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Meet the baseball fan who's been flushing his buddy's ashes down ballpark toilets
A New York City man is on a mission to flush the cremated remains of his lifelong friend — a plumber — down ballpark toilets around North America.
A New York City man is on a mission to flush the cremated remains of his lifelong friend — a plumber — down ballpark toilets around North America.Guy in gorilla costume finishes London Marathon after 6 days
An English policeman wearing a gorilla costume while crawling the London Marathon has finally finished the race, almost a week after starting.
An English policeman wearing a gorilla costume while crawling the London Marathon has finally finished the race, almost a week after starting.London lesbian couple vanish after 'bust-up with father'
Maria Jimena Rico Montero and her Egyptian girlfriend Shaza Ismail have been reported missing to Spanish and Turkish officials after leaving the UK for the Middle East.
Strange | 623 hits | 6:08 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Maria Jimena Rico Montero and her Egyptian girlfriend Shaza Ismail have been reported missing to Spanish and Turkish officials after leaving the UK for the Middle East.
Meet Steve, the curious ribbon of purplish light discovered in Alberta skies
Alberta sky watchers chasing the northern lights have partnered with scientists on the discovery of a curious ribbon of purplish light that everyone is calling "Steve." The feature is attracting attention for its unexpected name, as well as how it was dis UN Puts Afghanistan, World's Opium Capital, On Drug Board | The Daily CallerStrange | 543 hits | 1:54 AM on Friday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Afghanistan is the world's premier producer of opium, but that fact did not prevent the country from receiving a spot on a United Nations drug control board Sask. ranchers stunned as beaver herds 150 cattle
Curious heifers marched after beaver, rancher calls event a very Canadian moment. Rancher Adrienne Ivey may have heard of a beaver, but until now, had never seen a beaver herd. Cattle, that is. Husband & wife shocked after DNA test reveals they are twinsStrange | 1088 hits | 5:44 AM on Sunday | posted by BeaverFever
Massive chicken egg cracked open to reveal another egg inside
A hen's egg that was more than three times the size of a normal egg has been cracked open. The results are amazing.'Neo-Nazi furries' uproar causes convention cancelation
Strange | 661 hits | 12:53 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
8-year-old boy drives 4-year-old sister to get cheeseburger: Police
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio- It wasn't a Big Mac attack, but a craving for the 'Golden Arches' that ended with a little boy taking his young sister for a ride in his dad's van.
Strange | 721 hits | 10:12 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio- It wasn't a Big Mac attack, but a craving for the 'Golden Arches' that ended with a little boy taking his young sister for a ride in his dad's van. It may not be legal, but marijuana-infused ice cream is now available in Calgary
Remedy Ice Cream is made in Calgary and infused with concentrated marijuana in an operation that's not legal but not exactly underground, either. While its operator may be more outspoken than others in the "grey area" industry, he's far from alone. ‘They will kill you and then they will bill you’: Teen who died in car crash receives $3,000 bill to replace guardrail | National PostStrange | 652 hits | 7:37 AM on Monday | posted by shockedcanadian
How this 3-year-old got stuck inside a toy claw machine
Irish dad Damien Murphy only turned away for a few seconds at a children's play centre. Moments later, he found his three-year-old son, Jamie, inside a toy machine.Plane lands safely in Australia after propeller falls off
A passenger plane landed safely Friday after one of its two propellers fell off in a near disaster as the plane approached Sydney Airport.
A passenger plane landed safely Friday after one of its two propellers fell off in a near disaster as the plane approached Sydney Airport. 'Very, very pink' tap water has residents in Alberta town in a tizzy
Residents in a small town northwest of Edmonton say bright pink water coming out of their taps was a bit of a shock. The town was doing its weekly wash of filters at the water treatment plant using potassium permanganate, which turns water pink when used Indian student 'burned alive on pyre after wrongly being pronounced dead'
A student who was pronounced dead in hospital may actually have been alive at the time and only later burned to death on a funeral pyre, Indian police say.
Strange | 709 hits | 8:21 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A student who was pronounced dead in hospital may actually have been alive at the time and only later burned to death on a funeral pyre, Indian police say.Man dies under his six-ton pile of porn magazines
The man's lowly death was revealed by a cleaner, who said his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly after the man's landlord called in at the flat in Japan over unpaid rent.
Strange | 822 hits | 7:47 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The man's lowly death was revealed by a cleaner, who said his company had been hired to remove the magazines discreetly after the man's landlord called in at the flat in Japan over unpaid rent.Father and son killed in head-on collision with each other
Authorities say a father and son have been killed in a head-on collision with each other in Fayette County, Alabama.
Authorities say a father and son have been killed in a head-on collision with each other in Fayette County, Alabama.WISCONSIN STUDENTS DEMAND FREE TUITION FOR BLACK STUDENTS
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and university
Strange | 590 hits | 12:08 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and university Mysterious creature lurking in Vancouver Island lake
Researchers aren't saying they've found a monster, but they do say they believe something big is lurking in a small lake on Vancouver Island. Ohio teen with leukemia uses stun gun to zap police officer in order to fulfill bucket-list wish | National PostStrange | 590 hits | 10:02 AM on Tuesday | posted by shockedcanadian
B.C. man slashes car tire, accidentally stabs self in leg
A case of apparent parking lot rage gone wrong has ended with a Vancouver Island man in hospital after accidentally stabbing himself in the leg while slashing a tire.Man walking across country barefoot hit by an SUV
A man who was hiking across America barefoot on the side of highways to 'save the earth' was struck by a Buick SUV and died Saturday.
Strange | 1074 hits | 12:42 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A man who was hiking across America barefoot on the side of highways to 'save the earth' was struck by a Buick SUV and died Saturday. Ground patrol to investigate mysterious Arctic 'ping' sound
The mysterious "ping" sound reported last fall is being investigated again by the military, which in November sent a surveillance plane to the area. Canada Revenue Agency monitoring Facebook, Twitter posts of some CanadiansStrange | 946 hits | 3:29 AM on Thursday | posted by shockedcanadian
The Canada Revenue Agency is scrutinizing the Facebook pages and other social media posts of people it believes are at "high risk" of cheating on their taxes. It's also rapidly expanding its use of cutting-edge big data techniques for everything from impr Justin Trudeau refuses to answer questions in EnglishStrange | 577 hits | 12:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused Tuesday to respond in English to several questions put to him in English in Sherbrooke, Que., telling the town hall meeting that because he was in Quebec he would speak French.Maryland school employee FIRED for correcting student's spelling in lighthearted banter over Twitter
A school system employee in Maryland who had a lighthearted quarrel with a student on Twitter has been fired. Katie Nash who acted as the media services coordinator since November 2016.
Strange | 799 hits | 9:03 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A school system employee in Maryland who had a lighthearted quarrel with a student on Twitter has been fired. Katie Nash who acted as the media services coordinator since November 2016.Bull mounts matador after knocking her to the ground in shocking clip
A BULL mounted a female matador after knocking her to the ground during a fight in Spain.
Strange | 803 hits | 12:10 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A BULL mounted a female matador after knocking her to the ground during a fight in Spain.YouTuber 8Booth's leap from hotel balcony goes disastrously wrong
As well as capturing the moment on his own GoPro, his failed stunt was caught on various security cameras at the Pacific Edge Hotel, in Laguna Beach, California.
Strange | 872 hits | 8:41 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
As well as capturing the moment on his own GoPro, his failed stunt was caught on various security cameras at the Pacific Edge Hotel, in Laguna Beach, California.Whale spotted swimming in New York City's East River: police
Officers patrolling New York City's harbour in a police boat have spotted a whale in the East River.
Officers patrolling New York City's harbour in a police boat have spotted a whale in the East River. Couple charged in runaway cheetah case near Creston, B.C.Strange | 874 hits | 12:36 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two people have been charged more than a year after a cheetah was spotted wandering the snowy roads in southeastern British Columbia.Missing New Jersey family members found alive in Virginia
A New Jersey woman and her 5-year-old great-granddaughter have been found alive in secluded woods in rural Virginia, apparently stranded there for days after disappearing on a holiday road trip, authorities said.
Strange | 658 hits | 10:31 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A New Jersey woman and her 5-year-old great-granddaughter have been found alive in secluded woods in rural Virginia, apparently stranded there for days after disappearing on a holiday road trip, authorities said. 'Rainbow lobster' leads contest for craziest crustacean
Social media users are casting their "likes" for photos of exotic lobsters in an online contest that has a multitude of multicoloured, oversized and extra-limbed critters clawing to be crowned craziest crustacean.Forget the turkey: When it comes to Christmas, 'we Japanese think of KFC chicken'
In Japan, the Christmas tradition isn’t turkey — it’s chicken. And to be specific, it’s the Kentucky fried variety.
In Japan, the Christmas tradition isn’t turkey — it’s chicken. And to be specific, it’s the Kentucky fried variety. Berlin terror attack warning a hoax: RCMPStrange | 893 hits | 11:18 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A man who warned the RCMP that terrorists were set to launch an attack in Berlin — three days before a truck plowed into a German Christmas market — was jailed when his claim was dismissed as a “hoax.” 600 rats removed from North Bay, Ont. apartmentStrange | 811 hits | 11:12 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Approximately 600 rats were seized from an apartment in North Bay, Ont. on Friday, after the owner of the rodents surrendered them to authorities. Saved from dog meat festival, 37 dogs en route to Montreal
Dogs who were saved from the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China earlier this year are on their way to Montreal and arrive at the SPCA Friday evening.Rape whistles to be issued for New Year
Austrian police will distribute 6,000 pocket
alarms on New Year's Eve to help prevent incidents like the mass sex assaults
in neighbouring Germany a year ago, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
Strange | 595 hits | 11:24 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Austrian police will distribute 6,000 pocket
alarms on New Year's Eve to help prevent incidents like the mass sex assaults
in neighbouring Germany a year ago, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. N.Y. police smash car window to save mannequin they thought was frozen womanStrange | 854 hits | 12:37 AM on Tuesday | posted by Alta_redneck
Police responded to a call from a concerned citizen who believed an elderly woman had frozen to death in a car. It was around -13 C that morning in Hudson, just south of Albany. According to a press release from the department, a rescue squad was dispatchBooby found on U.K. beach flown back to Caribbean home
Norman the booby bird may have clocked up the most unlikely air miles in aviation history.
Norman the booby bird may have clocked up the most unlikely air miles in aviation history.Topless man makes exploding vest out of firecrackers and sets them off
Serial joker Zacharias Holmes is forced to jump into a mound of snow after his body is left blackened and burnt from the painful stunt, filmed at an unknown location in the US.
Strange | 887 hits | 12:10 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Serial joker Zacharias Holmes is forced to jump into a mound of snow after his body is left blackened and burnt from the painful stunt, filmed at an unknown location in the US. Ont. university students shut down cafe after joke about hiring 'slave'Strange | 764 hits | 12:06 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A man who ran a café in a space owned by graduate students in Waterloo, Ont., has been suddenly forced out after posting a job ad on Facebook that jokingly stated he needs “a new slave." He says he is sorry for the joke. A petition is demanding he be reinMother dies after falling into huge vat of melted chocolate in Russia
Svetlana Roslina, 24, is believed to have been crushed to death as she tried to get out of the vat at the factory in Fedortsovo, north of Moscow.
Strange | 739 hits | 3:25 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Svetlana Roslina, 24, is believed to have been crushed to death as she tried to get out of the vat at the factory in Fedortsovo, north of Moscow.Yasmin Seweid, Muslim teen who reported harassment on New York subway, found safe
Last Thursday, Seweid told WCBS-TV that she was on the subway heading home from a school event when she was verbally attacked by the men, who she said made references to President-elect Donald Trump and called her a terrorist.
Strange | 704 hits | 12:11 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Last Thursday, Seweid told WCBS-TV that she was on the subway heading home from a school event when she was verbally attacked by the men, who she said made references to President-elect Donald Trump and called her a terrorist. With a kangaroo holding his dog in a headlock, Australian nonchalantly challenges it to fistfight | National PostStrange | 746 hits | 2:25 PM on Monday | posted by shockedcanadian
Light up your holidays with a 'Trudeau-scented' candleStrange | 715 hits | 1:19 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Fans of Justin Trudeau will now be able to fill their abodes with the Prime Minister’s mysterious musk. Some Missouri-based crafters have created a Justin Trudeau-scented candle.Baby penguin found wandering in Sydney suburb
A lost baby penguin is recovering well after it was found and rescued by two local men in Sydney, Australia.
Strange | 650 hits | 2:34 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A lost baby penguin is recovering well after it was found and rescued by two local men in Sydney, Australia. 'Grizzly Bear Spirit' case at Canada's Supreme CourtStrange | 589 hits | 12:38 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
First Nations take British Columbia government to the Supreme Court in "Grizzly Bear Spirit" case 'King Louie', the 23-pound lobster returned to Bay of Fundy
A massive lobster taller than a toddler was caught in the Bay of Fundy – and then bought by a vegan activist so it could be returned, alive, to its chilly home. Alberta SPCA investigates hairless-cat scam as another buyer comes forward
The Alberta SPCA's new investigation into the sale of fake hairless sphynx kittens will focus on the welfare of the counterfeit cats.Back to Canada News
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