A young woman is clinging to life after being pulled from a car that plunged off a bridge into the Serpentine River south of Vancouver on Monday morning, according to the RCMP.
Posted: | 11:11 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207942 |
Rating: | 20794 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Gusting winds and swirling snow made for terrible driving conditions around Saskatoon on Monday.
Posted: | 11:00 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207919 |
Rating: | 20792 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Bad weather and poor driving conditions have forced the closure of at least two highways in southwestern Alberta.
Posted: | 10:57 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207889 |
Rating: | 20789 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Ottawa is getting a fresh blanket of snow, hours after freezing rain snarled the morning commute and forced school buses to cancel service.
Posted: | 10:56 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207917 |
Rating: | 20792 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Snow is already falling in the western parts of New Brunswick as another winter storm approaches the province. William Bourque, a meteorologist with Radio-Canada, said the snow won't arrive in the eastern half of the province until around noon.
Posted: | 10:54 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 208040 |
Rating: | 20804 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Canada's Coast Guard is escorting a research ship to St. John's after the Greenpeace vessel was damaged at sea Saturday.
Posted: | 10:51 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 208132 |
Rating: | 20813 |
Poster: | Hyack |
An inclusive and accessible education system that caters to immigrant needs has helped move Canada up two spots to rank third in the latest international Migrant Integration Policy Index.
Posted: | 10:46 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 208007 |
Rating: | 20801 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Demand for foreigners to work as live-in caregivers for seniors in Canada is growing, but while some see the program as a potential answer to the needs of a rapidly aging society, others say it's rife with problems and inherently exploitative. Canada's Li
Posted: | 10:40 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207847 |
Rating: | 20785 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The trial for a Calgary father accused of killing his two children and trying to kill his wife began on Monday in Calgary. James Bing Jun Louie, 44, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his 13-year-old son, Jason Louie, and his nin
Posted: | 10:39 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207955 |
Rating: | 20796 |
Poster: | Hyack |
It's clear that Agent Orange was "very widely used" in Ontario for more than three decades and may have been used in other provinces and territories, the Ontario government said Monday.
Posted: | 10:36 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207884 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Tracyville man who pleaded guilty to 11 charges of producing child pornography, sexual touching and sexual assault told a judge Monday that he isn't evil.
Posted: | 10:35 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207891 |
Rating: | 20789 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Small-calibre bullets worked quite well when used last week during the grey seal hunt on Hay Island, off the eastern coast of Cape Breton, says a researcher.
Posted: | 10:30 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207671 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Nunavut government is promising to fight poverty, build more houses and meet other priorities over the next two years, but it will also have to deal with an upcoming deficit budget, according to the latest speech from the throne.
Posted: | 10:28 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207908 |
Rating: | 20791 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A meteorite found in Antarctica could lend weight to the argument that life on Earth might have been kick-started from space, scientists are claiming.
Posted: | 10:26 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207909 |
Rating: | 20791 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Col Gaddafi told the BBC that the protesters are members of al-Qaeda. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is "delusional" and "unfit to lead", the US ambassador to the UN has said.
Posted: | 10:22 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 208032 |
Rating: | 20803 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The US defence department says it is repositioning forces in the Libya region as the West weighs potential intervention against Muammar Gaddafi.
Posted: | 10:21 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 208117 |
Rating: | 20812 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Three Danish children and their parents have been snatched by pirates who hijacked their sailing boat in the Indian Ocean, Danish officials say.
Posted: | 10:19 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 208260 |
Rating: | 20826 |
Poster: | Hyack |
An early morning fire razed a Vancouver Island hotel Monday morning, destroying the oldest licenced establishment in B.C. and ending a chapter of community history.
Posted: | 10:16 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 208059 |
Rating: | 20806 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:11 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207746 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Quebec man will face questioning from police in Canada's capital region after an alleged bomb threat targeted the prime minister's official residence on Monday morning.
Posted: | 10:07 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207746 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi stashed more than $2-billion in Canadian banks after a visit from former prime minister Paul Martin in 2004.
Posted: | 10:05 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207579 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The league-leading Vancouver Canucks added centre Maxim Lapierre from Anaheim and left winger Chris Higgins from Florida before Monday's NHL trade deadline.
Posted: | 10:02 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207627 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A new report says Canada's approach to drinking water management is fragmented and makes smaller communities vulnerable to future water-quality failures.
Posted: | 9:59 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207826 |
Rating: | 20783 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Government officials in London, England, have confiscated ice cream made with human breast milk from a local ice cream parlour over concerns the dessert is unsafe.
Posted: | 9:56 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207690 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
What do the groundhogs know anyway? Ontario's Wiarton Willie, Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam and Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil all predicted an early spring.
Posted: | 9:55 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207801 |
Rating: | 20780 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Jane Russell, who shot to fame as the sexy star of Howard Hughes' 1941 western The Outlaw, died Monday of respiratory failure, her family said. She was 89.
Posted: | 9:46 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207875 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The U.S. began moving air and naval forces closer to Libya Monday even as embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi insisted to reporters that Libyans love him and would lay down their lives for him.
Posted: | 9:43 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207706 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Two Turner Valley, Alta. girls had a bit of a fright over the weekend.
Posted: | 9:39 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207931 |
Rating: | 20793 |
Poster: | Hyack |
France has long prided itself in mastering the art of diplomacy better than anyone else. But that assumption has been rattled by a series of blunders on the international stage.
Posted: | 6:19 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207637 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Scape |
An aggressive coyote failed to injure a man in an attack on a farm in Hants County on Saturday.
Posted: | 3:40 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207774 |
Rating: | 20777 |
Poster: | stemmer |
The affected users said their e-mails, chats, contacts, folders and settings had all been wiped out.
Posted: | 2:54 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207707 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Curtman |
Posted: | 1:35 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Religion |
Hits: | 211737 |
Rating: | 21175 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Posted: | 1:03 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 208182 |
Rating: | 20818 |
Poster: | hurley_108 |
Posted: | 11:32 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207996 |
Rating: | 20802 |
Poster: | martin14 |
A class of grade eight students in southern Sweden was asked to write essays about their sexual fantasies and experiences for a school assignment.
Posted: | 6:57 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 208618 |
Rating: | 20863 |
Poster: | DerbyX |
Posted: | 5:48 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208107 |
Rating: | 20811 |
Poster: | Hyack |
After 15 days of competition, the 2011 Canada Winter Games ended Sunday with a East Coast-style closing celebration at the Halifax Metro Centre.
Posted: | 5:44 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207680 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 5:39 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207689 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Tunisia Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi announced Sunday he would resign following a wave of street protests, saying he wanted to prevent more victims in the country's unrest.
Posted: | 5:37 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207587 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 5:35 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207863 |
Rating: | 20786 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Online calls for peaceful Chinese protests to resemble Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution" have ended with a number of reporters and citizens being bundled into Chinese security vehicles.
Posted: | 5:26 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207601 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Just hours after Christy Clark was named B.C.'s premier-designate, her opponents went on the attack.
Posted: | 5:24 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207673 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Moammar Gadhafi remained defiant Sunday, blaming outside forces for the uprising in Libya and promising to crush the opposition, Reuters is reporting.
Posted: | 5:18 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207734 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued an update Sunday on his government's rescue efforts to remove Canadians from Libya as Moammar Gadhafi's forces continue to fight anti-government protesters in the North African country.
Posted: | 5:11 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207687 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Duke Snider, the Hall of Fame centre-fielder for the charmed "Boys of Summer" who helped the Dodgers bring their elusive and only World Series crown to Brooklyn, died Sunday. He was 84.
Posted: | 5:09 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207727 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Several centimetres of snow hit Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley on Saturday night, leaving roads packed with snow and ice.
Posted: | 5:05 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207741 |
Rating: | 20774 |
Poster: | Hyack |
European media reports say a Canadian tourist has been arrested in Berlin after making a Nazi salute in front of Germany's parliament.
Posted: | 2:54 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208109 |
Rating: | 20811 |
Poster: | Curtman |
Posted: | 10:46 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207687 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
After helping to mould one of the best Vancouver Canuck teams in franchise history general manager Mike Gillis is cautious about making any changes to his lineup as the NHL trade deadline approaches.
Posted: | 10:44 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207614 |
Rating: | 20762 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A storm system moving into Northern California has created the possibility that San Francisco will see its first significant snowfall in 35 years, creating all sorts of buzz around the city about the rare weather event.
Posted: | 10:41 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207578 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |
China is expected to unveil an ambitious plan to tackle pollution soon, but in the meantime, residents of the capital have no choice but to struggle to catch their breath.
Posted: | 10:37 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207553 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Milan Lucic scored the go-ahead goal on a rebound with 4:38 left, Patrice Bergeron added an insurance marker into an empty net and the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday night.
Posted: | 10:35 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207438 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Quebec museum has bought itself a submarine for the princely sum of $4, plus tax.
Posted: | 10:31 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207865 |
Rating: | 20787 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Christy Clark has been named leader of the BC Liberals and the premier designate of British Columbia after the 3rd vote.
Posted: | 6:44 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 208407 |
Rating: | 20841 |
Poster: | Canadaka |
Posted: | 6:22 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 208043 |
Rating: | 20804 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 6:20 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207508 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 6:14 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207362 |
Rating: | 20736 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Military Museums in Calgary is boasting a distinctly modern addition.
Posted: | 6:11 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207423 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A spokesperson for the coalition fighting a proposed new casino in Vancouver is outraged over suggestion the new roof for BC Place stadium depends on approval of the casino.
Posted: | 6:09 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207420 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Many canoeists and kayakers are confused and worried about new federal regulations that re-classify their boats as commercial vessels.
Posted: | 6:04 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207452 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
One of the key instigators in the fall of B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell protested outside the Vancouver convention centre where a new premier would be announced.
Posted: | 6:00 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207540 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Canada has suspended diplomatic relations with Libya and evacuated its ambassador and all staff from the strife-torn North African country.
Posted: | 5:56 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207688 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Radio talk show host Christy Clark is in the lead after the second round of voting as B.C.'s governing Liberal party choose a new leader and a new premier to succeed outgoing Premier Gordon Campbell.
Posted: | 5:53 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207446 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
One of the cherished notions of Canadian multiculturalism is that the children of immigrants succeed economically in a way that makes them indistinguishable from other Canadians.
Posted: | 2:26 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207904 |
Rating: | 20790 |
Poster: | CommanderSock |
Vale, a Brazilian company, bought out Inco in 2006. In the fall, Vale received a $1-billion loan from the federal government, the release said. Despite promises to increase employment, Vale announced the closure of the smelter and refinery
Posted: | 6:03 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207636 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Curtman |
OTTAWA - A battle of numbers has broken out over the Harper government's deal to buy the F-35 joint strike fighter jet. Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the country stands to lose up to $1 billion if the purchase of the stealth jets is scrapped, largely
Posted: | 11:55 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207478 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Anti-sealing campaigners, Fisheries and Oceans officers, RCMP, members of the media and veterinarians gathered Thursday on an island off eastern Cape Breton to observe a grey seal hunt.
Posted: | 11:51 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207389 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A controversial theory that challenges the existence of dark matter has been buoyed by studies of gas-rich galaxies.
Posted: | 11:50 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207373 |
Rating: | 20737 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:08 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207486 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A storm leaving Ontario is expected to hit Eastern Canada on Friday evening, dumping up to 35 centimetres of snow on parts of New Brunswick and a torrent of rain on Nova Scotia.
Posted: | 10:05 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207352 |
Rating: | 20735 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:01 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207647 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Scientists have found evidence that water was trapped for up to billions of years inside rocks deep in an African gold mine.
Posted: | 9:58 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207422 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to the death as he made a rare appearance to bolster his supporters in Tripoli on Friday.
Posted: | 9:55 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207691 |
Rating: | 20770 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ordered sanctions to be prepared against the Libyan regime following its crackdown on anti-government protests.
Posted: | 9:54 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207375 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | Hyack |
For the first time, scientists believe they've detected the birth of a new world around a distant sun-like star.
Posted: | 9:48 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207596 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Their state would be a place where officials can ignore U.S. laws, force FBI agents to get a sheriff's OK before arresting anyone, ban abortions, limit sex education in schools and create armed citizen militias.
Posted: | 4:21 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 208169 |
Rating: | 20816 |
Poster: | DerbyX |
Posted: | 3:27 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207499 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | DerbyX |
Cops say a convicted rapist who is HIV-positive is wanted for kidnapping a 10-year-old girl from Deerfoot Mall Thursday night. A massive manhunt is now underway for John Francis Dionne, 43, of Linden.
Posted: | 1:16 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207758 |
Rating: | 20776 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
A lawyer for the B.C. government says new evidence that eight teenage girls from Bountiful, B.C., were taken to the U.S. to become plural wives is proof that polygamy is inherently harmful.
Posted: | 12:23 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207868 |
Rating: | 20787 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Many baby boomers are being forced to postpone retirement by at least one year because of recession, says the Conference Board of Canada.
Posted: | 12:20 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 207822 |
Rating: | 20782 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Gross or tasty? A London company is offering an unusual dessert -- ice-cream made with human breast milk.
Posted: | 12:19 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207567 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a 3-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska. The discovery of that burial is shedding new light on the life and times of the early settlers who crossed from As
Posted: | 12:17 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207488 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
A Manitoba judge is facing criticism after suggesting a woman's clothing and attitude may have contributed to her being raped.
Posted: | 8:45 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207534 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The Canadian dollar was higher against the greenback Friday as oil prices declined slightly amid reassurances that any shortfall in Libyan oil production because of massive anti-government protests would be recouped.
Posted: | 8:43 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 207844 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Taking to the streets of Tripoli for the first major demonstrations since a violent crackdown earlier in the week, protesters were met by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi on Friday, even as calls for international intervention in the growing chaos gained m
Posted: | 8:40 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207456 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
Ottawa is urging hundreds of Canadians to leave Libya without delay amid escalating violence in the North African nation as embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi loses his four-decade long grip on power.
Posted: | 8:28 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207498 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | wildrosegirl |
The ongoing drama between Charlie Sheen and "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre escalated to new heights on Thursday. Hours after a Sheen called Lorre a "clown" on an interview with syndicated radio program "The Alex Jones Show," it was announced tha
Posted: | 5:56 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207976 |
Rating: | 20798 |
Poster: | Scape |
The Montreal-based engineering firm has been in Libya for roughly 25 years and most of its work has centred around a massive water pipeline stretching across the desert and construction of a new airport in Benghazi. While those projects have received subs
Posted: | 11:43 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207882 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | Scape |
Manny Malhotra's third-period goal proved to be the winner as Vancouver held off the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Thursday to maintain the Canucks' hold atop the NHL standings.
Posted: | 10:51 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207448 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Winter is not quite over yet for the City of Toronto, with a significant storm system expected to hamper the morning commute Friday.
Posted: | 8:39 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207576 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Elections Canada has laid charges against the Conservative Party and four of its members, including two senators, over alleged violations of election spending rules.
Posted: | 8:37 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207441 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Inuit leaders from around the Arctic say they will work on guidelines to boost regulatory standards for mining, offshore drilling and other development in the North.
Posted: | 8:29 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207441 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Some 11,500 years ago one of America's earliest families laid the remains of a three-year-old child to rest in their home in what is now Alaska.
Posted: | 8:17 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207745 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A weak chum salmon run along B.C.'s coast is having a devastating effect on the local bald eagle population.
Posted: | 8:15 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207628 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu says the force learned some valuable lessons from the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and has adapted a new hands-off philosophy for dealing with crowds and protesters as a result.
Posted: | 7:45 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207537 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 6:59 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208024 |
Rating: | 20802 |
Poster: | hurley_108 |
One of the sons of Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, is in hiding on an island off the coast of Venezuela, a politician in the South American country has claimed.
Posted: | 6:15 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207513 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Scape |
Capuchin monkeys have what at first glance appears to be an odd habit: they urinate onto their hands then rub their urine over their bodies into their fur.
Posted: | 5:58 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207537 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Tawny owls turn brown to survive in warmer climates, according to scientists in Finland.
Posted: | 5:57 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207663 |
Rating: | 20766 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Three-quarters of the world's coral reefs are at risk due to overfishing, pollution, climate change and other factors, says a major new assessment.
Posted: | 5:55 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207467 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Until now, how species such as loggerhead sea turtles manage to migrate thousands of miles across oceans with no visual landmarks has been a mystery.
Posted: | 5:41 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207890 |
Rating: | 20789 |
Poster: | Hyack |
WASHINGTON - Ancient megadroughts that lasted thousands of years in what is now the American Southwest could offer a preview of a climate changed by modern greenhouse gas emissions, researchers reported Wednesday.
Posted: | 5:36 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207339 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | Hyack |
EDMONTON - The department of national defence has identified the remains of a First World War soldier found in Avion, France, eight years ago as Pte. Thomas Lawless of Calgary.
Posted: | 5:29 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207519 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Ottawa will fund more than 100 new positions for doctors in some of Canada's far-flung rural and remote northern communities, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced Wednesday.
Posted: | 5:27 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207407 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 5:26 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207371 |
Rating: | 20737 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The City of Vancouver is asking for help for the homeless in dealing with record cold temperatures expected overnight Thursday.
Posted: | 5:20 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207430 |
Rating: | 20743 |
Poster: | Hyack |
About 25 sealers arrived on Hay Island, N.S., off the eastern coast of Cape Breton, on Thursday for the start of the grey seal hunt.
Posted: | 5:18 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207466 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A storm system moving north from the U.S. is expected to cause severe weather conditions Friday across southern Ontario, before heading east to Atlantic Canada.
Posted: | 5:16 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207544 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
New Zealand's prime minister is warning that the death toll from the devastating earthquake in Christchurch could be "much greater" than feared as hope fades in the search for the missing.
Posted: | 5:12 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207528 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Harper Conservatives are hoping for an election despite their claims to the contrary, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff alleged Thursday.
Posted: | 5:11 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207772 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Nova Scotia man who turned himself in to police after the death of his terminally ill wife blamed the medical establishment.
Posted: | 5:09 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207416 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
One small mistake with a land survey pin almost 100 years ago is going to cost the B.C. government about $4.5 million.
Posted: | 5:07 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207377 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A provincial New Democrat says former officials with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation have told him that Agent Orange was sprayed near highways across the province until the 1980s.
Posted: | 5:05 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207573 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Space shuttle Discovery was being fuelled for liftoff on Thursday on its final mission to carry supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station.
Posted: | 1:56 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207443 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Scape |
Oil traders are citing unconfirmed rumors that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi was shot to explain a sudden downward reversal in oil prices today.
Posted: | 1:16 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207730 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | Scape |
CBC-TV executive Julie Bristow says Wilson and the broadcaster could not agree on the terms of his contract.
Posted: | 1:13 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207658 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | Scape |
The Great Recession and the slump that followed have triggered a jobs crisis that's been making headlines since before President Obama was in office, and that will likely be with us for years. But the American economy is also plagued by a less-noted, but
Posted: | 10:28 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207601 |
Rating: | 20762 |
Poster: | DerbyX |
Posted: | 7:40 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207546 |
Rating: | 20756 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A plane that was set to fly to Libya from Rome on Thursday and pick up Canadians seeking to escape the violence of the troubled region has been cancelled as officials scrambled to find alternate ways out of the country.
Posted: | 7:05 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207590 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
It already has the fireplace channel with a loop of burning logs, and a sunset channel. But to really set the mood, Rogers Cable Inc. will soon be offering a bit of poultry in motion.
Posted: | 3:10 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207873 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | snookums |
Quebec's embattled premier is staking his hopes for a political comeback on five priorities -- and better English schooling.
Posted: | 2:38 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207505 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Bodah |
Posted: | 1:22 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 208027 |
Rating: | 20804 |
Poster: | Scape |
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's spy agency has come under intensifying pressure to change over an allegation that its agents were involved in a botched operation to steal information from a visiting delegation of Indonesian envoys.
Posted: | 10:33 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207506 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Scape |
(Reuters) - Gunfire and explosions shook an area of Abidjan that supports Ivorian presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday, and at least three soldiers died in clashes with protesters calling on his rival to step down.
Posted: | 6:32 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207518 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Scape |
Internet activist group Anonymous has said calls for it to attack the website of controversial anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church were a hoax.
Posted: | 6:26 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Religion |
Hits: | 207750 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 6:15 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207584 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |