'Shoot me instead': Myanmar nun pleads with junta forces | CTV News
Kneeling before them in the dust of a northern Myanmar city, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng begged a group of heavily armed police officers to spare 'the children' and take her life instead.
| Posted: | 7:34 PM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206767 |
| Rating: | 20677 |
| Poster: | Scape |
Chinese government responsible for genocide in Xinjiang, says independent report
The Chinese government's actions in Xinjiang have violated every single act prohibited by the United Nations Genocide Convention, including one that forbids killing members of a group, says a new independent report from dozens of experts in human rights,
| Posted: | 8:13 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207067 |
| Rating: | 20707 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
'Complete failure' of main engines sidelines 8-year-old Canadian Coast Guard vesse
The mid-shore coast guard patrol vessel CCGS G. Peddle is expected back in service by late summer. The ship was forced to tie up in June 2020 after engine failures.
| Posted: | 7:59 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 207132 |
| Rating: | 20713 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Northwest Territories studying alternatives to Alberta school curriculum
The Northwest Territories is studying whether it should continue using Alberta’s curriculum in its schools, the territorial government says. The N.W.T has used portions of Alberta's K-12 curriculum and provincial exams since the 1970s, particularly in t
| Posted: | 7:56 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207208 |
| Rating: | 20721 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
1st woman named as vice-chief of the defence staff in military shakeup
An important shakeup is happening at the top of the Canadian military. The deputy commander of the Armed Forces has been replaced. Lt-Gen. Mike Rouleau will step aside as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff to make way for Lt.-Gen. Frances Allen, the country'
| Posted: | 6:50 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 207247 |
| Rating: | 20725 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Man charged in three recent hate-motivated attacks against Edmonton women
A 27-year-old Black woman wearing a burka was walking on the sidewalk alone when a man ran across the road, stopped in front of her and blocked her path.
| Posted: | 6:44 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206803 |
| Rating: | 20680 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Mental health charity reeling amid resignations over suspicions about leader's alleged secret identity
An Ottawa charity focused on the well-being of Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ youth is in disarray after staff quit and speakers pulled out of a recent conference because they believe the group's leader has multiple aliases and a history of taking her enemie
| Posted: | 6:36 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207299 |
| Rating: | 20730 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Microsoft-Led Team Retracts Disputed Quantum-Computing Paper
The 2018 report in Nature claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle. A review found that the group had omitted key data.
| Posted: | 5:53 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207046 |
| Rating: | 20705 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Advocates worry health policy change another government dismissal of harm reduction
A newly revised health policy has become the latest symptom of a provincial tug-of-war between government and harm reduction experts in Alberta.
| Posted: | 9:56 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207264 |
| Rating: | 20726 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Ethics committee summons Kielburger brothers to testify after they duck invitation
The House of Commons ethics committee unanimously passed a motion today to compel the men behind WE Charity to appear before MPs to explain their role in the botched summer student grants program and answer questions about allegations of donor fraud.
| Posted: | 9:28 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Political |
| Hits: | 206931 |
| Rating: | 20693 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Tesla unit reportedly building large battery for Texas power grid
Gambit Energy Storage LLC, which is registered as a Tesla Inc unit, is building an over 100-megawatt energy storage project in Angleton, Texas, according to a Bloomberg report
| Posted: | 9:04 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206997 |
| Rating: | 20700 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Kenney's close call: How the conservative grassroots put Alberta's premier on notice
While top Alberta government officials looked for ways earlier in the year to turn the page on a difficult month, some in the United Conservative Party were musing about whether it was time to turn the page on Premier Jason Kenney himself.
| Posted: | 6:08 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Provincial Politics |
| Hits: | 207237 |
| Rating: | 20724 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Employment rose among those in Stockton’s universal basic income experiment: Study
After getting $500 per month for two years without rules on how to spend it, 125 people in California paid off debt, got full-time jobs and reported lower rates of anxiety and depression, according to a study released Wednesday. The program in the Norther
| Posted: | 5:50 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 207313 |
| Rating: | 20731 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
NHL star's mom donates kidney to arena manager who let her boys skate extra hours
Bonnie O'Reilly, mother of NHL player Ryan O'Reilly and AHL star Cal O'Reilly, has donated one of her kidneys to the man who gave her boys extra ice time at the Seaforth, Ont., arena when they were young.
| Posted: | 5:43 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Sports |
| Hits: | 207346 |
| Rating: | 20735 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
At least 20 dead, hundreds hurt after explosions rock military barracks in Equatorial Guinea
A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others on Sunday, authorities said.
| Posted: | 5:29 PM on Sunday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207063 |
| Rating: | 20706 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Asteroid twice the size of the CN Tower to make fastest flyby of Earth this month
The biggest and fastest-known asteroid of 2021 is expected to make a flyby of Earth later this month.
| Posted: | 12:02 PM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Science |
| Hits: | 208835 |
| Rating: | 20884 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Iraq's top Shia cleric welcomes Pope into his home for talk on peaceful coexistence
Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shia cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf.
| Posted: | 7:27 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Religion |
| Hits: | 208599 |
| Rating: | 20860 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
New York mystery: Woman finds a hidden entrance behind her bathroom mirror to another apartment
Samantha Hartsoe documented her investigation on camera and posted the videos on TikTok
| Posted: | 7:17 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Strange |
| Hits: | 208814 |
| Rating: | 20881 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian soldier found dead in his quarters in Afghanistan: military
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Afghanistan. The Defence Department says Master Warrant Officer Guy Adam Law was found dead in his quarters at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul on Feb. 25.
| Posted: | 7:09 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Military |
| Hits: | 207210 |
| Rating: | 20721 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
American charged for Banff visit last year found dead in Grand Canyon
American authorities have recovered a body inside the Grand Canyon believed to be the Kentucky man who recently made headlines in Alberta when he was charged for breaching quarantine rules in Banff.
| Posted: | 7:08 AM on Saturday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207171 |
| Rating: | 20717 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
17,000 earthquakes hit Iceland in the past week. An eruption could be imminent
According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, around 17,000 earthquakes have hit the southwestern region of Reykjanes over the past week.
| Posted: | 5:47 PM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207107 |
| Rating: | 20711 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
Teenage girl's beheading spurs calls for 'honour killings' law in India
Police in northern India said on Thursday they had arrested a man who beheaded his daughter and carried her severed head to the village police station, a case that spurred calls for a new law against so-called honour killings.
| Posted: | 10:26 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207177 |
| Rating: | 20718 |
| Poster: | Strutz |
People waste way more food than thought, UN finds. Here's how Canada compares
A new UN report estimates 17 per cent of the food produced globally each year is wasted. That represents a big environmental toll. Canadians are more wasteful than Americans, the report found.
| Posted: | 7:12 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Environmental |
| Hits: | 207228 |
| Rating: | 20723 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Prof says rare earth elements facility in Saskatoon could stabilize supply chain in North America
A new processing facility being built in Saskatoon could be part of the solution to a recent global shortage of computer chips and semiconductors for vehicles and electronics.
| Posted: | 6:18 AM on Friday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206954 |
| Rating: | 20695 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Shíshálh Nation demands action after burial site reportedly desecrated by logging
The chief of shíshálh Nation says B.C.'s heritage conservation system is broken and is calling for immediate action to address the reported desecration of a burial site along Sechelt Inlet on the Sunshine Coast. Chief Warren Paull said in a written s
| Posted: | 5:23 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206895 |
| Rating: | 20690 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
South Korea's first transgender soldier found dead | South Korea
Police investigate death of Byun Hee-soo, who was forced out of military after becoming first soldier to have gender reassignment surgery
| Posted: | 5:09 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207577 |
| Rating: | 20758 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Rescuers save all 31 crew members hours before ship sinks off Nova Scotia coast
Rescuers saved all crew members from the fishing vessel Atlantic Destiny — hours before the vessel sank Wednesday afternoon. The ship was in distress and taking on water after a fire off the southwest coast of Nova Scotia Tuesday night, according to the
| Posted: | 4:20 AM on Thursday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207243 |
| Rating: | 20724 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
More signals of a Roaring '20s rebound for Canadian economy when pandemic ends | CBC News
Despite the biggest economic slump since 1961, there are new signals that the Canadian economy will bounce back due to an "extraordinary" surge in wealth and savings and a rebound in confidence.
| Posted: | 1:15 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206980 |
| Rating: | 20698 |
| Poster: | Scape |
Kielburger brothers decline request to testify before 'partisan' Commons committee | CTV News
WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are declining requests to testify before two House of Commons committees.
| Posted: | 1:14 PM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206828 |
| Rating: | 20683 |
| Poster: | Scape |
Judge finds Alek Minassian guilty of murder in van attack trial
A judge has declared that Alek Minassian, the man responsible for Toronto’s deadly van attack in 2018, is guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.
| Posted: | 7:09 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206883 |
| Rating: | 20688 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Foreign correspondents in China say harassment, intimidation by authorities ramping up
A new report by a group representing foreign media in China says the country is using "all arms of state power" to harass and intimidate journalists, including surveillance, controls on movement and COVID-19 restrictions.
| Posted: | 7:04 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207080 |
| Rating: | 20708 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
South Carolina makes death by firing squad an option for death row inmates
South Carolina senators Tuesday added a firing squad to the list of execution alternatives if the state can't put condemned inmates to death by lethal injection. The state senate approved the bill on a key 32-11 vote with several Democrats joining Repu
| Posted: | 7:00 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Uncle Sam |
| Hits: | 207193 |
| Rating: | 20719 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
New definition of hate to be included in Liberal bill that might also revive contentious hate speech law
The bill will include the creation of a new regulator who will be responsible for enforcing the new statutory definition of hate
| Posted: | 6:01 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206808 |
| Rating: | 20681 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Beyond Meat signs global supply deals with McDonald's, KFC & Pizza Hut
The deals mark a significant amping-up for Beyond Meat, which has so far only launched limited foodservice trials in the US, Canada, and China.
| Posted: | 6:00 AM on Wednesday |
| Topic: | Business |
| Hits: | 206854 |
| Rating: | 20685 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canadian economy contracted 5.4 per cent in 2020, worst year on record | CTV News
The Canadian economy posted its worst showing on record in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country, shutting down businesses and putting millions out of work.
| Posted: | 7:12 AM on Tuesday |
| Topic: | Economics |
| Hits: | 207345 |
| Rating: | 20735 |
| Poster: | uwish |
China Appears to Warn India: Push Too Hard and the Lights Could Go Out
As border skirmishing increased last year, malware began to flow into the Indian electric grid, a new study shows, and a blackout hit Mumbai. It now looks like a warning.
| Posted: | 10:06 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc World |
| Hits: | 207142 |
| Rating: | 20714 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
The wolves are literally at the door in Port Hope Simpson
One dog sledder says "brazen" wolves have come right up to his home to steal seal meat this winter, while the Department of Fisheries, Forest, and Agriculture is encouraging residents to keep pets indoors as much as possible.
| Posted: | 7:38 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Misc CDN |
| Hits: | 207248 |
| Rating: | 20725 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Self-defence class organized after attacks against Edmonton Muslim women
The four classes sold out within hours, sign of widespread concern among the city's Muslim community, an organizer said.
| Posted: | 6:59 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Law & Order |
| Hits: | 206816 |
| Rating: | 20682 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |
Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business
Amid a 2018 Turkish military campaign, Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey’s demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia. “I am fine with this,” Sandberg wrote.
| Posted: | 6:19 AM on Monday |
| Topic: | Tech |
| Hits: | 207093 |
| Rating: | 20709 |
| Poster: | DrCaleb |