3rd storm in as many days could hit B.C. on Saturday
After two days of storms, Vancouver Island the South Coast may not be out of the woods yet. The remnants of Super Typhoon Songda are expected to hit the west coast late Saturday afternoon.
| Posted: | 9:14 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207190 |
| Rating: | 20719 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Airdrie Starbucks robbed at gunpoint via drive-thru window
The coffee shop employee cooperated with demands and the suspect "fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash money," according to police.
| Posted: | 9:13 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206827 |
| Rating: | 20683 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
11-year-old to live out dream, fly in WW2 Lancaster bomber
On Saturday, 11-year-old Euan MacDonald gets to live out his dream, and take a flight in the historic four-engine bomber at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.
| Posted: | 8:59 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206891 |
| Rating: | 20689 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Blue Jays' bats silenced in ALCS Game 1 loss to Cleveland
Corey Kluber and two other Indians pitchers combined on a shutout and Francisco Lindor's two-run homer lifted Cleveland to a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
| Posted: | 8:48 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 206948 |
| Rating: | 20695 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Teen boy killed in Surrey, B.C. as tree topples during high winds
A 15-year-old boy has died after being pinned by a falling tree that police say may have been downed by high winds.
| Posted: | 8:20 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207177 |
| Rating: | 20718 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Bella Bella diesel spill cleanup complicated by severe weather
A tugboat that ran aground and spilled diesel fuel near the ecologically sensitive Great Bear Rainforest has reignited arguments against tanker traffic. Meanwhile, cleanup is being complicated by severe weather.
| Posted: | 8:18 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207112 |
| Rating: | 20711 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Over 75,000 customers without power at height of 2nd B.C. storm
A fierce windstorm knocked out power to thousands of residents on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and the southern Interior - and another may hit the region tomorrow.
| Posted: | 12:41 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207184 |
| Rating: | 20718 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Venezuelan cannibal makes empanadas out of fellow prisoners
A notorious cannibal has reportedly been treating other prisoners in a Venezuelan jail as his own personal buffet.
| Posted: | 3:44 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 207429 |
| Rating: | 20743 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
| Posted: | 1:39 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207043 |
| Rating: | 20704 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Belgian region rejects EU-Canada free-trade agreement
The Belgian fortress city of Namur, besieged by European armies down the centuries, issued a declaration of war on the global economic order on Friday with a vote to reject a planned EU-Canada free trade agreement.
| Posted: | 5:58 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206932 |
| Rating: | 20693 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Sex offenders will be executed or castrated in Indonesia
Paedophiles can be chemically castrated or executed under tough new Indonesian laws prompted by the gang rape and murder of a girl, 14. It applies to killers, repeat and incest offenders.
| Posted: | 3:43 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207100 |
| Rating: | 20710 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
The 'Big One' near Vancouver you may not know about
A magnitude 7.0 crustal earthquake, with an epicentre very close to Victoria and Vancouver, has a one in five chance of occuring in the next 50 years.
| Posted: | 1:23 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207694 |
| Rating: | 20769 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
The universe may contain 10 times as many galaxies as previously believed
| Posted: | 1:05 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207606 |
| Rating: | 20762 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Public consultation to start for potential link between Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland
After years of the idea being floated, consultation on a potential fixed link between the Sunshine Coast and the Lower Mainland will begin in earnest this month.
| Posted: | 9:11 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206920 |
| Rating: | 20692 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Canada caught off guard by number of Syrian refugee children, says federal minister
Canada's federal immigration minister says the government was surprised by the number of Syrian refugee children they admitted in the last year. The large number of children poses challenges for schools and finding appropriate housing, said John McCallum.
| Posted: | 12:33 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206910 |
| Rating: | 20691 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
911 operator faces criminal charges after admitting she HANGS UP on callers when she doesn't want to talk
Crenshanda Williams, 43, who used to work as an operator at the Houston Emergency Center, is facing a misdemeanor charge of interference with an emergency phone call.
| Posted: | 12:31 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206785 |
| Rating: | 20679 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Bob Dylan, Nobel Prize winner in Literature, and some of his best lyrics
Ranked as the greatest songwriter of all time by Rolling Stone, and awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, Bob Dylan can make a solid claim for the crown as music's top poet and storyteller.
| Posted: | 12:30 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 207645 |
| Rating: | 20765 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Clam beds at risk after sinking tug spills fuel near Bella Bella, says local First Nation
First Nations on B.C.'s Central Coast are worried about environmental damage after a tug boat that left Alaska with nearly 200,000 litres of diesel fuel ran aground early Thursday morning near Bella Bella.
| Posted: | 9:08 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207537 |
| Rating: | 20755 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Low expectations for Canucks hurting merch, ticket sales, vendors say
The 2016-17 season will be the fifth campaign since the Canucks won the Presidents' Trophy and came within a game of winning the Stanley Cup. A lot can change in five years.
| Posted: | 9:07 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 206972 |
| Rating: | 20697 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
2nd storm to blast B.C.'s South Coast with high winds overnight
There is more high wind and heavy rain for the South Coast of B.C. on Thursday evening when a second in a series of fall storms is forecast to hit the region.
| Posted: | 9:06 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207236 |
| Rating: | 20724 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Canadians avoid calling Cleveland team 'Indians'
The Cleveland Indians are the only thing standing between the Toronto Blue Jays and the World Series. While that alone could earn the ire of most baseball-loving Canadians, many find their very name offensive.
| Posted: | 8:53 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207235 |
| Rating: | 20724 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
Data specialist Mark Rittman spent an entire day attempting to set up his new appliance so that it would boil on command
| Posted: | 11:19 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207057 |
| Rating: | 20706 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Big soda is buying off big health orgs to keep profits and Americans fat
| Posted: | 7:29 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 207092 |
| Rating: | 20709 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Long time coming': Wayne Gretzky rejoins Oilers as partner, vice-chair
The Edmonton Oilers announced Wednesday that Wayne Gretzky is joining the Oilers Entertainment Group as a partner and vice chair.
| Posted: | 6:45 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207080 |
| Rating: | 20708 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta Justice criticized for disrespecting freedom of information commissioner
​An expert in freedom of information law says he has never seen such disrespectful behaviour toward a provincial FOIP commissioner as has been displayed by Alberta Justice in a long-running inquiry.
| Posted: | 6:40 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206809 |
| Rating: | 20681 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Racist slur found at scene of mysterious motel fire in central Alberta
Racist graffiti was found at the scene of a deadly fire that burned a central Alberta motel to the ground this weekend, RCMP have now confirmed.
| Posted: | 6:29 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206788 |
| Rating: | 20679 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
As walrus arrive, Alaska village tells visitors to stay away
Pacific walrus by the thousands in recent years have come ashore in early fall near the Inupiat village of Point Lay, including about 6,000 last week, and people have dropped in, hoping to see a marine mammal phenomenon brought on by climate change.
| Posted: | 6:28 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 206892 |
| Rating: | 20689 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Calgary cop demands answers after bad experience at the border | CTV Calgary News
A Calgary police officer who was accused of smuggling guns across the border and later cleared wants the Canadian Border Services Agency to investigate its own.
| Posted: | 4:20 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207421 |
| Rating: | 20743 |
| Poster: | uwish |
Oilers down Flames 7-4
As coming-out parties go, the young Edmonton Oilers presented the full-throated, full-house at Rogers Place, which included Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier on the guest list, with the new generation's gift that keeps on giving.New captain and teenager Conn
| Posted: | 12:14 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207404 |
| Rating: | 20741 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Student groups demand apology after accusations of 'transphobic' comments by UofT prof
| Posted: | 3:29 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207416 |
| Rating: | 20742 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Chris Alexander announces Tory leadership bid, wants Canada to boost immigration to 400,000 a year
Former immigration minister Chris Alexander has confirmed he plans to run for the Conservative leadership and that a key plank of his campaign will be a proposal to sharply increase the intake of immigrants to 400,000 every year, including 40,000 refugees
| Posted: | 3:26 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206935 |
| Rating: | 20694 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
EU anti-globalization politician says told to leave Canada
OTTAWA (Reuters) - European Parliament member and anti-globalization activist Jose Bove has been told to leave Canada by Wednesday, preventing him from speaking at an event opposing a planned EU-Canada
| Posted: | 10:28 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206933 |
| Rating: | 20693 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
| Posted: | 10:01 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207473 |
| Rating: | 20747 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Tony Clement drops out of Conservative leadership race
Conservative leadership contender Tony Clement is dropping out of the race to replace Stephen Harper.
| Posted: | 7:50 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206972 |
| Rating: | 20697 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Trump and the weak loonie make bad moment for end of softwood deal: Don Pittis
It's hard to think of a worse time for Canada to reopen softwood lumber talks with the U.S. Trump has made it popular to think the U.S. is losing out on trade, and in this case, a low loonie is a liability.
| Posted: | 6:10 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207005 |
| Rating: | 20701 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta woman back in Syria to fight ISIS militants
A 20-year-old woman from Drayton Valley, Alta., has returned to Syria to fight ISIS militants.
| Posted: | 5:59 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206897 |
| Rating: | 20690 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
End of legal road for Nina Courtepatte killer 'Buffy'
'Buffy' was 16 when she participated in the horrific sexual assault and murder of 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte. The youngest of the five convicted attackers, Buffy was the only one to be sentenced as a youth. Her sentence ends next month. On Tuesday she m
| Posted: | 5:39 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207119 |
| Rating: | 20712 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Number of Canadians seeking health care abroad in 2015 drops over previous year
| Posted: | 5:39 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 207016 |
| Rating: | 20702 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Danish anglers urged to catch 80,000 escaped trout
Anglers are urged to start fishing off the Danish coast after a ship crashed into a fish farm, releasing up to 80,000 rainbow trout.
| Posted: | 4:35 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207058 |
| Rating: | 20706 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Activists disrupt key Canada-U.S. oil pipelines
Activists in four states were arrested after they cut padlocks and chains and entered remote flow stations to turn off valves in an attempt to stop crude moving through lines that carry as much as 15 percent of daily U.S. oil consumption. The group posted
| Posted: | 3:33 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 210241 |
| Rating: | 21024 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
20 States Voter Registration Systems Experience Hacking Activities
Voter registration systems in 20 different states may have been hacked, after a variety of "scanning activities" have been detected...
| Posted: | 11:52 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206946 |
| Rating: | 20695 |
| Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
Snow across Alberta brings fall harvest to abrupt standstill
What was shaping up to be a good yield for Alberta farmers came, at least temporarily, to an abrupt halt when snow blanketed the province over the Thanksgiving weekend.
| Posted: | 10:01 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207380 |
| Rating: | 20738 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian special forces commander faces court martial for accidentally firing rifle in Iraq
A court martial will be held in Ottawa today for Canada's top special forces soldier after he accidentally fired his weapon.
| Posted: | 8:51 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 207243 |
| Rating: | 20724 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Belgian regions set to block EU-Canada free-trade deal
EU trade ministers to vote in a week on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, which requires unanimous support to enter force
| Posted: | 8:40 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207098 |
| Rating: | 20710 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Creep Catcher vigilantes under fire over death of mentally ill woman in video
The death of a mentally ill woman who was accused of being a child predator in a viral video put out by the Creep Catcher group has some members speaking out about the darker side of vigilante justice.
| Posted: | 6:52 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206978 |
| Rating: | 20698 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Police in German city thwart terror plot and nab suspect thanks to tip from Syrian migrants
The suspect, Jaber Albakr, is accused of planning a bomb attack and having possible ties to the Islamic State. Police in Leipzig found him after refugees recognized him from wanted posters
| Posted: | 6:42 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206840 |
| Rating: | 20684 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
War talk returns to Russian TV as relations with U.S., West hit lowest ebb since darkest days of Cold War
The sudden escalation puts the relationship back into the deep freeze it was in at the peak of the crisis over Ukraine in 2014, which also sparked a wave of hostility in state media
| Posted: | 6:37 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206884 |
| Rating: | 20688 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners told to turn off device
Samsung urges owners of the Galaxy Note 7 to turn off the phone while it investigates reports of devices it had deemed safe catching fire.
