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Newborn named after Oilers draft pick Taylor HallSports | 207937 hits | 8:39 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
It's no shock to say that Edmonton is full of hockey fans, but some might be surprised to hear that the NHL draft prompted one city couple to name their newborn baby after Oilers draft pick Taylor Hall.Nintendo changing the game with launch of 3D console
Tired from Nintendo's press event and rounds of interviews at the E3 videogame conference last week, Satoru Iwata wore an air of earned contentment.
Tech | 208113 hits | 8:36 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Tired from Nintendo's press event and rounds of interviews at the E3 videogame conference last week, Satoru Iwata wore an air of earned contentment.Roller coasters fun, but could damage your ears
The whoosh of wind we hear as we speed down the hills on roller coasters may be thrilling, but that whoosh can also seriously damage our ears, physicians are warning.
Health | 207742 hits | 8:35 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
The whoosh of wind we hear as we speed down the hills on roller coasters may be thrilling, but that whoosh can also seriously damage our ears, physicians are warning.Gulf coast still on alert as storm gains strength
A tropical storm bearing down on Belize and Mexico isn't taking direct aim at the massive Gulf oil spill, but the U.S. Coast Guard says the storm could change course and speed up by mid-week.
Tropical Storm Alex, which hit Belize's coast late Saturday w
Environmental | 207688 hits | 8:30 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A tropical storm bearing down on Belize and Mexico isn't taking direct aim at the massive Gulf oil spill, but the U.S. Coast Guard says the storm could change course and speed up by mid-week.
Tropical Storm Alex, which hit Belize's coast late Saturday w G20 leaders agree to cut deficits in half by 2013Business | 207882 hits | 8:26 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Leaders of the G20 nations have agreed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's calls to halve deficits and stabilize debt-to-GDP ratios in an effort to foster recovery from the global economic crisis, CTV News has learned.Abortion hotline in Pakistan faces violent opposition
An abortion hotline which has been set up in Pakistan is facing violent opposition. Islamic groups and political parties have condemned the hotline, which was launched yesterday, as "anti-Islamic" and "colonial", even though it will save the lives of thou
An abortion hotline which has been set up in Pakistan is facing violent opposition. Islamic groups and political parties have condemned the hotline, which was launched yesterday, as "anti-Islamic" and "colonial", even though it will save the lives of thouPresident Barack Obama berates North Korea over Cheonan
US President Barack Obama has said North Korea must be "held to account" for the sinking of a South Korean warship.
Misc World | 207843 hits | 1:10 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
US President Barack Obama has said North Korea must be "held to account" for the sinking of a South Korean warship.EU to ban selling eggs by the dozen: all food must be weighed and sold by the kilo
British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament. For the first time, eggs and other products such as oranges and bread rolls will be sold by weight instead of by the number contain
Misc World | 208688 hits | 1:05 AM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
British shoppers are to be banned from buying eggs by the dozen under new regulations approved by the European Parliament. For the first time, eggs and other products such as oranges and bread rolls will be sold by weight instead of by the number contain Frustrated Canadian soldiers are killing time, more than Taliban
PANJWAI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN—Seconds after the command “Guns! Guns! Guns!” crackled over the loudspeakers, Canadian soldiers were swarming around their howitzers, preparing to open fire. Donkey-killing grizzly bear on the loose in Alberta
EDMONTON – An Edmonton grizzly bear responsible for killing three donkeys in separate attacks has fled, but residents are afraid the predator will attack again." Video shows bear wandering West Van
One of the West Vancouver residents visited by a black bear on Friday filmed the animal eating a plate of baked goods in his back yard a few hours before it was shot and killed. Trans-Canada reopens in Sask.
Traffic is flowing again along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Maple Creek, Sask. The road had been closed for a week after torrential rains washed out about 100 metres of highway. On Saturday repair crews put the finishing touches on a temporary fix to Via Rail strike averted
The Canadian Auto Workers union has reached a tentative contract deal with Via Rail, averting a strike that might have disrupted passenger travel on Monday PM greets G20 leaders amid protests
Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially greeted leaders of the G20 nations inside a heavily fortified enclave in downtown Toronto at the start of the organization's summit. G8 closes as Huntsville, Ont., expresses relief
Huntsville residents are breathing a sigh of relief as the G8 summit wraps up, after two years spent preparing and bracing for major protests. G20 protest violence prompts 150 arrests
At least 150 people were arrested as violence broke out after thousands of anti-G20 protesters marched through downtown Toronto on Saturday, prompting police to use tear gas in the city for the first time. G20 protesters clash with Vancouver police
While protests against the G20 summit in Toronto turned violent on Saturday, a mostly peaceful gathering in Vancouver became ugly when a group of demonstrators began kicking police officers and poking them with signs. Abbotsford teacher faces sex charges involving 15-year-old studentLaw & Order | 206703 hits | 9:54 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A student teacher at an Abbotsford high school is facing charges of invitation to sexual touching and luring of a child.YouTube adds vuvuzela button alongside videos
Want to hear what your favorite pop star or politician sounds like accompanied by the most memorable sound of the soccer World Cup in South Africa -- the droning vuvuzela trumpet?
Tech | 207086 hits | 9:41 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Want to hear what your favorite pop star or politician sounds like accompanied by the most memorable sound of the soccer World Cup in South Africa -- the droning vuvuzela trumpet? Edmonton Oilers take Pitlick, Marincin and Hamilton in second roundSports | 206681 hits | 9:09 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Riley Nash experiment blew up in the Edmonton Oilers’ faces. B.C. judge orders woman accused of killing babies not to get pregnantLaw & Order | 206687 hits | 9:07 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Vancouver woman accused of murdering her two newborn babies has been ordered released on $200,000 bail � and ordered not to have sex with anyone. Toxic metals in whales threat to humans: studyScience | 206827 hits | 8:59 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Sperm whales feeding even in the most remote reaches of Earth's oceans have built up high levels of heavy metals, according to U.S. scientists who warn the findings threaten human seafood. Yukon mom, son acquitted in assault caseLaw & Order | 206822 hits | 8:46 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Yukon Supreme Court judge has found a 39-year-old Whitehorse woman and her teenaged son not guilty of stabbing the woman's then-boyfriend in the back. Student's body found in Labrador riverMisc CDN | 206661 hits | 8:33 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The body of one of three college students swept over a steep waterfall in a Labrador river last month was found Saturday, police said. Boy, 5, dies when bike hit by truckLaw & Order | 206688 hits | 8:31 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A five-year-old boy is dead after he was struck by a tow truck at an intersection in Winnipeg on Friday night, police say. 4 Calgarians arrested in Sask. grow-op: MountiesLaw & Order | 206674 hits | 8:27 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Four Calgarians are accused of cultivating marijuana plants in Saskatchewan. Health-care wage freeze in works for AlbertaProvincial Politics | 207070 hits | 8:25 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Alberta Health Services is planning a wage freeze for all of the province's health-care workers, the AHS president told a CBC editorial board. No building code changes after music fest tragedyMisc CDN | 206628 hits | 7:55 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Alberta does not plan to toughen its building code for outdoor stages as a result of the fatal collapse of the main platform last summer at the Big Valley Jamboree country music festival. Alberta man charged in co-worker's deathLaw & Order | 206738 hits | 7:50 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A man has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after his co-worker's body was found on a rural road north of Edmonton on Friday. Body found in B.C. grow-op graveLaw & Order | 206644 hits | 7:49 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A 55-year-old Maple Ridge, B.C., man is in police custody after a body was found buried on the property he occupied. B.C. bear-spray incident leads to arrestLaw & Order | 206620 hits | 7:45 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Abbotsford police have arrested a man wanted in connection with an incident in which employees of a retail store were bear-sprayed by someone trying to commit a fraud. Digital game creators hoping to get noticedTech | 206733 hits | 7:30 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Two Saskatchewan-based digital developers are hoping their game creations will catch the notice of people downloading applications to devices such as the iPad and iPhone.More kids dying while trapped in hot cars
A researcher says 18 children have died of hyperthermia since the beginning of the year, with eight deaths reported since June 13. That's the largest number of fatalities through the first half of a year since Jan Null, an adjunct professor of meteorology
Health | 206699 hits | 7:20 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A researcher says 18 children have died of hyperthermia since the beginning of the year, with eight deaths reported since June 13. That's the largest number of fatalities through the first half of a year since Jan Null, an adjunct professor of meteorology Teen in critical condition after riding car bumperMisc CDN | 206599 hits | 7:20 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after falling off the bumper of a moving car in North Vancouver on Friday night. Two Canadian soldiers killed in AfghanistanMilitary | 206975 hits | 4:16 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canada's death toll in Afghanistan has hit another tragic milestone with the death of two soldiers Saturday west of Kandahar city. Black-clad protesters clash with G20 policePolitical | 206801 hits | 4:10 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A group of black-clad protesters has raged through downtown Toronto, smashing windows, vandalizing businesses and burning at least two police cruisers in the heart of the city.Archaeologists find oldest paintings of apostles
Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ’s apostles.
History | 207208 hits | 1:12 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Archaeologists and art restorers using new laser technology have discovered what they believe are the oldest paintings of the faces of Jesus Christ’s apostles.Dating website launches 'virtual sperm bank'
A dating website has launched a "virtual sperm bank" meant to help users maximize their chances of having attractive children.
Strange | 207088 hits | 1:07 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A dating website has launched a "virtual sperm bank" meant to help users maximize their chances of having attractive children.Newspapers Retract 'Climategate' Claims, but Damage Still Done
A lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on, as Mark Twain said (or “before the truth gets a chance to put its pants on,” in Winston Churchill’s version), and nowhere has that been more true than in "climategate."
Environmental | 206645 hits | 1:07 PM on Saturday | posted by DerbyX
A lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its boots on, as Mark Twain said (or “before the truth gets a chance to put its pants on,” in Winston Churchill’s version), and nowhere has that been more true than in "climategate." Puppy love for blind beagleMisc CDN | 206604 hits | 1:05 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Hundreds of people are offering to take in a blind beagle found wandering on a Whitby street.Jackson's father sues late singer's doctor
The father of the late pop star Michael Jackson has sued the doctor charged with giving the pop star a lethal dose of sedatives.
Misc World | 206802 hits | 12:37 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The father of the late pop star Michael Jackson has sued the doctor charged with giving the pop star a lethal dose of sedatives. Lennon bed-in doodle sells for $58KStrange | 207001 hits | 12:34 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A caricature drawn by John Lennon of himself and his wife, Yoko Ono, during their 1969 bed-in peace protest in Montreal has fetched $58,100 Cdn.Apple blames iPhone signal loss on users
Apple has acknowledged reception problems with its new iPhone 4, but the company is blaming the issue on how users are holding the device.
Tech | 206759 hits | 12:33 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Apple has acknowledged reception problems with its new iPhone 4, but the company is blaming the issue on how users are holding the device.British cat gets bionic paws
Oscar the cat may have lost one of his nine lives, but his new prosthetic paws make him one of the world's few bionic cats.
Funny | 208010 hits | 12:29 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Oscar the cat may have lost one of his nine lives, but his new prosthetic paws make him one of the world's few bionic cats. Major drug maker faces shortages till 2011Health | 206886 hits | 12:26 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Canadian arm of drug maker Johnson and Johnson confirmed Friday that certain children's medications and a still unknown variety of adult products will be in short supply or unavailable until next year.Vatican's anger at Belgian abuse raids escalates
The Vatican has stepped up its criticism of raids carried out by Belgian police investigating alleged sex abuse by priests, with the No. 2 official saying Saturday that the raids would be unprecedented even under communism.
Misc World | 206726 hits | 12:24 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Vatican has stepped up its criticism of raids carried out by Belgian police investigating alleged sex abuse by priests, with the No. 2 official saying Saturday that the raids would be unprecedented even under communism.Taliban commander killed dressed as woman
A senior Taliban commander disguised as a woman was killed by Afghan and international forces after he opened fire with a pistol and tried to throw a grenade south of the capital, Kabul.
Military | 206760 hits | 12:23 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
A senior Taliban commander disguised as a woman was killed by Afghan and international forces after he opened fire with a pistol and tried to throw a grenade south of the capital, Kabul. 'Strangles' infection hits famous RCMP ride horsesHealth | 206713 hits | 12:10 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
An infection known as "strangles" has hit the famous horses of the RCMP and forced the national police force to cancel a series of its signature musical rides in Alberta and Saskatchewan.Little spent on oil spill cleanup technology
While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea, relatively little money and research have gone into finding new, improved ways to respond to oil spills in deepsea conditions like those in the Gulf of Mexico.
Science | 206723 hits | 12:08 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
While oil companies have spent billions of dollars to drill deeper and farther out to sea, relatively little money and research have gone into finding new, improved ways to respond to oil spills in deepsea conditions like those in the Gulf of Mexico.Prince Harry throws out 1st pitch at Mets game
Harry threw the ceremonial first pitch with a bit of zip before the Mets played the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, the second day of his visit to New York.
Sports | 206565 hits | 12:00 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Harry threw the ceremonial first pitch with a bit of zip before the Mets played the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, the second day of his visit to New York.Back to Canada News
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