Montreal contractor paves around car, the internet laughs
An unpaved section of a Montreal street has become the subject of ridicule online and stirred controversy over how the city handles construction projects.
| Posted: | 11:51 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208406 |
| Rating: | 20842 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Black bear sighting scares Burnaby school and neighbourhood
A Burnaby neighbourhood was on high alert Monday afternoon when a black bear cub wandered through a residential area.
| Posted: | 10:15 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208748 |
| Rating: | 20875 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Fries with that' Motorist charged after feeding bear in Kootenay no-stopping zone
An 11-kilometre no-stopping zone set up in southern Kootenay National Park east of Radium Hot Springs to discourage human-wildlife interaction, nabbed its first offender, just hours later on Sunday.
| Posted: | 10:12 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208316 |
| Rating: | 20832 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Wolf put down after attacking dogs at Long Beach, B.C.
Park rangers at Pacific Rim National Park have put down a wolf following multiple attacks on leashed dogs.
| Posted: | 10:11 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208213 |
| Rating: | 20821 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Aggressive sea lion forces closure of Powell River fish cleaning stations
The animal, dubbed "Walter" by locals, was first spotted city's north harbour last year. "We did hear incidents of people wanting to take photos of the sea lion and enticing it with food," said Cator. "It's getting a little bit more aggressive."
| Posted: | 10:07 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208004 |
| Rating: | 20800 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
'It's a fantasy': Vancouver's goal to make False Creek 'swimmable' by 2018 unrealistic, say critics
City council has voted to clean up the E. coli-stricken waterway, but its legacy of industrial waste and sewage discharge have some critics calling it a pipe dream.
| Posted: | 10:05 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208025 |
| Rating: | 20803 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Locations announced for 4 new lifeboat stations on the B.C. coast
The Canadian Coast Guard is promising more co-operation with coastal First Nations as it sets up new lifeboat stations in Victoria, Hartley Bay, Port Refrew and Nootka.
| Posted: | 10:04 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208273 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Trump will take U.S. out of Paris climate deal, reports say
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to follow through on a campaign pledge to pull the United States out of a global pact to fight climate change, a source who was briefed on the decision tells Reuters, a move that should rally his support base at hom
| Posted: | 2:39 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208436 |
| Rating: | 20844 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
U.S. softwood lumber duties to cost 2,200 jobs, Conference Board of Canada says
The Conference Board of Canada says U.S. softwood lumber duties will cut $700 million from Canadian exports over two years and result in the reduction of 2,200 jobs.
| Posted: | 11:03 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208170 |
| Rating: | 20817 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Chemical changes give drug three killing methods plus a way to daze evolution.
| Posted: | 8:34 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208198 |
| Rating: | 20820 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Document forgery in financial industry more common than you'd think, past employees say
| Posted: | 6:55 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208325 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Very, very serious situation': In northern Labrador, it's getting harder to eat
New research points to a growing difficulty finding, and paying for, food in all five of Labrador's Inuit communities.
| Posted: | 6:54 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208329 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Wood Buffalo mayoral candidate condemns 'racist attacks'
Fort McMurray lawyer and mayoral candidate Don Scott is condemning what he calls a series of 'racist attacks' sent to him by mail and voicemail after he announced he was running for the mayor's chair.
| Posted: | 6:53 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208444 |
| Rating: | 20844 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 3:08 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 208637 |
| Rating: | 20864 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Manuel Noriega dead aged 83
Manuel Noriega, the former military ruler of Panama who was ousted by a US invasion in 1989, has died aged 83.
| Posted: | 2:08 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208517 |
| Rating: | 20852 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Robert Bigelow 'absolutely convinced' of aliens on Earth
Robert Bigelow, whose Las Vegas-based company Bigelow Aerospace has built expandable space habitats with Nasa, was speaking in an interview with 60 minutes.
| Posted: | 1:22 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 209204 |
| Rating: | 20920 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Police Filmed Tiger Woods DUI Debacle
Following his arrest early Monday, the golf star was transported to a Florida police precinct where he was videotaped during a 12-minute sobriety test.
| Posted: | 12:46 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208646 |
| Rating: | 20865 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Kathy Griffin Beheads Donald Trump in Shocking Photo Shoot
Kathy Griffin wants Donald Trump's head ... but she wants it bloody and detached from his body.
| Posted: | 12:43 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208938 |
| Rating: | 20894 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
| Posted: | 12:41 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208427 |
| Rating: | 20843 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
NYC college student lied to cops, claiming racists abducted him in harrowing robbery
A Queens college student who told cops he was thrown into a van and robbed by three masked men yelling racial slurs made up the chilling attack, police said Saturday.
| Posted: | 11:06 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208242 |
| Rating: | 20824 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Medical journal calls for tighter rules on legal pot to protect young
Marijuana legalization will harm the health of youth unless major changes to the proposed law are made to protect their developing brains, a medical journal editorial says.
| Posted: | 7:18 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208380 |
| Rating: | 20838 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
B.C. Greens and NDP to hold joint news conference
After a weekend of negotiations, the B.C. Greens and the NDP have announced plans to hold a news conference at 2 pm Monday afternoon. The expectation is Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver will announce his party's three MLAs are ready to support the NDP.
| Posted: | 1:37 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208485 |
| Rating: | 20849 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Strong winds, thunderstorms kill 11 in Moscow
​Thunderstorms and strong winds buffet Moscow and its surrounding areas, killing 11 people and injuring dozens.
| Posted: | 11:05 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 208560 |
| Rating: | 20856 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Bin Laden Song sparks calls for police helicopter
A police helicopter was sent to a property in Cambridge after a well-known song mocking the death of Osama bin Laden (pictured) was played during a garden party.
| Posted: | 8:24 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 208634 |
| Rating: | 20863 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Jewish Ryerson student 'felt targeted'
All Ryerson social work grad Rebecca Katzman wanted was to do her third-year placement at one of two respected Toronto Jewish organizations with a track record of addressing social justice issues.
| Posted: | 8:22 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208874 |
| Rating: | 20887 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Ontario Liberals to unveil sweeping labour reforms
Premier Kathleen Wynne is set to announce measures including a higher minimum wage, more paid vacation time, greater employee protections and removal of barriers to unionization.
| Posted: | 8:01 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208784 |
| Rating: | 20878 |
| Poster: | Coach85 |
A third of the nation's honeybee colonies died last year.
America's beekeepers watched as a third of the country's honeybee colonies were lost over the last year, part of a decade-long die-off experts said may threaten our food supply. The annual survey of roughly 5,000 beekeepers showed the 33% dip from Apri
| Posted: | 6:00 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208193 |
| Rating: | 20819 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
A shadowy international mercenary and security firm known as TigerSwan targeted the movement opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline with military-style counterterrorism measures, collaborating closely with police in at least five states, according to inter
| Posted: | 5:59 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208344 |
| Rating: | 20834 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
This Dog Sits on Seven Editorial Boards
| Posted: | 5:58 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208602 |
| Rating: | 20860 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Most dangerous situation I've ever seen': B.C. hot springs closed over food-habituated bears
Bears have grown accustomed to eating food discarded by people at a popular recreation spot northwest of Pemberton.
| Posted: | 12:31 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208410 |
| Rating: | 20841 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Alberta woman kidnapped, held for 5 days in South Carolina trailer
An Alberta woman was held against her will and sexually assaulted over the course of five days in a South Carolina trailer after being lured with the promise of a lucrative modelling gig.
| Posted: | 9:55 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208310 |
| Rating: | 20831 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Lethbridge high school grads criticized for Cowboys and Indians costume party
Before venturing out into the world and becoming adults, students from Chinook High School in Lethbridge, Alta., had a party on the May long weekend with a Cowboys and Indians theme, touching off a social media stir.
| Posted: | 12:41 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208771 |
| Rating: | 20877 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
'I was in shock:' experienced bear hunter jumped by bruin
An experienced hunter got the birthday surprise of his life while hunting for bear in northern Ontario, and he has the video evidence to prove it.
| Posted: | 7:54 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208397 |
| Rating: | 20840 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Andrew Scheer wins Conservative leadership
Saskatchewan MP Andrew Scheer has been elected the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, earning enough down-ballot support to overcome strong early numbers by rival Maxime Bernier.
| Posted: | 5:48 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 209081 |
| Rating: | 20908 |
| Poster: | ShepherdsDog |
Southern rock legend Gregg Allman dies, age 69
Music legend Gregg Allman, whose bluesy vocals and soulful touch on the Hammond B-3 organ helped propel the Allman Brothers Band to superstardom and spawn Southern rock, died Saturday.
| Posted: | 4:15 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208744 |
| Rating: | 20874 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Speculators target B.C. farmland after foreign buyer tax introduced for residences
Sales of farmland in B.C. surged and prices jumped immediately after the provincial government announced a foreign buyer tax on residential land in July 2016, a Postmedia investigation shows.
| Posted: | 3:39 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207969 |
| Rating: | 20797 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo's life sentence thrown out
Fox 5 has learned a federal district court judge has overturned the sentence of Lee Boyd Malvo, one of the two people convicted in D.C.-area Beltway sniper attacks nearly 15 years ago.
| Posted: | 10:25 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208365 |
| Rating: | 20837 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Progressive activists to unveil new $80 million network
The anti-Trump "resistance" movement is growing -- and getting richer.
| Posted: | 10:14 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208551 |
| Rating: | 20855 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Stop running from the truth: Justin Trudeau is playing us with his PR stunts
| Posted: | 10:03 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 209130 |
| Rating: | 20913 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
How Facebook's tentacles reach further than you think
Share Lab uses flow charts and data analysis to map one of the greatest forces shaping our world - Facebook.
| Posted: | 11:58 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208651 |
| Rating: | 20865 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Campaign targeting more than 200 people also spread disinformation, report says.
| Posted: | 10:32 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208270 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Masked gunmen kill at least 28 in attack on Christians in Egypt
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State
| Posted: | 7:08 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208488 |
| Rating: | 20849 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
New Technology Burns Natural Gas with No CO2 Emissions
How can we burn natural gas without releasing CO2 into the air? This feat is achieved using a special combustion method that TU Wien has been researching for years: chemical looping combustion (CLC). In this process, CO2 can be isolated during combustion
| Posted: | 5:26 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208422 |
| Rating: | 20842 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
US coal miners are training to be wind farmers
| Posted: | 5:24 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208427 |
| Rating: | 20843 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Surrey's newest tree has roots in Vimy Ridge
| Posted: | 8:49 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208757 |
| Rating: | 20876 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Coast Guard dismantles Vancouver's search and rescue dive team
| Posted: | 5:47 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208464 |
| Rating: | 20846 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Moose destroys Canada 150 tulip display
In a clash of Canadian icons, a hungry Newfoundland moose destroyed a Maple Leaf tulip display planted to mark Canada 150 celebrations.
| Posted: | 3:25 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208688 |
| Rating: | 20869 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Grace McCarthy, influential B.C. cabinet minister for 3 decades, has died at 89
Grace McCarthy, the most influential cabinet minister over the long rule of British Columbia's Social Credit Party, has died.
| Posted: | 11:41 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208878 |
| Rating: | 20888 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
More than a million restricted, prohibited guns in Canada
A year and a half after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government came to office promising to tighten Canada's gun laws, there are now more than a million restricted and prohibited firearms across the country.
| Posted: | 7:59 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 209281 |
| Rating: | 20928 |
| Poster: | stemmer |
'They all have plastic inside them': New film explores our impact on Pacific albatrosses
Photographer Chris Jordan is releasing a new documentary about the devastating effects of ocean plastic on the lives of albatrosses on one Pacific island.
| Posted: | 7:04 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208656 |
| Rating: | 20866 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Cannabidiol reduces seizures in kids with severe form of epilepsy, trial shows
A compound found in cannabis reduced convulsive seizures in children with a severe form of epilepsy by nearly half, a new study shows, validating the anecdotal evidence of some parents who've been pushing for such a treatment.
| Posted: | 6:48 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208344 |
| Rating: | 20834 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Rare piebald moose caught on video in western Newfoundland
A photographer in western Newfoundland captured what he calls a "once in a lifetime" encounter with an unusual patterned moose this week.
| Posted: | 10:58 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208965 |
| Rating: | 20898 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Price tag for fixing Phoenix pay system now tops original cost
The cost to fix the troubled Phoenix pay system has risen above the original amount the federal government spent to implement it.
| Posted: | 10:57 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208384 |
| Rating: | 20838 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Complaints About Third-Party Activities Skyrocketed During 2015 Federal Election
The number of complaints about third-party activities during the last federal election jumped almost nine-fold over the previous one, prompting the elections commissioner to suggest an update of the rules.
| Posted: | 8:39 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208140 |
| Rating: | 20814 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Anti-immigrant protesters accused of 'fear-mongering' at Red Deer school following fight
RCMP officers stood guard outside a high school in Red Deer, Alta., Tuesday morning as more than 40 demonstrators marched outside the grounds as part of an anti-immigration protest.
| Posted: | 7:49 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208667 |
| Rating: | 20867 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
The LHC is starting another year of high-energy physics | Ars Technica
Believe it or not, particle physics has a season, just like baseball. Running a massive particle collider takes a lot of energy, so operators schedule downtime for periods when local energy demand tends to be high. For Brookhaven's Relativistic Heavy Ion
| Posted: | 7:48 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208274 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Simply a beautiful little girl': Concertgoers mourned in Manchester attack
A teenage superfan of American singer Ariana Grande as well as a primary school student "loved by everyone" are the first people publicly identified as being among the 22 killed in an attack at a concert in Manchester, England.
| Posted: | 10:53 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208448 |
| Rating: | 20845 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
'Racist' poster in Gouin draws ire from citizens, Muslim group
Byelection candidate Alexandre Cormier-Denis remains unapologetic in the face of backlash about the controversial sign, posted last Thursday.
| Posted: | 10:52 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208780 |
| Rating: | 20878 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canadians 'reluctant' to accept new police powers, prefer privacy online, government finds
The findings are part of a report published by Public Safety, based on responses to the government's consultation on national security reform held last fall.
| Posted: | 7:36 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208145 |
| Rating: | 20815 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Actor Roger Moore, James Bond in the '70s and '80s, dead at 89
British actor Roger Moore, who appeared as James Bond in seven films, has died at 89, according to his official Twitter account.
| Posted: | 6:51 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 209185 |
| Rating: | 20921 |
| Poster: | ShepherdsDog |
No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change
| Posted: | 5:29 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207994 |
| Rating: | 20799 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
For many Americans, Russian hacking remains a story about the 2016 election. But there is another story taking shape.
| Posted: | 5:25 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208180 |
| Rating: | 20818 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Number of confirmed fatalities' at Ariana Grande concert in U.K., say police
Police say there have been a 'number of confirmed fatalities' and injuries after an explosion at the Manchester Arena in northern England, where U.S. pop star Ariana Grande was giving a concert.
| Posted: | 4:33 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208847 |
| Rating: | 20886 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
The cost for California to create public funded, single-payer, universal health care is $400 billion a year, $200 billion of which would be new revenue according to legislative analysis.
| Posted: | 3:08 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208509 |
| Rating: | 20851 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
SAS sniper 'shot an ISIS jihadi dead from 1.5miles away'
| Posted: | 12:19 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208325 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Trudeau questioned on carbon tax, NEB and Vegreville during stop in Edmonton
"We're making it more expensive for things that we don't want and making it rewarding for people to choose lower carbon behaviours," he said.
| Posted: | 11:36 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208430 |
| Rating: | 20843 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
North Korea's Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West
North Korea's main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts.
| Posted: | 11:34 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208165 |
| Rating: | 20817 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
North Korea says it's ready to deploy, mass produce new missile
| Posted: | 10:35 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207976 |
| Rating: | 20798 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Stray bullet travels through window killing boy eating snack
Police in Kentucky say a stray bullet fired during an outdoor fight travelled through the window of a nearby home, killing a 7-year-old who was eating a bedtime snack at his kitchen table.
| Posted: | 10:18 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208046 |
| Rating: | 20805 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
How this blue urn's mysterious journey is helping 2 families heal
After Shawn Westlund took his own life a little more than a year ago, his family scattered his ashes in the Pacific Ocean. They then filled his urn with cards and letters, setting it free in the water, too. Somehow it made its way to the Bow River in Albe
| Posted: | 10:02 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208137 |
| Rating: | 20814 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Fire crews enjoy slow start to wildfire season, but brace for hot, dry summer
A wet spring has meant fewer wildfires in Alberta and Saskatchewan, but fire officials aren't taking anything for granted. Some long-range forecasts predict a hotter and drier than normal summer on the Prairies.
| Posted: | 9:43 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 208204 |
| Rating: | 20820 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf fined $10K for apparent homophobic slur
Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf was fined $10,000 on Saturday for apparently using a "inappropriately demeaning and disrespectful" homophobic slur during Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.