| Posted: | 12:57 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207205 |
| Rating: | 20721 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Ottawa to roll out new rules to cut Canadian carbon emissions
| Posted: | 4:21 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206977 |
| Rating: | 20698 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Burglar asylum seekers mistake grandmother for GHOST in stairlift surprise
TWO bungling asylum seekers fled in horror from the home they had broken into after witnessing what they thought was a ghost floating down the stairs.
| Posted: | 3:08 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 207799 |
| Rating: | 20780 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Former Ontario farmers creating Amish paradise on Prince Edward Island
About 14 pioneer Amish families from southwestern Ontario have bought farms in Prince Edward Island this year, lured by low land prices, and settled in the communities of Dundas and Summerville. Many more families are expected.
| Posted: | 1:21 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207725 |
| Rating: | 20773 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby diagnosed with concussion
The Pittsburgh Penguins say captain Sidney Crosby has been diagnosed with a concussion.
| Posted: | 1:20 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207242 |
| Rating: | 20724 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Professor leaves university after likening Black Lives Matter to Ku Klux Klan
Douglas Muir, who teaches at the University of Virginia, commented on Facebook that he believed that Black Lives Matter was the 'biggest' racist organization to appear on the scene since the KKK.
| Posted: | 1:19 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207753 |
| Rating: | 20775 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Calgary Muslims target Islamophobia in response to hate-filled posters
The Hussaini Association of Calgary will hold a peace march Sunday afternoon, hoping to send a strong message days after anti-Muslim posters were plastered over the University of Calgary's main campus.
| Posted: | 11:01 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207162 |
| Rating: | 20717 |
| Poster: | andyt |
Milo Yiannopoulos Eyeing Bid for 4chan
4chan is an imageboard Internet site that allows users to post anonymously.
| Posted: | 9:18 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 207474 |
| Rating: | 20747 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Blood Tribe releases statement on brutal Lethbridge assault | Globalnews.ca
| Posted: | 7:17 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206811 |
| Rating: | 20681 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Man suspected of killing Palm Springs, Calif., officers was 'acting crazy,' wanted to shoot police
In the minutes before three Palm Springs, Calif., officers were shot, two fatally, the suspected gunman's father told a neighbour his son was armed, "acting crazy" and wanted to shoot police.
| Posted: | 11:56 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206742 |
| Rating: | 20674 |
| Poster: | andyt |
General Christian Piquemal kicked out after attending anti-Islam rally
| Posted: | 11:22 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 207107 |
| Rating: | 20711 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Leftist advocacy group Lose Funding At U Of Waterloo
A University of Waterloo student group is scrambling to figure out how it will continue projects that tackle issues...
| Posted: | 10:57 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206814 |
| Rating: | 20681 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Experts said Arctic sea ice would melt entirely by September 2016
Dire predictions that the Arctic would be devoid of sea ice by September this year have proven to be unfounded after latest satellite images showed there is far more now than in 2012.
| Posted: | 10:47 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207185 |
| Rating: | 20719 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Teenager kills one, injures another with chain saw in Belarus shopping mall
Belarusian police say a teenager attacked two girls in a shopping centre in the capital of Minsk with a chain saw and an axe, killing one of them.
| Posted: | 10:46 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206733 |
| Rating: | 20673 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
100 years of the Trans-Siberian railway: the longest train line in the world
Completed in 1916, the Trans-Siberian railway stretches more than 5,700 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok, and crosses two continents, 80 towns and cities, 16 large rivers and eight time zones.
| Posted: | 9:41 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206851 |
| Rating: | 20685 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Satellite tagging program could have killed orca, say researchers
An improperly inserted tag may have caused the death of a southern resident killer whale in B.C. waters this year, U.S. researchers have concluded.
| Posted: | 2:01 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 206748 |
| Rating: | 20675 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Increased immigration urged to support economic growth amid aging population
Conference Board of Canada study urges immigration hike to support economic growth as the population ages.
| Posted: | 2:05 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207212 |
| Rating: | 20721 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Bear attacks Squamish residents in their backyard
Two residents of Squamish, B.C., were left with cuts and bruises after a black bear attacked them while they were sitting on the steps of their home.
| Posted: | 2:00 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206712 |
| Rating: | 20671 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Flurries causing slippery conditions on highways across B.C.
Travellers headed to or from the Central Interior appeared to be getting the worst of the action on Saturday, with flurries piling up on the Coquihalla Highway.
| Posted: | 1:58 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207043 |
| Rating: | 20704 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
German city on lock down as police investigate bomb plot threat
Officers are surrounding a home in Chemnitz and the force tweeted: 'At the moment we have a static threat situation in the Fritz-Heckert area in Chemnitz, C0810 and with strong forces on the ground.'
| Posted: | 6:49 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206939 |
| Rating: | 20694 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
The Guardian is forced into a humiliating apology for its Jeremy Corbyn train film report
| Posted: | 12:27 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207238 |
| Rating: | 20725 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Al-Shabab 'kills Christians' in Kenya's Mandera town
Militant Islamist group al-Shabab says it has killed six Christians in north-eastern Kenya in an attack aimed at forcing them out of the region.
| Posted: | 5:27 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Religion |
| Hits: | 207398 |
| Rating: | 20740 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Alberta flood in 2013 uncovers more of Calgary's archeological past
Another ancient bison kill and butchering site has been unearthed by the 2013 flood in a popular recreational and fishing area southeast of Calgary.
| Posted: | 2:51 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 207407 |
| Rating: | 20741 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Storm knocks out power to 50,000 on B.C.'s South Coast
The first big fall storm hit B.C.'s South Coast last night, knocking out power to up to 50,000 customers across the Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast and Metro Vancouver areas at the peak of the storm.
| Posted: | 2:43 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207004 |
| Rating: | 20700 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
'It occurred to me that I was drowning': Survivor recalls terrifying N.W.T. plane crash
Shariff Adam isn't sure exactly how he managed to get out of the plane: perhaps through a broken window, perhaps through the door. Either way, he was lucky enough to be wearing a lifejacket and floated to the surface.
| Posted: | 2:37 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206750 |
| Rating: | 20675 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Six Atlantic white-sided dolphins have been herded to open water by fishery officers and experts from Marine Animal Response Society.
| Posted: | 2:35 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 206773 |
| Rating: | 20677 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Police tracking social media during protests stirs concerns in U.S.
Increasingly common tools that allow police to conduct real-time social media surveillance during protests are drawing criticism from American civil liberties advocates.
| Posted: | 12:18 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 206913 |
| Rating: | 20691 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta unemployment rate holds steady at 8.5% but Calgary's climbs to 9.5%
Alberta's unemployment rate remained relatively unchanged at 8.5 per cent in September, while Calgary's climbed to 9.5 per cent, which is the highest of 33 metropolitan areas studied by Statistics Canada.
| Posted: | 8:20 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 207192 |
| Rating: | 20719 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
MP's bid to toughen animal cruelty laws defeated
A Liberal backbencher's bill to modernize Canada's antiquated animal cruelty laws has been mauled, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers joining forces with the Conservatives to vote it down.
| Posted: | 8:17 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206591 |
| Rating: | 20659 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
A B.C. woman whose children were abducted by her ex-husband to Iran says she was shocked at the Foreign Affairs Minister's response to her ordeal
| Posted: | 8:16 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206541 |
| Rating: | 20654 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Cops arrest hundreds of people allegedly involved in IRS phone scam
Hundreds of people in Mumbai, India have been detained in relation to a massive telephone scam where fake callers "from the IRS" targeted Americans. In said calls, scammers tried to convince recipients that they were from the IRS in order to con victims i
| Posted: | 7:00 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206736 |
| Rating: | 20674 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 12:28 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206800 |
| Rating: | 20680 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Black Lives Matter activists hail 'white privilege' as they walk free over airport protest |
The group, eight of whom are white, chained themselves to the runway at London's City Airport in a protest at what they called a 'racist climate crisis'.
| Posted: | 12:26 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207624 |
| Rating: | 20762 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
October declared Islamic Heritage Month in Ontario
| Posted: | 3:09 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Religion |
| Hits: | 207538 |
| Rating: | 20754 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Tagging point of infection that contributed to orca's death off Vancouver Island
| Posted: | 1:27 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 206783 |
| Rating: | 20678 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
'I put him in a chokehold': Students stopped attack in UBC dorm
An 18-year-old has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. The suspect is an international student from Saudi Arabia.
| Posted: | 1:02 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206942 |
| Rating: | 20694 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
World Bank admits some have lost out from free trade
An internal document seen by the BBC says globalisation "may have led to rising wage inequality" as the head of the World Bank says more needs to be done to help those who have lost their jobs.
| Posted: | 12:14 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206828 |
| Rating: | 20683 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian pole vaulter Shawn Barber tested positive for cocaine after online hook
| Posted: | 10:43 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 206994 |
| Rating: | 20699 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Italy has the highest proportion of youths living with parents in the world
A staggering 80.6 per cent of people aged 15 to 29 years old in Italy now live at home, a study has found. This compares to 66.6 per cent and 52.4 in the U.S. and UK respectively.
| Posted: | 10:02 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207025 |
| Rating: | 20703 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
'Paddling pool slasher' who destroyed 47 pools is captured by German police after seven year spree
| Posted: | 9:58 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 207738 |
| Rating: | 20774 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Man attempts to climb Europe's highest mountain with his pet CAT
Andrey Ostanin trained his cat Graf to withstand alpine conditions and they set off together to reach Mount Elbrus's 18,510 feet summit in Russia.
| Posted: | 9:57 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 207697 |
| Rating: | 20770 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
| Posted: | 7:40 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207035 |
| Rating: | 20704 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Restraining order taken out against Calgary police officer now charged with assault
Cst. James Othen, who was charged on Wednesday with assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm, had been suspended by the Calgary Police Service for allegedly stalking his ex-girlfriend, according to court documents.
| Posted: | 7:16 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207007 |
| Rating: | 20701 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Time to end pricey biofuel subsidies, says Ecofiscal Commission
A new report by a group of economists says it's time to end expensive federal and provincial government subsidies of the ethanol industry.
| Posted: | 6:06 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 206812 |
| Rating: | 20681 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Latest mass hysteria over clowns stems from baseless reports but the consequences can be dangerous
Reports of demonic clowns trying to lure children into the woods have spiked dramatically, to dozens in the past few days from a normal baseline of zero
| Posted: | 6:04 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206712 |
| Rating: | 20671 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Blue Origin Shocks Everyone (Even Itself) by Landing Rocket During Launch Escape Test
| Posted: | 6:03 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 206977 |
| Rating: | 20698 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Norway announces it will ban Islamic veil from schools and universities
Norway's right-wing government on Wednesday announced plans to ban the full-face Islamic veil from classrooms and university lecture halls (file photo)
| Posted: | 5:36 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206681 |
| Rating: | 20668 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey rushed BACK to hospital in Glasgow under police escort
Nurse Pauline Cafferkey, who was infected with the Ebola virus while working in Sierra Leone in 2014, has been taken to hospital in Glasgow under police escort, sources said.
| Posted: | 4:11 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206300 |
| Rating: | 20630 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
These British soldiers survived Ypres but what happened when they went home'
The tank commanders are in their camp at La Lovie, near the Belgian town of Poperinge, where they could try to forget their forays into the notorious killing zone known as the Ypres Salient.
| Posted: | 11:05 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 207584 |
| Rating: | 20758 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Now Brussels clamps down on freedom of British press
MEDDLING Brussels has said the British press should not report when terrorists are Muslims in a slew of demands to the Government to crack down on the media.
| Posted: | 8:56 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206790 |
| Rating: | 20679 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Ottawa softens stand on stripping citizenship over false papers
Government must decide how to respond to the Federal Court application made by civial liberties advocates by Wednesday
| Posted: | 3:45 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206925 |
| Rating: | 20693 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Students Outraged Over 'Western Lives Matter' Sign
A sign playing on the Black Lives Matter slogan produced "outrage" and "backlash" across a Canadian college campus, according to a school leader.
| Posted: | 3:41 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207389 |
| Rating: | 20739 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
3 Calgary police officers face criminal charges for violent arrest caught on video
Charges are pending against three Calgary police officers who are accused of participating in a violent arrest that left a 34-year-old with a collapsed lung and broken ribs, CBC News has learned.
| Posted: | 11:16 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206668 |
| Rating: | 20667 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
HMS Terror find under review by federal government, Nunavut government
The events leading up to the discovery of Sir John Franklin's second ship in Nunavut waters are being investigated by the territorial and federal governments to determine if the search was conducted legally.
| Posted: | 11:16 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 207479 |
| Rating: | 20748 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Ads disguised as news: A drug company's stealth marketing campaign exposed
| Posted: | 11:15 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206783 |
| Rating: | 20678 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Vintage coin-operated horses from department stores set free in Alberta landscape
| Posted: | 11:14 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206669 |
| Rating: | 20667 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Belgian train station is evacuated and searched for bombs 'after two police officers are stabbed' | Daily Mail Online
Two police officers were stabbed on a busy main road in Schaerbeek as one of Belgium's busiest train stations was evacuated due to a bomb scare.
| Posted: | 11:14 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206720 |
| Rating: | 20672 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
The white ghettos that blight South Africa
Photographer Jacques Nelles has captured life of a poor white community living in the Munsieville township, near Johannesburg, South Africa, in a series of depressing images.
| Posted: | 3:34 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207421 |
| Rating: | 20742 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Danney Williams claims to be Bill Clinton's illegitimate son via prostitute
Danney Williams, 30, of Little Rock, Arkansas, claims he is the biological son of former President Bill Clinton.
| Posted: | 12:44 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 206923 |
| Rating: | 20692 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Sainsbury's delivery driver tells boy he can't wear fairy costume leaving mother outraged
Little Isaac Armitage, of Effingham, Surrey., was told by the driver: 'Someone needs to take you to one side and have a word with you, you can't be a fairy, you should be a superhero.'
| Posted: | 12:52 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207445 |
| Rating: | 20745 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
AP PHOTOS: Victims of Pakistan's 'honor' killings
Last year, three people a day were killed in the name of "honor" in Pakistan: a total of 1,096 women and 88 men, according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, which says the true figure is likely higher because many such crimes go unre
| Posted: | 12:51 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206650 |
| Rating: | 20665 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Mother on run with children amid custody battle with wife claims authorities 'blinded' by gay rights
31-year-old has come forward to describe why she left her marriage to Tasha Brown and justifying the reasons for leaving their home in Canada with their two-year-old daughter Kaydance and her baby son.
| Posted: | 12:43 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207420 |
| Rating: | 20742 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
How hard is it to hack the average DVR' Sadly, not hard at all
A major battle is underway for control over hundreds of millions of network-connected digital video recorders, cameras, and other so-called Internet of Things devices. As Ars has chronicled over the past two weeks, hackers are corralling them into network
| Posted: | 9:25 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 206985 |
| Rating: | 20699 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
A new Angus Reid Institute/CBC poll released this week contained some potentially surprising data about Canadians' views on immigration and diversity. Pollster Angus Reid expects the debates around those issues will likely intensify in the years ahead.
| Posted: | 9:01 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207201 |
| Rating: | 20720 |
| Poster: | uwish |
A treaty signed by more than 50 aboriginal groups who oppose oilsands project and pipeline developments is based on misinformation, says a northern Alberta chief whose First Nation does extensive business with oilsands companies.
| Posted: | 8:42 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206721 |
| Rating: | 20672 |
| Poster: | uwish |
Man cleared of criminal wrongdoing for behaviour during epileptic seizure
The justice system has now cleared the name of a man who was charged for something he did during a medical episode.
| Posted: | 7:24 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206582 |
| Rating: | 20658 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Sask., N.S. and N.L. ministers walk out of climate talks after Trudeau announces carbon price
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, an outspoken critic of Liberal climate-change policy, lashed out Monday at Justin Trudeau for "unilaterally" imposing a carbon price on provinces and territories.
| Posted: | 5:00 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207034 |
| Rating: | 20703 |
| Poster: | uwish |
Brian Ogle, Ala. teen, hospitalized after pro-cop stance sparked assault: 'It's a hate crime'
An Alabama teenager's pro-cop message on Facebook last week resulted in an assault so bad that he had to be airlifted to a local hospital.
| Posted: | 2:48 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206798 |
| Rating: | 20680 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seriously ill after assassin poisons his food
Meals prepared for the ISIS leader and three other commanders of the terrorist organisation were allegedly poisoned in the Be'aaj district, southwest of Nineveh.
| Posted: | 2:47 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206954 |
| Rating: | 20695 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Hijab-wearing student prevented from taking exam for refusing to show ears
A Montreal junior college is trying to accommodate a female student who was prevented from taking an exam because she wouldn't temporarily remove her hijab.
| Posted: | 11:35 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206714 |
| Rating: | 20671 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Woman who gave water to slaughter-bound pigs testifies at her mischief trial
A woman who gave cool water to hot pigs on their way to slaughter last year is expected to take the stand in her own defence today.
| Posted: | 11:31 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207392 |
| Rating: | 20739 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint during Paris Fashion Week
Kim Kardashian fled Paris on a private jet on Monday morning after being robbed at gunpoint while staying at a luxury apartment. She was tied up and locked in a bathroom.
| Posted: | 11:12 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 207404 |
| Rating: | 20740 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Man posts video moments after two ferocious battles with same grizzly
A man who survived two grizzly bear attacks with mostly flesh wounds has captured the Internet's attention, with a Facebook video showing the bloody injuries he sustained during his frightening ordeal.
| Posted: | 10:58 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207251 |
| Rating: | 20725 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
How a non-native came to own 29 acres of the reserve
Earl Commodore worked for years as a longshoreman, making the long commute from the Soowahlie First Nation's reserve in Cultus Lake, near Chilliwack, to Vancouver's Burrard Inlet. Commodore was hard-working and ambitious, said those who knew him.
| Posted: | 10:57 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207412 |
| Rating: | 20741 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Trump the destroyer could herald an unintended revolution: Don Pittis
| Posted: | 9:53 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206978 |
| Rating: | 20698 |
| Poster: | andyt |
Justin Trudeau gives provinces 2 years to adopt carbon price plan
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leading parliamentary debate on the Paris climate change agreement today. His speech in the House of Commons is began at noon ET, and CBCNews.ca is carrying it live.
| Posted: | 9:49 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 206857 |
| Rating: | 20686 |
| Poster: | andyt |
Spies use new anti-terror law to collect intelligence from Canadians detained overseas
Human rights group Amnesty International is raising concerns that Canada's spy agency is using controversial powers under the C-51 anti-terrorism legislation to gather intelligence from Canadians held in foreign prisons.
| Posted: | 8:51 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206662 |
| Rating: | 20666 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta plans to restore caribou habitat disturbed by industrial use
The Alberta government is going ahead with its plan to restore habitat in two swaths of caribou rangeland that were previously disturbed by decades of industrial use.
| Posted: | 8:37 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 206801 |
| Rating: | 20680 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Some of us will die but I pray it won't be a lot': Hurricane Matthew nears Haiti, Jamaica
| Posted: | 8:30 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 206951 |
| Rating: | 20695 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |