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History | 105 hits | 4:32 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

A federal government cleanup of the Canol pipeline, designed to move oil from Norman Wells, N.W.T. to Alaska, has yet to tackle hundreds of kilometres of abandoned telephone wire, and that’s causing problems for hikers and animals.

Misc CDN | 100 hits | 4:27 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

Parks Canada wants visitors to Fortress Louisbourg to have a ball this summer — a cannon ball.

History | 81 hits | 4:23 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

Paleontologists have identified fossils of a thumb-sized hedgehog and a spaniel-sized tapir that scurried through the B.C. rainforest 50 million years ago.

Misc World | 122 hits | 2:37 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Saudi Arabia has placed 30,000 soldiers on its northern border after 2,500 Iraqi soldiers reportedly quit their posts, leaving the country open to the threat of a lightning advance by ISIS militants.

Strange | 104 hits | 2:35 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A Toronto police officer spotted a member of Mayor Rob Ford’s entourage kicking a protester at a campaign event this morning, an incident caught on camera.

Misc World | 115 hits | 2:17 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian journalist and blogger Marzieh Rasouli reported to Evin prison on Tuesday to serve a two-year sentence and receive 50 lashes over charges of spreading anti-government propaganda,

Economics | 111 hits | 1:01 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Few people on the planet are tougher or more resilient than American farmers, many of whom are descendants of the original pioneers. So when you sell them tractors, spreaders and plows embedded with data-collecting software and sensors, you’d better be up

Law & Order | 95 hits | 12:12 PM on Tuesday | posted by QBall

How not to promote your beer: Create a bomb scare. But that's just what Coors Light (unintentionally) did. On Monday evening, downtown Toronto traffic came to a standstill after police were called in to investigate a "suspicious package" at a … Continue r

Environmental | 85 hits | 12:03 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

About 150 people gathered outside of the courthouse to silently protest the Yukon Government's land use plan for the Peel watershed, the subject of a major court battle that got underway in Whitehorse yesterday.

Science | 136 hits | 12:03 PM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

A U.S. government scientist cleaning out an old storage room at a research centre near Washington made a startling discovery last week — decades-old vials of smallpox packed away and forgotten in a cardboard box.

Law & Order | 95 hits | 10:25 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Omar Khadr, a Canadian who pleaded guilty in a U.S. military court to war-crimes charges, would have been sentenced as a youth had he been in Canada, and should be serving his time in a provincial facility, the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday.

Misc World | 101 hits | 10:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Under tough new anti-terrorism legislation to be announced on Wednesday in France, suspected radicals would be banned from international air travel and...

Environmental | 72 hits | 10:14 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

New papers in Science debate the limitations of international agreements on climate change and suggest reforms.

Business | 136 hits | 9:03 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Last week, for the first time in memory, the wholesale price of electricity in Queensland fell into negative territory – in the middle of the day. For several days the price, normally around $40-$50 a megawatt hour, hovered in and around zero. Prices were

Business | 115 hits | 8:02 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The Vatican bank on Tuesday reported a big drop in profits as Pope Francis presses reforms to make the scandal-tainted institution more transparent.

Environmental | 86 hits | 7:13 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Smith Creek in southeastern Saskatchewan normally runs dry in July. Last week it hit an all-time high and the stream gauge that scientists have been monitoring for decades is now under water. So are countless homes and farms in Saskatchewan and Manitoba w

Political | 91 hits | 7:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

An Alberta politician caught trying to buy sex from undercover officers in Minnesota while on a government trip has been allowed back into the Progressive Conservative caucus. Government whip George VanderBurg said Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo member of the

Business | 83 hits | 7:07 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

Kimberley B.C. is set to become home to one of the first grid connected solar projects in the province.

Business | 160 hits | 7:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina

Uncle Sam | 108 hits | 1:30 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Ahmad Jebril, 43, who is on probation after serving 6 1/2 years in prison, has become the most popular religious figure for Western fighters flocking to Syria to battle its government.

Sports | 92 hits | 1:25 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A study says that all World Cup teams that imposed a ban on sex failed to make it to the elimination round of the event.

Environmental | 91 hits | 1:23 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Scientists say if no action is taken during California's extreme drought, there could be dire and irreversible consequences for local wildlife.

History | 102 hits | 1:14 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Iraqi antiquities officials are calling on the Obama administration to save Nineveh and other sites around jihadist-occupied Mosul. But are drone strikes really the answer?

Environmental | 82 hits | 1:09 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

It is by far the highest level at the South Pole since satellite observations on which the figures depend began in 1979.

Sports | 103 hits | 1:02 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Bronx Bombers fan Andrew Rector claims he was defamed by announcers during an April 13 game. So he would like $10 million for his "emotional distress."

Arts & Entertainment | 99 hits | 12:58 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Last year, Despicable Me 2 alone grossed $143.1 million in its first five days after opening on the Wednesday before the Fourth of July...

Uncle Sam | 74 hits | 12:54 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Chicago's violent weekend began Thursday with two women being shot outside a two-flat and ended with at least 30 shot in 13 hours Sunday and Monday.

Military | 267 hits | 12:51 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

But it overlooks one decisive factor

Misc World | 83 hits | 12:48 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Australia is facing international condemnation after it confirmed it handed a boat of asylum seekers to the government of Sri Lanka where they now face “rigorous imprisonment”.

Lifestyle | 78 hits | 12:14 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Christian bakery facing legal action from equality quango for refusing to make cake with Sesame Street characters saying support gay marriage

Business | 89 hits | 12:11 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Edmonton Transit is facing legal action after anti-honour killing advertisements were removed from city transit, according to a press release posted online Monday.

Misc World | 70 hits | 12:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

More than 60 Nigerian girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have managed to escape, officials said Monday, though more than 200 girls who were kidnapped in April remain missing.

Uncle Sam | 71 hits | 12:05 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The minors were diagnosed with the highly-contagious H1N1 virus on Friday following their arrivals at two separate military detention facilities near Brownsville, Texas.

Law & Order | 111 hits | 5:19 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

Wounded officer was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries

Science | 98 hits | 5:18 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

After decades with the title, an extinct bird loses its claim to the widest wing span in history.

Business | 112 hits | 5:06 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The 115-year-old Kern River oil field unfolds into the horizon, thousands of bobbing pumpjacks seemingly occupying every corner of a desert landscape here in California’s Central Valley. A contributor to the state’s original oil boom

Law & Order | 88 hits | 4:58 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

The Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal of Canada says the CBSA contravened Canada’s Labour Code in making name tags mandatory.

Law & Order | 99 hits | 4:12 PM on Monday | posted by Guy_Fawkes

Manitoba's attorney general led a call on the Harper government Monday to amend its new prostitution bill and remove a section that makes it illegal for sex workers to communicate for the purposes of selling their services.

Business | 149 hits | 3:07 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog

An Australian girl who was kidnapped, beaten and married off to her older cousin by her father’s family in Syria at the age of 13 has spoken out about her horrific five-year ordeal for the first time.

Tech | 94 hits | 1:12 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 7, 2014) - BlackBerry Limited a global leader in mobile communications, earned three acclaimed Red Dot Awards for the high design quality of its BlackBerry Q10, BlackBerry Q5 and BlackBerry Z30 smartphones. This year

Lifestyle | 83 hits | 1:08 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Marc Emery, the so-called Prince of Pot, is due to be released from a U.S. prison this week. Many of his supporters criticized the American prosecution of the high-profile, Vancouver-based activist that began in 2005.

Uncle Sam | 95 hits | 1:06 PM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Canada-U.S. relations have hit a “low ebb” and a “new low.” They are “frayed” and “strained” Really? A longer-term view suggests recent tensions aren’t all that unusual. Strains over the Keystone XL pipeline, Buy American legislation, the Windsor-Detroit

History | 76 hits | 12:56 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

The files smuggled out of Russia in 1992 by senior KGB official Vasili Mitrokhin describe sabotage plots, booby-trapped weapons caches and armies of agents under cover in the West — the real-life inspiration for the fictional Soviet moles in “The American

Uncle Sam | 70 hits | 12:53 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

Worrying backdrop for Strategic and Economic Dialogue, as tensions threaten to torpedo cooperation on anything from climate change to nuclear proliferation.

History | 91 hits | 12:43 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

The Germans were pushing toward Paris in 1918 when untested American troops helped stop them at the Marne River in a pivotal World War I battle. CHÂTEAU-THIERRY, France — Fifty miles to Paris. That was all that separated a hardened German Army from, pe

Misc World | 82 hits | 12:35 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

Footage of two planes “almost colliding” at Barcelona Airport over the weekend has gone viral.

Law & Order | 64 hits | 12:30 PM on Monday | posted by Goober911

BOSTON — Federal prosecutors told jurors on Monday that a student knew his friend Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was behind the deadly Boston Marathon bombings when the student removed from a dorm room materials that he thought had been used to make the bombs. In t

Environmental | 96 hits | 11:22 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

In 2006, reduced thickness of ice roads forced the Diavik Diamond Mine in Northern Canada to fly in fuel rather than try to transport cargo across melted pathways, at an extra cost of $11.25 million.

Tech | 109 hits | 11:21 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

"Ten years from today the probability that you are depending on wires hanging on tree branches is as likely as that you'll still be installing land lines for telephones. Close to zero."

Uncle Sam | 73 hits | 10:59 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog

A float in a Nebraska Fourth of July parade displaying an outhouse as the Obama presidential library has sparked considerable controversy.

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