Connor McDavid and Curtis Lazar scored in the third period and Canada hung on for a 3-2 victory over the United States to claim first place in their preliminary round group on Tuesday at the world junior championship.
Posted: | 4:46 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207547 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Pennsylvania state trooper has been placed on unpaid leave and charged with pepper-spraying the boy because he stayed in bed instead of going to school
Posted: | 10:31 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207677 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 9:20 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207684 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Bon Jovi not only has the year's top tour, but the rock band has achieved a career high.
Posted: | 9:18 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207694 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | kitty |
The age of the incandescent bulb will fade to black starting on Wednesday, as federal rules aimed at improving efficiency comes into effect New Year's Day.
Posted: | 9:17 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207903 |
Rating: | 20791 |
Poster: | kitty |
A dog that went missing in Edmonton on Sunday is expected to survive despite being found 24 hours later on the North Saskatchewan River with its tail frozen to the ice.
Posted: | 9:15 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207393 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | kitty |
Embattled politicians, a misbehaving pop star and a Nobel Prize-winning author � the top Canadian newsmakers of the year span young and old, esteemed and controversial.
Posted: | 9:06 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207531 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | kitty |
A 53-year-old woman who was brutally assaulted while waiting to pick up her son in the Newton Arena parking lot in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend is not expected to survive the attack, according to police.
Posted: | 9:05 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207782 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | kitty |
Countries around the world are ringing in 2014, with Hong Kong and Australia among the first to wow large crowds with colourful fireworks displays during New Year's Eve celebrations.
Posted: | 9:04 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207692 |
Rating: | 20770 |
Poster: | kitty |
Posted: | 8:50 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207507 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | kitty |
Posted: | 8:46 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207542 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | kitty |
Posted: | 8:44 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207445 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | kitty |
The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels last seen more than a decade ago, despite more and more electrical devices becoming commonplace in people's lives.
Posted: | 7:23 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207675 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 7:54 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207821 |
Rating: | 20782 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 12:15 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207761 |
Rating: | 20776 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
More than eight million acres of China's farmland is too polluted with heavy metals and other chemicals to use for growing food, a Cabinet official said Monday, highlighting a problem that is causing growing public concern.
Posted: | 12:15 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207476 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
From asking for a morning wake-up call to complaining about a missed newspaper deliver, herewith the most ridiculous mis-uses of 911
Posted: | 10:11 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Funny |
Hits: | 208105 |
Rating: | 20812 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Christopher Peloso, husband of veteran politican George Smitherman and father of three, has been found dead.
Posted: | 8:54 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207375 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | kitty |
New rules for licensed growers and users of cannabis come into effect in the spring; some of the rules are absurd
Posted: | 8:53 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207664 |
Rating: | 20766 |
Poster: | kitty |
Prime Minister Stephen Harper also acknowledged Matheson's death on Twitter Sunday evening. "Canada has lost a great public servant," Harper said. "John R. Matheson played key roles in both the creation of the (Canadian) flag and the Order of Canada."
Posted: | 8:31 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207794 |
Rating: | 20779 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
After years of speculation that electronics can be accessed by intelligence agencies through a back door, an internal NSA catalog reveals that such methods already exist for numerous end-user devices.
Posted: | 6:35 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207838 |
Rating: | 20784 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Doctors to give update on Formula One legend's condition on Monday morning following his fall on unmarked slope in France
Posted: | 1:07 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 208155 |
Rating: | 20816 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Posted: | 11:55 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207461 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | kitty |
The federal government is working on a new way to warn Canadians about the need to protect themselves from the dangers of frigid weather.
Posted: | 11:53 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207459 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | kitty |
Posted: | 11:51 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207629 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | kitty |
A suicide bomber carried out an attack at a train station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd that killed 16 people, officials say.
Posted: | 10:32 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207711 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Dr. James Cantor of CAMH has shown pedophilia is like a sexual orientation � a deep attraction that cannot change. Now, pedophiles who have never molested children are seeking social acceptance.
Posted: | 10:24 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207784 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Dr. Mike Evans's health education videos cover topics ranging from smoking to flatulence. His YouTube videos have attracted an international audience.
Posted: | 2:40 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 208008 |
Rating: | 20801 |
Poster: | kitty |
Posted: | 2:38 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207577 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | kitty |
Nexus, Costco, Scotia Visa, CAA: Some fees we love to hate, but others, like annual fee credit cards, can be worth it if they save time, money
Posted: | 2:36 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207746 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | kitty |
Team Canada still second in group at world junior hockey championship. Jake Paterson shaky in Canadian net.
Posted: | 2:34 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207567 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | kitty |
Mayor Rob Ford says end of crisis is near, but power and TCHC leaders see problems grow Saturday.
Posted: | 2:30 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207552 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | kitty |
If the deal on The Brick website seemed too good to be true, that's because it was.
Posted: | 2:28 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207462 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | kitty |
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - An Islamic extremist leader in northeastern Nigeria says the bloody insurgency will continue because Allah says they must decapitate and mutilate.
Posted: | 9:43 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207670 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Target says customers' encrypted PIN data was removed during the massive data breach that occurred earlier this month. Previously Target had said that encrypted data was stolen but stopped short of identifying it as PIN numbers. But the company issued a s
Posted: | 10:44 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207624 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
If properties were seized, owners would receive current market values, which are considerably lower than assessed values, which is what the province offered to pay
Posted: | 10:42 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207701 |
Rating: | 20772 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Police in Ukraine arrest three suspects over the severe beating of an anti-government activist and journalist, Tetyana Chornovol.
Posted: | 10:41 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207630 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 7:54 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207927 |
Rating: | 20793 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A surprise attack by a school of carnivorous fish has injured 70 people bathing in an Argentine river, including seven children who lost parts of their fingers or toes.
Posted: | 5:03 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207883 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Military budget cuts are leaving cadets out in the cold, with a freeze on the purchase of parkas just as winter kicks in.
Posted: | 9:23 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207701 |
Rating: | 20770 |
Poster: | Hyack |
As Christmas transitioned into Boxing Day, there seemed no end in sight to the power outages that have left tens of thousands of Canadians with no electricity or warm place to call home, although the number of households without electricity is slowly drop
Posted: | 6:00 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207589 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Ending a four-year run without a gold medal won't be easy for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. The quest begins with what is supposed to be an easy one against Germany on Thursday.
Posted: | 5:59 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207449 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Thousands of Canadians are facing a dark Christmas in the wake of a brutal storm that hit southern Ontario and Quebec and is now pounding the Maritimes.
Posted: | 12:43 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207686 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 11:58 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207724 |
Rating: | 20772 |
Poster: | BeaverFever |
The religious find strength through God; this we know. But a new study conducted by Prof. Malt Friese and Michaela Wanke suggests that even non-believers can get in on the action. In a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, th
Posted: | 9:06 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207918 |
Rating: | 20792 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
He was the father of modern computing whose work on the Enigma code at Bletchley Park is said to have shortened the Second World War. But he was also gay and in those less enlightened times was chemically castrated by an ungrateful nation after being
Posted: | 10:31 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 208024 |
Rating: | 20804 |
Poster: | Curtman |
More US sailors who served aboard aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan during relief efforts for the Japan earthquake and Tsunami intend to join a lawsuit in which dozens claimed that they were befallen with severe illness.
Posted: | 8:56 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207671 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | stemmer |
Defenceman Chris Tanev scored the winning goal in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 Sunday night in an NHL game where goaltender Roberto Luongo left early with an injury.
Posted: | 2:31 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207547 |
Rating: | 20756 |
Poster: | Hyack |
After grabbing headlines at home and around the world, the one-man news cycle Rob Ford has been named by editors and news directors across the country as Canada's Newsmaker of the Year.
Posted: | 2:30 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207389 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says the province is prepared to offer "our full support and our assistance" to municipalities pounded by a winter storm causing extensive delays on the road and in the air in Central and Atlantic Canada, and knocking out po
Posted: | 2:29 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207675 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Intentions of the pardoned ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky are still unclear, but his stature and experience may well push him into political limelight, writes Konstantin von Eggert. Unless Mikhail Khodorkovsky promised President Vladimir Putin he would le
Posted: | 8:48 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207884 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
An elk that got tangled up in some Christmas lights and decorations put on an unusual holiday display this week for Banff residents.
Posted: | 7:29 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207492 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Statistics Canada says police recorded 543 homicides in Canada in 2012, down 55 from the previous year, as the country had its lowest homicide rate since 1966.
Posted: | 7:29 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207709 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada's top court has struck down three key laws concerning prostitution in Canada, declaring them unconstitutional, disproportionate and overly broad.
Posted: | 7:05 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207683 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Phil Robertson, a star of A&E's "Duck Dynasty," has been suspended indefinitely after slamming gays in a GQ interview.
Posted: | 1:12 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 210610 |
Rating: | 21061 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A theatre is central London collapsed during a performance at the height of the Christmas season, with police saying there were "a number" of casualties.
Posted: | 1:29 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207385 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 12:54 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207420 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Brazil awarded a $4.5billion contract to Saab AB on Wednesday to replace its aging fleet of fighter jets, a surprise coup for the Swedish company after news of U.S. spying on Brazilians helped derail Boeing's chances for the deal. The contract, negotiated
Posted: | 11:50 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207796 |
Rating: | 20780 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 11:31 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207575 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada's broadcast regulator introduced a new regime for television news Thursday with a decision to make Canadian news services available to all subscribers
Posted: | 11:25 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207437 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
CALGARY - A judge has determined a convicted torturer meets the criteria to be considered a dangerous offender and she has handed him an indeterminate prison sentence. Dustin Paxton slouched in his seat, shook his head no and smirked as Justice Sheilah Ma
Posted: | 11:22 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207603 |
Rating: | 20761 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 11:21 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207997 |
Rating: | 20801 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Following months of hearings, years of debate and dozens of protests, the federal panel reviewing the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline will release its report later today.
Posted: | 10:22 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207449 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Tension is growing between Canada's top generals and the government over deep cuts to the military and the government's plan for the future of the military, the Canada First Defence Strategy.
Posted: | 7:47 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207938 |
Rating: | 20795 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 7:21 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207671 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada's top court has sided with families of two police shooting victims ruling police must submit investigation notes before a lawyer can vet them.
Posted: | 7:20 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207454 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The head of Canada Post said seniors have commented they want more exercise and fresh air in answer to an MP's question about how seniors will be especially hard hit by the cancellation of home mail delivery.
Posted: | 7:20 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207851 |
Rating: | 20785 |
Poster: | Zipperfish |
Posted: | 2:52 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207775 |
Rating: | 20778 |
Poster: | Grawg |
Posted: | 2:38 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207703 |
Rating: | 20770 |
Poster: | CanadianJeff |
Kinder Morgan Canada filed its long-anticipated application to the National Energy Board on Monday for the expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Edmonton to the British Columbia coast. The $5.4-billion project would almost triple the capacity of t
Posted: | 11:14 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207114 |
Rating: | 20711 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Ronnie Biggs, known for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, died Wednesday, his daughter-in-law said. He was 84.
Posted: | 7:44 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207341 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | Regina |
BlackBerry announced today that PSA Peugeot Citroen will deploy 10,000 BlackBerry(R) Z10 smartphones for its operations in France and Spain, and is migrating to BlackBerry's award-winning Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution - BlackBerry(R) Enter
Posted: | 7:36 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207314 |
Rating: | 20731 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The president of the Canadian Sealers Association says the latest move by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to end the seal hunt is nothing but a farce and a publicity stunt.
Posted: | 7:27 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207485 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
In recent years, increasing numbers of patients worldwide have contracted severe bacterial infections that are untreatable by most available antibiotics. Some of the gravest of these infections are caused by bacteria carrying genes that confer resistance
Posted: | 6:39 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207380 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A mobile botnet called MisoSMS is wreaking havoc on the Android platform, stealing personal SMS messages and exfiltrating them to attackers in China.
Posted: | 6:38 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207634 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 10:47 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207602 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Zipperfish |
A police officer who arrested a man wearing a bandana around his neck at the tumultuous G20 summit in Toronto three years ago has been found guilty of misconduct -- the first such finding arising out of that weekend.
Posted: | 2:28 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207335 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Most vitamins such as antioxidants don't help to prevent cancer, heart disease and dementia, and some supplements could be harmful, say doctors who advise people to stop wasting their money on the pills.
Posted: | 2:17 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207614 |
Rating: | 20761 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A crane operator who was stranded above a massive fire in Kingston, Ont., has boarded a helicoptor in a dramatic rescue Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: | 1:35 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207382 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The husband of a Calgary woman is suing an international diver training organization for what he is calling inadequate training alleging it inadequately teaches divers to protect themselves from carbon monoxide poisoning. Colin Cross says tests later reve
Posted: | 11:07 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207458 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Posted: | 7:49 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 208293 |
Rating: | 20829 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Imprisoned mothers have the constitutional right to care for their newborn babies, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled. The decision comes from a lawsuit brought by two former inmates on behalf of all women incarcerated in the province. The suit centred
Posted: | 7:40 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207387 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Calgary man who won a $40-million lottery prize last May has kept it a secret until now, but says the money will go to charity in memory of his wife.
Posted: | 7:39 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207670 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Most vitamins such as antioxidants don't help to prevent cancer, heart disease and dementia, and some supplements could be harmful, say doctors who advise people to stop wasting their money on the pills.
Posted: | 7:26 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207509 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Regina |
In a wardrobe malfunction of incendiary proportions, a would-be fire bomber burst into flames Monday in Belfast in an area filled with holiday shoppers and people enjoyng a night out, according to media reports.
Posted: | 7:23 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207412 |
Rating: | 20741 |
Poster: | Regina |
Google may soon be building robots, as the company announced that it has bought eight companies this year that specialize in robotics, including military contractor Boston Dynamics.
Posted: | 4:39 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207500 |
Rating: | 20751 |
Poster: | Curtman |
The phone call came from a charming woman with a bright, engaging voice to the cell phone of a TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer. She wanted to offer a deal on health insurance, but something was fishy.
Posted: | 11:14 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207504 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 11:03 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207187 |
Rating: | 20719 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 1:26 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207596 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Grawg |
James Moore apologized Monday for recent statements about child poverty that left some comparing the industry minister to the Grinch and Scrooge. Moore said he deeply regrets his "insensitive comment" to a reporter last week, in which he suggested it is s
Posted: | 1:16 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207314 |
Rating: | 20731 |
Poster: | Grawg |
Kinder Morgan has officially filed an application to expand its Trans Mountain Pipeline, which would triple its capacity to ship crude oil between Alberta and Port Metro Vancouver.
Posted: | 12:29 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207211 |
Rating: | 20721 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Food and Drug Administration says there is no evidence that antibacterial chemicals used in liquid soaps and washes help prevent the spread of germs, and there is some evidence they may pose health risks.
Posted: | 12:01 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207263 |
Rating: | 20726 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Users who bought a festive cartoon from Amazon found themselves unable to watch it in the run up to Christmas after the company removed access to digital copies from their account. Disney's Prep & Landing, a Christmas special first aired in 2009, has been
Posted: | 11:23 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207437 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
An American geologist in the High Arctic in the 1950s showed unusual foresight by leaving a message in a bottle designed to document the retreat of a glacier.
Posted: | 10:08 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207706 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
It's not up to the federal government to help out children who don't have enough to eat, Industry Minister James Moore said in Vancouver.
Posted: | 8:42 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207750 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | Zipperfish |
The federal court has struck down most of the claims in a lawsuit by supporters of the old Canadian Wheat Board, but the case is still moving forward.
Posted: | 8:08 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207166 |
Rating: | 20717 |
Poster: | Robair |
Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, whose film career was marked by a long-running rivalry with her sister, Olivia de Havilland, died on Sunday at age 96 at her home in Carmel, California, Hollywood's two trade publications reported.
Posted: | 7:26 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207408 |
Rating: | 20741 |
Poster: | Regina |
Large telecommunications companies like Bell and Rogers are shaping the way Canadians use the internet to give themselves an unfair advantage in the growing marketplace of video streaming, a complaint to the CRTC suggests.
Posted: | 7:11 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207210 |
Rating: | 20721 |
Poster: | Regina |
An RCMP officer used two broomsticks, a knife and roll of duct tape to free a bobcat trapped in the blinds of a Nelson, B.C., home.
Posted: | 7:10 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207640 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Regina |
A man married less than seven hours was killed along with a stranded motorist he stopped to help in the snow when they were struck by several vehicles, authorities say.
Posted: | 7:09 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207208 |
Rating: | 20721 |
Poster: | Regina |
Loblaw is voluntarily recalling three types of outdoor Christmas lights due to the possibility of loose or exposed wires that pose a risk of electrical shock, electrocution or fire.
Posted: | 11:30 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207315 |
Rating: | 20732 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Police would have the option of ticketing people for a range of minor offences -- instead of laying criminal charges -- under a plan that could yield significant savings for the cash-strapped justice system.
Posted: | 11:25 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207467 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Peter O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died, his agent said Sunday. He was 81.
Posted: | 11:24 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207548 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Strutz |
First soft landing since 1976 puts China alongside US and former Soviet Union in accomplishing such a feat
Posted: | 2:02 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207890 |
Rating: | 20789 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
The teenage gunman who entered Arapahoe High School on Friday afternoon and shot two fellow students with a shotgun was outspoken about politics, was a gifted debater and might have been bullied for his beliefs, according to students who knew him.
Posted: | 10:08 AM on Saturday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208758 |
Rating: | 20876 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
James Bond's preference for shaken not stirred martinis may be due to alcohol-induced tremor, say doctors who documented his drinking for journal's light-hearted Christmas issue.
Posted: | 10:33 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207651 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Regina |
An Alberta man has been charged with theft after cash was stolen from a G4S armoured truck moments after it was involved in a fatal crash on Highway 63 just south of Fort McMurray.
Posted: | 8:09 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207686 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Posted: | 1:26 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207555 |
Rating: | 20756 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr has explained for the first time why he pleaded guilty to five war crimes, saying it was because he had been "left with a hopeless choice."
Posted: | 1:24 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207569 |
Rating: | 20757 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The award is the second of two under a $452 million, multiyear program to assist in the development of "small modular reactors," which would be built in American factories, potentially improving quality and cutting costs.
Posted: | 12:10 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207392 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The amount that Canadians owe compared to their disposable income rose to an all-time record last quarter, although their net worth also increased.
Posted: | 11:21 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 208126 |
Rating: | 20813 |
Poster: | BeaverFever |
Posted: | 11:09 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207925 |
Rating: | 20793 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Reigning UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is expected to shed light on his future from Quebec City, where he is promoting a book at a local shopping mall.
Posted: | 7:10 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207351 |
Rating: | 20736 |
Poster: | Regina |
WestJet flight attendant Guy Fournier and another crew member used a defibrillator to save a passenger whose heart stopped at Edmonton International Airport on Wednesday.
Posted: | 7:07 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207432 |
Rating: | 20743 |
Poster: | Regina |
An Air Canada Express flight from Nanaimo to Vancouver was forced to turn around Thursday morning after a fire broke out in one engine shortly after takeoff.
Posted: | 7:07 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207378 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | Regina |
The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Chang Song-thaek, is executed after being purged for corruption, says the state news agency.
Posted: | 2:19 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207628 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the instructions contained in DNA and interpret mutations to make sense of health and disease. A research team led by Dr. Jo
Posted: | 1:02 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 207541 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A North Texas teen from an affluent family was sentenced to probation this week after he killed four pedestrians when he lost control of his speeding pickup truck while driving drunk, a punishment that outraged the victims' families and left prosecutors d
Posted: | 10:58 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207686 |
Rating: | 20769 |
Poster: | Strutz |
A novelty item that claims to "cure gayness" has been removed from a store's shelves in Gimli, Man., after parents expressed shock that the product was available there.
Posted: | 9:45 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Funny |
Hits: | 208208 |
Rating: | 20821 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Nova Scotia company is making big money in business worth tens of millions of dollars a year vacuuming, collecting and recycling the de-icing fluid sprayed on airplanes.
Posted: | 8:03 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207409 |
Rating: | 20741 |
Poster: | Regina |
Probiotics are turning up on labels at the grocery store and in television ads promising help for a range of symptoms.
Posted: | 7:22 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207367 |
Rating: | 20737 |
Poster: | Regina |
Smartphones with oversized screens, like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Sony's Xperia Z Ultra, will soar in popularity next year, Deloitte Canada predicts.
Posted: | 7:07 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207461 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | Regina |
New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, chairman of the rules committee, made the announcement Wednesday, at the winter meetings. Concerns about player health and an increased awareness of concussions were behind the decision.
Posted: | 6:53 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207302 |
Rating: | 20730 |
Poster: | Regina |
A new greenhouse gas that is 7,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the Earth has been discovered by researchers in Toronto. The newly discovered gas, perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA), has been in use by the electrical industry since the
Posted: | 12:18 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 208681 |
Rating: | 20869 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The arrival of the final shipment of low-enriched uranium (LEU) from Russia to the USA marks the successful completion of the Megatons to Megawatts program to downblend weapons-grade uranium. In 1993, the US and Russian governments signed an agreement for
Posted: | 10:32 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207733 |
Rating: | 20773 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Canada's women hammered Spain 21-0 while the men smashed Japan 12-1 in the tourney openers in Italy. The tournament wraps up Dec. 21.
Posted: | 10:18 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207199 |
Rating: | 20720 |
Poster: | Robair |