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Tech | 128 hits | 11:17 PM on Saturday | posted by Regina

A German sports journalist said he has discovered a ''new, undetectable doping agent'' developed by a Russian scientist who is prepared to sell it to athletes competing in the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Military | 120 hits | 4:06 PM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy

The NDP says the federal government is transferring veterans' medical records to the custody of a private American company.

Law & Order | 210 hits | 5:50 AM on Saturday | posted by GreenTiger

Justin Bieber could face federal prison time and a hefty fine if the Federal Aviation Administration finds he interfered with the flight crew aboard a privat...

Misc World | 166 hits | 10:56 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack

Olympic gold medal winners will receive a second medal this Saturday that contains a piece of the large meteorite that lit up the skies over Russia a year ago. Meanwhile, the United Nations is calling for efforts to ramp up preparations for the next objec

Sports | 175 hits | 10:51 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack

When Kazakh skater Denis Ten won a bronze medal in men’s figure skating on Friday, he also earned a $82,500 cash reward from his home country.

Religion | 315 hits | 5:16 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Jordan Horner (pictured), Royal Barnes, and Ricardo MacFarlane were jailed for a total of two years and ten months for touring East London harassing ‘non-believers’.

Environmental | 200 hits | 5:15 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The giant $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar-power project opening this week in the California desert is the first of its kind, and it may be among the last, because of growing evidence that the technology is killing birds.

Political | 138 hits | 2:34 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told a Vancouver audience today that the announcement of a tax break for volunteer search and rescue workers in the 2014 budget was a way for the government to say thanks.

Science | 127 hits | 2:32 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl

As the meat it ate came in bigger and bigger packages, an ancient predator armed itself for the challenge, a Canadian study has found.

Business | 183 hits | 2:27 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl

The federal government has helped secure a $10-billion US deal for a Canadian company to sell armoured vehicles to Saudia Arabia, a country widely condemned for its human rights abuses.

Misc World | 183 hits | 2:09 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

A billionaire venture capitalist suggested Thursday that wealthy Americans should get more votes. Asked for an idea that would "change the world" at a speaking engagement in San Francisco, Tom Perkins said: "The Tom Perkins system is: You don't get to vot

Misc World | 132 hits | 1:41 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik threatened to go on hunger strike for better video games and other perks to alleviate his "torture"-like prison conditions, in a letter received by AFP Friday. The right-wing extremist -- who killed 77 people in a bo

Business | 116 hits | 1:17 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl

The Obama administration gave banks a roadmap for doing business with legal marijuana sellers without getting into trouble, another step by the federal government toward enabling a legalized marijuana industry to operate in states that approve it.

Law & Order | 139 hits | 12:53 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl

A 19-year-old Sarnia, Ont., man has been arrested and charged in the case of a cat that survived getting shot in the head 17 times.

Strange | 145 hits | 12:18 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The husband of a woman who died BASE jumping in Zion National Park, Utah, over the weekend has been fined for the jump.

Uncle Sam | 106 hits | 11:51 AM on Friday | posted by xerxes

The Kansas House approved a controversial bill that would permit businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples on the basis of religious beliefs.

Business | 105 hits | 11:48 AM on Friday | posted by Regina

Calgary-based WestJet Airlines Ltd. will start offering Wi-Fi aboard its flights by the end of 2014, with its new inflight entertainment system coming from satellite-based capability.

Strange | 212 hits | 11:45 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Incredible footage reveals the moment a woman in Haiku City, China, was grabbed by her boyfriend and stuffed down a manhole - umbrella and all - where she remained stuck for 60 hours until her cries for help alerted passers-by.

Health | 108 hits | 10:09 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

New research shows that the state of South Australia has a higher rate of deaths from extreme cold compared with the northern European nation of Sweden.

Science | 167 hits | 9:40 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report. The conversion produces significantly more energy than it requires and results in tr

Political | 105 hits | 8:22 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Radio-Canada’s investigative program Enquête has uncovered a money trail suggesting that almost $1.5 million in suspected kickbacks ended up in Swiss bank accounts of a former Federal Bridge Corporation boss, shortly after SNC-Lavalin was awarded a $127-m

Law & Order | 109 hits | 8:22 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

A federal watchdog is attracting howls of protest from some privacy and internet experts after absolving Canada’s electronic spy agency of using data from a Canadian airport internet service to track thousands of passengers for days after they left the te

Environmental | 108 hits | 5:58 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

Researchers at the University of British Columbia warned scientists Thursday they had found evidence that an infectious form of a cat parasite had spread through Arctic waters and has begun to appear in Beluga whales. Michael Grigg and Stephen Raverty att

Provincial Politics | 124 hits | 9:26 PM on Thursday | posted by saturn_656

NDP take Niagara Falls, Tories triumph in Thornhill and Liberals are left with one less seat in the legislature

Misc World | 136 hits | 9:21 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

Scientists are asking people across the country to spend 15 minutes counting local birds between Feb. 14 and 17 to help put together a better picture of what’s happening in the ecosystem.

Sports | 144 hits | 9:19 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

As Canada’s success stories like the Dufour-Lapointe sisters and Alexander Bilodeau steal much of the Olympic limelight, a well known Russian sport commentator tells CBC’s Nahlah Ayed that Canada is excelling in extreme sports because of their self-confid

Misc CDN | 123 hits | 9:18 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

A cellphone video of a moose attacking a woman in Smithers, B.C., is generating concern on Facebook, but conservation officers say the animal will not be put down.

Misc CDN | 107 hits | 9:13 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

A 55-year-old rabbit hunter from Nova Scotia's Digby County is recovering from an attack by a cranky owl on Tuesday night.

Sports | 149 hits | 7:41 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The beer fridge at Canada Olympic House that can only be opened by swiping your Canadian passport has proven to be a popular attraction at the Sochi Winter Games, and garnered Molson Coors worldwide publicity.

Misc CDN | 125 hits | 7:33 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Police arrested the man's alleged accomplice after a video posted online showed her helping him hold open the Peak 2 Peak Gondola doors

Misc World | 80 hits | 7:31 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl

Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the country's euthanasia law to children under 18.

Health | 101 hits | 6:59 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Homosexuality is only partly genetic with sexuality mostly based on environmental and social factors, scientists believe.

Economics | 99 hits | 6:11 PM on Thursday | posted by ShepherdsDog

Retired soldiers and Mounties, wounded veterans and their families are among a group of former federal employees that the government targeted for savings in its budget Tuesday.

Military | 242 hits | 4:24 PM on Thursday | posted by saturn_656

The federal Conservative government’s centrepiece defence strategy has taken another hit as plans to buy a new fleet of airplanes to patrol Canada’s coasts and its Arctic territory by 2020 have been effectively shelved.

Science | 107 hits | 3:15 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Scientists have moved a step closer to achieving sustainable nuclear fusion and almost limitless clean energy

Health | 153 hits | 11:43 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A growing number of scientists are convinced sugar is the cause of several chronic and very common illnesses, including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes.

Lifestyle | 117 hits | 11:23 AM on Thursday | posted by DonnaWho

Cats are cute. Kids are cute. But kids reading to cats? That’s off-the-charts adorable. At the Animal Rescue League of Berks County in...

Environmental | 126 hits | 10:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Carbon capture is yet to become energy-efficient, but uses of CO₂ are growing. In the new research, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, Soon Hong and colleagues from the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea have caught CO₂ from e

Environmental | 112 hits | 10:50 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

By rights, Mann v Steyn should be the 21st-century equivalent of the Scopes monkey trial, with believers in free speech, proponents of the scientific method and sympathetic millionaires and billionaires all piling in to Steyn’s defence with op eds, learne

Business | 113 hits | 7:53 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Comcast Corp. agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45.2 billion in stock, a surprise deal that combines the two largest U.S. cable companies and creates a bulwark against competition from phone and satellite providers.

Tech | 120 hits | 7:46 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina

The curved skyscraper that casts a 230 F beam that had melted cars and fried eggs on the street below will have special shades installed on more than 30 floors

Tech | 223 hits | 7:03 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The Minnesota-based Sheerwind turbine directs wind through a funnel. It is passed through a tube to the turbine's generator to create a so-called 'jet effect'.

Arts & Entertainment | 106 hits | 7:01 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Sid Caesar, whose clever comedy on such programs as "Your Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour" helped define the 1950s "Golden Age of Television," has died.

Tech | 105 hits | 6:55 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The Edmonton Public Library (EPL) has opened one of the first 'makerspaces' in Canada. A makerspace is an open area that provides people a chance “to learn, create, collaborate and discover with free access to the latest technology and equipment.”

Law & Order | 98 hits | 6:53 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

A federal watchdog says Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency, CSEC, did not invade the online activities of Canadians during a controversial study of wireless communication at airports.

Uncle Sam | 122 hits | 5:56 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

After seven years of litigation, two trips to a federal appeals court and $3.8 million worth of lawyer time, the public has finally learned why a wheelchair-bound Stanford University scholar was cuffed, detained and denied a flight from San Francisco to H

Law & Order | 95 hits | 1:08 AM on Thursday | posted by commanderkai

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is convicted on charges that he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work while he was in office, including right after Hurrica

Misc World | 123 hits | 8:21 PM on Wednesday | posted by saturn_656

Venezuela’s oil-fuelled economy is on the brink of collapse, crippled by shortages of goods and supplies

Sports | 114 hits | 7:29 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack

Canada used three third-period goals to rally and beat Team USA 3-2 Wednesday in an Olympic women's hockey preliminary match at Shayba Arena in Sochi, Russia.

Law & Order | 93 hits | 6:50 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl

From Yahoo News Canada: PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - A British Columbia father found not criminally responsible for killing his three children won't be able to apply for permission to leave the psychiatric hospital he now calls home, a provincial review board s

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