Federal Court dismisses Squamish First Nation's request for more salmon
The Squamish First Nation has lost a bid for a larger allocation of the scarce Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery. The First Nation filed an application for a judicial review after federal officials rejected its request for 70,000 sockeye for food, socia
| Posted: | 1:35 PM on Wednesday |
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| Poster: | Hyack |
The science behind the 'weather bomb' heading our way
CBC meteorologist Kalin Mitchell says some forecasts are comparing the storm to a "winter hurricane," but there are some important differences. Some forecasts predict the central pressure of the storm to drop near 950 millibars "which is virtually unheard
| Posted: | 1:33 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207579 |
| Rating: | 20758 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
| Posted: | 11:28 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
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| Rating: | 20767 |
| Poster: | Zipperfish |
Bank of Canada estimates 60,000 fewer jobs due to minimum wage increases | CTV News
The Bank of Canada estimates there will be about 60,000 fewer jobs by 2019 due to the increases in minimum wages across the country, but that labour income will be higher due to the increases.
| Posted: | 9:14 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 207744 |
| Rating: | 20774 |
| Poster: | uwish |
Freed hostage Joshua Boyle faces 15 criminal charges
Canadian Joshua Boyle and his family were held for five years by a Taliban-linked insurgent group.
| Posted: | 3:02 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207399 |
| Rating: | 20740 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Mysterious big bang, possibly an ice quake, shakes Alberta village
Some residents of Alberta Beach awoke earlier this week to a very loud bang, and in the morning they reported cracks in homes and the ground. Alberta Beach mayor Jim Benedict says people thought something had hit their houses -- or that something had fall
| Posted: | 10:59 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 207489 |
| Rating: | 20749 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
New Year's Day dolphin pod thrills B.C. ferry passengers
A fast-moving pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins delighted the passengers of a ferry travelling from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay on Monday. They tend to be seen in groups of 10 to 200 but can occasionally form large supergroups of over 1,000 animals.
| Posted: | 10:46 PM on Tuesday |
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| Poster: | Hyack |
Record lows recorded in Ontario, Alberta on New Year's Eve
| Posted: | 10:39 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
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| Rating: | 20745 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
203 years ago, a Toronto lighthouse-keeper disappeared. Today, the mystery endures
| Posted: | 5:47 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 207700 |
| Rating: | 20770 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Extreme cold causes airport chaos in Canada
From the early hours of New Year's Day, Air Canada warned that holiday travel could be hectic, issuing a travel alert for passengers using airports in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Ottawa and waiving the usual fee for ticket changes.
| Posted: | 3:32 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207525 |
| Rating: | 20753 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Forgotten victims: Polish children abducted during World War II still seeking truth
Up to 200,000 Polish children were kidnapped from orphanages or snatched from their parents and then forcibly 'Germanized' during World War II. DW and Interia.pl are helping victims reconstruct the past.
| Posted: | 2:51 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208063 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Horrific New Year's assault on a female police officer in Paris filmed by her attackers
Horrifying video footage has emerged of a female police officer and her boss being beaten in a Paris suburb. The incident took place in Champigny-sur-Marne, an area to the south-east of the city.
| Posted: | 2:28 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206943 |
| Rating: | 20694 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Flat Earth Is the Ultimate Conspiracy
We stood in the parking lot staring at the evening sky for 20 minutes. Watsun Atkinsun had just bummed a cigarette and held it up with two fingers, tracing the streaks of jet exhaust above us. He went on about chemtrails, direct energy weapons, and the ar
| Posted: | 10:52 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207552 |
| Rating: | 20755 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian newsprint makers fear U.S. about to slap duties on its exports
OTTAWA; The ongoing softwood dispute with the United States may not be hurting Canada much yet, but the industry is bracing for a new trade battle with the U.S. that could take a bite out of a part of the sector that is already facing sharp declines.
| Posted: | 8:47 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
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| Rating: | 20668 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Carbon tax rebates coming this week, government says
Albertans will begin receiving carbon tax rebate cheques sometime in the next week, deputy premier Sarah Hoffman said New Year's Day, the day a 50 per cent increase in the tax went into effect.
| Posted: | 5:46 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207193 |
| Rating: | 20719 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Free prescription drugs now available for anyone under 25
With the start of the new year, the provincial government will provide access to free drug coverage regardless of family income or private insurance.
| Posted: | 5:45 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 207027 |
| Rating: | 20703 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Beached whale saved by more than 100 Nova Scotians in spontaneous rescue effort
| Posted: | 5:40 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207194 |
| Rating: | 20719 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Mission pizza shop a haven in the storm
Mission City Pizza fed an estimated 700 people caught without power on Friday
| Posted: | 1:08 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207382 |
| Rating: | 20738 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
PALM BEACH, Fla. - U.S. President Donald Trump bid farewell to 2017 with a lavish party at his private club, before kicking off 2018 with angry tweets about Iran and Pakistan.
| Posted: | 1:01 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 207183 |
| Rating: | 20718 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Calgary too cold for penguins, zoo brings birds indoors
Their black and white coats are built to withstand the cold, but many of the Calgary Zoo's penguins have been moved inside because of the bone-chilling weather.
| Posted: | 1:01 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207425 |
| Rating: | 20743 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
More than 150 grizzlies killed while NDP contemplated hunting policy
B.C. NDP's announcement banning hunting of grizzlies for trophies and food came too late for 159 grizzlies killed during the fall hunt.
| Posted: | 12:44 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207103 |
| Rating: | 20710 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Pope calls for refugee commitments in 2018, rejection of 'empty consumerism'
Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life's "useless baggage" in 2018, including what he called "empty chatter" and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particularly for refugees and migrants.
| Posted: | 12:42 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Religion |
| Hits: | 207609 |
| Rating: | 20761 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai 'welcomes' Trump's Pakistan threat
President Trump tweeted Monday that the U.S. would no longer be investing as much in foreign aid to Pakistan as it has under previous presid...
| Posted: | 12:41 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
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| Rating: | 20671 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |