Deanna Lloyd and Chloe Zhu have been found.
Posted: | 9:03 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 208315 |
Rating: | 20833 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A CC-177 Globemaster III from 429 Transport Squadron, based out of 8 Wing Trenton, made its contribution to the security, transportation and surveillance of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games when it went on a special pick up and delivery missio
Posted: | 5:46 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207995 |
Rating: | 20800 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Vancouver Police Department issued an alert Monday evening after two 10-year-old girls went missing from Captain James Cook Elementary School.
Posted: | 5:44 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 208234 |
Rating: | 20824 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Kerry Pakarinen has worn out 15 pairs of shoes in a walk across Canada with his dog Preacher.
Posted: | 5:41 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207851 |
Rating: | 20786 |
Poster: | Hyack |
GENEVA - The world's largest atom smasher broke the world record for proton acceleration Monday, firing particle beams with 20 per cent more power than the American lab that previously held the record.
Posted: | 5:40 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 208031 |
Rating: | 20803 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Barack Obama has begun what is arguably the most difficult task of his young presidency, launching his long-awaited new strategy for the war in Afghanistan and selling it to the public and U.S. allies.
Posted: | 5:37 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 208116 |
Rating: | 20812 |
Poster: | Hyack |
ROCCASECCA, Italy - Veterans and youth placed a wreath where a Canadian soldier became a historic war hero today.
Posted: | 5:36 PM on Monday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 208143 |
Rating: | 20814 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 5:33 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207894 |
Rating: | 20791 |
Poster: | Hyack |
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that 500 extra U.K. troops will arrive in southern Afghanistan next month, ahead of video conference talks with President Barack Obama on U.S. plans to send reinforcements
Posted: | 5:30 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207772 |
Rating: | 20777 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. His decision comes as questions continue to mount regarding what exactly happened in the wee hours of the morning last Friday
Posted: | 5:29 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207844 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Dairy has become more expensive than some top cuts of meat in Canada, and the cost is hitting restaurants and food processors the hardest, says the head of the food services industry.
Posted: | 5:28 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 208011 |
Rating: | 20801 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 5:26 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 208149 |
Rating: | 20815 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Hundreds of police officers, some using dogs, are searching around Seattle for a man sought in the slaying of four police officers near Tacoma, Wash., on Sunday.
Posted: | 5:19 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207772 |
Rating: | 20777 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The mother of two children found dead in their Calgary house called 911 as she was driving home, expressing concern for their safety, but the dispatcher determined there was no imminent threat.
Posted: | 5:15 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207770 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Vancouver doctor and her six-month-old baby as well as two residents of the U.S. were among six people killed when their small plane crashed off Saturna Island on the B.C. south coast Sunday.
Posted: | 5:14 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207794 |
Rating: | 20779 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not be among the world leaders briefed personally by U.S. President Barack Obama about his plans for a new strategy in Afghanistan
Posted: | 5:12 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207885 |
Rating: | 20789 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The federal government tabled legislation Monday ordering 1,700 striking locomotive engineers at Canada's biggest railway back to work.
Posted: | 5:08 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207845 |
Rating: | 20785 |
Poster: | Hyack |
An Austrian group has called for a ban on Father Christmas amid fears that the foreign invader is usurping the role of the traditional Christkind sprite.
Posted: | 11:35 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 208185 |
Rating: | 20820 |
Poster: | snookums |
Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying more than $20 million of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security thr
Posted: | 10:52 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208428 |
Rating: | 20843 |
Poster: | tritium |
Senate Democrats face deep divisions within their ranks as they begin debate Monday on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with the recent all-hands-on-deck coalition frayed over abortion and the option of government-run insurance.
Posted: | 10:49 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 208206 |
Rating: | 20821 |
Poster: | tritium |
CALGARY -- The 13th man is famous in Saskatchewan and is credited for dozens of wins. But now the 13th man, when he finally steps forward to confess that he was indeed the one who cost the Roughriders a Grey Cup, will be infamous.
Posted: | 6:51 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 208089 |
Rating: | 20810 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
The ruling party candidate in Honduras's presidential election has conceded defeat after preliminary results showed him trailing with only 38 per cent of the vote.
Posted: | 1:13 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207856 |
Rating: | 20787 |
Poster: | tritium |
The San Jose Sharks scored a pair of goals 13 seconds apart late in the third to break open a close game in Vancouver, defeating the Canucks 4-2.
Posted: | 10:26 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207827 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Your tree can twinkle in the corner so long as you invest in LEDs and a timer. After all, even we greens like a white Christmas
Posted: | 7:09 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 208494 |
Rating: | 20849 |
Poster: | tritium |
Twenty years after Dave Ridgway brought joy to the province of Saskatchewan, Damon Duval broke the hearts of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Posted: | 6:59 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207645 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Visitors to Warsaw�s zoo are being greeted by two �Homo sapiens� peering out from a cage � humans in animal skins trying to spark interest in man�s caveman ancestors.
Posted: | 7:00 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207658 |
Rating: | 20766 |
Poster: | tritium |
A float plane carrying eight people crashed Sunday afternoon off B.C.'s Saturna Island, and search and rescue officials have rescued two of them.
Posted: | 6:55 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207734 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | tritium |
CASSINO, Italy -- Seventy years apart in age, they are taking a tough trip back in time together to revisit the horrors of war.
Posted: | 3:17 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207811 |
Rating: | 20782 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Voters in Switzerland have approved a proposal to ban the construction of minarets on mosques, according to results of a referendum held Sunday.
Posted: | 3:13 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207974 |
Rating: | 20798 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 3:12 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207768 |
Rating: | 20777 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 3:09 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 208066 |
Rating: | 20806 |
Poster: | Hyack |
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD - Cpl. Eric Hjalmarson joined the army at 50. 
Now at age 58, he's on his fourth tour of duty, his third in Afghanistan. 
And he sees the progress Canada's mission here is making.
Posted: | 3:08 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207843 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | Hyack |
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Dozens of people are homeless today after a massive fire destroyed a three-storey Grande Prairie apartment complex.
Posted: | 3:05 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207706 |
Rating: | 20772 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Safety officials gingerly removed 13 pieces of ammunition from display cases at the Royal Newfoundland Regiment Museum after an inspection showed the ordnance might be dangerous.
Posted: | 3:02 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207709 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of UN demands that it halt enrichment and a move that is likely to significantly heighten tensions with the West.
Posted: | 3:00 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207998 |
Rating: | 20800 |
Poster: | Hyack |
It's time to see who can bring more heat to the ice as the host Vancouver Canucks and the San Jose Sharks try to maintain some recent scoring power in their first matchup of the season on Sunday.
Posted: | 2:58 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207654 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Hyack |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The appeal of amnesty has dwindled dramatically for Taliban thinking of giving up arms, hinting at an insurgency that is increasing its resolve and complicating President Hamid Karzai's promise to reach out to insurgents.
Posted: | 2:56 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207612 |
Rating: | 20761 |
Poster: | Hyack |
PORT-OF-SPAIN - Uganda's president got an earful from Prime Minister Stephen Harper over the African nation's proposed law targeting gays. The Ugandan "anti-homosexuality bill" would imprison and even execute homosexuals.
Posted: | 2:54 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207708 |
Rating: | 20772 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The practices are over, the long film sessions complete. All that's left to do now is play the game.
Posted: | 2:52 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207692 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Calgary's John Kucera, the reigning downhill world champion, suffered a fractured left leg when he crashed during Sunday's World Cup super-G race at Lake Louise, Alta.
Posted: | 2:51 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207653 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Canadian Manuel Osborne-Paradis captured his first career World Cup super-G title on Sunday at Lake Louise, Alta
Posted: | 2:50 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207642 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Former New Democrat cabinet minister Moe Sihota is back in politics. Sihota was elected the head of the B.C. NDP at the party's biennial convention in Vancouver Saturday
Posted: | 2:48 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207867 |
Rating: | 20787 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Federal government economic stimulation funds are being put to use to spruce up a well-known Vancouver waterfront landmark.
Posted: | 2:46 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207714 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Hyack |
They've had nine starters named to the Canadian Football League's all-star team, and their defence led the league in 22 of 25 categories
Posted: | 2:44 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207666 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | Hyack |
One pedestrian is dead and six others injured after six separate motor vehicle collisions in Vancouver Saturday night
Posted: | 2:40 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207522 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Racing against the clock on icy roads, police rushed to a northwest home to save a mother who was fighting for her life in an attack that took the lives of her children.
Posted: | 7:57 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207653 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
VANCOUVER -- Canada's $9.2-million, Olympic pavilion is being built by a U.S. firm from Chicago.
Posted: | 12:45 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207846 |
Rating: | 20785 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 12:36 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207704 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 12:33 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Religion |
Hits: | 207634 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | Hyack |
B.C. New Democrat Leader Carole James says the economy and education will top her agenda for the next election.
Posted: | 12:32 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Provincial Politics |
Hits: | 207806 |
Rating: | 20781 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Down 18 points at halftime, the Queen's Golden Gaels quarterback brought his school all the way back to beat the Calgary Dinos and take the 45th Vanier Cup on Saturday afternoon in Quebec City.
Posted: | 12:30 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207620 |
Rating: | 20762 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Canada's labour minister is urging the union representing striking Canadian National Railway locomotive engineers to accept binding arbitration
Posted: | 12:27 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207459 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Athletes and fans alike are savouring the festivities leading up to the much anticipated Grey Cup game in Calgary on Sunday when the Saskatchewan Roughriders play the Montreal Alouettes at McMahon Stadium.
Posted: | 12:25 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207516 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Vancouver Canucks scored four goals in the first eight and a half minutes on Saturday night and held off the Edmonton Oilers for a 7-3 victory at GM Place.
Posted: | 11:32 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207540 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Asked about Mr. Ban's comments today, Mr. Harper dodged the question, suggesting that since the UN leader likes U.S. President Barack Obama's greenhouse gas-cutting plan, by extension he must actually be happy with Canada's approach too.
Posted: | 8:12 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207467 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | gigs |
Iran has denied confiscating the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the lawyer and human rights activist, Shirin Ebadi.
Posted: | 10:48 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207685 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
With the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, on his way to Ottawa for high-level talks next month, Washington may be upping the ante to get Canada to keep combat forces in Kandahar beyond July 2011 by expanding the Canadian battle group's
Posted: | 10:45 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207669 |
Rating: | 20766 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The U.S. navy is planning a massive push into the Arctic to defend national security, potential undersea riches and other maritime interests
Posted: | 10:37 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 208064 |
Rating: | 20806 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:34 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207447 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:31 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207683 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:28 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207594 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
As the Large Hadron Collider prepares for full-time operation at an underground site near Geneva, Canadians continue to play key roles in harnessing the $10-billion machine's potential for unlocking secrets about the makeup of matter.
Posted: | 10:22 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207536 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Hyack |
VIENNA, Austria - In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency has overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three other powers that Tehran immediately stop building its newly revealed nuclear facility
Posted: | 10:19 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207486 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:12 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207439 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Investigators in Russia say they have found evidence that a bomb caused a train derailment that killed at least 26 people and injured dozens more
Posted: | 10:09 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207448 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Perhaps the best thing that could happen to the Edmonton Oilers was getting out of town for a night on the Left Coast.
Posted: | 9:59 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207498 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Two children have been killed, a woman is in hospital and a man considered a murder suspect is in custody after police were called to a Panorama Hills home last night.
Posted: | 7:34 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207672 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
We're told he said his wife had confronted him about reports that he was seeing another woman. The argument got heated and, according to our source, she scratched his face up. We're told it was then Woods beat a hasty retreat for his SUV -- but according
Posted: | 5:48 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 209184 |
Rating: | 20919 |
Poster: | gigs |
Posted: | 5:47 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207496 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | gigs |
Posted: | 1:17 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207588 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
SPANISH FORK, Utah - The popular U.S. cave where a 26-year-old medical student died earlier in the week will be closed permanently and his body will not be removed, state and county officials said Friday.
Posted: | 1:08 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207478 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The United Nations secretary general added his voice Friday to the chorus of activists trying to prod Canada into taking greater action on climate change.
Posted: | 1:07 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207630 |
Rating: | 20762 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 dead and scores missing, authorities said Saturday.
Posted: | 1:04 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207491 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 1:01 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207601 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Hyack |
OTTAWA - Canadians are having fewer babies and living longer, which means the population is getting older, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
Posted: | 12:56 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207501 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | Hyack |
John Chick, a lineman for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, has won the CFL's prize for most outstanding defensive player of the year.
Posted: | 12:55 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207396 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Formula One will return to Montreal for at least the next five years, government officials announced Friday.
Posted: | 12:53 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207447 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Two women were charged with animal cruelty and 29 of their cats were euthanized after a raid on their Vanier apartment by the Ottawa Humane Society.
Posted: | 12:52 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207423 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A teenage soccer player has been found guilty of aggravated assault in the beating of another player's father at an Edmonton minor soccer match in June 2008.
Posted: | 12:50 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207569 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Icy roads in Calgary and north of the city snarled traffic for hours and caused hundreds of collisions, including one that led to the death of a 21-year-old man
Posted: | 12:48 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207534 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
group of Canadian General Motors dealers said Friday they will sue the automaker in an effort to keep their dealerships open
Posted: | 12:46 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207660 |
Rating: | 20766 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Five men police allege to be gang members in Metro Vancouver face drug charges after a sting operation that stretched from British Columbia to Mexico
Posted: | 12:45 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207534 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The federal government will not be reappointing Paul Kennedy as the chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP
Posted: | 12:42 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207571 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Locomotive engineers at Canadian National walked off the job early Saturday after last-minute negotiations collapsed just before a midnight Friday strike deadline.
Posted: | 12:35 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207531 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The death throes of the biggest star known to science have been observed by Europe's new space telescope, Herschel. The observatory, launched in May, has subjected VY Canis Majoris, to a detailed spectroscopic analysis.
Posted: | 10:14 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207484 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:11 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207532 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Toronto Zoo could have a pair of giant pandas within two years if the Stephen Harper government gets on board and shows the Chinese government it supports the endangered animals coming to Canada
Posted: | 10:08 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207590 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:06 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207579 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:05 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207441 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:59 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207914 |
Rating: | 20792 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:55 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207264 |
Rating: | 20726 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Saskatchewan football fanatics can still be melonheads, thanks to one grocery store chain that took steps to ensure they'd have enough fruit to adorn fans' heads this Sunday
Posted: | 9:47 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207471 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:38 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207514 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Scientists say shrinking Arctic sea ice may be forcing some polar bears into cannibalizing young cubs
Posted: | 9:37 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207693 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:33 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207583 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:29 PM on Friday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207613 |
Rating: | 20761 |
Poster: | Hyack |
TORONTO - A small group of veterans is returning to Italy where they waged one of the longest, fiercest campaigns of the Second World War.
Posted: | 9:21 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207534 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:19 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207779 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 9:15 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207458 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Hyack |
METHUEN, Mass. - A woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good."
Posted: | 9:12 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207476 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Hyack |
CAIRO, Egypt - A 16-year-old Christian girl from southern Sudan said Friday she was lashed 50 times for wearing a skirt deemed indecent by authorities in the north who enforce a strict version of Islamic law.
Posted: | 9:08 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207458 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Outrage is growing within the international community after it was revealed Thursday that Iranian authorities had confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal.
Posted: | 9:05 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207592 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Overwhelming debt has driven the Manning Park Resort near Hope, B.C., into receivership, but the receiver appointed to return the operation to financial stability says it will be business as usual for guests of the resort this winter.
Posted: | 9:03 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207705 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A safety investigation is being carried out by the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission after a dangerous sour gas leak from an EnCana pipeline forced about 15 northeastern B.C. residents to flee their homes on Sunday.
Posted: | 9:00 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207424 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
TORONTO - A mummified cat was found at the Toronto Humane Society on Friday, a day after the society's president and four others were arrested and charged with cruelty to animals, animal welfare officers said.
Posted: | 8:56 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207450 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A small bronze statue of a fictional mouse has been ordered removed from the grounds of the basilica in Charlottetown.
Posted: | 8:53 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207748 |
Rating: | 20774 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Four animals inside the Toronto Humane Society's shelter in the east end of the city had to be euthanized after animal cruelty charges were laid against the president and the board of directors at the facility.
Posted: | 8:52 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207387 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The Queen and Prince Philip will visit Canada next summer. The royal couple will visit from June 28 to July 6 and will stop in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Manitoba, spending Canada Day in Ottawa, the Governor General's office confirmed Friday.
Posted: | 8:50 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207569 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Hamilton police have arrested Fawad Nouri, the prisoner who escaped from custody outside Hamilton General Hospital after a medical appointment Tuesday morning.
Posted: | 8:46 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207388 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Hyack |
NEW YORK (AP) -- When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?"
Posted: | 2:20 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207384 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
China must be alert to any mutation or changes in the behavior of the H1N1 swine flu virus because the far deadlier H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in the country, a leading Chinese disease expert said.
Posted: | 12:36 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207445 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | tritium |
Following a rout in Europe, Asia's stock markets tumbled Friday while the U.S. dollar hit a fresh 14-year low against the yen. Crude oil at one point fell more than 6 per cent to $72.39 barrel.
Posted: | 7:36 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207496 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
The Conservatives are forcing the Liberals to make a choice: support the framework legislation even though voters in two pivotal provinces dislike the harmonized sales tax, or defeat it and incur the wrath of two powerful Liberal premiers and their politi
Posted: | 6:03 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207778 |
Rating: | 20779 |
Poster: | gigs |
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.
Posted: | 10:42 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207543 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
TORONTO - An oil sketch by Group of Seven member Lawren Harris sold at auction Thursday night for $3.5 million, the second-highest price ever paid for a painting in Canada.
Posted: | 10:40 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207575 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player for a second consecutive year on Thursday night in Calgary.
Posted: | 10:38 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207486 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Pavol Demitra is the only Vancouver Canucks player remaining on the injury list and he's swimming to rehabilitate a damaged shoulder.
Posted: | 10:36 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207424 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Led by Henrik Sedin with one goal and one assist, Vancouver looked solid in knocking off the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 at General Motors Place on Thursday night.
Posted: | 10:31 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207653 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:14 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207917 |
Rating: | 20792 |
Poster: | Patish |
A CIA manual instructing US agents on the use of magic tricks during the Cold War has gone on sale.
Posted: | 6:32 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207884 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 6:27 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207484 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Canada and the United States will review their air defence capabilities to make sure the right amount of planes and crews are in place to protect North American cities from terrorist attack.
Posted: | 6:23 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207635 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 6:21 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207463 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Canada's northern communities are unprepared to cope with the threat that climate change poses to their roads, buildings and other infrastructure, a new report from the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy says
Posted: | 6:18 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207447 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 6:15 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207453 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Mounties have emptied a warehouse of bicycles belonging to a controversial cycle rescue program that claims to buy back stolen merchandise from thieves in New Westminster, B.C.
Posted: | 6:13 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207566 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | Hyack |