Deal reached to buy Hudson rail line, only land link to Churchill, Man.
| Posted: | 10:58 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208119 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Aggressive bear in Lynn Valley leads to trail closures
Two trails in the Lynn Headwaters Regional Park in North Vancouver were closed for several hours Thursday morning, as conservation officers tried to track down an aggressive black bear. Conservation officers believe the same black bear that killed a small
| Posted: | 10:56 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208257 |
| Rating: | 20826 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Bottle-fed fawn bucks up wildfire crews on ferry ride
| Posted: | 10:49 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208041 |
| Rating: | 20804 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Holy carp: 11-year-old nets giant koi in St. Albert lake
| Posted: | 4:31 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208913 |
| Rating: | 20891 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
That Time Telco Lobbyists Sent Me All Their Talking Points About Trying To Shift The Blame To Internet Companies
It's not every day that big telco lobbyists email me their internal documents about how they're going to try to shift all the negative press about themselves and try to flip it onto internet companies. But it did happen yesterday.
| Posted: | 4:28 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208136 |
| Rating: | 20814 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that Google
| Posted: | 4:26 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208698 |
| Rating: | 20870 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 12:15 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208560 |
| Rating: | 20856 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Our summer of murder
Just call it what it is: The summer of murder!A quick look at police crime statistics, comparing the end of August 2017 compared to the last of this month, reveals a startling reality.By this time last year Toronto had 35 homicides. This year, T
| Posted: | 12:12 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208228 |
| Rating: | 20823 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Supreme Court won't hear veterans' lawsuit appeal
| Posted: | 1:26 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208362 |
| Rating: | 20836 |
| Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
Justice department sides with Asian American students in Harvard bias lawsuit
| Posted: | 1:02 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208372 |
| Rating: | 20837 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Sweden sees surge in Twitter bots ahead of election next month
A Swedish government study says there's been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead of the Sept. 9 elections, noting that 40 per cent of them are more likely to support the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, which is expect
| Posted: | 9:37 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208331 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada gun facts: Here are the latest stats on firearm deaths, injuries and crime
Is gun crime actually on the rise? And just how often, exactly, are Canadians getting shot? It depends, often, on where you live.
| Posted: | 9:20 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208064 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Federal Court of Appeal quashes construction approvals for Trans Mountain, leaving project in limbo
| Posted: | 8:20 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208158 |
| Rating: | 20816 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Astronauts are repairing a hole in wall of International Space Station
The six astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working to fix a hole found in the wall of the International Space Station.
| Posted: | 7:08 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208123 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
U.S. International Trade Commission overturns duties on Canadian newsprint
The U.S. International Trade Commission has overturned duties imposed on Canadian newsprint after finding that imports of the paper product, part of the wider category of uncoated groundwood paper, do not hurt U.S. industry.
| Posted: | 7:07 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208039 |
| Rating: | 20804 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Warm water under Arctic ice a 'ticking time bomb,' researcher says
A pocket of warm ocean water underneath the surface of the Canada Basin could melt a significant portion of the region's sea ice pack if it were to ascend, a new study suggests.
| Posted: | 6:56 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207996 |
| Rating: | 20800 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Crews work to restore power after high winds take down trees in southern Quebec
| Posted: | 6:51 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207987 |
| Rating: | 20799 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Edmonton officer guilty of harassment and lying must be fired, police chief's lawyer says
| Posted: | 6:15 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208356 |
| Rating: | 20836 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 6:14 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208298 |
| Rating: | 20830 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
RCMP officer seriously wounded in western Manitoba shooting
An RCMP officer was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was shot Wednesday night in western Manitoba. The search is now underway for two to three suspects considered armed and dangerous!
| Posted: | 1:45 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208139 |
| Rating: | 20814 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Sadiq Khan bikini-clad blimp to be flown over London in protest at 'Trump Baby'
| Posted: | 12:40 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 208679 |
| Rating: | 20868 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Suspect in fatal 2017 crash gets time served for jewelry heist and other crimes
The man accused of fleeing a dramatic crash that killed a B.C. woman last year has been sentenced for pulling off a jewelry store robbery just hours before the collision.
| Posted: | 10:01 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207986 |
| Rating: | 20799 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
| Posted: | 6:04 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 208241 |
| Rating: | 20824 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Large asteroid darts past Earth; bigger one expected next week
| Posted: | 4:08 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208211 |
| Rating: | 20821 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Judge dismisses all charges against 3 'extremist Muslim' New Mexico compound suspects
A New Mexico judge dismissed all charges against three suspects tied to a compound where alleged Muslim extremists reportedly trained children to be school shooters.
| Posted: | 3:06 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208202 |
| Rating: | 20820 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Boy swept into sewer saved by raising finger through manhole cover
An 11-year-old boy sucked into a flooded Wisconsin storm sewer was saved when an eagle-eyed firefighter saw the boy's fingers pop through an opening in a manhole cover.
| Posted: | 3:55 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208168 |
| Rating: | 20817 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Survivor recalls deadly encounter with polar bears
A Nunavut hunter who survived a polar bear attack that killed one of his friends last week says the encounter started when a mother bear and her cub approached their camp. The survivors refused to leave Kaunak's remains behind, and it took three men to ca
| Posted: | 3:52 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208244 |
| Rating: | 20824 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
State of emergency extended as 2018 becomes worst B.C. wildfire season on record
The B.C. government has extended the provincial state of emergency because of wildfires that have now burned more area than any other season on record. Close to 13,000 sq km of province has burned, breaking record set in 2017.
| Posted: | 1:31 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208013 |
| Rating: | 20801 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Alberta accounted for 97% of federal income tax decline during recession's height
Federal income tax revenue fell by nearly $5 billion in 2016 and nearly all of the decline was attributable to Alberta, but exactly why remains an open question, says an economist with the University of Calgary.
| Posted: | 7:29 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 208632 |
| Rating: | 20863 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Nearly 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico now blamed on Hurricane Maria
Puerto Rico's governor raises the island's official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975 after an independent study found that the number of people who succumbed in the desperate, sweltering months after the storm had been severely undercounte
| Posted: | 7:23 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208220 |
| Rating: | 20822 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Air Canada mobile app breach affects 20,000 people
Air Canada says the personal information for about 20,000 customers "may potentially have been improperly accessed" via a breach in its mobile app, so the company has locked down all 1.7 million accounts as a precaution until customers change their passwo
| Posted: | 7:23 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208279 |
| Rating: | 20828 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
3 men face 1,460 charges of having sex with farm animals
Three men in Pennsylvania are facing more than 1,400 charges in an 'extreme' case of animal abuse that prosecutors say included having sex with dogs, horses, a cow and a goat.
| Posted: | 5:02 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208530 |
| Rating: | 20853 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Take a deep breath: Air quality advisory cancelled for Metro Vancouver and entire Fraser Valley
An air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley has ended, as clean air continues to push smoke out of the region. The air quality advisory was issued for Metro Vancouver on Sunday and continued into early Monday morning. It ended around
| Posted: | 3:58 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208007 |
| Rating: | 20801 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
The future looks grim after 2 years of devastating B.C. wildfires
For decades, scientists have predicted that B.C. would experience longer, more intense wildfire seasons as the climate warms. But the destruction of the last two years is still a bit surprising.
| Posted: | 3:56 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208151 |
| Rating: | 20815 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Research suggests lead poisoning wasn't major cause of Franklin expedition deaths
A Lakehead University associate professor has helped shed new light on what, exactly, happened to the members of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 expedition to the Arctic.
| Posted: | 3:53 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208543 |
| Rating: | 20854 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
WWII veteran, Dunkirk survivor Ken Sturdy dies at 98
Ken Sturdy was just 20 and training as a signalman in the Royal Navy in 1940 when he heard a message go out over the radio asking for able-bodied men to help get survivors on the boats at Dunkirk.
| Posted: | 3:51 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208193 |
| Rating: | 20819 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
2 hikers injured in Kananaskis bear attack
Two hikers were injured this weekend in Kananaskis Country after surprising a bear dining on a carcass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. "This was a classic defensive attack and it could have been so much worse," said Alberta Parks conservation officer N
| Posted: | 3:49 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208305 |
| Rating: | 20831 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Woman feared the worst when cows stampeded her East Coast Trail campsite
She worried about running into bears, but Penny Maguire never thought it would be cows that would give her the scare of a lifetime during her East Coast Trail adventure.
| Posted: | 3:42 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208121 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Nunavut hunter killed by polar bear and cub
A man from Nunavut has been killed in a polar bear attack, according to local RCMP. A polar bear mother and cub were destroyed at the scene. 5 bears destroyed following attack that also injured 2 men
| Posted: | 3:40 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208189 |
| Rating: | 20819 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Why does Canada automatically give citizenship to people born here'
Birthright citizenship, known as jus soli, does not exist in Europe, Asia, Oceania or most of Africa
| Posted: | 3:12 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208336 |
| Rating: | 20834 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Trump takes on Google, alleges bias in searches | CTV News
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at tech companies Tuesday, accusing Google and others of 'suppressing' conservative voices and 'hiding information' and good news. He cited no evidence for the claim, which echoes both his own attacks on the press an
| Posted: | 11:33 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208231 |
| Rating: | 20823 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Boy, 16, charged in shooting of German tourist
Alberta police have arrested a 16-year-old boy and charged him with attempted murder in the shooting of a German tourist earlier this month.
| Posted: | 11:32 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208382 |
| Rating: | 20838 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
He never served, but Veterans Affairs pays for convicted murderer's PTSD treatment
The decision by Veterans Affairs Canada to pay for treatment for a Halifax man who never served in the military and got PTSD from murdering an off-duty police officer is upsetting both an advocate for veterans and a family member of the officer.
| Posted: | 10:42 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208553 |
| Rating: | 20855 |
| Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
Russia planning to hold biggest war games in nearly 40 years
Russia will hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades next month, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies.
| Posted: | 10:21 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208246 |
| Rating: | 20825 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Saskatoon's synchrotron helps debunk Franklin Expedition lead-poisoning theory
In short, the work in Saskatoon debunks the theory that lead killed the crew.
| Posted: | 6:53 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208698 |
| Rating: | 20870 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Police investigating alleged attack on journalist in northeast Calgary
Calgary Police say they are investigating an alleged attack last week at an event in northeast Calgary that the victim claims was politically motivated.
| Posted: | 6:52 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208148 |
| Rating: | 20815 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Katherine Johnson, Trailblazing NASA Mathematician, Celebrates 100 Trips Around the Sun
| Posted: | 6:46 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208079 |
| Rating: | 20808 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Tesla wins case against Ontario government over electric vehicle rebates
Tesla Motors Canada has won its case against the Ontario government over electric vehicle rebates.
| Posted: | 5:20 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 208169 |
| Rating: | 20817 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 5:19 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208429 |
| Rating: | 20843 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
American home builders accuse lumber mills of running a 'cartel' as softwood tariffs trigger inter-industry strife
Instead of boosting domestic production, U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports led to unwarranted price-gouging, alleges the CEO of the National Association of Home Builders
| Posted: | 12:24 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208115 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Vegan festival gets the chop as French meat lobby threatens to fire up barbecue protest
About 400 people had said they would turn out for the meat-eating event, but insisted they would have remained peaceful
| Posted: | 8:35 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208057 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Myanmar military should face genocide charges over Rohingya, UN team says
Investigators working for the UN's top human rights body say Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, taking the unusual step of identifying six by name among those behind deadly, systematic crimes against the e
| Posted: | 7:23 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207678 |
| Rating: | 20768 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Are homegrown tech firms shut out of big federal IT contracts'
Shared Services Canada wants to consolidate 595 aging data centres, and is looking for high-tech firms to help. But Canadian firms say requirements for applicants will automatically exclude them.
| Posted: | 6:58 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 208216 |
| Rating: | 20822 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Passenger ship that ran aground in Nunavut has been refloated, company says
A passenger ship that ran aground Friday morning in the Far North has been refloated, and all its passengers were safe and being cared for on another ship.
| Posted: | 6:57 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 208069 |
| Rating: | 20807 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Shoppers angry over Walmart charging more for plus-size clothing
Some customers are angry Walmart Canada is charging more for plus-size clothing, a policy critics say amounts to an unjust "fat tax." The company defends its pricing arguing that larger items cost more to produce.
| Posted: | 6:19 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208050 |
| Rating: | 20805 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Prolific playwright Neil Simon dead at 91
Playwright Neil Simon, known for his Tony Award-winning works The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues and Lost in Yonkers, has died at age 91.
| Posted: | 5:57 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208327 |
| Rating: | 20833 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Multiple fatalities in mass shooting in Jacksonville, Fla.
There was a mass shooting at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday, and the local sheriff's office said there were multiple fatalities.
| Posted: | 12:40 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207913 |
| Rating: | 20791 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Eight-year-old girl takes her dog for a walk. Neighbour calls police, then child welfare officials
'Apparently whoever called the police didn't think the police were a good enough judge of what was okay and not okay. Then they called (family services)'
| Posted: | 11:02 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 208492 |
| Rating: | 20850 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canada's backlogged asylum system is 'not sustainable,' immigration minister says in leaked letter
| Posted: | 10:59 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208230 |
| Rating: | 20823 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Trio facing 1,460 charges of having sex with animals
MUNSON, Pa. - Three men have been charged with more than 1,400 counts for allegedly having sex with dogs, horses, a cow and a goat on a makeshift farm in Pennsylvania.
| Posted: | 7:00 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 208097 |
| Rating: | 20810 |
| Poster: | raydan |
More than 1 million people flee Venezuela amid political crisis
A host of internal problems have forced more than a million Venezuelans to abandon their home country as the United Nations warns the nation is teetering towards a 'crisis moment'
| Posted: | 11:53 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207915 |
| Rating: | 20792 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Toronto Maple Leafs hire Hayley Wickenheiser for front-office role | CTV News
Longtime Canadian national team star Hayley Wickenheiser is the Toronto Maple Leaf's new assistant director of player development.
| Posted: | 12:34 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 208278 |
| Rating: | 20828 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Sweden rape: Most convicted attackers foreign-born, says TV
Swedish national TV says 58% of men convicted of rape in the past five years were born abroad.
| Posted: | 11:04 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208083 |
| Rating: | 20808 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Britain's longest-serving poppy seller Rosemary Powell dies age 103
Rosemary Powell (pictured) helped her mother sell poppies on Richmond Bridge for the Royal British Legion's first Poppy Appeal in 1921, when she was just six years old.
| Posted: | 8:57 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208102 |
| Rating: | 20810 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Starving Venezuelans are eating ROTTEN meat as butchers' refrigerators fail
Residents in Maracaibo, Venezuela - once the oil capital of the country - are eating spoiled meat after months of powercuts have made refrigerators idle and ruining whole sides of beef.
| Posted: | 7:14 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208220 |
| Rating: | 20822 |
| Poster: | martin14 |
Man shot and killed by Edmonton police fired rifle at officer, sources say
After he was ordered to surrender, the driver of a stolen vehicle involved in a hit-and-run Saturday evening fired a rifle at police before he was shot and killed by an officer, CBC News has learned.
| Posted: | 6:17 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 208571 |
| Rating: | 20857 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Australian police informant targeted by biker gang granted refugee status in Canada
An Australian investigative journalist has praised the Canadian government for granting refugee status to a man who infiltrated the Bandidos motorcycle gang in his country.
| Posted: | 5:53 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207609 |
| Rating: | 20761 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'A new low': Conservative robocall tries to exploit Liberal MP's cancer diagnosis
| Posted: | 5:10 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207648 |
| Rating: | 20765 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Usually frozen waters open up twice this year in phenomenon scientists described as scary
| Posted: | 10:47 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207793 |
| Rating: | 20779 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Hawaii residents brace for Category 5 hurricane
Hawaii residents rushed to stores to stock up on bottled water, ramen, toilet paper and other supplies as they faced the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and high surf as a strengthening hurricane churned toward the state.
| Posted: | 8:56 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207780 |
| Rating: | 20778 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'I cannot rest until they are all saved': Alberta man vows to rescue young chimps from Guinea-Bissau
An Alberta teacher who went to Guinea-Bissau to help rescue a chimpanzee is now trying to free four chimps from the West African country.
| Posted: | 8:40 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207956 |
| Rating: | 20796 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for woman activist, rights group says
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five activists including Israa al-Ghomgham, who could become the first woman in the country to face it for human rights-related work.
| Posted: | 8:01 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207852 |
| Rating: | 20785 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Facebook uncovers new global misinformation operations
Facebook has identified and banned hundreds of accounts, groups and pages engaged in misleading political behaviour, a far larger discovery than a "sophisticated" effort it reported three weeks ago with great fanfare.
| Posted: | 6:40 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207993 |
| Rating: | 20799 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
U.S. to impose anti-dumping duties of 24% plus on Canadian-made pipes
The United States says it will impose preliminary anti-dumping duties on large-diameter welded pipe from Canada and five other countries.
| Posted: | 5:37 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207892 |
| Rating: | 20789 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Google's data collection is hard to escape, study claims
A new study examines just how much information Google collects about people each day.
| Posted: | 5:36 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207876 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Nabisco redesigns Animal crackers to get rid of cages
After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free now that the company that owns the brand has redesigned the packaging.
| Posted: | 3:35 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 208104 |
| Rating: | 20810 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Strong earthquake hits northern Venezuela
A powerful earthquake has shaken eastern Venezuela, causing buildings to be evacuated in the capital of Caracas.
| Posted: | 3:31 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207864 |
| Rating: | 20786 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
European measles cases skyrocket over 2 years, at least 37 dead in 2018
The number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died, says the World Health Organization.
| Posted: | 6:59 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 207876 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scientists slowly cast light on celestial mystery known as Steve
| Posted: | 6:50 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207896 |
| Rating: | 20790 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Russian hackers target U.S. conservative think-tanks and Senate, Microsoft says
Hackers linked to Russia's government tried to target the websites of two right-wing U.S. think-tanks, suggesting they were broadening their attacks in the build-up to November elections, Microsoft says.
| Posted: | 5:06 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207926 |
| Rating: | 20793 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada has to stop pretending our hands are completely tied on the border
| Posted: | 7:03 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208008 |
| Rating: | 20801 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan dies at age 80
Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary general, has died.
| Posted: | 12:33 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208467 |
| Rating: | 20847 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Bridge cable damaged months ago but no action taken, Italian media report
| Posted: | 11:52 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 208444 |
| Rating: | 20845 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
'Unbelievable': Dieppe vet, 98, surprised with flight in military plane
| Posted: | 11:45 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207929 |
| Rating: | 20793 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Alberta's new normal could be a 'constant state' of drought: expert
Farmers and ranchers across the prairies have been facing off against hot and dry weather conditions for the past year, and a drought researcher says simulations show it's time to start treating these conditions as the "new normal."
| Posted: | 11:46 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207742 |
| Rating: | 20774 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'End of an era': First Dieppe remembrance service in Hamilton without a Dieppe veteran
Sunday marked the 76th anniversary of the Dieppe raid in France during the Second World War. It also marked the first time there wasn't a Dieppe veteran present in Hamilton.
| Posted: | 11:10 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 208350 |
| Rating: | 20836 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Castlegar bridge designed by architect of collapsed Italian bridge
The bridge that collapsed this week in Genoa, Italy and tragically killed at least 39 people has an unusual tie to Castlegar of all places: the architect.
| Posted: | 11:36 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207797 |
| Rating: | 20780 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Liberals scrap controversial family reunification lottery, accepting more applications
The Liberal government is scrapping its controversial lottery system for reuniting immigrant families and reverting back to a first-come, first-served system following backlash from frustrated sponsors.
| Posted: | 11:23 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208152 |
| Rating: | 20816 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Strange Lakes Are Speeding Up Arctic Permafrost Melt, And That's Really Bad News
The Arctic permafrost really should stay frozen. In many places it's been frozen for tens of thousands of years, locking away greenhouse gasses and ancient diseases.
| Posted: | 6:56 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207761 |
| Rating: | 20776 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada's purchase of Trans Mountain clears major U.S. hurdle
A U.S. national security review has given Canada's purchase of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline the thumbs-up. The federal government says all necessary regulatory approvals have been received to close the sale.
| Posted: | 5:38 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207609 |
| Rating: | 20761 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state
Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India's Kerala state.
| Posted: | 4:51 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207900 |
| Rating: | 20790 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
BULLETS AND BLOODSHED: Smoke and mirrors won't stop gangs and guns
With Toronto's gun-related murders already at 31 this year, the city's smoke and mirrors approach to combating gangs and guns including a handgun ban won't stop the bullets and bloodshed, law enforcement sources say.
| Posted: | 10:20 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 208371 |
| Rating: | 20837 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Man faces assault charge for allegedly attacking Sun photographer
A man accused of assaulting a Toronto Sun photographer at an anti-racism rally in Nathan Phillips Square last weekend has been arrested.Toronto Police confirm the suspect, Donald Joseph MacLeod, was taken into custody in 52 Division on Saturday &mdash
| Posted: | 1:02 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207777 |
| Rating: | 20778 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
'I met my IS captor on a German street'
A Yazidi teenager sold into slavery by IS tells of her horror at meeting her captor in a German street.
| Posted: | 1:01 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207802 |
| Rating: | 20780 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Jewish couple to leave UK over anti-Semitism from Corbyn supporters
Mark Lewis, an ex Labour supporter who represented victims in the phone-hacking case, and Mandy Blumenthal said they are planning to move to Israel by the end of the year.
| Posted: | 10:15 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Religion |
| Hits: | 208292 |
| Rating: | 20829 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canada deliberately sidelined from latest NAFTA talks, Trump suggests
'(Canada's) tariffs are too high, their barriers are too strong, so we're not even talking to them right now,' Trump said
| Posted: | 12:47 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207800 |
| Rating: | 20780 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Family: Police use Taser to stun 87-year-old woman cutting dandelions
| Posted: | 12:40 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207570 |
| Rating: | 20757 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Satanic Temple statue unveiled at the Arkansas State Capitol
| Posted: | 12:39 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Religion |
| Hits: | 207868 |
| Rating: | 20787 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Tory senator pokes holes in Khalid's claim she didn't know constituent was alleged anti-Semite
| Posted: | 11:01 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207776 |
| Rating: | 20778 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Century-old wood used to pave early Vancouver splintering in heat
| Posted: | 12:06 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 208056 |
| Rating: | 20806 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
81 per cent of CRA employees surveyed in a recent PIPSC report agree that tax loopholes and exemptions disproportionately benefit wealthy Canadians.
| Posted: | 12:06 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207693 |
| Rating: | 20769 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Progressive Feminist Group Calls on Democratic Party to Adopt Definition of Antisemitism
| Posted: | 12:04 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207641 |
| Rating: | 20764 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Trump links Canadian lumber imports to deadly California wildfires
Trump decried the 'ridiculous' imports of lumber from Canada while fallen trees in the U.S. are left to rot on the ground, which could then become wildfire accelerant.
| Posted: | 11:56 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 207952 |
| Rating: | 20795 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Greens won't run candidate in Burnaby South as 'leader's courtesy' to Singh: May
The Green party will not run a candidate against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the riding of Burnaby South.
| Posted: | 10:00 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207807 |
| Rating: | 20781 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Transgender candidate Christine Hallquist wins Democratic nomination for Vermont governor
| Posted: | 9:56 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207896 |
| Rating: | 20790 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Washington judge throws out children's climate change lawsuit
A judge in Washington state on Tuesday dismissed a climate change lawsuit filed against the state by a group of child activists.
| Posted: | 9:50 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207555 |
| Rating: | 20756 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Climate change data is wildly overestimated
As the federal Liberals forge ahead with expensive tax-and-spend policies to tackle climate change, more and more Canadians aren't buying into their agenda.
| Posted: | 9:44 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207810 |
| Rating: | 20781 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Most CRA auditors polled say Canada's tax system is skewed to protect the wealthy
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada polled 1,700 of its union members who work for CRA chasing down taxes owed by corporations and the wealthy. The survey found that 90 per cent of them believe the system is skewed to benefit the ri
| Posted: | 8:55 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207877 |
| Rating: | 20788 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Most CRA auditors polled say Canada's tax system is skewed to protect the wealthy
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada polled 1,700 of its union members who work for CRA chasing down taxes owed by corporations and the wealthy. The survey found that 90 per cent of them believe the system is skewed to benefit the ri
| Posted: | 7:14 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 208078 |
| Rating: | 20808 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
The nightmarishly complex wheat genome finally yields to scientists
Bread, like wine, is pivotal in Judeo-Christian rituals. Both products exemplify the use of human ingenuity to re-create what nature provides, and the fermentation they both require must have seemed nothing less than magical to ancient minds.
| Posted: | 7:06 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207712 |
| Rating: | 20771 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Feds to make a statutory holiday to recognize 'tragic and painful legacy' of residential school
| Posted: | 1:20 PM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 208121 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
First biomarker evidence of DDT-autism link
A study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that elevated levels of a metabolite of the banned insecticide DDT in the blood of pregnant women are linked to increased risk for autism in the offspring.
| Posted: | 10:51 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208250 |
| Rating: | 20825 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Many populist leaders in Europe bristle at the idea of being led by an American
| Posted: | 10:29 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207718 |
| Rating: | 20772 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Asylum seeker claims increase in July, down year-over-year
The number of irregular border crossers in Canada went up in July after two months of decline, but is half the number of people who arrived in July of last year.
| Posted: | 10:21 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207838 |
| Rating: | 20784 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Rejected by Saudi Arabia, Nova Scotia maple syrup makes its way across globe
| Posted: | 10:16 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207624 |
| Rating: | 20762 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former Tory MLA Carl Benito target of immigration fraud investigation
The Canada Border Services Agency raided the home and office of former Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA Carl Benito as part of an investigation into what the agency says was a three-year immigration fraud scheme.
| Posted: | 9:03 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207826 |
| Rating: | 20783 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
If the world ate the USDA-recommended diet, there wouldn't be enough land to grow it
A new Canadian study suggests that if the world's population adopted a diet recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture there wouldn't be enough agricultural land to grow the food.
| Posted: | 7:54 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 207750 |
| Rating: | 20775 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, dead at 76
Multiple Grammy Award winner Aretha Franklin died today at her home in Detroit, the Queen of Soul's publicist says.
| Posted: | 6:41 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
| Hits: | 208122 |
| Rating: | 20812 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Global warming 'pause' about to end, raise Earth's temperatures further
| Posted: | 7:14 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207968 |
| Rating: | 20797 |
| Poster: | Robair |
A "surge" in foreign steel products coming into Canada has federal officials considering "exceptional" safeguard measures.
| Posted: | 5:12 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207857 |
| Rating: | 20786 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 9:32 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207623 |
| Rating: | 20762 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
B.C. wildfires 2018: Province declares state of emergency
The British Columbia government has declared a state of emergency to support the provincewide response to the ongoing wildfire situation.
| Posted: | 7:50 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207724 |
| Rating: | 20772 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scientists find way to make mineral which can remove CO2 from atmosphere
Scientists have found a rapid way of producing magnesite, a mineral which stores carbon dioxide. If this can be developed to an industrial scale, it opens the door to removing CO2 from the atmosphere for long-term storage, thus countering the global warmi
| Posted: | 6:43 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208017 |
| Rating: | 20802 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
About 68,000 jobs in B.C. have gone unfilled for four months
If you expect a long line of eager prospective employees to show up for your minimum wage job posting, it might be time to rethink your business model and your attitude. When labour is in short supply, it should create upward pressure on wages, but B.C
| Posted: | 7:18 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207562 |
| Rating: | 20756 |
| Poster: | Robair |
Banff, Jasper and Calgary record highest temperature increases: study
A researcher from the University of Calgary says temperatures are on the rise across Alberta, but Calgary, along with Banff and Jasper national parks, is really feeling the heat.
| Posted: | 6:43 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207767 |
| Rating: | 20777 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
More than 1,000 children abused by Pennsylvania priests, report says
| Posted: | 2:39 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 207808 |
| Rating: | 20781 |
| Poster: | Strutz |