Illegal tobacco also helps fund organized crime in Canada and terrorist organizations abroad, the report notes.
Posted: | 2:08 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207461 |
Rating: | 20746 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 2:07 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207754 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Fausta Bonino is accused of killing the patients aged between 61 and 88 over the course of 2014 and 2015 at a hospital in the town of Piombino in Tuscany, Italy.
Posted: | 1:49 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207473 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
The 26-year-old, suspected of being the logistics chief behind the deadly Paris terror attacks in November, was captured earlier this month during a raid in Brussels.
Posted: | 1:08 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207361 |
Rating: | 20736 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
It's rare, but the Stanley Cup playoffs will go ahead without any of the seven Canadian teams.
Posted: | 12:58 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207677 |
Rating: | 20768 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A pair of snowmobilers got some serious face time with a polar bear in Labrador last Sunday.
Posted: | 12:57 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207366 |
Rating: | 20737 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen two games without pay for what the league called a "vicious" blindside check on San Jose Sharks defenceman Roman Polak.
Posted: | 12:48 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207369 |
Rating: | 20737 |
Poster: | Hyack |
"We want to investigate where we can and have a look especially if there is any evidence of ... human cause of death," says DFO scientist. "But we do have whales that do drop out of the population naturally."
Posted: | 12:46 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207241 |
Rating: | 20724 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Crews conducting an assessment of a proposed underwater LNG gas pipeline route off B.C.'s north coast have discovered a previously unknown glass sponge reef that's among the largest in the world.
Posted: | 12:44 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207371 |
Rating: | 20737 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Researchers around the Pacific Northwest collect swathes of data on the southern resident killer whales who call this part of the world home. Dr. Joe Gaydos wants to consolidate that data into a single individualized database.
Posted: | 12:42 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207389 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Posted: | 10:36 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207979 |
Rating: | 20798 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A German train operator has announced it is introducing a women-only carriage on its trains following several violent sex attacks.
Posted: | 10:35 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207605 |
Rating: | 20761 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Canadians' high rates of household debt is leaving the country at risk of a devastating debt crisis, an economist warns in a new Forbes report.
Posted: | 10:32 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207408 |
Rating: | 20741 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 8:13 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207960 |
Rating: | 20797 |
Poster: | andyt |
The working group of New Democrats tasked with reviewing their party's performance in the 2015 election issues a report that criticizes the NDP campaign as "out of sync" with Canadians' desire to break from Stephen Harper's Conservative government.
Posted: | 8:05 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207418 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | andyt |
Canada's economy expanded for the fourth consecutive month in January, as the country's gross domestic product grew by a more-than-expected 0.6 per cent from the month before.
Posted: | 7:05 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 207484 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | andyt |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Authorities in Alaska's largest city say three first-graders have been disciplined over a plot to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed was poison.
Posted: | 6:49 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207430 |
Rating: | 20743 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Donald Trump sought to clarify, walk back, then seemingly reverse his position on punishing women who seek abortion procedures -- should they be legally banned -- over the course of a few hours Wednesday.
Posted: | 5:53 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207854 |
Rating: | 20785 |
Poster: | OnTheIce |
A teenage driver has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm after a violent high-speed crash a year ago.
Posted: | 4:57 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207551 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | andyt |
Minneapolis police Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze will not face charges in the November shooting death of Jamar Clark, 24, a prosecutor says.
Posted: | 3:06 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 207913 |
Rating: | 20791 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Environmental Defence says 86 per cent of cans purchased in Canada contain bisphenol A, which has been linked to health concerns.
Posted: | 1:44 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207440 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | BeaverFever |
Colby James Messer of Victoria made a second appearance in a Denver courtroom Monday. Three other Vancouver Island men are under investigation.
Posted: | 8:14 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207438 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | andyt |
Gun enthusiasts are rushing to order a new, 380-calibre pistol that's been designed to resemble a smartphone.
Posted: | 7:57 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207634 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | andyt |
Patty Duke, who won an Oscar as a teen for The Miracle Worker and maintained a long and successful career throughout her life, has died at the age of 69.
Posted: | 3:54 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207787 |
Rating: | 20779 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Mount Pavlof, one of the most active volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula, started erupting Sunday afternoon with little warning.
Posted: | 3:51 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207375 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Footage of Syrians firing at the Russian tank stands out because it is likely the first instances of a Russian T-90 tank encountering a U.S. anti-tank missile in combat
Posted: | 1:58 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207625 |
Rating: | 20763 |
Poster: | shockedcanadian |
A new study shows that knowledge of government surveillance causes people to self-censor their dissenting opinions online.
Posted: | 10:19 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 207388 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Astronomers have captured video evidence of a collision between Jupiter and a small celestial object, likely a comet or asteroid. Though it looks like a small blip of light, the resulting explosion was unusually powerful.
Posted: | 9:44 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Science |
Hits: | 208082 |
Rating: | 20810 |
Poster: | uwish |
Convicted impaired driver Marco Muzzo has been sentenced to 10 years in prison today in connection to a Vaughan, Ont., crash that killed four people and seriously injured two others.
Posted: | 9:11 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 208209 |
Rating: | 20821 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The FBI says it successfully used a mysterious technique without Apple's help to break into an iPhone linked to the gunman in a California mass shooting.
Posted: | 4:57 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207637 |
Rating: | 20764 |
Poster: | andyt |
Police arrest a gunman after he shot and wounded a police officer inside the US Capitol building's visitor centre.
Posted: | 1:26 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 207530 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | martin14 |
SAN DIEGO (AP) " Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it's turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop " the drought-stricken American Southwest.
Posted: | 11:51 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 207592 |
Rating: | 20759 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 11:06 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207527 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Retaking of ancient city is a symbolic victory in fight against IS but strengthens the hand of Syria's Assad, writes Michael Stephens
Posted: | 11:04 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207503 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 10:20 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Funny |
Hits: | 207877 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vows crackdowns on militants after Easter Sunday carnage.
Posted: | 10:08 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207616 |
Rating: | 20762 |
Poster: | Delwin |
Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau steals a page from the late Conservative minister, Jim Flaherty, by postponing billions in huge defence procurements. It makes the numbers look a lot better - but it doesn't get the procurements done.
Posted: | 9:16 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207646 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
For better or for worse, Calgary's well-being and prospects hinge on the world price of oil. Local experts Harrie Vredenburg and Tim Marchant look at the escalating rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia, why oil prices fell and what keeps them low.
Posted: | 8:58 AM on Monday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 207497 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison left Sunday's spring training game against Tampa Bay in the fifth inning after he was hit in the back of the head by catcher A.J. Jimenez's throw to second base on an attempted stolen base.
Posted: | 8:17 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207450 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Andrew Ladd scored the game-winning goal with just over two minutes to play in the third period to help the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.
Posted: | 5:54 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207397 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Belgian riot police clashed Sunday with hundreds of right-wing hooligans at a temporary shrine honouring victims of the Brussels suicide bombings.
Posted: | 6:16 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207466 |
Rating: | 20747 |
Poster: | andyt |
A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what its maker and the governor of the state said Friday was the first fully autonomous urban drone delivery in the U.S.
Posted: | 12:42 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207636 |
Rating: | 20766 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Environmentalists say talks on creating a third national marine conservation area are being held up over Arctic offshore energy exploration permits that may not legally exist.
Posted: | 12:41 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207424 |
Rating: | 20742 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A tough Siamese cat named Cupcake has survived eight days cooped up in a box after accidentally being sent through the mail by her British owners. Vets said Cupcake needed treatment but should recover fully.
Posted: | 12:39 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207411 |
Rating: | 20741 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Australian researchers have developed a new online tool to evaluate skin cancer risk. The test is based on ten questions and predicts risk level over three years.
Posted: | 12:38 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207380 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A remote undersea glider equipped with acoustic sensors is patrolling deep water canyons off the west coast of Vancouver Island in a bid to set up a traffic alert system to prevent large ships from crashing into whales.
Posted: | 12:37 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207364 |
Rating: | 20736 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Descendants of a bison herd captured and sent to Canada more than 140 years ago will be relocated to a Montana American Indian reservation next month, in what tribal leaders bill as a homecoming for a species emblematic of their traditions.
Posted: | 12:34 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207392 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Freezing rain across southern Ontario caused power outages that continued through Friday and into Saturday. Hydro One's online outage map shows about 42,000 customers without power.
Posted: | 12:31 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Weather |
Hits: | 207405 |
Rating: | 20741 |
Poster: | Hyack |
John Henderson, a wildlife officer and vice chairman for the Kwaikutl District Council says he wants the return of the elk to be a lesson to youth about the value of responsible environmental stewardship.
Posted: | 12:29 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207336 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The high number of male babies in a group of killer whales living off the coast of British Columbia is cause for concern, researchers say.
Posted: | 12:26 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207433 |
Rating: | 20743 |
Poster: | Hyack |
More than two dozen Canadian veterans and active service members have answered Prince Harry's call to compete in the second Invictus Games in May, which will pit wounded and ill soldiers from around the world against each other in 10 sporting events.
Posted: | 12:24 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207546 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday has killed at least 60 people and wounded 300, a health official said.
Posted: | 12:21 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207309 |
Rating: | 20731 |
Poster: | Hyack |
There was an especially warm welcome for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Friday in Portland, Oregon, where a small bird joined him at the podium.
