well be the last thing on fans minds at the moment, the NHL will formally announce the locations of dual Winter Classic games next season.
Posted: | 4:23 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206659 |
Rating: | 20666 |
Poster: | WDHIII |
MONTREAL -- The hockey sweater worn during one of Canada's greatest sporting moments is up for auction, and it could score the biggest haul of any relic in the game's history.
Posted: | 12:23 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206611 |
Rating: | 20661 |
Poster: | WDHIII |
For the second time in less than 15 months, a Central Albertan is accused of taking the law into his own hands revolving around a suspected quad thief.
Posted: | 12:16 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207516 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Do you really need another reason to attend an event or festival this summer? If you've only got one marked in your daybook so far (that being Canada Day, which is imprinted on your calendar thanks to the manufacturer, so it doesn't earn you any points) t
Posted: | 10:41 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207025 |
Rating: | 20703 |
Poster: | tritium |
Canada is losing hundreds of thousands of visitors from Mexico because of visa requirements imposed by the Harper government to curb refugee claims, Mexican President Felipe Calderon told the House of Commons on Thursday.
Posted: | 10:36 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206898 |
Rating: | 20690 |
Poster: | tritium |
Air conditioning, ice cream, T-shirts and shorts were essential items in Central Canada on Wednesday as temperature records were smashed for the second straight day.
Posted: | 10:30 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206809 |
Rating: | 20681 |
Poster: | tritium |
Climate change legislation is so 2008 chic. Just ask British Columbia. But now, scarcely two years later, people the world over are slowly dumping the fashion trend in favour of a healthy dose of skepticism. According to the New York Times, a February pol
Posted: | 10:29 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 206770 |
Rating: | 20677 |
Poster: | tritium |
Posted: | 9:43 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206858 |
Rating: | 20688 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
TD Economics study also recommends that doctors be paid according to the quality and cost-effectiveness of their care
Posted: | 6:54 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206781 |
Rating: | 20678 |
Poster: | Regina |
A Colombian beauty queen has been arrested in Argentina on charges of leading a drug trafficking ring.
Posted: | 6:02 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206931 |
Rating: | 20693 |
Poster: | Benn |
Posted: | 5:38 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206969 |
Rating: | 20699 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Space shuttle Atlantis returned from orbit for the last time Wednesday, closing out a 25-year flying career and safely bringing back six astronauts who boosted the International Space Station's power and size.
Posted: | 9:27 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207093 |
Rating: | 20709 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The head of Foxconn bowed deeply several times and apologized Wednesday for a spate of suicides at the factory that makes Apple iPods and iPhones, promising the electronics giant will try to stop more deaths.
Posted: | 9:22 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 206975 |
Rating: | 20698 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Typically, Amber Alerts are broadcast on TV and radio, but now Canada's cellphone companies have teamed up to offer the alert via text message on your cellphone.
Posted: | 9:20 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207523 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The murder trial for a 31-year-old Langley man accused of killing two sex trade workers began Wednesday in New Westminster, B.C.
Posted: | 9:17 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206666 |
Rating: | 20667 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
SQ divers searching the St. Lawrence river have discovered the car of woman who went missing two weeks ago.
Posted: | 9:16 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206824 |
Rating: | 20682 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The long wait for protection against identity theft and anti-spam legislation may be nearing an end.
Posted: | 9:13 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206637 |
Rating: | 20664 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The pilot killed in a plane crash in Markham has been identified as Paul Jess, 54, the co-owner of Burlington Pet Hotel.
Posted: | 9:10 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206652 |
Rating: | 20665 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The captain aboard the Queen of the North ferry that sank off the coast of British Columbia four years ago is petitioning the court to get his job back.
Posted: | 9:08 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206596 |
Rating: | 20660 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A little over a month ago, a group of rats living in Florida became mini celebrities. They were ordinary in every way except these rats had developed a deep love for sausages, fries, cheesecake, candy bars -- just about any junk food you could send the
Posted: | 9:06 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 206662 |
Rating: | 20666 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
An Alberta student has won his campaign to wear a Scottish kilt to his high school graduation.
Posted: | 9:04 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206895 |
Rating: | 20690 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A new study says Canada's population could exceed 40 million by 2036.
Posted: | 9:02 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206637 |
Rating: | 20664 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Art Linkletter, who as the gently mischievous host of TV's "People Are Funny" and "House Party" in the 1950s and '60s delighted viewers with his ability to get kids -- and grownups -- to say the darndest things on national television, died Wednesday. He w
Posted: | 8:59 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207083 |
Rating: | 20708 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
"Well you see, you know I think I have to admit it probably runs afoul of the current law because the current law does not allow you to shift formats. So the fact of the matter is I have compact discs that I've transferred, I have compact discs from my ch
Posted: | 5:57 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206788 |
Rating: | 20679 |
Poster: | Scape |
A dairy farm worker was charged Wednesday with 12 counts of cruelty to animals after a welfare group released a video it says shows him and others beating cows with crowbars and poking them with pitchforks.
Posted: | 3:55 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 206910 |
Rating: | 20691 |
Poster: | snookums |
Anti-HST petition organizers say they have collected the minimum ten per cent of signatures needed to go ahead in 83 of 85 BC constituencies including the premier's own backyard.
Posted: | 12:30 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Videos |
Hits: | 207984 |
Rating: | 20798 |
Poster: | tritium |
Apple Inc shot past Microsoft Corp as the world's biggest tech company as measured by market value on Wednesday, the latest milestone in the resurgence of the maker of the iPhone, which nearly went out of business in the 1990s.
Posted: | 12:26 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 206866 |
Rating: | 20687 |
Poster: | tritium |
Posted: | 10:41 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 206948 |
Rating: | 20695 |
Poster: | tritium |
A St. John's man accused of biting part of the ear off another man was not violating the terms of his house arrest, even though he was found at a downtown bar at 3 a.m., police said Tuesday.
Posted: | 9:28 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207173 |
Rating: | 20717 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The mother of a six-year-old Winnipeg girl who was sexually assaulted on the long weekend says the girl was lured away from a Spence Neighbourhood playground and taken to a home where she was attacked.
Posted: | 9:23 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206716 |
Rating: | 20672 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Dr. Lindy Lee said the addictions unit at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre is overwhelmed with people addicted to opiates such as OxyContin and codeine.
Posted: | 9:21 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206640 |
Rating: | 20664 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
At least 44 civilians have died in clashes between Jamaican security forces and gunmen in West Kingston, a Jamaican official says.
Posted: | 9:18 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206768 |
Rating: | 20677 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Ubisoft's new Toronto video game development studio has been handed the keys to the kingdom with the company announcing that the next iteration of its hit Splinter Cell franchise will be designed there.
Posted: | 9:16 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207031 |
Rating: | 20703 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
BP has begun a series of diagnostic tests to determine if it will proceed with a "top kill" procedure to stop the flow of oil from a broken well in the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted: | 9:15 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207017 |
Rating: | 20702 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Social-networking site Facebook is set to answer growing concerns over privacy by announcing new settings at a press conference on Wednesday.
Posted: | 9:13 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 206900 |
Rating: | 20690 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning consumers to avoid Fresh Express brand romaine lettuce-based salads.
Posted: | 9:11 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 206802 |
Rating: | 20680 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Teen pregnancy rates in Canada dropped nearly 37 per cent over a decade, say researchers who point to some of the reasons why.
Posted: | 9:08 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 206740 |
Rating: | 20674 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
More than 1,000 soldiers and civilians converged at Kandahar Airfield Wednesday to bid a solemn farewell to Canadian Trooper Larry Rudd, who was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.
Posted: | 9:07 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 206658 |
Rating: | 20666 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A backyard barbecue that was closed too soon after use is to blame for an explosion that damaged parts of the owner's home and a neighbouring house, says a Toronto fire chief.
Posted: | 9:02 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207074 |
Rating: | 20707 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Canada should raise interest rates "without delay" and let economic stimulus measures expire to avoid inflation, the OECD said in its annual forecast Wednesday.
Posted: | 9:00 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 206711 |
Rating: | 20671 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The trial of three Vancouver Island men, whose alleged attack on a lone black man was broadcast on YouTube, is expected to continue on Wednesday in Courtney, B.C.
Posted: | 8:56 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206654 |
Rating: | 20665 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
One person was killed and two others were wounded after as many as 30 shots were fired in a gunfight in a Nanaimo, B.C., industrial parking lot Tuesday.
Posted: | 8:55 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206617 |
Rating: | 20662 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is defending the estimated $930 million cost for security for next month's G8 and G20 meetings as the "most efficient and effective" use of public money for Canada's "unprecedented" hosting of back-to-back international su
Posted: | 8:26 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206738 |
Rating: | 20674 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The Calgary cop charged with trying to lure a minor into producing kiddie porn for him was a victim of dirty tricks by fellow officers, his lawyer said Tuesday.
Posted: | 7:24 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206855 |
Rating: | 20686 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Police say four upstate New York teenagers who tried to hold their breath for the time it took their car to go a third of a mile (about half a kilometre) were hurt when the driver fainted.
Posted: | 7:04 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206776 |
Rating: | 20678 |
Poster: | QBall |
Spooked phone bosses have suspended the mobile phone number 0888 888 888 - after every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.
Posted: | 5:06 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207436 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | kitty |
Toronto�s extreme heat alert continues Wednesday with the temperature forecast to hit a record 32 C.
Posted: | 5:05 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 206897 |
Rating: | 20690 |
Poster: | kitty |
A 21-year-old New Jersey man pleaded guilty Tuesday to vomiting on another spectator and his 11-year-old daughter in the stands during a Philadelphia Phillies game.
Posted: | 5:01 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206828 |
Rating: | 20683 |
Poster: | kitty |
"We're sure to have a doozey to look forward to with this treasure he's penning. Wonder what kind of material he'll gather while overlooking Piper's bedroom, my little garden, and the family's swimming hole?" she wrote.
Posted: | 4:46 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 206806 |
Rating: | 20681 |
Poster: | Guy_Fawkes |
Canada's top soldier in Kandahar has been fined $3,500 for negligently firing two rounds with his assault rifle as his boss the chief of defence staff stood nearby.
Posted: | 4:45 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 206882 |
Rating: | 20688 |
Poster: | Guy_Fawkes |
A University of Alberta research team has successfully shown that a generic drug can alter the metabolism of cells and may be a potential treatment for a brain cancer called glioblastoma.
Posted: | 8:53 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 206817 |
Rating: | 20682 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
North Korea said Tuesday it was severing all ties with South Korea and cutting communications links in protest at claims that it had torpedoed one of Seoul's warships.
Posted: | 8:47 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206890 |
Rating: | 20689 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The auditor general says a performance audit of the House of Commons would ensure taxpayers are getting their money's worth.
Posted: | 7:38 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206764 |
Rating: | 20676 |
Poster: | Strutz |
The first year of production of Nissan's new electric car Leaf has been sold out, the head of the Japanese automaker, Carlos Ghosn, said Tuesday.
Posted: | 5:05 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 206850 |
Rating: | 20685 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
John Fogerty's "Centerfield" has logged more time in baseball stadiums than most Hall of Famers. Now, the classic song is about to get its due in Cooperstown.
Posted: | 4:52 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207107 |
Rating: | 20713 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
If an alcohol-monitoring bracelet can keep celebrities like Lindsay Lohan from drinking, some parents might wonder, Can I get one for my teen? The answer is no.
Posted: | 4:07 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 206949 |
Rating: | 20695 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Edmonton police have arrested a 19-year-old male in connection to the death of a 23-year-old woman.
Posted: | 4:03 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206660 |
Rating: | 20666 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Edmonton police are now on the lookout for a second man believed to have been with a 50-year-old Edmonton man who is accused of killing a 33-year-old woman nearly 30 years ago.
Posted: | 4:00 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206612 |
Rating: | 20661 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell unveiled plans to build 1,006 new housing units for the homeless on eight sites owned by the City of Vancouver.
Posted: | 3:50 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206698 |
Rating: | 20670 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Mounties in West Kelowna have launched a homicide probe after the body of a missing 24-year-old was discovered.
Posted: | 3:45 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206764 |
Rating: | 20676 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A Montreal laboratory is raising worries about bacteria in bottled water, noting they've found "revolting" levels that could put certain vulnerable people at risk.
Posted: | 3:39 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 206950 |
Rating: | 20695 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Canada's policy of banning blood donations from sexually active gay men is counterproductive and needs to change, some doctors say.
Posted: | 11:37 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 206718 |
Rating: | 20672 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A body found encased in concrete in a barrel at the bottom of Toronto's harbour belonged to Quang Lu, who was associated with organized crime, police said Tuesday.
Posted: | 11:35 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207417 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Four-seater has crashed into office building in Markham
Posted: | 11:14 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 206704 |
Rating: | 20671 |
Poster: | Regina |
Karen Weeks and her four children were overcome with emotion on Monday as they took their first steps back into their home after a $100,000 charity makeover.
Posted: | 9:27 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206871 |
Rating: | 20687 |
Poster: | RUEZ |
The Pac-Man game Google put on its home page gobbled up almost five million hours of work time, suggests a study.
Posted: | 8:56 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 206811 |
Rating: | 20681 |
Poster: | snookums |
Paul Gray, the bassist for Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot, was found dead Monday in an Iowa hotel room.
Posted: | 8:45 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 206948 |
Rating: | 20696 |
Poster: | Regina |
Career of rising political star Michael Bryant, once touted as a future premier, was put on hold last year after a collision that claimed the life of bike courier Darcy Allan Sheppard
Posted: | 7:18 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206700 |
Rating: | 20671 |
Poster: | Regina |
As many as 20 per cent of the physical and sexual abuse claims flooding in from Indian residential school students seeking additional compensation involve child-on-child assault, says Canada�s chief adjudicator of a special process set up for students w
Posted: | 7:09 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206805 |
Rating: | 20681 |
Poster: | Regina |
Former Red Wings great heads south to lead Lightning
Posted: | 7:08 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206966 |
Rating: | 20697 |
Poster: | Regina |
A former Winnipeg man is suing the Winnipeg Police Service and Manitoba Justice for $5 million, alleging he was the victim of racial profiling and malicious prosecution.
Posted: | 6:17 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206897 |
Rating: | 20690 |
Poster: | Benn |
PLESSISVILLE, Que. � Four people were killed Monday on a Quebec highway in a pair of crashes 10 minutes apart caused by the same suicidal drunk driver.
Posted: | 6:16 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206762 |
Rating: | 20676 |
Poster: | Benn |
Posted: | 4:53 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 206703 |
Rating: | 20670 |
Poster: | kitty |
Alleged leader of Jamaica-based drug gang unleashes violence in Kingston just one month after a dozen members arrested here
Posted: | 4:50 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206848 |
Rating: | 20685 |
Poster: | kitty |
He was eating my meat and he was licking the blood and licking himself and just enjoying every bite of it.
Posted: | 4:48 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206835 |
Rating: | 20684 |
Poster: | kitty |
Posted: | 1:15 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207026 |
Rating: | 20703 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 12:53 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 206912 |
Rating: | 20691 |
Poster: | Smacle |
Posted: | 1:13 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206750 |
Rating: | 20675 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 1:08 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206758 |
Rating: | 20676 |
Poster: | Hyack |
NAJAF, Iraq - Pictures of the two brothers stare out, side by side, separated by the gulf of a quarter century. Rahim Jabr died in 1981, a foot soldier in the bloody eight year war with Iran, while Naeem was a casualty of the savage sectarian fighting tha
Posted: | 1:01 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206586 |
Rating: | 20659 |
Poster: | Hyack |
KATMANDU, Nepal - A Nepalese Sherpa who climbed Mount Everest for a record 20th time said Tuesday that the melting of glacier ice along its slopes due to global warming is making it increasingly difficult to climb the peak.
Posted: | 12:58 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 206596 |
Rating: | 20660 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The series shifts to the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia for Game 3 on Wednesday, June 2, and Game 4 on Friday, June 4. If necessary, the series moves back to the Windy City for Game 5 on Sunday, June 6, then return to Philadelphia for Game 6 on Wednesday
Posted: | 12:53 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206719 |
Rating: | 20671 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Toronto police have been in touch with police forces in Ontario and Montreal as a coroner's team chipped away Monday at the concrete-encased body in a barrel that was hoisted from Lake Ontario.
Posted: | 10:15 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206674 |
Rating: | 20667 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Peter Pocklington, the former owner of the Edmonton Oilers hockey team, has signed a plea agreement with U.S. authorities that may allow him to avoid a prison sentence for bankruptcy fraud.
Posted: | 10:13 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206561 |
Rating: | 20656 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
An experienced kayaker from Calgary has died after trying to go over a waterfall near Crowsnest Pass, Alta.
Posted: | 10:11 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206676 |
Rating: | 20668 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured evidence of a Sun-like star "eating" a nearby planet. Astronomers knew that stars were capable of swallowing planets in orbit around them, but this is the first time the event has been "seen" so clearly.
Posted: | 9:59 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 206939 |
Rating: | 20695 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Two sets of human remains found in separate locations in cottage country over the weekend are from the same person, who police say was the victim of a "gruesome" killing.
Posted: | 9:36 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206714 |
Rating: | 20672 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Canada and the United States offered their full support to South Korea as the country's president cut trade to North Korea Monday in retaliation for a torpedo attack that killed 46 sailors.
Posted: | 9:34 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206835 |
Rating: | 20684 |
Poster: | Hyack |
An inaugural ban on alcohol in mountain park campgrounds west of Calgary has resulted in the quietest long weekend in recent years.
Posted: | 9:31 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206747 |
Rating: | 20675 |
Poster: | Hyack |
An unusually warm winter and a mild spring have resulted in a drop in water levels along the Saint Lawrence River, raising concern among those who use it for business and pleasure.
Posted: | 9:26 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 206530 |
Rating: | 20653 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:20 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206702 |
Rating: | 20670 |
Poster: | Hyack |
P.K. Subban sat in one corner of the Montreal Canadiens dressing room with a bag of ice pressed against his swollen upper lip. As Brian Gionta talked to reporters, he rubbed his heavily taped left wrist.
Posted: | 9:15 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206530 |
Rating: | 20653 |
Poster: | Hyack |
In January, CTV News discovered large, easily traversable holes in the perimeter fence around YVR airport. Some of the fence was also made of plastic, not coated steel.
Posted: | 8:12 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206698 |
Rating: | 20670 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect who sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl near the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre on Sunday night.
Posted: | 8:03 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206844 |
Rating: | 20684 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
After passing the nation's toughest immigration law, Arizona's school officials are now cracking down on teachers with heavy accents.
Posted: | 5:29 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206839 |
Rating: | 20684 |
Poster: | tritium |
Posted: | 4:53 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 206803 |
Rating: | 20680 |
Poster: | tritium |
The sinking of a South Korean warship has created a "highly precarious" situation, increasing the risk of a flare-up in the 60-year old conflict, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has warned.
Posted: | 3:19 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 206798 |
Rating: | 20680 |
Poster: | Scape |
On Tuesday the Air Force plans to launch a scramjet-powered test vehicle that could hit Mach 6 en route to a new generation of spacecraft and missiles.
Posted: | 3:17 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 206794 |
Rating: | 20680 |
Poster: | Scape |
A unique research project at Environment Canada could soon offer a new perspective for Canadians on conservation and its economic value, says a director in the federal department.
Posted: | 1:24 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 206900 |
Rating: | 20690 |
Poster: | tritium |
Trooper Larry Rudd is the latest Canadian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan. Rudd, 26, died Monday while on a resupply patrol to deliver supplies and equipment to Canadian soldiers near the village of Salavat, about 20 kilometres southwest of Kandaha
Posted: | 12:08 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207310 |
Rating: | 20732 |
Poster: | xerxes |
TORONTO - A British military blog is reporting that Canadians and Americans are among more than a dozen coalition troops wounded in a Taliban rocket attack at the Kandahar Airfield.
Posted: | 12:44 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206669 |
Rating: | 20667 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Jose Lima, a former Major League right-handed pitcher, who had a short stint with the Edmonton Capital last season died on Sunday at the age of 37.
Posted: | 10:02 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206694 |
Rating: | 20669 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Red Deer RCMP are on the lookout for a 21-year-old man who has been charged with attempted murder following a stabbing that sent another man to hospital with serious injuries early Sunday morning.
Posted: | 9:57 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206683 |
Rating: | 20668 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Karen Weeks and her four children will be stepping into their newly renovated home for the first time on Monday thanks to the hard work of dozens of volunteers.
Posted: | 9:53 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206524 |
Rating: | 20652 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Two young Prince Rupert, B.C., boys are in trouble with police after a violent fight was posted on YouTube.
Posted: | 9:50 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206787 |
Rating: | 20680 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The price tags are high and the public disruption even higher, but catching those that make bomb threats can be frustratingly difficult, police say.
Posted: | 9:47 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 206591 |
Rating: | 20660 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
It's more of a haute cuisine version of hot-dog-eating contests.
Posted: | 9:44 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207078 |
Rating: | 20709 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The federal government will unveil new security measures at Canada's airports in a bid to crackdown on illegal cargo, CTV News has learned.
Posted: | 9:42 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 206639 |
Rating: | 20664 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Masked men torched a police station and traded gunfire with security forces in a patchwork of barricaded slums in Jamaica's capital Sunday, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.
Posted: | 9:35 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206907 |
Rating: | 20691 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The Windsor Spitfires used a big second period against the host Brandon Wheat Kings on Sunday to romp to a 9-1 win and their second consecutive Memorial Cup championship.
Posted: | 7:20 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206583 |
Rating: | 20658 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Nevada detective who serves as spokesman for a county sheriff's office was arrested and released, then sent media a release about it, accompanied by his booking photo.
Posted: | 7:03 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207006 |
Rating: | 20701 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Posted: | 6:02 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 206828 |
Rating: | 20683 |
Poster: | Scape |
The Taliban claimed responsibility Sunday for a nighttime assault on NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan
Posted: | 5:08 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 206743 |
Rating: | 20674 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Jaromir Jagr found some new Czech teammates to celebrate a gold medal with. The veteran forward set up Jakub Klepis just 20 seconds into Sunday's game and Tomas Vokoun turned aside 35 shots as the Czech Republic captured the IIHF World Hockey Championship
Posted: | 5:06 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 206692 |
Rating: | 20669 |
Poster: | Hyack |
BAZZAR-E-PANJWAII, Afghanistan - Gunfire rings out less than a kilometre away from the Panjwaii district centre, shattering the silence that hangs over this small village southwest of Kandahar city.
Posted: | 5:00 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 206616 |
Rating: | 20662 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Police say they "have a good idea" of the identity of a body found encased in concrete in a steel barrel pulled from the Toronto harbour Sunday afternoon.
Posted: | 4:56 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207168 |
Rating: | 20718 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state's possession of nuclear weapons.
Posted: | 3:53 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207011 |
Rating: | 20701 |
Poster: | xerxes |