Test your knowledge of these life-changing Canadian inventions
| Posted: | 10:16 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208315 |
| Rating: | 20832 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Remembrance 'torch-bearers': Canadian students making pilgrimage to France for Vimy 100
| Posted: | 5:10 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208339 |
| Rating: | 20834 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
U.S. hunter guilty of killing rare Manitoba grizzly bear
A South Carolina man has been found guilty of illegally killing a grizzly bear while hunting in northern Manitoba.
| Posted: | 7:55 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208619 |
| Rating: | 20863 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Alberta will borrow $2.2B to cover losses from power contracts | Home | Calgary
The Alberta government plans to borrow more than $2 billion over four years to cover losses from power contracts, despite claims there are cheaper alternatives. Four companies that bought coal-fired electricity from generators and resold it to the grid un
| Posted: | 8:30 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208555 |
| Rating: | 20856 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Greg Clark pushes Alberta Party message over beers at pub night
The Alberta Party hosted a pub night Thursday night in Calgary, hoping to bring in voters over beers who are looking for a new political home.
| Posted: | 8:01 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208460 |
| Rating: | 20846 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
WikiLeaks says CIA disguised hacking as Russian activity
WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise its own hacking attacks and point the finger at Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
| Posted: | 7:39 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208109 |
| Rating: | 20811 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
'Very depressing': CIBC staff losing jobs to workers in India, expected to help with training
CIBC is eliminating up to 130 jobs in its Toronto finance department and sending the work to India. Staff losing their positions must train other local CIBC employees, who will then train workers in India to take over the jobs.
| Posted: | 7:39 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208626 |
| Rating: | 20864 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A smile and arrest welcome asylum seekers to Canada
A nondescript spot on the border between Quebec and New York has come to symbolize the plight of those who no longer feel welcome in the U.S., but know they cannot enter Canada through the front door.
| Posted: | 6:58 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208125 |
| Rating: | 20813 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
The study aims to identify all the ways other countries allegedly pull a fast one on the United States through anti-competitive trade practices
| Posted: | 6:42 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208061 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Toronto police charge man for pretending to practice witchcraft after victim pays $101K to remove evil spirit
Murali Muthyalu allegedly convinced a man that his daughter was carrying an evil spirit. Over the course of one month, he performed multiple rituals and charged $101,000
| Posted: | 6:41 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208127 |
| Rating: | 20813 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada currently spends about one per cent of its GDP on defence, which is half the agreed-upon NATO target
| Posted: | 10:41 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208476 |
| Rating: | 20848 |
| Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
Oilers roll through potential first-round opponent
Patrick Maroon scored twice and Connor McDavid had a single as the Oilers posted a 3-2 victory winning their seventh straight home game. The win lifted Edmonton into sole possession of second place in the Pacific Division with 95 points, just one point be
| Posted: | 9:33 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208466 |
| Rating: | 20847 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
| Posted: | 9:08 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208435 |
| Rating: | 20844 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Overwhelming majority of Canadians say refugee rules must change: Ipsos poll
Over 90 per cent of Canadians think the current approach to dealing with asylum seekers in Canada needs to change, a new poll from Ipsos reveals.
| Posted: | 10:45 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208043 |
| Rating: | 20804 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Pruitt chooses not to ban pesticide after scientists find neurotoxicity
Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced late Wednesday that a widely used pesticide will remain available to farmers, despite agency scientists recommending last year that it be banned due to neurotoxicity risks to farm worker
| Posted: | 9:20 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208574 |
| Rating: | 20856 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Liberal Party's exclusive deal with data company benefits Trudeau friend | CTV News
| Posted: | 6:55 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208751 |
| Rating: | 20876 |
| Poster: | uwish |
How many NSA spy hubs are scooping up your Internet data' I counted 7
A couple of years ago, when I was investigating the UK's safest ISP, a high-ranking employee at Virgin Media told me there was no NSA or GCHQ Internet traffic interception equipment hiding within Virgin's network. He also said that, in his opinion, not mu
| Posted: | 6:49 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208053 |
| Rating: | 20805 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
A University of Washington professor started studying social networks to help people respond to disasters. But she got dragged down a rabbit hole of twitter-boosted conspiracy theories, and ended up mapping our political moment.
| Posted: | 6:39 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208912 |
| Rating: | 20891 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'A mighty bit of flying': Kenn Borek air crews who pulled off daring Antarctic rescue honoured by Smithsonian
| Posted: | 6:18 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208442 |
| Rating: | 20844 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Calgary mosque tainted by 'dark element' of radicalization to close doors this week
| Posted: | 6:11 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Religion |
| Hits: | 208591 |
| Rating: | 20859 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Jason Kenney's views on gay-straight alliances called 'extremist' by Alberta education minister
| Posted: | 5:38 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208354 |
| Rating: | 20835 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
2 Activists Who Secretly Recorded Planned Parenthood Face New Felony Charges
A Texas judge dismissed felony charges against anti-abortion rights activists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. Now they face charges in California for allegedly recording people without permission.
| Posted: | 5:37 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208572 |
| Rating: | 20857 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Stunning' Drug Lab Scandal Could Overturn 23,000 Convictions
About 23,000 people convicted of low-level drug crimes could have their cases wiped away as the result of an epic Massachusetts lab scandal.
| Posted: | 4:27 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208086 |
| Rating: | 20809 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canadian found guilty of insulting Turkey's president released as lawyer appeals case
Canadian Ece Heper has been released from jail despite being found guilty of insulting the Turkish president on Facebook.
| Posted: | 4:15 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208320 |
| Rating: | 20832 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Conservative motion to label ISIS actions genocide fails as Liberals vote against
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the majority of Liberal MPs have voted against a Conservative motion declaring that the violence perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant constitutes genocide.
| Posted: | 12:43 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208235 |
| Rating: | 20824 |
| Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
News, Local, Provincial, Canada, World, Sports, High School Sports, Local Hockey, Hockey, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Soccer, Lacrosse, Curling, Other Sports, Entertainment, Local, Movies, Music, Television, Celebrities, Life, Health, Food, Travel, M
| Posted: | 10:02 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208214 |
| Rating: | 20820 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Trump signs order dismantling Obama-era climate policies
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry and calling into question U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.
| Posted: | 10:00 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208270 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Missing man killed, swallowed whole by python | GRAPHIC | World | News | Calgary
| Posted: | 8:36 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208171 |
| Rating: | 20817 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
It's official, Oilers punch playoff ticket for first time since 2006
| Posted: | 9:20 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208747 |
| Rating: | 20875 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
A week after posting a video of himself and a passenger doing a "Chinese fire drill" Halifax Coun. Matt Whitman removed it saying it was a "distraction."
| Posted: | 9:19 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208155 |
| Rating: | 20816 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
94-year-old woman honoured for 44 years working at McDonald's
A 94-year-old Indiana woman is celebrating 44 years of working at McDonald's.
| Posted: | 3:57 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208148 |
| Rating: | 20815 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Robin Hood brand of flour recalled for possible E. coli contamination
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is issuing a recall for the Robin Hood brand of all-purpose flour sold in Western Canada due to possible E. coli contamination.
| Posted: | 3:49 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208487 |
| Rating: | 20850 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
U.S. Coast Guard to offload seized cocaine at Port Everglades
A Royal Canadian Navy vessel was involved in an international anti-drug trafficking mission that led to the seizure of more than 14 tonnes of cocaine in international waters along the coasts of Central and South America.
| Posted: | 3:49 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208288 |
| Rating: | 20829 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Employees at Montreal's Trudeau airport potentially radicalized:
| Posted: | 2:37 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208148 |
| Rating: | 20815 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Canuck the Crow assaulted, injured at kids' soccer game
| Posted: | 12:57 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208839 |
| Rating: | 20884 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
NoHo school budget cuts due to high white student percentage sparks outrage
Due to a white student percentage above 30 percent, Walter Reed Middle School faces layoffs and increased class sizes.
| Posted: | 12:56 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208098 |
| Rating: | 20810 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
2 Canadians win Gairdner Awards for contributions to medical science
Two Canadian researchers are among the winners of this year's Gairdner Awards, which recognize some of the most significant medical discoveries made by scientists around the globe.
| Posted: | 10:22 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208091 |
| Rating: | 20809 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Grabher considering legal action over licence plate flap
| Posted: | 8:22 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208359 |
| Rating: | 20836 |
| Poster: | stemmer |
CalgaryNEXT is 'dead', according to Nenshi; focus on new Flames arena turns to P
| Posted: | 7:51 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208072 |
| Rating: | 20807 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Red Bull heir enjoys jet-set life 4 years after deadly hit-and-run
"There is most certainly a culture of impunity here that big people, which means roughly people with power and money, expect to be able to get away with a certain amount of wrongdoing," said Baker. "This happens so often, so constantly, it is very clearly
| Posted: | 7:15 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208182 |
| Rating: | 20818 |
| Poster: | BeaverFever |
Spinach leaf transforms into sheet of beating human heart cells
With seeded cells, tissue engineers hope to harvest flesh from plants.
| Posted: | 12:27 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208226 |
| Rating: | 20823 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Cyclone Debbie: Thousands flee as Australia braced for 'monster' storm
A powerful storm is expected to bring waves of up to 8m to the Queensland coast.
| Posted: | 12:11 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 209000 |
| Rating: | 20901 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Marijuana legalization could leave provinces responsible for pot rules
Federal government ministers are keeping mum on the details of the Liberal's marijuana legalization plan, as provinces consider the legislative and regulatory burden that will fall to them when pot is legalized.
| Posted: | 11:35 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208506 |
| Rating: | 20852 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
'Dr. Fraud' gets a lot of job offers, and songs to save a life to
This week a medical sting operation unmasks predatory scientific journals and the problem of scientific bias is put under the microscope.
| Posted: | 10:36 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208328 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Huge gold coin worth millions stolen from Bode museum
German police say a giant gold coin known as the Big Maple Leaf has been stolen from Berlin's Bode Museum by a gang who climbed in through a window at around 3.30am on Monday.
| Posted: | 10:06 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208361 |
| Rating: | 20836 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Cougar carcass found near Thunder Bay may answer mystery
A startling discovery made this weekend northwest of Thunder Bay may answer a decades-old question: do cougar prowl northwestern Ontario?
| Posted: | 8:57 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208668 |
| Rating: | 20869 |
| Poster: | BeaverFever |
1 injury a day from firearms in Ontario, pediatricians find
The number of children and young people injured by firearms in Ontario amounts to nearly one a day, say doctors who urge prevention measures.
| Posted: | 8:15 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208227 |
| Rating: | 20823 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Access to care for B.C. seniors declining due to privatization: report
The provincial policy of privatizing home and community care services for seniors has resulted in less access for people in need, says a new report released today. Between 2001 and 2016, the closure of 40 care facilities operated by either health authorit
| Posted: | 7:36 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208068 |
| Rating: | 20807 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
How do you rescue a porcupine with 2 holes in her head' Very carefully
When a worried motorist stopped to help a wounded porcupine in Debert, N.S., last weekend, the animal was so weak it fell over when approached.
| Posted: | 4:10 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208217 |
| Rating: | 20822 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Canada's earliest recorded avalanche happened in Labrador, geologist says
An 18th-century avalanche near Nain is Canada's earliest recorded avalanche. The avalanche occurred in the winter of 1781-82 about 20 kilometres from Nain and killed 22 people in their homes, Livermand said.
| Posted: | 4:07 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208654 |
| Rating: | 20865 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Trump, after blaming Democrats, now also faults conservatives for failed health-care bill
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday attacked conservative lawmakers for the failure of the Republican bill to replace Barack Obama's health-care law as his aides pledged to court moderate Democrats on upcoming initiatives from health care to tax cuts.
| Posted: | 2:25 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208532 |
| Rating: | 20854 |
| Poster: | ShepherdsDog |
Shooting at Cincinnati nightclub kills 1, injures 15
Gunfire erupted early Sunday inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub after a dispute broke out among several men, killing one man and injuring 15 other people, authorities said.
| Posted: | 11:48 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208141 |
| Rating: | 20814 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Corruption protests sweep Russia; opposition leader arrested
Thousands of people crowded into Moscow's Pushkin Square on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government, part of a wave of demonstrations taking place throughout the country.
| Posted: | 11:44 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208010 |
| Rating: | 20801 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
| Posted: | 11:34 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208079 |
| Rating: | 20808 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
10 key promises Trudeau has broken since becoming PM
| Posted: | 11:31 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208443 |
| Rating: | 20845 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
China Wants Total Access To Canada, May Seek To Import Its Own Workers
| Posted: | 11:29 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207946 |
| Rating: | 20795 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Arrests after scuffle breaks out at California Trump rally
Supporters of President Donald Trump were doused with pepper spray during a rally by counter-protesters in Huntington Beach.
| Posted: | 10:57 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 207983 |
| Rating: | 20798 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
That time Vancouver's hippies took over Stanley Park 50 years ago
Carol Reid was 23 years old when she donned a garland of iris flowers and walked out the door of her Fourth Avenue home to join hundreds of hippies making their way to Stanley Park.
| Posted: | 1:06 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208428 |
| Rating: | 20843 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
'They want to see if you're squishy': Swarm of sea lions nibble on divers in stunning video
Underwater filmmaker Russell Clark got up close and personal with dozens of curious sea lions off the coast of Vancouver Island.
| Posted: | 1:04 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207992 |
| Rating: | 20799 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
How this 3-year-old got stuck inside a toy claw machine
Irish dad Damien Murphy only turned away for a few seconds at a children's play centre. Moments later, he found his three-year-old son, Jamie, inside a toy machine.
| Posted: | 1:01 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 208417 |
| Rating: | 20842 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Flag mysteriously appears on Yukon mountain, social media cracks the case
When Ivy Rudell spotted a mysterious flag pole on top of Golden Horn mountain near Whitehorse, a social media probe got us the answers.
| Posted: | 12:58 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207901 |
| Rating: | 20790 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Canada may yet have peacekeeping boots on the ground in 2017
The Liberal government has yet to formally serve notice to the United Nations that it's ready to join international peacekeeping operations. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Canada might still have boots on the ground in 2017, which would head o
| Posted: | 12:58 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207999 |
| Rating: | 20800 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Oilers bury Avalanche 4-1 to move into first-place tie | Hockey | Sports | Edmon
What was supposed to be a quick and easy kill for the Edmonton Oilers dragged out into a uncomfortable struggle Saturday. It was like instead of putting Old Yeller out of his misery with one shot behind the barn, the family chained him to the coffee table
| Posted: | 10:43 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208192 |
| Rating: | 20819 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Pro golfer Michelle Wie's outfits banned from top B.C. greens
| Posted: | 4:50 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 209293 |
| Rating: | 20929 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Gunman surrenders after fatal shooting on Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas police say the gunman in a fatal shooting on the Strip who barricaded himself inside a public bus has surrendered peacefully after shutting down the busy tourism corridor for hours.
| Posted: | 4:35 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208000 |
| Rating: | 20800 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Canada's CF-18s to fly 2 NATO overseas missions in 2017
Canada's aging CF-18s will conduct unarmed patrols out of Iceland for several weeks, beginning in late May. That will be followed in September by another air policing mission in Romania, defence officials confirmed to CBC News.
| Posted: | 3:38 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208105 |
| Rating: | 20811 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
No big fish tale: Ice fisher pulls up key lost in Lake Winnipeg on fishing hook
| Posted: | 3:13 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 208628 |
| Rating: | 20863 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
100 years ago today, Canada's black battalion set sail for WWI and made history
A century after Canada's so-called black battalion left Halifax harbour for Europe, the soldiers' relatives say their experience still carries relevance today.
| Posted: | 3:12 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208007 |
| Rating: | 20801 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Fruit mush and hidden stills: Homemade alcohol a big problem in prison
Federal corrections facilities in Canada make thousands of drug and alcohol seizures, with homemade alcohol the largest problem.
| Posted: | 3:07 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207789 |
| Rating: | 20779 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
BC Liberals refunding more than $92K in indirect contributions
The party will be refunding $92,874.36 as part of an ongoing review of donations.
| Posted: | 3:06 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208058 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Why illegal-immigrant criminals are begging to go to Rikers Island
| Posted: | 8:32 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208139 |
| Rating: | 20814 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
| Posted: | 4:07 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207996 |
| Rating: | 20800 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Brandt steps up with plan to save shuttered Saskatoon manufacturing facility
Brandt steps up with plan to save shuttered Saskatoon manufacturing facility
| Posted: | 11:55 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208022 |
| Rating: | 20802 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Green light for Keystone XL pipeline from U.S. State department |
TransCanada says it has received a presidential permit from the U.S. State Department that allows it to build the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline.
| Posted: | 8:19 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208033 |
| Rating: | 20804 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Some Mounties swapping red serge for blue as they seek jobs with other forces
Heavy caseloads, a toxic workplace culture, concerns about officer safety and low pay are among the reasons cited by Mounties who spoke to CBC News after leaving the RCMP for new careers at other Canadian police forces.
| Posted: | 6:24 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208096 |
| Rating: | 20810 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Oilers battle back to topple Avalanche
| Posted: | 9:04 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208131 |
| Rating: | 20813 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Make way, beaver and gray jay: New contest seeks 'Canada's greatest animal'
| Posted: | 4:04 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208165 |
| Rating: | 20817 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Que. murder victim sought police help before her death, friend says
An 18-year-old Quebec murder victim feared her ex-boyfriend and tried to seek help from police before her death, friends allege.
| Posted: | 4:04 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207993 |
| Rating: | 20799 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
House of Commons passes anti-Islamophobia motion
After months of bitter debate, the House of Commons passed M-103, a non-binding motion condemning Islamophobia and religious discrimination.
| Posted: | 3:12 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208209 |
| Rating: | 20821 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
IIHF sets end of April deadline on NHL Olympic decision
International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel tells The Associated Press he needs to know by the end of April whether NHL players will be cleared to play in the South Korea Olympics next year.
| Posted: | 3:08 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208288 |
| Rating: | 20829 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
A Dartmouth man is furious that after 25 years the Nova Scotia Registry of Motor Vehicles has cancelled his personalized licence plate with his last name Grabher on it, following a single complaint.
| Posted: | 3:07 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208473 |
| Rating: | 20847 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Facebook Live victim 'afraid to go home'
Police say the 15-year-old girl was assaulted in a Facebook live video viewed by at least 40 people.
| Posted: | 12:55 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207700 |
| Rating: | 20770 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Israeli Jewish man arrested for bomb threats against Canadian, U.S. Jewish targets
Israeli police on Thursday arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man as the primary suspect in a string of bomb threats targeting Jewish community centres and other institutions in Canada and the U.S., marking a potential breakthrough in a case that stoke
| Posted: | 10:15 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208105 |
| Rating: | 20811 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Extinct bird spotted after 100 years | Free Press Journal
| Posted: | 9:11 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208323 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Relative of Vimy Ridge soldier to trace his final footsteps
A hundred years after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, French citizens are travelling in Cape Breton to honour Nova Scotians who died in the First World War fight. One of the stories they are following is that of John Arsenault.
| Posted: | 8:27 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208429 |
| Rating: | 20843 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Controversial inquiry begins Friday into the 2007 death of Chinese worker at CNRL site
An inquiry starts Friday into the 2007 death of a Chinese temporary foreign worker after an accident at a Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. site near Fort McMurray.
| Posted: | 7:04 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208127 |
| Rating: | 20813 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Israelis hold teen over US bomb threats
Israeli police arrest Israeli-US teenager on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centres in US
| Posted: | 6:47 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207938 |
| Rating: | 20794 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Imam calling for Jews to be killed in sermon at Saint-Michel mosque draws police complaint
A Saint-Michel mosque is facing a police complaint after a video of an Imam delivering a sermon in which he asks for Jews to be killed surfaced online.
| Posted: | 6:24 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207868 |
| Rating: | 20787 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Exiled former Russian lawmaker shot dead in Kyiv
Former Russian lawmaker Denis Voronenkov was shot and killed in Kyiv Thursday in what the Ukrainian president described as an "act of state terrorism" by Russia.
| Posted: | 6:22 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207955 |
| Rating: | 20796 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Ducks edge Oilers in possible playoff preview
ANAHEIM - The coaches usually say it�s all about the process, one game at a time, one shift, then the next. But this was not just game 1,088 on the NHL schedule Wednesday night. While the playoffs officially begin April 12, we got a big, bold, loud prev
| Posted: | 11:01 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207959 |
| Rating: | 20796 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Budget 2017: Cash crunch leaves Liberals with little new spending
The federal government is offering almost no new spending in the 2017 budget, a document that brings into focus already announced funding amid an economic crunch.
| Posted: | 5:28 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208170 |
| Rating: | 20818 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
'Women studies' course at rural Alberta school draws intervention from province
The province will be seeking changes to a new course taught at a rural Alberta school called "women studies," which covers topics such as hairstyles, dinner parties, recipes and interior decor.
| Posted: | 9:47 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208273 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 9:17 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207807 |
| Rating: | 20781 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Police officer 'stabbed at UK Parliament'
Alleged assailant was shot by armed police following the incident, Commons Leader says.
| Posted: | 8:35 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208544 |
| Rating: | 20856 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Wildrose campus group implosion offers yet another glimpse of Alberta's bare-knuckle unite-the-right fight
A recent email equating feminism with cancer issued by the Wildrose on Campus at the University of Calgary marked the climax of an implosion of the student group that started with a takeover by supporters of PC leadership candidate Jason Kenney, according
| Posted: | 7:41 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208093 |
| Rating: | 20809 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'I'm boiling with anger': 97-year-old Nuremberg prosecutor won't give up on peace
| Posted: | 7:40 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207781 |
| Rating: | 20778 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian researchers successfully raise wasps that kill emerald ash borer
A group of Canadian researchers say they have, for the first time, successfully raised wasps that will be used this summer as a weapon against an insect that is ravaging forests.
| Posted: | 6:25 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208292 |
| Rating: | 20829 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Ahead of M-103 debate, duelling mobs clash on Parliament Hill over Islamophobia
One mob called the other 'communists' and the other mob called the first one 'fascists' as tempers flared hours before a debate in the House of Commons
| Posted: | 6:22 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207756 |
| Rating: | 20776 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
What to know about the new airline electronics bans
The Trump administration warns that U.S.-bound travellers from 10 airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa will be banned from carrying certain electronic devices on board, owing to fears terrorists could conceal bombs in larger devices.
| Posted: | 10:47 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208111 |
| Rating: | 20811 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Scientist says Canadians should get used to wild weather
The extreme weather seen in Canada this past year -- such as massive snowstorms on both coasts and incredibly warm January weather in Toronto -- is set to become the new norm, a scientist says.
| Posted: | 10:45 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208146 |
| Rating: | 20816 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Bettman on Olympics: 'Assume we are not going'
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said on Tuesday that with negotiations on Olympic participation at a standstill people should assume the league will not be sending its players to the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
| Posted: | 10:42 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208039 |
| Rating: | 20804 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Canadian military works to iron out challenges ahead of Latvia deployment
Canadian military planners are grappling with how much intelligence they can share with allies deployed with them in Latvia this summer. The other NATO members will also be arriving with restrictions on how their troops are used.
| Posted: | 10:37 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208057 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
North Korea conducts another missile test, reportedly unsuccessful
North Korea's latest missile launch appeared to have ended in a failure on Wednesday, South Korean defence officials said, three days after the North claimed a major breakthrough in its rocket development program.
| Posted: | 10:35 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207822 |
| Rating: | 20782 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
The world experienced its hottest year in 2016, a trend that contributed to the wildfires that decimated parts of Alberta and appears to already be worsening, according to a global analysis released Tuesday.
| Posted: | 10:34 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208258 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Canucks snap Chicago's 5-game winning streak in OT
Daniel Sedin scored a power-play goal 2:12 into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Tuesday night to end a six-game skid.
| Posted: | 10:25 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207965 |
| Rating: | 20797 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Bear in the air: Churchill mother and cub moved to shores of Hudson Bay with help of helicopter
It's not every day that you see a polar bear flying through the air, but that was the scene over David Daley's Churchill, Man. property. Daley runs a dog-sledding company a few kilometres outside of the northern Manitoba town, and came home last Thursday
| Posted: | 8:44 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207741 |
| Rating: | 20774 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Historic 'Little England' Thompson community crowdfunds to reopen museum
A ghost town in the B.C. Interior is raising money on GoFundMe to attract a student employee and reopen its museum.
| Posted: | 8:39 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208378 |
| Rating: | 20838 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
'Engineering marvel' damaged in pickup truck crash north of Dawson Creek
The Kiskatinaw Bridge, built during WW II, has been damaged after a pickup truck crashed into it early Monday morning. The bridge was constructed as part of the Alaska Highway during the Second World War.
| Posted: | 8:37 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208032 |
| Rating: | 20804 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
B.C. couple wants to sell 1930s pub after buying it on fortune cookie advice
After 13 years of being "the only pub in town" the Falkland Pub is looking for a new owner to take the helm of the saloon-style establishment dating from 1937.
| Posted: | 8:34 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207640 |
| Rating: | 20764 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Slain on-duty police officer honoured in Vancouver 102 years later
More than 100 years after he was killed in the line of duty, a Vancouver police officer has finally received a ceremony befitting a fallen officer.
| Posted: | 8:30 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208120 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Mistreatment of Chinese pioneers during B.C.'s gold rush commemorated in historic ghost town
A plaque was unveiled in B.C.'s Cariboo region to commemorate the contribution of Chinese Canadians and to signify their "hardship and suffering" under past provincial governments.
| Posted: | 8:29 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 206545 |
| Rating: | 20655 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Shots fired on Vancouver Island over alleged illegal clam digging
Charges have been laid in connection with an alleged illegal clam digging operation on Vancouver Island that turned violent Friday.
| Posted: | 8:21 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207684 |
| Rating: | 20768 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Calgary minor hockey team flips out after season decided in coin toss
Players, parents, and coaches flipped out when a critical AA Bantam playoff hockey game was decided by a coin toss in Calgary over the weekend.
| Posted: | 7:08 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207881 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
911 call leads to charges in human trafficking case
Three people are facing human trafficking-related charges after police say they were called to a home in Georgina where a woman was being held against her will.
| Posted: | 7:06 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207876 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Accused Red Deer man was victim of stolen identity
| Posted: | 6:03 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207878 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
DND curbs travel, non-mission training to save money for missions | CTV News
Senior defence officials have ordered a curb on non-essential activities across the department, The Canadian Press has learned, as they look to free up millions of dollars for military operations and other more critical tasks.
| Posted: | 3:23 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208184 |
| Rating: | 20818 |
| Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
The long, weird history of companies that put your life online
| Posted: | 11:33 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208029 |
| Rating: | 20803 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Incidence of hate crime in Toronto up 8% in 2016: police
Crimes motivated by religion accounted for 46 percent of the incidents reported, the highest in the last 10 years
| Posted: | 11:32 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207829 |
| Rating: | 20783 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Martin McGuinness dead aged 66
McGuinness was once Britain's number one terrorist and a feared commander accused of ordering some of the IRA's most spectacular attacks across Ulster and on mainland UK.
| Posted: | 3:50 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208210 |
| Rating: | 20821 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Hockey player given 16-game suspension for hit on former Edmonton Oiler Ryan Smyth
| Posted: | 10:21 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207879 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Cam Talbot earns 7th shutout of season as Oilers blank Kings
Cam Talbot made 35 saves to record his second shutout in as many games and seventh of the season as the Edmonton Oilers closed out an eight-game homestand with a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday.
| Posted: | 9:35 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208074 |
| Rating: | 20807 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
FBI confirms investigation into possible links between Russia, Trump associates
FBI director James Comey on Monday confirmed the agency was investigating possible Russian government efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, including any links between U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and Moscow.
| Posted: | 12:10 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208538 |
| Rating: | 20855 |
| Poster: | ShepherdsDog |
Two Halifax taxi drivers accused of sexual assault make court appearances | Metro Halifax
Seyed Mirsaeid-Ghazi, who was 45 years old when he was arrested and charged last year, appeared in Nova Scotia provincial court to finish his preliminary inquiry, which began in December. Mirsaeid-Ghazi was arrested and charged in April 2016 in relation t
| Posted: | 9:32 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207591 |
| Rating: | 20759 |
| Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Canada has detained more Mexicans in 2 months than in all of 2016
The Canada Border Services Agency detained more Mexican migrants in the first two months of 2017 than it did in all of 2016, new statistics show.
| Posted: | 8:00 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207875 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Battle for the centre: After Kenney's unite-the-right win, where will progressives go'
While convention-goers waited for the results of the Alberta PC leadership vote Saturday afternoon in Calgary, a spontaneous gathering took place just outside the main auditorium.
| Posted: | 7:59 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208322 |
| Rating: | 20832 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta oilsands production outlook bright despite gloomy headlines
While several factors suggest a gloomy outlook for production from the world's third-largest proven oil reserves, Canada's oilsands output is still expected to set new records in 2017 and climb even further in the coming years.
| Posted: | 7:59 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207857 |
| Rating: | 20786 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |