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United Nations instructs Canada to suspend Site C dam construction over Indigenous rights violationsStrange | 196 hits | 2:38 AM on Sunday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Migrants are found hiding in MATTRESSES
The sub-Saharan men were arrested after border guards found them at a check-point between Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the north African coast, and Morocco.
Strange | 92 hits | 11:46 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The sub-Saharan men were arrested after border guards found them at a check-point between Melilla, a Spanish enclave on the north African coast, and Morocco. Squatter who moved into a $500k home charged with criminal trespassStrange | 318 hits | 1:18 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Joel Fedd moved into a $500k home just bought by a family after claiming he owned the land because he was 'Moorish American'. He was later charged with criminal trespass in Georgia. StatsCan planning to ask gender questions in 'pilot' census — and answering is mandatoryStrange | 330 hits | 2:33 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Statistics Canada may be coming to your door with some very personal questions next year. About 250,000 Canadian households are being targeted for a 'pilot' census in May and June - a dry-run for the full-scale census in 2021. Many new personal questions Eight-year-old pupils to be told 'boys can have periods too' under new sex education guidelines
The teacher guidance, from Brighton, Hove City Council, states: ‘Trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods.’ Critics described the guidelines as inappropriate.
Strange | 419 hits | 10:24 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The teacher guidance, from Brighton, Hove City Council, states: ‘Trans boys and men and non-binary people may have periods.’ Critics described the guidelines as inappropriate.Gingerbread men banned at Scottish Parliament as part of a new drive to 'stamp out sexism'
Gingerbread men have been replaced by gingerbread persons in the Scottish Parliament’s coffee shop in case the traditional name causes offence.
Strange | 316 hits | 10:46 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Gingerbread men have been replaced by gingerbread persons in the Scottish Parliament’s coffee shop in case the traditional name causes offence. Miracle Man survives 30 bullet woundsStrange | 283 hits | 9:55 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
This young man is hard to kill.But as a disturbing surveillance video shows, the men who repeatedly shot him sure tried their best to do just that.First-time hang-glider's pilot forgets to attach him to the craft
Heart-stopping video shows Chris Gursky realizing he is not attached just seconds after the pilot took off. For the next two minutes he held on for dear life as the pilot tried to steer to safety.
Strange | 204 hits | 8:50 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Heart-stopping video shows Chris Gursky realizing he is not attached just seconds after the pilot took off. For the next two minutes he held on for dear life as the pilot tried to steer to safety.US soldier 'strangled wife to death over his cross-dressing secret'
Logan Kyle, 22, is believed to have strangled his wife Shelena at their home in Fort Polk, Louisiana after she threatened to expose his cross-dressing secret. Sources say Kyle loved to wear wigs and makeup.
Strange | 339 hits | 1:00 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Logan Kyle, 22, is believed to have strangled his wife Shelena at their home in Fort Polk, Louisiana after she threatened to expose his cross-dressing secret. Sources say Kyle loved to wear wigs and makeup.French town hunts mystery serial rabbit killer after 100 pets fall victim
Strange | 221 hits | 1:15 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Naked man who jumped in shark tank at Ripley's Aquarium wanted for assault at Medieval TimesStrange | 179 hits | 2:49 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A man stripped naked and jumped into a shark tank — twice — at Ripley’s Aquarium in Toronto on Friday night.The transgender man who identifies as a dog
Tony, who was born female and is transgender, is supported by his husband and 'handler' Andrew, 32, who accompanies Tony to regular play dates with other role-players in the hometown of Los Angeles.
Strange | 329 hits | 3:44 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Tony, who was born female and is transgender, is supported by his husband and 'handler' Andrew, 32, who accompanies Tony to regular play dates with other role-players in the hometown of Los Angeles.A rock that was used as a doorstop for the past 30 years turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100K
A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central Michigan University.
Strange | 192 hits | 2:00 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central Michigan University.Seal attacks kayaker with octopus
Well, that was a slap in the face. "I'm not sure who got more of a surprise -- the seal, the octopus or me,"
Well, that was a slap in the face. "I'm not sure who got more of a surprise -- the seal, the octopus or me," Dozens of birds fall out of the sky in mysterious 'mortality event'
People were shocked to witness the birds, believed to be starlings, plunge to the ground near the BC Ferries terminal on Sept. 14. Kevin Beech says the scene was something reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock movie.Teacher fired for encouraging 21 preschoolers to FIGHT each other
Chavay Williams, 30, was fired from Playtime Preschool in Columbus for urging 21 kids, aged three and four, to fight each other on the playground and then sharing a video on Snapchat.
Strange | 271 hits | 4:41 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Chavay Williams, 30, was fired from Playtime Preschool in Columbus for urging 21 kids, aged three and four, to fight each other on the playground and then sharing a video on Snapchat. Giant spider-web cloaks land in Aitoliko, Greece
A large area of land by a lagoon in western Greece is covered by a giant spider-web.Story of teens shouting 'Trump 2016,' leaving 'Go Home' note all lies, woman admits
A New York woman admitted she fabricated her story to police claiming a group of teens shouted “Trump 2016” at her and left the note “Go Home” after slashing her tires, police said.
Strange | 210 hits | 1:44 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A New York woman admitted she fabricated her story to police claiming a group of teens shouted “Trump 2016” at her and left the note “Go Home” after slashing her tires, police said. Laundry-loving cat has purr-loined dozens of clothing items in Delta neighbourhood
Owner Shawn Bell said his cat Bella first started bringing home garments last summer, but that the behaviour has since escalated at an alarming rate. He theorized Bella has one primary target, since based on sizing and style, many of the clothes appear to North Vancouver man faces mischief charges after sending sex doll airborneStrange | 368 hits | 12:35 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A 19-year-old North Vancouver man was arrested earlier this week for sending a blow-up doll airborne into Vancouver Harbour flight paths earlier this month.Just after 8 p.m.
Tennessee woman is rushed to hospital with dozens of spider bites
Angela Wright of Brentwood, Tennessee, was rushed to the ER with bites all over her body after suffering shortness of breath, hallucinations and dizziness.
Strange | 390 hits | 12:00 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Angela Wright of Brentwood, Tennessee, was rushed to the ER with bites all over her body after suffering shortness of breath, hallucinations and dizziness.Man is crushed to death by his own mother's coffin at her funeral
Samen Kondorura, 40, died when pallbearers lost their footing carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district of Indonesia.
Strange | 260 hits | 4:14 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Samen Kondorura, 40, died when pallbearers lost their footing carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in the Parinding valley in North Toraja district of Indonesia.Seven-metre-long python swallows Indonesian woman
JAKARTA, Indonesia; A 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday.The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near her village on Muna island in Sout
Strange | 767 hits | 11:41 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
JAKARTA, Indonesia; A 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) python has swallowed a woman in central Indonesia, a village official said Saturday.The victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, went missing while checking her vegetable garden near her village on Muna island in SoutArkansas man dies after being sucked into whirlpool created by underwater sinkhole
Witnesses reported that when the whirlpool formed, boaters were ejected from their boats. The victim, who was in a kayak, paddled over to try to help them
Strange | 517 hits | 2:12 PM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Witnesses reported that when the whirlpool formed, boaters were ejected from their boats. The victim, who was in a kayak, paddled over to try to help them Angry opossum found in B.C. shower wasn't a prank, police say
Police won't say how an opossum ended up in a shower at a home in the community of Ladner, B.C., but one thing is clear: the long-tailed animal wasn't happy when an officer showed up to take it away. B.C. woman recounts ‘feces falling from the sky’Strange | 405 hits | 4:24 AM on Saturday | posted by Freakinoldguy
King of Ink Land tattoo man invited for NHS smear test
Originally Mathew Whelan, but now known as 'King of Ink Land' - Britain's most tattooed person, the patient was 'shocked' to receive an NHS smear test letter despite not having a cervix.
Strange | 911 hits | 2:40 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Originally Mathew Whelan, but now known as 'King of Ink Land' - Britain's most tattooed person, the patient was 'shocked' to receive an NHS smear test letter despite not having a cervix.Brooklyn pizzeria cooks up 'pied pod' calzones — Tide pods you can actually eat
Vinnie's Pizzeria in Brooklyn promises these colourful snacks, modelled after Tide laundry detergent pods, are "100 per cent edible and 100 per cent not poison. "
Vinnie's Pizzeria in Brooklyn promises these colourful snacks, modelled after Tide laundry detergent pods, are "100 per cent edible and 100 per cent not poison. "Alligator fights python in front of shocked golfers
An alligator and a Burmese python were locked in a cold-blooded battle to the death as a crowd watched in shock at a golf course in Naples, Fla., last...
Strange | 5955 hits | 12:45 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An alligator and a Burmese python were locked in a cold-blooded battle to the death as a crowd watched in shock at a golf course in Naples, Fla., last... The world's fastest motorized log is for sale
A B.C. red cedar on wheels is being auctioned off after setting the world record as the world's fastest log car. The Cedar Rocket was built by the team at Pioneer Log Homes of Williams Lake, B.C. B.C. man declared dead, then living, now dead again
Bryan Kupiak had to prove to the government that he was alive after his social insurance number was mixed up with his deceased mother's. He thought it had all been cleared up, until his wife received a Revenue Canada notice stating she is a widow.Cops chase man in speeding car with mom's body in back seat
What started as a routine traffic stop on Monday turned into a wild, high-speed chase for cops in South Dakota.Oh, and the accused allegedly had the corpse of his dead mother in his backseat.
Strange | 497 hits | 1:00 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
What started as a routine traffic stop on Monday turned into a wild, high-speed chase for cops in South Dakota.Oh, and the accused allegedly had the corpse of his dead mother in his backseat. Mysterious big bang, possibly an ice quake, shakes Alberta village
Some residents of Alberta Beach awoke earlier this week to a very loud bang, and in the morning they reported cracks in homes and the ground. Alberta Beach mayor Jim Benedict says people thought something had hit their houses -- or that something had fall 203 years ago, a Toronto lighthouse-keeper disappeared. Today, the mystery endures
Unexplained lights in the windows, strange bloodstains on the staircase, his shadowy form gliding across the sand in the moonlight — for those who believe it's haunted, these are just some of the signs a ghost dwells in the walls of a lighthouse on Toront Meet the Louisiana grandmother Quebecers keep drunk dialing, hoping for a ride
Ruby Palermo, 79, has taken to unplugging her landline at night during the holiday season to stop getting calls from intoxicated Quebecers trying to reach Opération Nez Rouge. How a fishing balloon from Yarmouth made its way to Norway and back
It took about 2˝ years and a 10,000-km journey, but a Nova Scotia fisherman got his fishing balloon back, thanks to some help from the Canadian Forces. Homeowners shocked after deer carcass tied to mailbox, head left on driveway
Provincial police say a homeowner is in shock after a deer carcass was tied to a mailbox in the southwestern Ontario community of Windham. The deer's head was removed and left in the driveway. After losing family’s $846K inheritance, UPS offers to refund $32 shipping fee | New York PostStrange | 726 hits | 10:59 AM on Thursday | posted by shockedcanadian
Dog survives after 21 soothers removed from its belly
An Oklahoma mother and father couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the family dog swipe one off a counter.
An Oklahoma mother and father couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the family dog swipe one off a counter. Lobster found off New Brunswick coast with image of Pepsi can on claw
Fisherman Karissa Lindstrand drinks a lot of Pepsi every day -- so imagine her surprise as she was banding lobster claws and came across a lobster with the image of a Pepsi can on it.Migrants eaten by sharks during Libya rescue operation
At least 30 migrants died and 200 were rescued after they were set on by sharks during a crossing from Africa, Libya's navy has said. Some 18 women and three children were among the dead.
Strange | 450 hits | 11:48 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
At least 30 migrants died and 200 were rescued after they were set on by sharks during a crossing from Africa, Libya's navy has said. Some 18 women and three children were among the dead. Gravity-defying frozen noodles take internet by storm
A photo taken in Yellowknife of a bowl of ramen noodles with the chopsticks suspended frozen in place has been viewed more than 573,000 times on Reddit alone. Advertising on icebergs' A Newfoundland man plans to try
A Newfoundland man says he plans to auction off the opportunity to advertise on an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean next spring. The ad will be sold to the highest bidder, with bids starting at US$500,000.Fans of Félicette, the 1st cat in space, want a statue built in her honour
Matthew Serge Guy has launched a Kickstarter for Félicette the French feline, who gave her life — albeit not willingly — in pursuit of science.
Matthew Serge Guy has launched a Kickstarter for Félicette the French feline, who gave her life — albeit not willingly — in pursuit of science. They thought she was a goner: Cat came back 15 months later
An Island family is celebrating after their cat who had been missing for 15 months was found. 'She wasn't even here for Trump's election so we've got some hard news to tell her' N.L. student's message in a bottle found in France, draws scientific interest
Devon Maher, 10, gave his father a message in a bottle to drop into the North Atlantic during a crab fishing trip in May 2016. It was found months later, on the other side of the ocean. Naked suspects in Nisku kidnapping may have consumed hallucinogenic teaStrange | 2370 hits | 8:01 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The naked people charged in a kidnapping that ended in a two-vehicle car crash in Nisku Monday morning may have consumed a hallucinogenic tea, a man who knows them told CTV News.Stray cat suspected of attempted murder in Japan
Police investigating a murder attempt in Japan have one unusual suspect: a stray cat.
Strange | 1055 hits | 7:59 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Police investigating a murder attempt in Japan have one unusual suspect: a stray cat.Court bans zoo from letting children swim with crocodiles and alligators
At a unique zoo in Hesse, visitors can get up close and personal with deadly reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators. But on Thursday a court judge denied the zoo's appeal to be allowed to continue with these practices for children.
Strange | 1203 hits | 9:10 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
At a unique zoo in Hesse, visitors can get up close and personal with deadly reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators. But on Thursday a court judge denied the zoo's appeal to be allowed to continue with these practices for children.Back to Canada News
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