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Man jailed for assaulting ex with poutine
TIMMINS, Ont. -- A Timmins man has been sentence to four months in jail for theft after dumping poutine on a woman's head and running off with her purse. CF members honour those who fought at Vimy
On July 18, 2010, a Canadian Forces (CF) contingent of 220 persons on their way to the Netherlands for the 94th International Four Days Marches Nijmegen stopped in France to commemorate the sacrifice of more than 66,000 Canadian service personnel who diedEx-Romanian dictator Ceausescu and wife exhumed
BUCHAREST, Romania � The mystery of where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were buried moved closer to resolution Wednesday after forensic scientists dug up their official graves in a hunt for DNA.
Misc World | 206842 hits | 7:15 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
BUCHAREST, Romania � The mystery of where former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were buried moved closer to resolution Wednesday after forensic scientists dug up their official graves in a hunt for DNA. Slice of meteorite could hold Earth's secrets
TORONTO � Researchers are hoping a fresh slice of a rare 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite will yield new information about our planet. Using a diamond-wire saw, mineralogists at the Royal Ontario Museum cut into the 53-kilogram space rock for media cameras 'Severe threat' as China oil spill grows
BEIJING � China's largest reported oil spill more than doubled in size to 430 sq. kilometers by Wednesday, forcing nearby beaches to close and prompting one official to warn of a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality.
Environmental | 206701 hits | 7:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
BEIJING � China's largest reported oil spill more than doubled in size to 430 sq. kilometers by Wednesday, forcing nearby beaches to close and prompting one official to warn of a "severe threat" to sea life and water quality.China flooding kills 701, worst toll in a decade
BEIJING � More than 1,000 people have died or disappeared in severe flooding in China so far this year, and the heaviest rains are still to come, a senior official warned Wednesday.
Misc World | 206581 hits | 6:59 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
BEIJING � More than 1,000 people have died or disappeared in severe flooding in China so far this year, and the heaviest rains are still to come, a senior official warned Wednesday.N. Korea to face new U.S. sanctions
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Wednesday that Washington will impose new sanctions on communist North Korea in a bid to stem the regime's illicit atomic ambitions.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Wednesday that
Misc World | 206721 hits | 6:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Wednesday that Washington will impose new sanctions on communist North Korea in a bid to stem the regime's illicit atomic ambitions.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Wednesday that Astrophysicists find most massive star ever
A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighbouring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time.
A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighbouring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday after working out its weight for the first time. Giant hogweed invades RichmondEnvironmental | 206672 hits | 6:52 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Giant hogweed � a dangerous and invasive plant � has been found in Richmond, B.C. Bear attacks 2 Vancouver Island men
Two Vancouver Island men were attacked by a bear while they camped near Port Alberni on Wednesday morning. Viking settlement discovery celebrated
Parks Canada on Wednesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the only proven Viking settlement in North America, at one of the most northerly places in Newfoundland. Albatross found in eastern Ontario
An emaciated yellow-nosed albatross, typically found in the Southern Hemisphere, was found in eastern Ontario over the weekend. The seabird, which makes its home on a string of islands in the mid-Atlantic, had collapsed on a Wolfe Island beach off of King Industrialist Jack Irving dies at 78
John E. Irving, one of the heads of the Irving business empire, has died in Saint John after a brief illness. He was 78. Another delay in drunk driving trial for Oilers goaltender KhabibulinBusiness | 206759 hits | 6:16 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
There is another delay in the drunk driving trial for Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin. 18 days and still no sign of missing coupleLaw & Order | 206614 hits | 6:03 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Eighteen days have gone by and there is still no sign of a couple from St. Albert who went missing earlier in the month. Oilers will not play in a "renovated Rexall Place": Katz GroupSports | 206872 hits | 5:58 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Daryl Katz and his team met face-to-face with Mayor Stephen Mandel and councillors Wednesday afternoon at city hall. Warrant issued for man who set wife on fireLaw & Order | 206678 hits | 5:56 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Mounties in North Vancouver, B.C., have issued a nation-wide call for help to find a man who doused his common-law wife with hairspray and lit her on fire six years ago, causing her third-degree burns. Sunken ferry survivors get $350,000 in settlementMisc CDN | 206580 hits | 5:52 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Dozens of passengers who scrambled off the Queen of the North as the ferry began sinking in waters off B.C.'s coast more than four years ago have settled a class-action lawsuit for $350,000. Suspected leader among G20 vandals surrendersLaw & Order | 206728 hits | 5:50 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A woman accused by Toronto Police of being a leader amongst the G20 political vandals has surrendered to law enforcement officials in Peterborough.Air passengers thrown from seats in severe turbulence
Passengers were thrown from their seats, drinks and loose items flew through the cabin and oxygen masks dropped from overhead when a United Airlines jetliner took a harrowing drop amid severe turbulence on a cross-country flight.
Business | 206833 hits | 5:48 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Passengers were thrown from their seats, drinks and loose items flew through the cabin and oxygen masks dropped from overhead when a United Airlines jetliner took a harrowing drop amid severe turbulence on a cross-country flight. Ramp ceremony for Canadian sapper in KandaharMilitary | 206847 hits | 5:47 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadian troops and their NATO allies attended a ramp ceremony Wednesday night to say goodbye to Sapper Brian Collier, the latest Canadian soldier to die in the Afghan mission.Suit claims widow of Wharton firefighter was born a man
The family of a Wharton firefighter who died battling a massive egg farm blaze is fighting to keep his widow from receiving death benefits, arguing that the 37-year-old had found out his bride of two years was born a man.
The family of a Wharton firefighter who died battling a massive egg farm blaze is fighting to keep his widow from receiving death benefits, arguing that the 37-year-old had found out his bride of two years was born a man. Head of StatsCan resigns over census changesPolitical | 206681 hits | 5:45 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The head of Statistics Canada has resigned after a controversial decision by the Conservatives to scrap the long-form census, saying a voluntary survey cannot become a substitute for a mandatory one.Arab guilty of rape after consensual sex with Jew
A Palestinian man has been convicted of rape after having consensual sex with a woman who had believed him to be a fellow Jew.
Misc World | 207153 hits | 2:07 PM on Wednesday | posted by snookums
A Palestinian man has been convicted of rape after having consensual sex with a woman who had believed him to be a fellow Jew. Bear with head stuck in jar eludes Ontario wildlife officials
Residents of an island near Thunder Bay, Ont., are worried about the fate of a young bear that wildlife officials say has had a plastic jar stuck on its head for two weeks. Woman denied government job because of race
OTTAWA - A stay-at-home mother trying to re-enter the workforce after nine years away says she can�t understand why the federal government would stop her from applying for a job simply because she is white Winnipeg no longer auto theft capital of CanadaLaw & Order | 206683 hits | 7:28 AM on Wednesday | posted by QBall
For the first time in years, Winnipeg isn't wearing Canada's auto theft crown. The making of a violent SociopathLaw & Order | 207091 hits | 5:56 AM on Wednesday | posted by Benn
Trashing homes just for fun, killing small animals, and this is not his first arrest at age 16. All the makings of a future scourge on society.'Rabbit-fearing' teacher loses case against student
A German court on Tuesday threw out the case of a schoolteacher against a student who had allegedly been tormenting her by scrawling pictures of rabbits on the blackboard. The court declined to hear the complaint of the teacher, who was seeking an injunct
A German court on Tuesday threw out the case of a schoolteacher against a student who had allegedly been tormenting her by scrawling pictures of rabbits on the blackboard. The court declined to hear the complaint of the teacher, who was seeking an injunctLaser used to shoot down a moving aircraft for first time
Star Wars-style laser beams have been used for the first time to shoot down aircraft in flight, it was revealed last night.
Military | 208290 hits | 1:00 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Star Wars-style laser beams have been used for the first time to shoot down aircraft in flight, it was revealed last night. Man bashed raccoons with hockey stick: neighbour
A Vancouver Island man is under investigation after allegedly bludgeoning a mother raccoon and her baby to death with a hockey stick. Regrowing body parts closer to reality
Scientists in Toronto are trying to crack the secrets of regeneration to trigger the human body to grow tissues and organs damaged by disease. Replace Indian Act: AFN national chief
The head of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for a new relationship with the federal government and an end to the Indian Act within five years. 130 B.C. lottery web accounts compromised
B.C.'s privacy commissioner has confirmed that a breach that compromised users' account details forced the shutdown of the B.C. Lottery Corporation's new online casino PlayNow.com just hours after it was launched last week.Antarctic orcas dine on penguins scientists discover
Although orcas are known to predate penguins further north, around sub-Antarctic islands, this is the first time they have been seen hunting the birds in Antarctic continental waters.
Misc World | 206718 hits | 9:31 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Although orcas are known to predate penguins further north, around sub-Antarctic islands, this is the first time they have been seen hunting the birds in Antarctic continental waters. Stealth F-35 Lightning II will change the way Canada fights in the air
Now that Canada has announced it will purchase 65 F-35 Lightning II fighter jets under the Joint Strike Fighter program, one of the fighter pilots who will fly them some day is more enthusiastic than ever about his future.Dead penguins wash up on Brazil beaches
Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die.
Misc World | 206735 hits | 9:18 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Hundreds of penguins that apparently starved to death are washing up on the beaches of Brazil, worrying scientists who are still investigating what's causing them to die. BP sells Canadian assets to Apache
BP said Tuesday it is selling properties in Alberta and British Columbia worth $3.25 billion US to Apache Corporation to help pay for the cleanup and to cover compensation claims from its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Afghan forces aim to take lead by 2014Misc World | 206760 hits | 9:13 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Afghan police and soldiers should be responsible for security in the country by 2014, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said during an international meeting of military and political leaders in Kabul. Daycare worker charged with assaulting toddlerLaw & Order | 206699 hits | 9:09 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
An 18-month-old girl is in critical condition at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary with head injuries police say she sustained at a private home daycare in Medicine Hat. Inuit bones from ancestral site to be repatriated
Inuit remains that were taken from an ancestral burial site on Labrador's north coast more than 80 years ago by an American archeologist are to be returned to Canada. 
Elements of the Batoche National Historic Site, an important part of M�tis history in Canada, are crumbling and nothing can be done about it, according to Parks Canada.Report: NHL voids Kovalchuk deal
The NHL has rejected Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils on grounds that it circumvents the league's salary cap.
The NHL has rejected Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million contract with the New Jersey Devils on grounds that it circumvents the league's salary cap. Risk posed by pedophile manageable: psychiatristLaw & Order | 206783 hits | 5:10 PM on Tuesday | posted by ShepherdsDog
Ontario government drops complex eco feesProvincial Politics | 206613 hits | 2:28 PM on Tuesday | posted by Bodah
Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
A Canadian soldier, Sapper Brian Collier, was killed by a bomb in Afghanistan Tuesday. Premiers of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia propose new power transmission link
Proposed connection would open door for new renewable energy projects, more affordable power Boeing 787 appears at British air show
The visit to the Farnborough Airshow near London is the start of a weeklong European trade mission for Sanford and state Commerce Department representatives.
Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2010/07/20/1383451/boeing-787-appears-at-british.html#ixzz0 Ad suggests government funded porn jobFunny | 208034 hits | 9:30 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Want a job editing porn or something close to it?
A Montreal company is advertising for a video editor who must be comfortable working in the �adult industry.� The ad also says the federal government is sponsoring the position. Accused in G20 explosives case denied bailLaw & Order | 206704 hits | 9:27 AM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Toronto man accused of possessing explosive materials and scouting the G20 Summit site mouthed objections and shook his head when denied bail in a Finch Ave. courtroom on Tuesday.Back to Canada News
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