| Posted: | 8:18 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208448 |
| Rating: | 20845 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Sea lion drags young girl into water at Richmond's Steveston Wharf
| Posted: | 7:01 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 208192 |
| Rating: | 20819 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Kent student, 18, snares rapist by filming attack on phone
Lillian Constantine (pictured) filmed the sexual assault carried out by Bangladeshi takeaway worker Ashraf Miah, 34, as she walked home late at night in the seaside town of Ramsgate, Kent.
| Posted: | 7:00 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207885 |
| Rating: | 20789 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canadians will play for gold after thrilling comeback vs. Russia at hockey worlds
Canada will get a chance to win a third straight gold medal at the world hockey championship. Ryan O'Reilly scored with about three minutes left to play and Sean Couturier added an empty-net goal as Canada beat Russia 4-2 in semifinal play on Saturday in
| Posted: | 1:25 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208627 |
| Rating: | 20864 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
New plaque at Nicholas Flood Davin gravesite to tell 'full truth' of role in residential schools
| Posted: | 1:06 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208268 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Stampede at concert after 'loud boom' prompts fears of gun shots
Fans who attended the rapper's show posted on Twitter that the event at the venue in Brooklyn had descended into chaos.
| Posted: | 12:33 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208518 |
| Rating: | 20852 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Vancouver Island groups raise salmon as meals for hungry southern resident orcas
| Posted: | 12:21 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207727 |
| Rating: | 20773 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Potentially 'harmful' nuclear device goes missing in Brampton, prompts police search
Police say a potentially dangerous nuclear gauge has gone missing in the Toronto area.
| Posted: | 11:26 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208317 |
| Rating: | 20832 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Laptop bombs a question of when, not if
A UN official sounds a warning about explosives hidden inside laptop computers on planes.
| Posted: | 11:25 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208058 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Boko Haram Is Growing Stronger in Nigeria Thanks to Corruption in the Military
Officials have stolen $15 billion in federal defense funds, resulting in an army that is ill-equipped and unprepared.
| Posted: | 11:21 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208031 |
| Rating: | 20803 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
| Posted: | 11:08 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208329 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
BBC threat to report 'offensive' comments to users' bosses
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has been branded 'Orwellian' after it emerged that its privacy policy means a user's personal information can be used agaginst them if a comment is deemed 'offensive'.
| Posted: | 11:03 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208163 |
| Rating: | 20816 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A man is facing felony assault charges after police say he used an Army surgical kit to remove the testicles of a transgender woman in her Denver apartment.
| Posted: | 11:02 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 208124 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Falcon Lake incident is Canada's 'best-documented UFO case,' even 50 years later
Stan Michalak can still vividly remember when his dad came home sick and injured from something that happened in the Falcon Lake woods on the May long weekend of 1967.
| Posted: | 12:58 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 208647 |
| Rating: | 20865 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Fox News said it terminated the employment of Bob Beckel, a Democratic consultant who was co-host of "The Five"
| Posted: | 11:54 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208655 |
| Rating: | 20866 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Federal judge dismisses 'clock boy' lawsuit
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Ahmed Mohamed's father, saying he could not prove his son was intentionally discriminated against by his Irving, Texas school because of his religion.
| Posted: | 11:53 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208208 |
| Rating: | 20821 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Don't be duped by Trudeau's carbon pricing plan
| Posted: | 10:51 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208536 |
| Rating: | 20854 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Three Girls viewers in fury that Sara Rowbotham was fired
Fans learned in Thursday night's finale that Sara Rowbotham was 'excluded from future initiatives on child grooming' and later fired despite exposing the Rochdale case..
| Posted: | 10:49 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208633 |
| Rating: | 20863 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Hamas bans dog walking in Gaza
Hamas announced the ban claiming dog owners must not allow their pets to walk in crowded areas such as towns, villages and beaches and must instead be exercised in empty fields in Gaza.
| Posted: | 10:40 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208449 |
| Rating: | 20845 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to sexting with minor
According to the charges, prosecutors said, Weiner used online messaging and video chat apps to communicate with a girl "he knew to be 15 years old." The 52-year-old Democratic politician from New York, who resigned from Congress in 2011 over an earlier s
| Posted: | 10:09 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208005 |
| Rating: | 20801 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Three men face capital murder charges in carjack slay of boy, 6
Three Mississippi men will be charged with capital murder in the carjack slaying of a 6-year-old boy.
| Posted: | 10:08 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208277 |
| Rating: | 20828 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Cross-border aircraft rivals Bombardier, Boeing clash in trade hearing
The next potential Canada-U.S. trade dispute was unfolding in a Washington courtroom Thursday as aerospace actors clashed over details that could hold implications for the global trade in mid-sized airplanes.
| Posted: | 7:07 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208155 |
| Rating: | 20816 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
These guys exchanged gunfire in Saddle Ridge and Calgary police want to know who they are
Calgary police are again asking the public to help identify numerous men who were involved in an exchange of gunfire in the northeast community of Saddle Ridge two months ago.
| Posted: | 7:07 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208500 |
| Rating: | 20850 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Post-apocalypse photographer captures abandoned High River homes
An abandoned suburb has received some notoriety after a well-known American photographer called it the "world's creepiest neighbourhood."
| Posted: | 7:04 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208650 |
| Rating: | 20865 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Food insecurity in Nunavut 'should be considered a national crisis,' expert says
Food insecurity in Nunavut "needs remedial action," say the authors of a new report who call for national food policy.
| Posted: | 7:03 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208146 |
| Rating: | 20815 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Tick-mageddon on Mantario Trail overwhelms experienced hikers
Four friends say they pulled off about 400 ticks off their clothes and skin during a three-day camping trip along the Mantario Trail last weekend.
| Posted: | 6:53 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208368 |
| Rating: | 20837 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Climate change is turning Antarctica green, say researchers | Science | The Guardian
In the past 50 years the quantity and rate of plant growth has shot up, says study, suggesting further warming could lead to rapid ecosystem changes
| Posted: | 6:52 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207906 |
| Rating: | 20791 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Methane trapped in sea ice recovered
China has became the first country to produce methane gas trapped in icelike crystals beneath the South China Sea, the Ministry of Land and Resources said on Thursday. The test drilling and production operation conducted in the region this month by Chi
| Posted: | 6:51 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207806 |
| Rating: | 20781 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Julian Assange: Sweden drops rape investigation
The top Swedish prosecutor files a request to revoke the arrest warrant of the Wikileaks founder.
| Posted: | 2:47 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208212 |
| Rating: | 20821 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Trump administration sends Congress official letter triggering NAFTA renegotiation: U.S. reports
The Trump administration has written to Congress, officially triggering the 90-day consultation period required before renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico can begin, according to U.S. media reports.
| Posted: | 8:55 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208501 |
| Rating: | 20850 |
| Poster: | ShepherdsDog |
Heart failure symptoms traced to unusual source
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians struggle to survive and take in air because of heart failure. Now scientists have unravelled a new reason why that rewrites medical textbooks.
| Posted: | 8:47 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 208404 |
| Rating: | 20840 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Alberta judge finds CBC not guilty of criminal contempt over publication ban
The CBC has been found not guilty of criminal contempt for refusing to remove news stories from its website that were published before a judge ordered a publication ban.
| Posted: | 7:16 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208201 |
| Rating: | 20820 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Death, disappearance of First Nations teens reignite concern about police practices in Thunder Bay
First Nations in northern Ontario are pooling their money to hire a private investigator as their frustration with police grows after the death of an Indigenous girl and the disappearance of an Indigenous boy this month in Thunder Bay.
| Posted: | 6:44 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208048 |
| Rating: | 20805 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden and Audioslave singer, has died at age 52
Rocker Chris Cornell, who gained fame as the lead singer of the bands Soundgarden and later Audioslave, has died at age 52, according to his representative.
| Posted: | 6:27 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208384 |
| Rating: | 20838 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former Fox News chief Roger Ailes dead at 77
Roger Ailes, who built Fox News into a money-making ratings powerhouse and force in U.S. politics before resigning in recent months following a sexual harassment scandal, has died at age 77.
| Posted: | 6:26 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208354 |
| Rating: | 20835 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Where have all the insects gone'
| Posted: | 6:25 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208068 |
| Rating: | 20807 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Syria from Space
What does the impact of the Syrian war look like from space? NASA images reveal three of the country's major cities at night over the course of the conflict, as the lights go out.
| Posted: | 6:24 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208064 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Record number of police shootings leads to review of CPS policies
Retired Court of Queen's Bench Chief Justice Neil Wittmann will conduct the review, which will look into CPS's culture surrounding its use of force policies, procedure and training.
| Posted: | 11:30 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208063 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
All the fish in this Banff lake are to be removed and killed to protect other lakes from whirling disease
Officials have started pulling all the fish from the lake in Banff National Park where the deadly fish parasite that causes whirling disease was first detected in Canada, in a bid to stop its spread.
| Posted: | 11:05 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208187 |
| Rating: | 20819 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Puerto Rico in uncharted waters as historic bankruptcy process begins
Saddled with a $123-billion US debt, Puerto Rico heads to court Wednesday in the largest government bankruptcy proceeding in recent U.S. history. With 45 per cent of people living in poverty and residents moving away in droves, the U.S. territory is hopin
| Posted: | 9:51 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208245 |
| Rating: | 20825 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
BlackBerry (BBRY) Stock Soars on Possible 'Four-Bagger' Prediction
You would have to go back almost two and a half years to find the last time shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) traded at double digits..
| Posted: | 9:49 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208253 |
| Rating: | 20825 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Trudeau wants next RCMP boss to be a woman or someone with experience on aboriginal file
But a new RCMP watchdog report says change in leadership may not be enough to bring about true cultural change within the force
| Posted: | 8:01 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207761 |
| Rating: | 20776 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Chelsea Manning will be a free woman tomorrow
Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army soldier responsible for a massive leak of classified material, will be free Wednesday after 7 years.
| Posted: | 12:32 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208791 |
| Rating: | 20880 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
North Van grads undressing for 'Gotcha' game has school district worried
The North Vancouver School District is notifying parents about a tag-like game involving public nudity that's being played by some graduating students.
| Posted: | 12:30 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208633 |
| Rating: | 20863 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Arizona Man Arrested for Threatening Congresswoman's Life Over Trump Support
The FBI has arrested an Arizona man on suspicion of threatening to shoot Rep. Martha McSally (R., Ariz.) for her votes in support of President Trump.
| Posted: | 12:29 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208098 |
| Rating: | 20810 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Family of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich blasts detective over report of WikiLeaks link
The Democratic National Committee staffer who was gunned down on July 10 on a Washington, D.C., street last July just steps from his home had leaked thousands of internal emails to WikiLeaks, law enforcement sources told Fox News.
| Posted: | 12:26 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 207904 |
| Rating: | 20790 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Families who hid Snowden in Hong Kong ask Canada to fast-track asylum requests
| Posted: | 12:25 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208220 |
| Rating: | 20823 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Chef who killed trans wife undone by smell of boiled human flesh
It was the smell that drew police to the inner Brisbane apartment. A foul stench no one could quite place. Unmistakably foreign. But no one could have imagined...
| Posted: | 12:22 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 208303 |
| Rating: | 20830 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Chanel baffles high-fashion shoppers with $2000 boomerang
Iconic French fashion label Chanel is celebrating the launch of its Spring-Summer pre-collection with the sale of a chic Chanel-branded boomerang for $1,930.
| Posted: | 9:09 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208142 |
| Rating: | 20814 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Mum's fury over Asda's 'sexist' Boys Will Be Boys jumper
Debbie Dee, from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, said the phrase on the children's jumper is 'problematic' and could encourage youngsters to launch sex attacks.
| Posted: | 9:07 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208268 |
| Rating: | 20827 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canada blocked climate change audit: official
Canada's auditor general blasted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government Tuesday for effectively blocking an audit of efforts to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies in the fight against climate change.
| Posted: | 4:02 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208220 |
| Rating: | 20822 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
CERN hopes new particle accelerator will bring new discoveries
| Posted: | 9:22 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208295 |
| Rating: | 20830 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scientists alarmed to find tiny island in the middle of the Pacific littered with highest density of trash in world
Despite Henderson Island's extreme remoteness, an estimated 38 million pieces of trash washed up on its beaches
| Posted: | 7:30 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208105 |
| Rating: | 20811 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'It's been an amazing experience': Rona Ambrose set to leave federal politics
Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose is leaving federal politics and will step down from her seat when the House of Commons breaks for summer recess. Ambrose will join the Washington, D.C.-based Wilson Center's Canada Institute as a visiting Global Fe
| Posted: | 7:29 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208316 |
| Rating: | 20832 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
North Korea thought to be behind global cyber attack
A hacking group linked to North Korea is thought to be behind the cyber attack that wreaked havoc across the globe, according to security experts from firms Symantec and Kaspersky.
| Posted: | 1:02 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208111 |
| Rating: | 20811 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |