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Political | 149 hits | 6:46 AM on Friday | posted by Regina

A bill that is awaiting the signature of Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has been called the most extreme gun bill in America by its critics and a historic victory by its supporters. It will allow guns in schools, churches, bars and airports, among many other ch

Science | 149 hits | 12:03 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A rare series of total lunar eclipses begins just after midnight on April 15. Sky watchers are getting ready for an evening of viewing, while some Christians point to what they call a prophecy of Blood Moons.

Arts & Entertainment | 97 hits | 11:10 PM on Thursday | posted by Regina

David Letterman is retiring next year as host of Late Show. During a taping of Thursday's show, Letterman said he has informed CBS that he will step down in 2015, when his current contract expires.

Business | 143 hits | 6:18 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Brendan Eich, who became the company's chief executive less than two weeks ago, faced a firestorm over his support for California's Proposition 8, the 2008 law which banned gay marriage in the state

Provincial Politics | 120 hits | 3:59 PM on Thursday | posted by JaredMilne

Quebec Liberals widened their lead over the Parti Québécois in voting intentions and PQ support among francophones appeared to be collapsing heading into the final week of the election campaign, according to a new Ipsos Reid poll.

Tech | 161 hits | 12:09 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The European Parliament voted to stop internet providers from charging for preferential access to their networks on Thursday.

Political | 185 hits | 10:05 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Mississauga, Ont., today where he announced the details of a long-promised bill of rights for victims of crime that would force people to testify in court against a spouse.

Political | 103 hits | 7:25 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina

Interim authorities in Ukraine on Thursday accused ousted President Viktor Yanukovych's government of using a network of hired killers, kidnappers and gangs of thugs to terrorize and undermine the opposition.

Misc World | 134 hits | 7:23 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina

A large shark killed a woman near her terrified husband and friends as they took their daily morning swim Thursday off a popular Australian east coast beach, police said.

Misc CDN | 150 hits | 7:12 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

While politicians in Ottawa still can't decide who is in the middle class, a new analysis suggests wealth is increasingly gravitating to the very top.

Misc CDN | 148 hits | 11:21 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

The husband of a Canadian soldier who died of suicide Christmas Day after battling Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder says it’s his “duty” to share his family’s ordeal so he can prevent it from happening to others.

Political | 126 hits | 11:19 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Family members of Canadian soldiers who fought and died in Afghanistan have been told to pay their own way to attend an elaborate service in Ottawa honouring the fallen, CTV News has learned.

Business | 152 hits | 8:50 PM on Wednesday | posted by BeaverFever

A new study from Statistics Canada shows that one-third of young Canadians who graduated with a university degree in humanities are overqualified for their current employment. Meanwhile, the top professions held by young Canadians remain unchanged, with m

Military | 150 hits | 3:24 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - ABC has confirmed that there has been a shooting at Ford Hood Army base in Texas.

Law & Order | 180 hits | 12:42 PM on Wednesday | posted by Regina

Irish bomber blew himself up after device went off too soon 'because he forgot to put his watch forward'

Law & Order | 114 hits | 12:32 PM on Wednesday | posted by Regina

A Winnipeg mother and father have been been banned from watching their eight-year-old son play hockey for three years after they got into a fist fight with the opposing team's coaches during a kids tournament in Fargo, N.D., earlier this year.

Lifestyle | 236 hits | 11:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A decade ago, as a girl of 15, Rayanne Tupman used to ride SkyTrain for free. She was caught almost a dozen times, and issued tickets, but she never paid them or told her parents.

Provincial Politics | 119 hits | 11:30 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

If you’re feeling acute pain in your wallet from Tuesday’s hikes in B.C. Hydro rates and ferry fares — not to mention recent Insurance Corporation of B.C. and Medical Services Plan increases — try to look at it from the government’s point of view.

Law & Order | 104 hits | 8:58 AM on Wednesday | posted by stemmer

The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Canada’s national electronic spy agency on behalf of anyone who used a wireless device in the country since 2001.

History | 127 hits | 7:43 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina

Workers at a scrap shop in Bangkok, Thailand, accidentally detonated a large bomb believed to have been dropped during the Second World War.

Environmental | 135 hits | 7:20 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

Search teams scouring the Indian Ocean for evidence of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane have thus far only come up with unrelated debris. It's an indication of the vast amount of junk floating in the open seas.

Health | 101 hits | 7:15 AM on Wednesday | posted by Robair

Patients, caregivers and doctors say the ending today of Canada’s 10-year-old, $41-billion health accord highlights the growing inequity that threatens to fracture medicare.

Military | 192 hits | 7:01 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

The military officer in charge of providing help for injured soldiers says they are being asked for their own good to sign a form governing what they can and can’t say in public. In September, the Citizen reported that the Canadian Forces were requiring p

Provincial Politics | 168 hits | 6:59 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb

It has become increasingly evident that many Quebec residents who thought themselves to be Quebecers will be barred from casting a ballot

Lifestyle | 139 hits | 11:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by Regina

Bruce Farrer has spent countless hours tracking down students who’ve grown up, moved away and married, using social media and good old-fashioned detective work

Provincial Politics | 120 hits | 5:54 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

ï¿½I donï¿½t know if thereï¿½s $1 in there, $100 dollars or $1-million,ï¿½ an Elections Alberta spokesperson said. ï¿½Itï¿½s something they have that other parties arenï¿½t allowed to haveï¿½

Misc CDN | 102 hits | 5:32 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

After a decades-long battle to gain more control over its physical assets, the Northwest Territories officially takes responsibility for land, water and natural resources from the federal government today.

Misc World | 154 hits | 1:41 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Canada and its allies must take a united front against Pakistan because it is a state sponsor of terrorism that threatens world security, says Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander.

Misc World | 153 hits | 12:51 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Jeremiah Denton, the Vietnam vet who blinked 'torture' in Morse code, dies at 89. He also was a U.S. Senator and social crusader.

Law & Order | 112 hits | 12:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

A Senate investigation finds in favour of Senator Colin Kenny in three complaints of sexual harassment, workplace harassment and abuse of authority, according to a confidential report obtained by CBC News.

Environmental | 99 hits | 12:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

For the first time since Japan's nuclear disaster three years ago, authorities are allowing residents to return to live in their homes within a tiny part of a 20-kilometre evacuation zone around the Fukushima plant.

Environmental | 121 hits | 11:16 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Miniï¿½s scientists, engineers and product designers have stared long and hard at the bottom of their favourite hot beverages and seen the future ï¿½ a tea-leaf biofuel composite which they have harnessed to power the new MINI Cooper T. Available as ï¿½Ch

Misc CDN | 145 hits | 11:15 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

New results, released Tuesday, by the OECDï¿½s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) shows that Canadian 15-year-olds rank seventh in problem solving, the first English-speaking nation behind Asian countries like Singapore, Korea and Japan

Uncle Sam | 190 hits | 11:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

WASHINGTON: Four United States senators are reportedly recovering in Washington-area hospitals today following a shocking and grisly incident Thursday night, when a 480-pound male tiger brutally mauled the elected officials in front of a full audience

Science | 109 hits | 11:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina

A unique freshwater research station in northwestern Ontario that the federal government planned to shut down has officially been saved.

Misc World | 107 hits | 7:54 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Liberal MP Irwin Cotler claims he was deliberately poisoned during a trip to Moscow in 2006, and his tale is the stuff of a Cold War spy novel.

Law & Order | 191 hits | 7:53 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

A Nova Scotia woman has lodged a complaint with the federal RCMP watchdog after listening to an inadvertent voicemail message in which several "Neanderthal" officers could be heard cursing and making light of a domestic assault she had reported.

Environmental | 118 hits | 7:28 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Following complaints that industrial emissions were causing health problems in Peace Country, Baytex Energy and other companies involved in heavy oil operations are being told to make changes to the way their plants operate.

Misc World | 192 hits | 7:20 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

On board the crumbling carcass of this World War II-era warship, Filipino marine 1st Lt. Mike Pelotera and his eight men make their way to a mid-level deck to raise the Philippine flag up a leaning pole and then salute it.

Uncle Sam | 87 hits | 7:19 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The Washington Post newspaper says according to a congressional report the CIA misled the public for years over its now-defunct enhanced interrogation program of suspected terrorists. The Post reports Tuesday the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has con

Military | 255 hits | 10:25 PM on Monday | posted by Regina

Lance Corporal in the Coldstream Guards hit trigger switch of suicide bomber whose device then exploded, Telegraph learns

Political | 126 hits | 8:02 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Reshuffle comes after Socialists suffer losses in nationwide elections seen as referendum on President Francois Hollande's leadership

Business | 109 hits | 3:17 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Stakes are high for LNG export plan. Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Resources now wants to turn its entire Cove Point operation around, reversing the flow so it can liquefy the natural gas now pouring out of Pennsylvania wells and load it onto tankers bound

Political | 129 hits | 10:51 AM on Monday | posted by commanderkai

France's governing Socialists sustain substantial losses in local polls, as the centre right claims victory and the far right makes big gains.

Environmental | 146 hits | 6:44 AM on Monday | posted by stemmer

One of the authors of a U.N. draft report on climate change pulled out of the writing team, saying his colleagues were pulling too far to the left and issuing unfounded "alarmist" claims at the expense of real solutions.

Environmental | 241 hits | 4:12 AM on Monday | posted by saturn_656

The International Court of Justice on Monday ordered a temporary halt to Japan's Antarctic whaling program, ruling that it is not for scientific purposes as the Japanese had claimed.

Misc World | 134 hits | 12:36 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Monday returned fire into North Korean waters after shells from a North Korean live-fire drill fell south of the rivals' disputed western sea boundary, a South Korean military official said.

Health | 118 hits | 3:21 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus in seven years has killed 70 people and infected as many as 111 in Guinea, causing neighboring Senegal to close its border with the country.

Religion | 114 hits | 3:06 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Chauffeurs, photographers and caterers could have to pay thousands of pounds in damages if they refuse to provide services to a same-sex wedding

Provincial Politics | 141 hits | 3:02 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Premier Kathleen Wynne has threatened legal action‎ against Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak for what she calls “false, misleading and defamatory allegations” over the latest gas power plant revelations.

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