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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies aged 91
Misc World | 249 hits | 10:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by martin14
Trump visit tarnishes Sidney Crosby's crown in his hometown
A year after Halifax decided to consider naming a street after Sidney Crosby, the hockey superstar suddenly finds himself embroiled in an ugly political mess that has some residents openly musing about rescinding the offer. Alberta town looks to install Canada's first geothermal heating system
An Alberta town is teaming up with academic researchers and the private sector to install what may be Canada's first geothermal heating system in its downtown core.Rock fall on Yosemite's El Capitan kills 1, injures another
One person was killed Wednesday and another injured in a rock fall on the granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, an official said.
Misc World | 219 hits | 7:13 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
One person was killed Wednesday and another injured in a rock fall on the granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, an official said.Fish fall from sky with rain in northern Mexico
Officials in northeast Mexico said a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky Tuesday.
Officials in northeast Mexico said a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky Tuesday.Pittsburgh mayor will 'take a knee' to Penguins' White House visit
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says he's skipping the Pittsburgh Penguins' Oct. 10 White House visit because of recent tweets by President Donald Trump.
Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says he's skipping the Pittsburgh Penguins' Oct. 10 White House visit because of recent tweets by President Donald Trump.O.J. Simpson to be paroled next week, says prisons official
O.J. Simpson could be released on parole as soon as Monday in Las Vegas under a plan being finalized by Nevada officials, a prison spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Law & Order | 209 hits | 7:04 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
O.J. Simpson could be released on parole as soon as Monday in Las Vegas under a plan being finalized by Nevada officials, a prison spokeswoman said Wednesday. U.S., Russia to collaborate on spaceport orbiting moon
NASA has signed a joint statement with its Russian counterpart to collaborate on a future spaceport orbiting the moon called Deep Space Gateway. China rising: One country's grand plan to dominate Canada's game
What will it take for another county to break the stranglehold Canada and the United States have on international women's hockey? China thinks it knows. Miley Cyrus weighs in on 'loophole' in B.C.'s proposed ban on trophy huntingEnvironmental | 273 hits | 6:55 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Pop star Miley Cyrus is once again weighing in on a controversial environmental issue in B.C. by adding her voice to a new campaign that's calling for the end to all grizzly bear hunting in B.C.Court settlement pushes U.S. agency to decide if Pacific walrus is threatened species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service faces a deadline this week to decide whether the iconic Pacific walrus will join the polar bear on the threatened species list.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service faces a deadline this week to decide whether the iconic Pacific walrus will join the polar bear on the threatened species list. Kentville's new police chief will set Nova Scotia historyLaw & Order | 188 hits | 6:45 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Julia Cecchetto has seen the role of women in policing change throughout her 27-year career. Now she's becoming the province's first female police chief.Michigan State Police head under fire over NFL protest post
The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus and civil rights groups on Wednesday called for the resignation or firing of the head of the State Police for sharing a Facebook post calling NFL players who protest during the national anthem "anti-American degenerat
The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus and civil rights groups on Wednesday called for the resignation or firing of the head of the State Police for sharing a Facebook post calling NFL players who protest during the national anthem "anti-American degenerat Liberals plan apology for 1939 decision to turn away ship of Jewish refugees
The federal Liberals are working on an apology for the Canadian government's 1939 decision to turn away a boat of German Jews seeking asylum in Canada, The Canadian Press has learned. Infamous Banff-area grizzly killed by hunter in B.C.
An often troublesome, collared female grizzly — famous for her run-ins with people in Alberta's Bow Valley — has been killed by a hunter in B.C. less than two months after being relocated.93% of Iraqi Kurds vote for independence
Referendum result overwhelmingly endorses Kurdish independence from Baghdad, as Iraq’s central government mounts pressure to 'cancel' vote and its outcome.
Misc World | 193 hits | 3:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Referendum result overwhelmingly endorses Kurdish independence from Baghdad, as Iraq’s central government mounts pressure to 'cancel' vote and its outcome. Rapper B.o.B Wants to Launch a Satellite to See if Earth Is Flat
B.o.B may be about to blow the lid off the "round-Earth conspiracy". Hurricane Maria regains strength off North Carolina as Lee becomes major storm
Marias top sustained winds are near 75 mph, with higher gusts as it lingers off the coast of North Carolina Audit of B.C. mosque charity alleges personal spending, ‘relationship’ with group accused of supporting terror | Globalnews.caReligion | 248 hits | 11:07 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A charity that runs a Vancouver-area mosque has been penalized by federal regulators after an audit found personal spending by its former president and alleged ties to a Qatar organization accused of supporting terrorism.Save the Children accused of being in pockets of smugglers
The footage shot off the coast of Libya shows a vessel full of migrants being ushered to a ship chartered by British charity Save the Children, according to an Italian television network
Misc World | 84 hits | 11:06 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The footage shot off the coast of Libya shows a vessel full of migrants being ushered to a ship chartered by British charity Save the Children, according to an Italian television network Oldest traces of life on Earth may lurk in Canadian rocks
Researchers report chemical evidence of organisms that lived 3.95 billion years ago, but scepticism abounds. Distorted inukshuk art at Toronto airport angers some Inuit
The way three inukshuks displayed outside Toronto's Pearson International Airport have been reassembled has angered some Inuit. Saskatchewan soldier's Victoria Cross sold for $550K at auction
A rare military medal awarded to a Saskatchewan soldier was auctioned in England on Wednesday, and sold for more than half a million dollars. Alberta town hopes to pull new kind of energy from old gas wellEnvironmental | 135 hits | 6:47 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
An Alberta town is planning to pull a different kind of energy from the abandoned oil and gas wells that ring its outskirts. Council candidate calls for freeze of photo radar programProvincial Politics | 5952 hits | 6:46 AM on Wednesday | posted by DrCaleb
The City of Edmonton should "freeze" the photo radar program and re-evaluate its use, says Ward 4 council candidate Tricia Velthuizen. 'Radical and overreaching': Bell wants Canadians blocked from piracy websites
Canada is a safe haven for internet pirates, Bell Canada says. The telecom giant wants the federal government to fight back by blocking Canadians' access to piracy websites and stiffening the penalties for violations. Boeing Super Hornet jet purchase likely to become 1st casualty in possible trade war
After what seems like the first shot of a trade war, the first casualty of the U.S. Commerce Department's ruling against Bombardier could be the Canadian military's purchase of Super Hornet jet fighters.Apple is being sued for patent infringement by a Native American tribe
New IP rules: Patents can be reviewed, "unless you pay off some Indian tribe."
New IP rules: Patents can be reviewed, "unless you pay off some Indian tribe." Thompson, Man., howls into Guinness World Records book
It's not uncommon to hear the howl of a lone wolf out in the wilderness surrounding Thompson, but it's not every day you hear thousands of people trying to imitate that sound all at once. 'Please, we need a home': Nigerian asylum seekers follow well-trodden migrant route to CanadaMisc World | 181 hits | 2:32 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Migrants risk arrest and an uncertain future for a chance to slip into Canada as they continue to cross illegally into Canada. The Canadian government can't seem to plug the breach of the border along a well-trodden route from New York State into Quebec.'Quintessential British treasure:' What next for London's disappearing phone booths'
Like a throwback to a bygone era, bright red phone booths still line the streets of London’s central tourist area. These days, they serve much less as a means of communication than as a backdrop for visitors’ photos.
Like a throwback to a bygone era, bright red phone booths still line the streets of London’s central tourist area. These days, they serve much less as a means of communication than as a backdrop for visitors’ photos. 'Gratuitously cruel': Woman sent to prison for biting off McLaren Hotel employee's ears in attackLaw & Order | 163 hits | 2:17 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
A Winnipeg woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for a pair of violent attacks, one of which left a hotel worker permanently disfigured. Change to Regina bylaw allows construction of mosque, other religious venues in industrial area
Regina city council has changed its policy on where religious facilities can be built, allowing the Muslim community to establish a new mosque in an industrial area. Trio takes off in taxi with stolen guns after Saskatoon break-in: policeLaw & Order | 80 hits | 2:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Police have laid more than 100 charges after a robbery in which the residents of a Parkridge home were threatened by a trio of suspects who stole guns and fled in a taxi. St. Albert guts ponds of invasive 'monster' goldfishEnvironmental | 105 hits | 2:11 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Someone set free a pair of pet fish about four years ago. Now, the infested water glimmers gold with thousands of Asian goldfish. The City of St. Albert is battling the invasive species of goldfish by pumping chemicals into two infested stormwater ponds. Grizzly bear in southwest Calgary prompts closure of Griffith Woods Park
Grizzly bear was spotted Monday by a cyclist and a jogger in the area. Griffith Woods Park is closed to the public as Fish and Wildlife attempt to trap and relocate the bear. Fort McMurray fires cause air pollution spike on other side of continentEnvironmental | 94 hits | 2:06 AM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
The huge forest fire in Fort McMurray last year caused air pollution levels to spike as far away as the New England states more than four thousand kilometres on the other side of the continent. New whale rescue policy drowning in bureaucracy, say critics
Why Canadian whale rescuers say they're drowning in bureaucracy over a new government policy. The death of a New Brunswick fisherman killed during a whale rescue has led to a complete ban on freeing the endangered right whale. New model confirms endangered right whales are decliningEnvironmental | 103 hits | 5:10 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Researchers with the federal government and the New England Aquarium have developed a new model they said will provide better estimates about the North Atlantic right whale population, and the news isn't good. Canadian warship HMCS St. John's helps after 'near total devastation' on DominicaMisc World | 177 hits | 5:08 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
The captain of a Canadian warship delivering aid to the hurricane-battered island of Dominica describes 'near total devastation' after visiting the capital Roseau and surveying the storm damage from a Sea King helicopter.Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for the first time
Saudi Arabia announces that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Women's rights activists since the 1990s have been pushing for the right to drive.
Misc World | 112 hits | 4:49 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Saudi Arabia announces that women will be allowed to drive for the first time in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Women's rights activists since the 1990s have been pushing for the right to drive. U.S. imposing 220% duty on Bombardier CSeries planesBusiness | 192 hits | 4:30 PM on Tuesday | posted by shockedcanadian
$15 minimum wage could cost Ontario economy up to 90,000 jobs by 2020Provincial Politics | 73 hits | 1:58 PM on Tuesday | posted by Coach85
Ont. minor hockey makes transgender training mandatory for coaches
Education on transgender athletes is mandatory for all of Ontario's minor hockey coaches, trainers and managers this season, the latest step in a series of changes stemming from a human rights complaint filed by a transgender teen in 2013. Canadian Taxpayers Federation | The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a citizen's advocacy group dedicated to lower taxes, less waste & accountable government.
Those with incomes at $100,000 and above represented 8.4% of all filers and paid 51.8% of all federal income tax
but apparently we don't pay our fair share! Calgary fights to keep $76K investigation into councillor misconduct a secretProvincial Politics | 139 hits | 6:31 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
The City of Calgary is fighting to ensure an independent investigator's report on misconduct by city councillors remains a secret. The city paid a lawyer $76,000 to investigate whistleblower complaints against council members. Ukraine asks Canada for access to satellite images to monitor Russian, rebel troop movementsMisc World | 3177 hits | 6:29 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has pressed the Trudeau government to restart a program to supply the Ukrainian military with satellite images to monitor Russian and separatist rebel troop movements. Alberta man charged with manslaughter for deadly opioid, police sayLaw & Order | 119 hits | 6:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
A 32-year-old Alberta man has been charged with drug trafficking and manslaughter in connection with an overdose death last fall in an Edson hotel room. Sports and energy drinks unhealthy for kids and teens, Canadian pediatricians say
Most children and teens shouldn't consume sports and energy drinks and the products should no longer be marketed to them, the Canadian Paediatric Society says. Northern airline operators threatened by 'absurd' Transport Canada rules, says advocacy group
Controversial new rules proposed by Transport Canada, which would put restraints on pilot flying time, are being called "absurd" and "stupid" by some in the industry in the North.Back to Canada News
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