Single-use plastics could be banned in Ontario
Ontario is weighing a ban on single-use plastics as part of a broader strategy to send less waste to landfills.
| Posted: | 9:04 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 209230 |
| Rating: | 20923 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Ethiopian Airlines crash: 18 Canadians among the dead
Eighteen Canadians are among the victims of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed all 157 people thought to be on board Sunday, the airline's CEO and Kenya's transport minister said.
| Posted: | 9:03 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207066 |
| Rating: | 20707 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Iranian couple arrested over public marriage proposal
Police say the pair's engagement at a shopping centre in Arak contravened Islamic principles.
| Posted: | 11:09 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207371 |
| Rating: | 20737 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Titania McGrath: 'Queen of woke Twitter culture' sheds his online mask
When a former Oxford University postgraduate student set up a satirical Twitter account in April 2018 under the name of Titania McGrath, he had no idea of the social media storm that was to follow.
| Posted: | 11:05 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 207670 |
| Rating: | 20767 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Dame Kelly Holmes receives backlash after objecting to trans athletes competing against women
The Olympic gold medalist has come under fire from trans activists including cyclist Rachel McKinnon for supporting claims that women are at a clear disadvantage from trans competitors.
| Posted: | 11:04 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207742 |
| Rating: | 20774 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Mayor claims she was hate crime victim after 'yellow, sticky substance' found on car
Darnell Byrd McPherson, a Mayor from South Carolina, thought she was the victim of a hate crime after a 'yellow, sticky' substance was found on her car. A police report determined it was pollen.
| Posted: | 11:03 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 207682 |
| Rating: | 20768 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Tetanus hadn't been seen in Oregon in about 30 years. Then an unvaccinated kid cut his forehead.
| Posted: | 11:41 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 207396 |
| Rating: | 20740 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scheer says he 'didn't hear' question about Clinton 'pizzagate' lie during town hall
| Posted: | 11:39 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207253 |
| Rating: | 20725 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Trudeau apologizes for 'colonial,' 'purposeful' mistreatment of Inuit with tuberculosis
| Posted: | 11:37 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207307 |
| Rating: | 20731 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Elizabeth Warren's new plan: Break up Amazon, Google and Facebook
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released an aggressive plan on Friday to break up tech giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook, targeting the power of Silicon Valley with her populist message as sprawling Internet giants face mounting political backlash ahead of th
| Posted: | 10:23 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207262 |
| Rating: | 20726 |
| Poster: | llama66 |
Canadian Natural says oil curtailments work, despite rivals' complaints
Alberta's crude curtailment plan is working so well to support western Canadian oil prices that it won't likely be needed for too much longer, say executives at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
| Posted: | 6:58 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207103 |
| Rating: | 20710 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
U.S. will no longer report how many civilians it kills with drones outside war zones
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that revoked an Obama-era policy requiring U.S. intelligence officials to report civilian deaths in drone strikes outside active war zones.
| Posted: | 6:23 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 207323 |
| Rating: | 20732 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian Forces looking at recruiting elite, special-forces soldiers right off the street
Traditionally, special-forces soldiers need to spend several years in the military. But times are changing.
| Posted: | 6:22 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 207517 |
| Rating: | 20752 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 6:14 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206892 |
| Rating: | 20689 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Speaker of legislature calls out secret videotaping of MLA, NDP staffer
The Speaker of the Alberta legislature has admonished those behind the surreptitious videotaping of an Independent MLA and a senior NDP staff member inside the Edmonton Federal Building.
| Posted: | 5:45 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207221 |
| Rating: | 20722 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Tiny endangered snails in Banff have their only habitat partly destroyed by swimmer
The only place in the entire world where this snail is found is in the Sulphur Mountain hot springs. The park wardens are reportedly searching for the swimmer
| Posted: | 5:15 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207198 |
| Rating: | 20720 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Carbon Dioxide: The Newest Form of Renewable Energy'
| Posted: | 8:26 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207234 |
| Rating: | 20723 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Alberta Energy Regulator suspends fracking well linked to Monday earthquake
The Alberta Energy Regulator has ordered a company to suspend fracking operations at a well site linked to an earthquake that was felt in the communities of Red Deer and Sylvan Lake.
| Posted: | 7:26 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207105 |
| Rating: | 20711 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Trade deficits surge to record highs in U.S., Canada
The respective trade deficits of U.S. and Canada surged to their highest levels on record to close out 2018, according to figures released Wednesday.
| Posted: | 6:12 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 207650 |
| Rating: | 20765 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
An edited video shared by a Twitter account associated with UCP Leader Jason Kenney is being slammed for appearing to secretly record a government adviser and an independent politician.
| Posted: | 6:05 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207231 |
| Rating: | 20723 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Health Canada looking into 2 pot firms' sponsorship of children's charity event
Health Canada says it is looking into whether two cannabis companies' sponsorship of a children's charity event last October violated promotion restrictions in the Cannabis Act.
| Posted: | 5:35 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206824 |
| Rating: | 20682 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Liberal MP says SNC-Lavalin 'entitled' to agreement to avoid criminal trial
| Posted: | 3:17 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 207011 |
| Rating: | 20701 |
| Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
It's an economic blueprint to save the planet from climate catastrophe. It's an enviro-socialist nightmare that will take away Americans' burgers. Exaggerations abound about the Green New Deal. Here's what you need to know about what the ambitious plan ac
| Posted: | 10:08 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 207386 |
| Rating: | 20739 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
The last great tree: a majestic relic of Canada's vanishing rainforest
| Posted: | 6:58 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207028 |
| Rating: | 20703 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Normally ice-bound this time of year, the Bering Sea is mostly open water
Open water has replaced sea ice in much of the Bering Sea off Alaska's west coast, leaving villages vulnerable to powerful winter storms and adding challenges for hunters in Alaska seeking marine mammals, an expert said Monday.
| Posted: | 6:13 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207004 |
| Rating: | 20700 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Feds to invest billions less in new military equipment, may fall short on NATO spending target
The federal government will invest billions of dollars less in new military equipment than promised this year, raising concerns about the readiness of the Canadian Forces and the prospect that Canada will fall short on another NATO spending target.
| Posted: | 6:10 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 207449 |
| Rating: | 20745 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
The data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information
| Posted: | 5:55 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207233 |
| Rating: | 20723 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Disputed N.S.A. Phone Program Is Shut Down, Aide Says
| Posted: | 5:54 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206665 |
| Rating: | 20667 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Jane Philpott resigns from cabinet, citing loss of 'confidence' over government's handling of SNC-Lavalin
Jane Philpott, one of Justin Trudeau's most trusted ministers, has resigned from cabinet as the Liberal government's crisis over the SNC-Lavalin affair deepens. Trudeau is speaking at an event at 7:15 p.m. ET and CBCNews.ca is carrying it live.
| Posted: | 4:43 PM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206886 |
| Rating: | 20689 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
OxyContin drug maker mulls bankruptcy due to myriad lawsuits
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP explores filing for bankruptcy to address potentially significant liabilities from roughly 2,000 lawsuits alleging the drug manufacturer contributed to the deadly opioid crisis sweeping the United States, people familiar w
| Posted: | 11:24 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207259 |
| Rating: | 20726 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Peculiar paving job raises eyebrows in Montreal
A cone has become one with the sidewalk on Papineau Avenue.
| Posted: | 10:52 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Funny |
| Hits: | 207481 |
| Rating: | 20748 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Facebook won't keep your two-factor phone number truly private
Rapacious consumer of personal data Facebook is once again receiving bad press, for being a rapacious consumer of personal data.
| Posted: | 9:55 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207111 |
| Rating: | 20711 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
| Posted: | 9:43 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206783 |
| Rating: | 20678 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Huge, rare fish washes ashore in Southern California
A huge, disk-shaped sea creature that washed ashore in Southern California has been identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, a recently identified rare species thought to live in the Southern Hemisphere.
| Posted: | 7:07 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207652 |
| Rating: | 20766 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Whooping cough outbreak declared at Moncton High School
There are five diagnosed cases at the school, but a health officer suspects there are others that have not been diagnosed.
| Posted: | 6:40 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 207371 |
| Rating: | 20738 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scientists brew up cannabinoids using genetically-modified beer yeast
| Posted: | 6:28 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207214 |
| Rating: | 20721 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Facebook pressured Canada to ease up on data rules, U.K. reports say
Facebook promised to open a data centre in Canada to create jobs, in exchange for the federal government offering assurances that it would not impose its jurisdiction over the company's non-Canadian data.
| Posted: | 6:04 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207206 |
| Rating: | 20721 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Searches to resume after tornado kills 23 in Alabama
Authorities plan to resume an intense ground search Monday amid devastation from a deadly tornado that killed at least 23 people in southeast Alabama.
| Posted: | 6:03 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207069 |
| Rating: | 20707 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
SpaceX capsule with dummy aboard docks at space station
SpaceX's new crew capsule has arrived at the International Space Station. The Dragon capsule, containing equipment and a dummy nicknamed Ripley, was developed under contract to NASA, which hopes to start flying U.S. astronauts this summer, ending the agen
| Posted: | 12:33 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207413 |
| Rating: | 20741 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to save the planet with her Green New Deal, but she keeps tripping over her own giant carbon footprint.
| Posted: | 9:35 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 206921 |
| Rating: | 20692 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
At least 14 dead as storms, possible tornados hit U.S. southeast
A sheriff confirmed at least 14 people were killed by a possible tornado in Alabama on Sunday as severe storms destroyed mobile homes, snapped trees and left a trial of destruction in Georgia, Florida and South Carolina.
| Posted: | 5:38 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207189 |
| Rating: | 20719 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Google refuses to remove Saudi government app that lets men control women
The tech giant says that Absher will remain available on Google Play despite the fact that it stops women fleeing from Saudi Arabia by sending alerts to men when a passport is used.
| Posted: | 12:58 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 206756 |
| Rating: | 20676 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
House to query 60 Trump officials in obstruction probe
Declaring it's "very clear" U.S. President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents from more than 60 people from Trump's administration, family and business as pa
| Posted: | 12:32 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206694 |
| Rating: | 20669 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Mexico says it won't ratify new NAFTA deal unless U.S. lifts tariffs
Unless the Trump administration lifts the punishing tariffs it has imposed on Mexican steel and aluminum imports -- duties it also imposed on Canada -- Mexico is prepared to keep the status quo with the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.
| Posted: | 12:20 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206667 |
| Rating: | 20667 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Rodent's last stand against hungry silver fox
| Posted: | 12:10 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207258 |
| Rating: | 20726 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
'Assault on the camp': Authorities move in on Maple Ridge tent city
People living in a Maple Ridge tent city have been ordered to leave after a string of fires broke out in the span of two days.
| Posted: | 10:24 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206705 |
| Rating: | 20671 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Second World War vet celebrates 100th birthday
The Hope, B.C. resident celebrated his centennial surrounded by his family and friends at the local legion on Saturday.
| Posted: | 10:10 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 206922 |
| Rating: | 20692 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Jody Wilson-Raybould says she has heard from "thousands" of Canadians since her bombshell testimony in Ottawa. And she's ready to run for re-election in the fall.
| Posted: | 9:34 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206820 |
| Rating: | 20682 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Britain's first transgender hate crime trial is halted after one day
| Posted: | 9:32 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Lifestyle |
| Hits: | 207253 |
| Rating: | 20725 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Foreign aid doctors want Canada to stop sending homeopaths to Honduras
Physicians who go on aid missions abroad want the federal government to review its funding of a program that sends homeopaths to Honduras because of the potential harm to local people.
| Posted: | 9:30 AM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Health |
| Hits: | 206926 |
| Rating: | 20693 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
ISIS terrorist hit with prison, deradicalization program
A former engineering student who wanted to join ISIS could be paroled in as few as three months to start a “deradicalization” plan, a judge ruled Thursday.
| Posted: | 10:12 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206811 |
| Rating: | 20681 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Windsor: Pride flag to fly at all public elementary schools in June
The rainbow flag, symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, will fly in front of all public elementary schools for at least one week during Pride Month in June.
| Posted: | 9:56 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207132 |
| Rating: | 20713 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
California's San Bernardino County slams the brakes on big solar projects
| Posted: | 9:54 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 206878 |
| Rating: | 20688 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Carbon tax costs add up for Slave Lake sawmill, owner says
The owner of a Slave Lake sawmill says he paid nearly $500,000 in carbon taxes in 2018, one day after government staff questioned whether the number was legitimate.
| Posted: | 1:30 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 207034 |
| Rating: | 20703 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
SpaceX prepares for biggest test yet: The inaugural launch of its Crew Dragon capsule
It's been eight long years since astronauts launched from U.S. soil. Now, Elon Musk's SpaceX is readying for the test of a lifetime with the test launch of its new crew capsule.
| Posted: | 4:01 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207290 |
| Rating: | 20729 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Vancouver cold: City experiences chilliest February on record
You can make fun of Vancouverites' apparent weakness for cold weather all you want, but the past month did set a record for freezing temperatures. The average daily temperature for the month was 0.3 C compared to the past 30 year average of 4.9 C, a diffe
| Posted: | 3:38 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207721 |
| Rating: | 20774 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
A serendipitous meeting between a professor and a colleague led to a treasure trove of historical maps that indicated kelp bed locations off British Columbia's coast, helping experts understand the changes in what are known as the "rainforests of the ocea
| Posted: | 3:35 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | History |
| Hits: | 207981 |
| Rating: | 20799 |
| Poster: | Hyack |
Australia's hottest summer beats previous record by 'large margin'
As Australia welcomes the first day of autumn with a sigh of relief, the summer statistics have arrived from the Bureau of Meteorology confirming suspicions that the country just sweated through it's hottest-ever summer. The national mean temperature f
| Posted: | 11:12 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Weather |
| Hits: | 207675 |
| Rating: | 20768 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
NASA is embarking on the creation of its new Lunar Gateway, a space station it plans to send into orbit around the moon starting in 2022.
| Posted: | 10:45 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 207295 |
| Rating: | 20730 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canada gets closer to a right to repair law
When Michael Coteau's daughter dropped his Samsung Galaxy S8 this past fall, cracking it all over, the Ontario Liberal MPP kept using it for a while. "But then it started irritating my ear, because the glass was kind of breaking apart," he said..
| Posted: | 9:56 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207180 |
| Rating: | 20718 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Case dismissed against Glen Assoun, who spent 16 years in prison for murder
'I finally proved my innocence in a court of law,' said Glen Assoun, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1995 death of Brenda LeAnne Way.
| Posted: | 8:30 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206813 |
| Rating: | 20681 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
North York currency exchange owner named Farzam Mehdizadeh was arrested in 2016 with more than $1 million in cash during a traffic stop. Now he has reportedly left the country.
| Posted: | 9:35 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206689 |
| Rating: | 20669 |
| Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canada's economy shrank by 0.1% in December
Canada's economy shrank by 0.1 per cent in December and got smaller in three of the previous four months.
| Posted: | 8:29 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 207537 |
| Rating: | 20754 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Election Alberta issues 3rd fine this week in relation to UCP leadership race
For the third time this week, Alberta's election commissioner has issued a fine related to contributions to Jeff Callaway's UCP leadership campaign.
| Posted: | 7:17 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207225 |
| Rating: | 20723 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |