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B.C. businessmen alleged pot smugglersLaw & Order | 206795 hits | 9:23 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Friends and associates of a Vancouver Island businessman say they are shocked he's been accused of smuggling marijuana into the U.S. Cross-dressing students to protest cancelled eventsMisc CDN | 206648 hits | 9:15 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Some students at a B.C. central Interior high school are planning to dress up as the opposite sex on Friday to protest a decision by administrators to cancel some anti-homophobia events. Forest industry, green groups strike dealEnvironmental | 207103 hits | 9:12 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A major agreement between Canada's forestry companies and environmental groups will see logging in 29 million hectares of boreal forest suspended so a plan to preserve the woodland caribou can be developed. RCMP gun confiscations prompt legal fightMisc CDN | 206931 hits | 9:09 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The recent confiscation of a formerly legal firearm has raised questions about how the RCMP inspects imported firearms and has forced a change of national firearms policy. Risk of cyber-attacks growing: CSIS memoTech | 207102 hits | 9:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A top secret memo written by Canada's spy agency warns that cyber-attacks on government, university and industry computers have been growing "substantially." U.S. woman charged in hunting death in N.L. courtLaw & Order | 206658 hits | 9:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
One of the two charges against an American woman accused of killing her husband while on a hunting trip in central Newfoundland was withdrawn on Tuesday morning during a brief court appearance in Grand Falls-Windsor. Online travel site sells unavailable flightsBusiness | 206767 hits | 8:55 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Vancouver couple who booked flights through a discount online travel site had to pay $2,300 extra to get home from vacation, because some of their "confirmed" tickets had actually not been issued.Man tries to trade baby for beer: police
A Massachusetts man offered to give his three-month-old daughter to a maintenance man outside a gas station convenience store in exchange for two beers, authorities say.
Law & Order | 206643 hits | 8:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Massachusetts man offered to give his three-month-old daughter to a maintenance man outside a gas station convenience store in exchange for two beers, authorities say.Suicide bomb attack on NATO convoy kills at least 18 in Kabul
KABUL -- A Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a NATO-led military convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing 12 Afghan civilians and six foreign troops, including five Americans, officials said.
KABUL -- A Taliban suicide car bomber attacked a NATO-led military convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, killing 12 Afghan civilians and six foreign troops, including five Americans, officials said. Canada�s $200-million lure pulls in 19 big-name researchers
Other countries mourning their loss of scientific talent in brain drainSomalia pirates' clash with Russian navy reveals a gap in rule of law
But until we, together with the Russians, the Chinese, the Europeans and others, can reach some agreement about what we call them and how we treat them, each captured pirate -- like each captured terrorist -- will invariably be dealt with ad hoc. Leaving
Law & Order | 207073 hits | 6:11 AM on Tuesday | posted by Scape
But until we, together with the Russians, the Chinese, the Europeans and others, can reach some agreement about what we call them and how we treat them, each captured pirate -- like each captured terrorist -- will invariably be dealt with ad hoc. Leaving Court to decide how much to believe in online chatsLaw & Order | 206833 hits | 5:56 AM on Tuesday | posted by Benn
OTTAWA - The country's top court is being asked to decide how much responsibility online chatters have to confirm their correspondent's age when a conversation turns sexual.Woman charged with stun gun chase at Wendy's
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida woman is facing charges after being accused of chasing a Wendy’s employee with a stun gun when she got upset about her order.
Law & Order | 206908 hits | 5:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by Benn
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Florida woman is facing charges after being accused of chasing a Wendy’s employee with a stun gun when she got upset about her order.Mesoamerica's oldest pyramid tomb found in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica.
MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists in southern Mexico announced Monday they have discovered a 2,700-year-old tomb of a dignitary inside a pyramid that may be the oldest such burial documented in Mesoamerica.Future of Mount St. Helens debated
CASTLE ROCK, Wash. — Thirty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens levelled a forest and rained volcanic ash for miles around, the devastated mountain remains an important centre for volcano research and science.
Misc World | 206717 hits | 1:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
CASTLE ROCK, Wash. — Thirty years after the eruption of Mount St. Helens levelled a forest and rained volcanic ash for miles around, the devastated mountain remains an important centre for volcano research and science. CAE wins $90M contract for new Hercules fleet
MONTREAL — CAE said Monday that Lockheed Martin has awarded the flight simulator and training company a $90-million contract to provide aircraft maintenance training for Canada's new fleet of 17 CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft. Nova Scotia's Sable Island to become national parkEnvironmental | 206691 hits | 1:11 AM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
The federal and Nova Scotia governments are set to designate Sable Island as a national park. Both governments say the move is necessary to protect the tiny island's diverse wildlife. Japanese scientist reveals Magnetic Hill's secret
A Japanese scientist has won an award for an experiment that duplicates the optical illusion that attracts thousands of tourists to Moncton's famed Magnetic Hill. Baffin Island jump kills Australian man
An Australian man died during a parachute jump on Baffin Island earlier this month, Nunavut RCMP have confirmed. James Michael Mitchell, 34, was killed on May 8 on a BASE jump in the Sam Ford Fiord area, about 100 kilometres northwest of Clyde River, NunaCheonan Investigators Find Pieces of Torpedo Propeller
"In a search using fishing trawlers, we recently discovered pieces of debris that are believed to have come from the propeller of the torpedo that attacked the Cheonan," a high-ranking government source said Monday. "Analysis of the debris shows it may ha
"In a search using fishing trawlers, we recently discovered pieces of debris that are believed to have come from the propeller of the torpedo that attacked the Cheonan," a high-ranking government source said Monday. "Analysis of the debris shows it may ha Minister calls for rape to re-added to the criminal codeLaw & Order | 206807 hits | 7:02 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Last week Public Safety Minister, Vic Toews proposed changes to reinstate rape to the Criminal Code. CN performs upgrades at deadly crossingMisc CDN | 206699 hits | 6:56 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Nearly two weeks after a collision between a train and a pick-up truck killed a father and his two daughters at a train crossing on Winterburn Road, CN is performing upgrades to the system that controls the crossing arms. A winged tsunamiScience | 207265 hits | 6:49 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
It is a migration of such complexity, scale, and marvel that even the great herds of wildebeest in Africa and caribou in Canada's Arctic pale by comparison. Convenience stores want governments to butt out contraband cigarettesBusiness | 206834 hits | 6:46 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Contraband cigarettes are so easy to find in Eastern Canada that illegal tobacco now corners about half the market in Ontario, according to the Canadian Convenience Stores Association. Health Canada strikes an uneasy regulatory balance on alcoholic energy drinksHealth | 206678 hits | 6:42 PM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Health Canada has approved the sale of pre-mixed alcoholic energy drinks at liquor stores, despite having warned people not to mix alcohol with energy drinks they pick up from the corner store.AZ Governor's Latest Boycott Solution: Rebranding
Facing an increasing number of boycotts and an avalanche of bad publicity over the passage of its new immigration law, Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer announced what she believes will solve the problem.
Facing an increasing number of boycotts and an avalanche of bad publicity over the passage of its new immigration law, Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer announced what she believes will solve the problem. Sovereignists are like the Habs, PQ leader saysProvincial Politics | 207184 hits | 9:20 AM on Monday | posted by PimpBrewski123
DRUMMONDVILLE – In her closing speech to a Parti Québécois meeting Sunday, PQ leader Pauline Marois drew a parallel between her party’s goal of making Quebec a sovereign country and the Montreal Canadiens’ quest for the Stanley Cup. Pesticides in foods may contribute to ADHD in kidsHealth | 206875 hits | 9:05 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables. Canadian on death row in U.S. down to last legal remedyLaw & Order | 206819 hits | 9:02 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
It's been a quarter-century of legal battles and court hearings, and now the only Canadian on death row in the United States is about to hit the wall in his fight to stay alive. Mandatory evacuation issued for Opal-area residentsMisc CDN | 206766 hits | 8:58 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A massive brush fire in Thorhild County has broken past the fire line and is spreading rapidly as powerful winds pick up; and now a mandatory evacuation notice has been issued asking residents in the area to leave immediately. None injured as car crashes into family homeStrange | 207227 hits | 8:54 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Surrey, B.C., family was miraculously unharmed when their car slammed through the basement suite of their home on Sunday afternoon. Teen shot and killed while answering front doorLaw & Order | 206972 hits | 8:49 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A 15-year-old was shot in the face and killed early Monday near the Eglinton and Keele area, police say. Police to release photos of looting suspects on websiteLaw & Order | 206732 hits | 8:43 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Montreal police will use their website to publish a series of photos of people suspected of looting downtown businesses after last week's Canadiens' victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Robert Munsch recovering from cocaine addictionMisc CDN | 206835 hits | 8:33 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Beloved Canadian children's author Robert Munsch shocked many of his fans by announcing this weekend that he has been battling addictions to cocaine and alcohol.Afghan plane crashes with 44 people on board
A plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, on a domestic flight in Afghanistan crashed about 100 kilometres outside Kabul Monday morning. There was no immediate word on casualties.
Misc World | 206654 hits | 8:31 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, on a domestic flight in Afghanistan crashed about 100 kilometres outside Kabul Monday morning. There was no immediate word on casualties. Speeding ticket or Lecture from 12 year old?Law & Order | 206998 hits | 5:45 AM on Monday | posted by Benn
These were the option given to a few Winnipeg Speeders recently.Volcanic ash shuts down airporst across Britain and Ireland
Europe�s busiest airport was set to close early Monday morning as a dense crowd of volcanic ash drifts across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said.
Europe�s busiest airport was set to close early Monday morning as a dense crowd of volcanic ash drifts across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said. Mock funeral held for euthanized animals
A moment of silence was held Sunday outside a Newmarket shelter for the animals euthanized by the OSPCA as a result of a ringworm outbreak. Toronto woman sues Rogers after her affair is exposed
A Toronto woman says the billing practices of Rogers Wireless Inc. led to her husband discovering her extramarital affair.Thai PM defends crackdown as death toll rises
What began as a day of hope here Sunday — sparked by an offer of renewed negotiations — ended with the sound of gunfire and explosions rumbling across this city’s humid, night air.
Misc World | 206729 hits | 4:27 AM on Monday | posted by kitty
What began as a day of hope here Sunday — sparked by an offer of renewed negotiations — ended with the sound of gunfire and explosions rumbling across this city’s humid, night air.Venezuela's Chavez orders takeover of iron-makers
Business | 206919 hits | 2:03 AM on Monday | posted by commanderkai
NBC Cancels 'Law & Order' After 20 Seasons
Crime drama "Law & Order" will end its 20-year run later this month, as the NBC network aims for a fresh start after years of creative missteps.
Arts & Entertainment | 207056 hits | 1:33 AM on Monday | posted by commanderkai
Crime drama "Law & Order" will end its 20-year run later this month, as the NBC network aims for a fresh start after years of creative missteps.Some in Arizona canceling trips to S.D.
Uncle Sam | 206988 hits | 12:17 AM on Monday | posted by commanderkai
Arab-American from Michigan crowned 2010 Miss USA
A 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown.
Arts & Entertainment | 207168 hits | 9:00 PM on Sunday | posted by tritium
A 24-year-old Arab American from Michigan beat out 50 other women to take the 2010 Miss USA title Sunday night, despite nearly stumbling in her evening gown. Alleged torturer's winding journeyMisc CDN | 206903 hits | 8:49 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
From petty crime, to imprisoning and torturing another human being.
It’s a huge leap from credit card fraud to sadistically abusing a prisoner unto the verge of death — and it’s a path relatives of the man blamed are praying he didn’t take. Edmonton family hopes to send son to New York for facial surgeryHealth | 206752 hits | 8:46 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A 2 1/2-year-old Edmonton boy born with a severe malformation to the left side of his face is scheduled for surgery in New York Friday, thanks to people across the country donating money to pay for the expensive procedure. Link between cellphones, brain cancer 'inconclusive'Health | 206706 hits | 8:32 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
The most comprehensive study to date on the possible link between cellphone use and brain cancer has proven to be inconclusive, according to a Canadian scientist who contributed to the research. Guelph researchers plan to study feet of astronautsScience | 207259 hits | 8:25 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Dave Williams is a sole man -- at least when it comes to his feet.And a team of researchers from the University of Guelph can thank the retired Canadian astronaut for his foot fixation.Heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio dead at 67
Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died Sunday, according to a statement from his wife and manager. He was 67.
Arts & Entertainment | 207429 hits | 8:20 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
Ronnie James Dio, whose soaring vocals, poetic lyrics and mythic tales of a never-ending struggle between good and evil broke new ground in heavy metal, died Sunday, according to a statement from his wife and manager. He was 67.Back to Canada News
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