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Ontario Man Arrested For Allegedly Smuggling Foreigners Through An Underground Rail Tunnel Into The U.S.Misc CDN | 143 hits | 11:47 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An Ontario man is accused of smuggling foreigners from Canada into the US via an underground railway tunnel.Pentagon cancels aid to Pakistan
The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad's perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties.
Uncle Sam | 93 hits | 9:34 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad's perceived failure to take decisive action against militants, in a new blow to deteriorating ties. Labour Day weekend in Toronto means the city is inundated by the sounds of the air showLifestyle | 119 hits | 9:26 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Noise pollution or harmless tradition? Women fight for the right to be braless on the job
Some women are fighting for the right to be braless in the workplace. One B.C. woman filed a human rights complaint after her employer demanded she wear a bra. Jays deal Donaldson to Cleveland Indians, Granderson to the Milwaukee Brewers
The Toronto Blue Jays have dealt all-star third baseman Josh Donaldson to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. The Jays also sent outfielder Curtis Granderson to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor leaguer Demi Orimoloye on Friday.US ends aid to Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa
The US State Department says Unrwa, which supports five million people, is "irredeemably flawed".
Misc World | 136 hits | 12:55 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The US State Department says Unrwa, which supports five million people, is "irredeemably flawed". Jays stun Marlins on Smoak's 9th-inning grand slam
Justin Smoak connected for a pinch-hit grand slam in the ninth inning, sending the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-5 victory over the Miami Marlins on Friday night. Deal reached to buy Hudson rail line, only land link to Churchill, Man.
More than a year after spring flooding severely damaged Churchill’s only land link to the outside world, the remote Manitoba town has confirmed that a deal has finally been made to purchase the troubled Hudson Bay Rail Line from its U.S. owners. Aggressive bear in Lynn Valley leads to trail closures
Two trails in the Lynn Headwaters Regional Park in North Vancouver were closed for several hours Thursday morning, as conservation officers tried to track down an aggressive black bear. Conservation officers believe the same black bear that killed a small Bottle-fed fawn bucks up wildfire crews on ferry ride
The deer was spotted nuzzling up to a group of firefighters on the ferry from the area known as Southside, as people forced from their homes made their way toward Burns Lake — and it's not the first time the fawn has been a passenger. Holy carp: 11-year-old nets giant koi in St. Albert lakeEnvironmental | 161 hits | 4:31 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
11-year-old Luke Hebb wasn’t dreaming when he pulled a 16-pound koi out of Lacombe Lake in St. Albert Wednesday morning. That Time Telco Lobbyists Sent Me All Their Talking Points About Trying To Shift The Blame To Internet Companies
It's not every day that big telco lobbyists email me their internal documents about how they're going to try to shift all the negative press about themselves and try to flip it onto internet companies. But it did happen yesterday. Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that Google Midday shooting at Toronto’s Yorkdale mall causes shoppers to fleeLaw & Order | 150 hits | 12:15 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre – one of the busiest malls in the country – was packed with back-to-school shoppers when gunshots rang out Thursday afternoon, sending thousands of panicked customers ducking into clothing racks and running for safety. Our summer of murderLaw & Order | 170 hits | 12:12 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Just call it what it is: The summer of murder!A quick look at police crime statistics, comparing the end of August 2017 compared to the last of this month, reveals a startling reality.By this time last year Toronto had 35 homicides. This year, T Supreme Court won't hear veterans' lawsuit appealMilitary | 115 hits | 1:26 PM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy
An attempt to sue the federal government by a group of disgruntled Afghan veterans has been dealt a final, fatal blow with the Supreme Court of Canada’s refusal on Thursday to hear an appeal of their case.Justice department sides with Asian American students in Harvard bias lawsuit
Officials deny Harvard’s request to dismiss racial bias lawsuit filed by students, saying school’s use of ‘personal rating’ may be discriminatory
Lifestyle | 127 hits | 1:02 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Officials deny Harvard’s request to dismiss racial bias lawsuit filed by students, saying school’s use of ‘personal rating’ may be discriminatorySweden sees surge in Twitter bots ahead of election next month
A Swedish government study says there's been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead of the Sept. 9 elections, noting that 40 per cent of them are more likely to support the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, which is expect
A Swedish government study says there's been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead of the Sept. 9 elections, noting that 40 per cent of them are more likely to support the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, which is expect Canada gun facts: Here are the latest stats on firearm deaths, injuries and crimeLaw & Order | 92 hits | 9:20 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Is gun crime actually on the rise? And just how often, exactly, are Canadians getting shot? It depends, often, on where you live. Federal Court of Appeal quashes construction approvals for Trans Mountain, leaving project in limboEnvironmental | 204 hits | 8:20 AM on Thursday | posted by Robair
In a stunning blow, the Federal Court of Appeal has quashed Ottawa's approvals to build the Trans Mountain expansion project — a major victory for Indigenous groups and environmentalists opposed to the $7.4-billion project. Astronauts are repairing a hole in wall of International Space StationMisc World | 86 hits | 7:08 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The six astronauts aboard the International Space Station are working to fix a hole found in the wall of the International Space Station. U.S. International Trade Commission overturns duties on Canadian newsprint
The U.S. International Trade Commission has overturned duties imposed on Canadian newsprint after finding that imports of the paper product, part of the wider category of uncoated groundwood paper, do not hurt U.S. industry. Warm water under Arctic ice a 'ticking time bomb,' researcher saysEnvironmental | 144 hits | 6:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
A pocket of warm ocean water underneath the surface of the Canada Basin could melt a significant portion of the region's sea ice pack if it were to ascend, a new study suggests. Crews work to restore power after high winds take down trees in southern Quebec
Hydro-Québec crews were out all night, working to restore electricity after a powerful storm did damage in parts of southern Quebec, Wednesday afternoon. Edmonton officer guilty of harassment and lying must be fired, police chief's lawyer saysLaw & Order | 196 hits | 6:15 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
An Edmonton police constable found guilty of bullying a civilian co-worker and then lying about it during an internal investigation should be fired, a lawyer representing the city’s chief of police argued Wednesday. CERN’s pioneering mini-accelerator passes first test
An experiment at CERN has demonstrated a new way of accelerating electrons to high energies — one that could dramatically shrink the size of future particle accelerators and lower their costs. RCMP officer seriously wounded in western Manitoba shootingLaw & Order | 198 hits | 1:45 AM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
An RCMP officer was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was shot Wednesday night in western Manitoba. The search is now underway for two to three suspects considered armed and dangerous!Sadiq Khan bikini-clad blimp to be flown over London in protest at 'Trump Baby'
Yanny Bruere, 28, organiser of a 'Make London Safe Again' raised more than £58,000 online to pay for the blimp of Mr Khan following the furore over the 20ft balloon, dubbed ‘Trump Baby’.
Funny | 156 hits | 12:40 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Yanny Bruere, 28, organiser of a 'Make London Safe Again' raised more than £58,000 online to pay for the blimp of Mr Khan following the furore over the 20ft balloon, dubbed ‘Trump Baby’. Suspect in fatal 2017 crash gets time served for jewelry heist and other crimesLaw & Order | 172 hits | 10:01 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The man accused of fleeing a dramatic crash that killed a B.C. woman last year has been sentenced for pulling off a jewelry store robbery just hours before the collision.Farmers’ Almanac calls for ‘teeth-chattering’ winter
SEATTLE -- The Farmers' Almanac is calling for a "teeth-chattering" winter with plenty of snow. That forecast, however, flies in the face of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's prediction of an El Niño fall and winter indicating mild tem
Weather | 156 hits | 6:04 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
SEATTLE -- The Farmers' Almanac is calling for a "teeth-chattering" winter with plenty of snow. That forecast, however, flies in the face of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's prediction of an El Niño fall and winter indicating mild tem Large asteroid darts past Earth; bigger one expected next weekMisc World | 188 hits | 4:08 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
An asteroid that may be bigger than any of Egypt’s Great Pyramids passed within five million kilometres of Earth Tuesday night, and a much larger one will pass even closer within the next week.Boy swept into sewer saved by raising finger through manhole cover
An 11-year-old boy sucked into a flooded Wisconsin storm sewer was saved when an eagle-eyed firefighter saw the boy's fingers pop through an opening in a manhole cover.
Misc World | 146 hits | 3:55 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
An 11-year-old boy sucked into a flooded Wisconsin storm sewer was saved when an eagle-eyed firefighter saw the boy's fingers pop through an opening in a manhole cover. Survivor recalls deadly encounter with polar bears
A Nunavut hunter who survived a polar bear attack that killed one of his friends last week says the encounter started when a mother bear and her cub approached their camp. The survivors refused to leave Kaunak's remains behind, and it took three men to caJudge dismisses all charges against 3 'extremist Muslim' New Mexico compound suspects
A New Mexico judge dismissed all charges against three suspects tied to a compound where alleged Muslim extremists reportedly trained children to be school shooters.
Law & Order | 123 hits | 3:06 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A New Mexico judge dismissed all charges against three suspects tied to a compound where alleged Muslim extremists reportedly trained children to be school shooters. State of emergency extended as 2018 becomes worst B.C. wildfire season on record
The B.C. government has extended the provincial state of emergency because of wildfires that have now burned more area than any other season on record. Close to 13,000 sq km of province has burned, breaking record set in 2017. Alberta accounted for 97% of federal income tax decline during recession's height
Federal income tax revenue fell by nearly $5 billion in 2016 and nearly all of the decline was attributable to Alberta, but exactly why remains an open question, says an economist with the University of Calgary. Nearly 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico now blamed on Hurricane MariaMisc World | 132 hits | 7:23 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
Puerto Rico's governor raises the island's official death toll from Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975 after an independent study found that the number of people who succumbed in the desperate, sweltering months after the storm had been severely undercounte Air Canada mobile app breach affects 20,000 people
Air Canada says the personal information for about 20,000 customers "may potentially have been improperly accessed" via a breach in its mobile app, so the company has locked down all 1.7 million accounts as a precaution until customers change their passwo3 men face 1,460 charges of having sex with farm animals
Three men in Pennsylvania are facing more than 1,400 charges in an 'extreme' case of animal abuse that prosecutors say included having sex with dogs, horses, a cow and a goat.
Three men in Pennsylvania are facing more than 1,400 charges in an 'extreme' case of animal abuse that prosecutors say included having sex with dogs, horses, a cow and a goat. Take a deep breath: Air quality advisory cancelled for Metro Vancouver and entire Fraser ValleyEnvironmental | 116 hits | 3:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
An air quality advisory for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley has ended, as clean air continues to push smoke out of the region. The air quality advisory was issued for Metro Vancouver on Sunday and continued into early Monday morning. It ended around The future looks grim after 2 years of devastating B.C. wildfiresEnvironmental | 151 hits | 3:56 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
For decades, scientists have predicted that B.C. would experience longer, more intense wildfire seasons as the climate warms. But the destruction of the last two years is still a bit surprising. Research suggests lead poisoning wasn't major cause of Franklin expedition deaths
A Lakehead University associate professor has helped shed new light on what, exactly, happened to the members of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 expedition to the Arctic. WWII veteran, Dunkirk survivor Ken Sturdy dies at 98
Ken Sturdy was just 20 and training as a signalman in the Royal Navy in 1940 when he heard a message go out over the radio asking for able-bodied men to help get survivors on the boats at Dunkirk. 2 hikers injured in Kananaskis bear attack
Two hikers were injured this weekend in Kananaskis Country after surprising a bear dining on a carcass in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. "This was a classic defensive attack and it could have been so much worse," said Alberta Parks conservation officer N Woman feared the worst when cows stampeded her East Coast Trail campsite
She worried about running into bears, but Penny Maguire never thought it would be cows that would give her the scare of a lifetime during her East Coast Trail adventure. Nunavut hunter killed by polar bear and cub
A man from Nunavut has been killed in a polar bear attack, according to local RCMP. A polar bear mother and cub were destroyed at the scene. 5 bears destroyed following attack that also injured 2 men Why does Canada automatically give citizenship to people born here'Misc CDN | 165 hits | 3:12 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Birthright citizenship, known as jus soli, does not exist in Europe, Asia, Oceania or most of AfricaTrump takes on Google, alleges bias in searches | CTV News
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at tech companies Tuesday, accusing Google and others of 'suppressing' conservative voices and 'hiding information' and good news. He cited no evidence for the claim, which echoes both his own attacks on the press an
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at tech companies Tuesday, accusing Google and others of 'suppressing' conservative voices and 'hiding information' and good news. He cited no evidence for the claim, which echoes both his own attacks on the press an Boy, 16, charged in shooting of German touristLaw & Order | 151 hits | 11:32 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Alberta police have arrested a 16-year-old boy and charged him with attempted murder in the shooting of a German tourist earlier this month. He never served, but Veterans Affairs pays for convicted murderer's PTSD treatmentMilitary | 149 hits | 10:42 AM on Tuesday | posted by Freakinoldguy
The decision by Veterans Affairs Canada to pay for treatment for a Halifax man who never served in the military and got PTSD from murdering an off-duty police officer is upsetting both an advocate for veterans and a family member of the officer.Back to Canada News
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