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'Unbelievable': Dieppe vet, 98, surprised with flight in military plane
A 98-year-old Canadian veteran of the Second World War was honoured with a surprise flight aboard the military Dash-8 aircraft in Winnipeg. “It’s unbelievable,” said Cole, who was a member of the First Calgary Tank Regiment, told CTV Winnipeg. “I thought Castlegar bridge designed by architect of collapsed Italian bridge
The bridge that collapsed this week in Genoa, Italy and tragically killed at least 39 people has an unusual tie to Castlegar of all places: the architect. Liberals scrap controversial family reunification lottery, accepting more applications
The Liberal government is scrapping its controversial lottery system for reuniting immigrant families and reverting back to a first-come, first-served system following backlash from frustrated sponsors. 'End of an era': First Dieppe remembrance service in Hamilton without a Dieppe veteran
Sunday marked the 76th anniversary of the Dieppe raid in France during the Second World War. It also marked the first time there wasn't a Dieppe veteran present in Hamilton. Strange Lakes Are Speeding Up Arctic Permafrost Melt, And That's Really Bad NewsEnvironmental | 118 hits | 6:56 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
The Arctic permafrost really should stay frozen. In many places it's been frozen for tens of thousands of years, locking away greenhouse gasses and ancient diseases. Canada's purchase of Trans Mountain clears major U.S. hurdle
A U.S. national security review has given Canada's purchase of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline the thumbs-up. The federal government says all necessary regulatory approvals have been received to close the sale. 800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state
Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India's Kerala state. BULLETS AND BLOODSHED: Smoke and mirrors won't stop gangs and gunsMisc CDN | 209 hits | 10:20 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
With Toronto's gun-related murders already at 31 this year, the city's smoke and mirrors approach to combating gangs and guns including a handgun ban won't stop the bullets and bloodshed, law enforcement sources say. Man faces assault charge for allegedly attacking Sun photographerLaw & Order | 183 hits | 1:02 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A man accused of assaulting a Toronto Sun photographer at an anti-racism rally in Nathan Phillips Square last weekend has been arrested.Toronto Police confirm the suspect, Donald Joseph MacLeod, was taken into custody in 52 Division on Saturday &mdash'I met my IS captor on a German street'
A Yazidi teenager sold into slavery by IS tells of her horror at meeting her captor in a German street.
Misc World | 193 hits | 1:01 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Yazidi teenager sold into slavery by IS tells of her horror at meeting her captor in a German street.Jewish couple to leave UK over anti-Semitism from Corbyn supporters
Mark Lewis, an ex Labour supporter who represented victims in the phone-hacking case, and Mandy Blumenthal said they are planning to move to Israel by the end of the year.
Religion | 200 hits | 10:15 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Mark Lewis, an ex Labour supporter who represented victims in the phone-hacking case, and Mandy Blumenthal said they are planning to move to Israel by the end of the year. Canada deliberately sidelined from latest NAFTA talks, Trump suggestsMisc CDN | 212 hits | 12:47 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'(Canada's) tariffs are too high, their barriers are too strong, so we're not even talking to them right now,' Trump saidFamily: Police use Taser to stun 87-year-old woman cutting dandelions
“If three police officers couldn’t handle an 87-year-old woman, you might want to reconsider hanging up your badge,” one relative said.
Law & Order | 110 hits | 12:40 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
“If three police officers couldn’t handle an 87-year-old woman, you might want to reconsider hanging up your badge,” one relative said.Satanic Temple statue unveiled at the Arkansas State Capitol
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Dozens attended a rally held by the Satanic Temple at the Arkansas State Capitol on Thursday.
Religion | 109 hits | 12:39 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
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Dozens attended a rally held by the Satanic Temple at the Arkansas State Capitol on Thursday. CRA insiders say Canada’s tax system helps rich avoid paying taxes: studyBusiness | 146 hits | 12:06 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
81 per cent of CRA employees surveyed in a recent PIPSC report agree that tax loopholes and exemptions disproportionately benefit wealthy Canadians. Century-old wood used to pave early Vancouver splintering in heat
Hidden below the streets of downtown Vancouver, under decades of asphalt, there's a layer of history that reminds us how the City of Glass used to be built of wood — and paved with it too.Progressive Feminist Group Calls on Democratic Party to Adopt Definition of Antisemitism
A liberal women’s rights group is calling on the Democratic National Committee to adopt an official definition of antisemitism to combat a “rising tide” of anti-Jewish discrimination in the party.
Misc World | 69 hits | 12:04 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A liberal women’s rights group is calling on the Democratic National Committee to adopt an official definition of antisemitism to combat a “rising tide” of anti-Jewish discrimination in the party. Tory senator pokes holes in Khalid's claim she didn't know constituent was alleged anti-SemiteMisc World | 183 hits | 11:01 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Conservative Sen. Linda Frum says she isn't satisfied with Liberal MP Iqra Khalid's apology for giving an award to an alleged anti-Semite — saying Khalid's professed ignorance of the man's association with anti-Jewish causes is disingenuous given she's ca Trump links Canadian lumber imports to deadly California wildfires
Trump decried the 'ridiculous' imports of lumber from Canada while fallen trees in the U.S. are left to rot on the ground, which could then become wildfire accelerant. Greens won't run candidate in Burnaby South as 'leader's courtesy' to Singh: MayPolitical | 92 hits | 10:00 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Green party will not run a candidate against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the riding of Burnaby South.Transgender candidate Christine Hallquist wins Democratic nomination for Vermont governor
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate from a major political party to be nominated for governor, and she’ll face the Republican incumbent, who survived a bitter backlash from his base o
Lifestyle | 92 hits | 9:56 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A former Vermont utility executive on Tuesday became the first transgender candidate from a major political party to be nominated for governor, and she’ll face the Republican incumbent, who survived a bitter backlash from his base oWashington judge throws out children's climate change lawsuit
A judge in Washington state on Tuesday dismissed a climate change lawsuit filed against the state by a group of child activists.
Environmental | 80 hits | 9:50 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A judge in Washington state on Tuesday dismissed a climate change lawsuit filed against the state by a group of child activists. Climate change data is wildly overestimatedEnvironmental | 115 hits | 9:44 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As the federal Liberals forge ahead with expensive tax-and-spend policies to tackle climate change, more and more Canadians aren't buying into their agenda. Most CRA auditors polled say Canada's tax system is skewed to protect the wealthy
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada polled 1,700 of its union members who work for CRA chasing down taxes owed by corporations and the wealthy. The survey found that 90 per cent of them believe the system is skewed to benefit the ri Most CRA auditors polled say Canada's tax system is skewed to protect the wealthy
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada polled 1,700 of its union members who work for CRA chasing down taxes owed by corporations and the wealthy. The survey found that 90 per cent of them believe the system is skewed to benefit the ri The nightmarishly complex wheat genome finally yields to scientists 
Bread, like wine, is pivotal in Judeo-Christian rituals. Both products exemplify the use of human ingenuity to re-create what nature provides, and the fermentation they both require must have seemed nothing less than magical to ancient minds. Feds to make a statutory holiday to recognize 'tragic and painful legacy' of residential school
The federal government is planning to announce a new statutory holiday to mark Canada’s destructive residential school legacy.First biomarker evidence of DDT-autism link
A study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that elevated levels of a metabolite of the banned insecticide DDT in the blood of pregnant women are linked to increased risk for autism in the offspring.
A study of more than 1 million pregnancies in Finland reports that elevated levels of a metabolite of the banned insecticide DDT in the blood of pregnant women are linked to increased risk for autism in the offspring.Europe’s far-right sends Steve Bannon and his plan for The Movement packing: ‘We’re not in America’
Many populist leaders in Europe bristle at the idea of being led by an American
Misc World | 188 hits | 10:29 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Many populist leaders in Europe bristle at the idea of being led by an American Asylum seeker claims increase in July, down year-over-yearLaw & Order | 181 hits | 10:21 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The number of irregular border crossers in Canada went up in July after two months of decline, but is half the number of people who arrived in July of last year. Rejected by Saudi Arabia, Nova Scotia maple syrup makes its way across globe
Canadians — and maple syrup fans from around the world — have stepped up to help Anne Hutchinson's business based in Lake Paul, N.S. Former Tory MLA Carl Benito target of immigration fraud investigationProvincial Politics | 134 hits | 9:03 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The Canada Border Services Agency raided the home and office of former Alberta Progressive Conservative MLA Carl Benito as part of an investigation into what the agency says was a three-year immigration fraud scheme. If the world ate the USDA-recommended diet, there wouldn't be enough land to grow it
A new Canadian study suggests that if the world's population adopted a diet recommended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture there wouldn't be enough agricultural land to grow the food. Global warming 'pause' about to end, raise Earth's temperatures furtherEnvironmental | 208 hits | 7:14 AM on Thursday | posted by Robair
The past four years have been the hottest on record, but new research shows the Earth was actually in a global warming "hiatus" that is about to end — and make the Earth even hotter.Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul, dead at 76
Multiple Grammy Award winner Aretha Franklin died today at her home in Detroit, the Queen of Soul's publicist says.
Arts & Entertainment | 196 hits | 6:41 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Multiple Grammy Award winner Aretha Franklin died today at her home in Detroit, the Queen of Soul's publicist says. Trump steel tariffs sparking ‘surge’ in imports that have feds ‘concerned:’ Morneau
A "surge" in foreign steel products coming into Canada has federal officials considering "exceptional" safeguard measures. Why Russian oil — and not Canadian — will keep fuelling the U.S. Pacific Northwest
Oil tankers coming in and out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca — the waterway between Vancouver Island and Washington state — are nothing special. In this crucial passage shared with the United States, if tankers are noticed at all they are just part of a pa B.C. wildfires 2018: Province declares state of emergency
The British Columbia government has declared a state of emergency to support the provincewide response to the ongoing wildfire situation. About 68,000 jobs in B.C. have gone unfilled for four months
If you expect a long line of eager prospective employees to show up for your minimum wage job posting, it might be time to rethink your business model and your attitude.
When labour is in short supply, it should create upward pressure on wages, but B.C Scientists find way to make mineral which can remove CO2 from atmosphere
Scientists have found a rapid way of producing magnesite, a mineral which stores carbon dioxide. If this can be developed to an industrial scale, it opens the door to removing CO2 from the atmosphere for long-term storage, thus countering the global warmi Banff, Jasper and Calgary record highest temperature increases: study
A researcher from the University of Calgary says temperatures are on the rise across Alberta, but Calgary, along with Banff and Jasper national parks, is really feeling the heat.More than 1,000 children abused by Pennsylvania priests, report says
More than 1,000 children — and possible many more — were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while senior church officials took steps to cover it up, according to a landmark grand jury report.
Law & Order | 197 hits | 2:39 PM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz
More than 1,000 children — and possible many more — were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while senior church officials took steps to cover it up, according to a landmark grand jury report. Woman says she lost ring finger on West Edmonton Mall waterslide | CTV News
A Saskatchewan woman says she lost a finger after her ring got caught on a waterslide at one of the largest malls in North America.Two 11-year-olds altered election results in hacker convention's replica of U.S. voting system
The hacking demonstration came as concerns swirl about election system vulnerabilities before mid-term state and federal elections.
The hacking demonstration came as concerns swirl about election system vulnerabilities before mid-term state and federal elections.U.S. inmate executed using fentanyl for 1st time
Nebraska used a lethal injection of four drugs in a never-before-tried combination, including the powerful opioid fentanyl, to carry out its first execution in more than two decades.
Law & Order | 94 hits | 11:36 AM on Tuesday | posted by Strutz
Nebraska used a lethal injection of four drugs in a never-before-tried combination, including the powerful opioid fentanyl, to carry out its first execution in more than two decades. Trinity Western drops mandatory covenant forbidding sex outside of heterosexual marriage
Students at Trinity Western University will no longer have to sign an agreement promising to abstain from all sex outside of heterosexual marriage. Ontario wants feds to foot $200M bill for asylum seekers in the provinceProvincial Politics | 156 hits | 10:52 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
OTTAWA — Ontario is renewing its demand that the federal government foot the entire bill for services provided to thousands of irregular border crossers who are seeking asylum in the province.
Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's minister of children, community and Manitoba massage therapist who gave female clients 'inguinal' treatments convicted of sex assaultLaw & Order | 260 hits | 10:44 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Seven women told police that he touched them inappropriately during massage appointments between 2010 and 2014, that he didn't properly explain his techniques and never got their consent.Back to Canada News
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