Posted: | 12:17 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207208 |
Rating: | 20721 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Liberal Finance Minister Bill Morneau steals a page from the late Conservative minister, Jim Flaherty, by postponing billions in huge defence procurements. It makes the numbers look a lot better - but it doesn't get the procurements done.
Posted: | 12:16 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207188 |
Rating: | 20719 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Visiting the port area of Rio de Janeiro, under heavy construction for the upcoming Olympic Games, CBC's Kim Brunhuber gets a rare and fascinating glimpse into the oft-overlooked story of Brazil's slave history.
Posted: | 12:14 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207597 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Ji Xiang Temple, which houses a nursing home, opened in 2000 as a spiritual promise by a revered elderly monk to provide care and compassion for the aged.
Posted: | 12:12 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207129 |
Rating: | 20713 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and family were spotted at Gander International Airport Friday while en route to Fogo Island for the Easter weekend.
Posted: | 12:11 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207121 |
Rating: | 20712 |
Poster: | Hyack |
RCMP say a grass fire that got out of control was behind a spectacular fire Friday that destroyed an old wooden bridge in a rural Saskatchewan community. Porcupine Plain is a town of about 900 people about 300 kilometres northeast of Regina, in the centra
Posted: | 12:09 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207437 |
Rating: | 20744 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Rattled by last year's devastating earthquake in Nepal and a deadly avalanche the year before, climbers are staying away from Mount Everest, which means it might just be the perfect time to visit the world's highest peak.
Posted: | 12:07 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207213 |
Rating: | 20721 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Thousands of soldiers marched solemnly Sunday through the crowded streets of Dublin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising against Britain.
Posted: | 12:04 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207711 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | Hyack |
It's a safe bet that some Nova Scotia Peewee hockey players have sore legs this morning after facing off in a 10-period marathon on Friday.
Posted: | 12:01 PM on Sunday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207185 |
Rating: | 20719 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Members of an international ice patrol that formed as a result of the sinking of the Titanic will be in Halifax this week for a ceremony to commemorate the more than 1,500 people who died in the disaster.
Posted: | 1:11 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207073 |
Rating: | 20707 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Sunday Mirror special investigation was offered C4 plastic explosives, semtex, grenades, and even an armour piercing device
Posted: | 10:13 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207721 |
Rating: | 20772 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Vets are battling to save the eyesight of Alfie, a two-year-old black and white cockapoo, who was protecting his owners' home
Posted: | 10:11 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207084 |
Rating: | 20708 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A British father has been banned from taking his son to a church after the boy's Muslim mother won a controversial court order preventing the boy from attending.
Posted: | 10:00 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Religion |
Hits: | 207667 |
Rating: | 20767 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 12:28 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 208334 |
Rating: | 20833 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 12:25 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207340 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
The Hindu community is calling on a Muslim Dairy Queen franchise owner to take down signs from his Houston-area business that compare Hindus to monkeys.
Posted: | 12:22 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207426 |
Rating: | 20743 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd after a local football game in a village south of Baghdad, killing at least 65 people, police and medics said.
Posted: | 12:21 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207113 |
Rating: | 20711 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Imagine a world where the characters from your favourite childhood fairy tales are armed
Posted: | 12:14 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207445 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
An actor who played a bit part in an independent gangster film is facing 10 years in state prison because he used a prop pellet gun without a state gun permit.
Posted: | 12:12 AM on Sunday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207819 |
Rating: | 20782 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 3:51 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Military |
Hits: | 207606 |
Rating: | 20761 |
Poster: | Freakinoldguy |
The body of two-year-old Chase Martens has been located in the Austin, Man., area, RCMP say.
Posted: | 1:33 PM on Saturday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207414 |
Rating: | 20741 |
Poster: | ShepherdsDog |
U.S. forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, among several key members of the militant group eliminated this week, Defence Secretary Ash Carter said Friday. The successful attack is the latest in a string of strikes targeting the group's leadership e
Posted: | 2:18 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207352 |
Rating: | 20736 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
An Alberta man is warning others after he says he spent nearly $3,600 on a program from a company called Credit Slab, which he believed would help fix his poor credit.
Posted: | 2:16 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207386 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Edmonton Police say the two people found dead in a vacant home earlier this week by a realtor were both shot to death.
Posted: | 2:15 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207280 |
Rating: | 20728 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
A private daycare in Montreal is under investigation after a delivery truck driver said he was able to enter the premises through a back door and walk around for several minutes without finding any adults supervising the children.
Posted: | 2:14 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207242 |
Rating: | 20724 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Ted Cruz is accusing rival Donald Trump of stoking false rumours about his personal life.
Posted: | 2:06 PM on Friday |
Topic: | Uncle Sam |
Hits: | 207192 |
Rating: | 20719 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian masterminded a brand of self-inflicted phony docudrama with 'The Larry Sanders Show,' has died.
Posted: | 11:18 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Arts & Entertainment |
Hits: | 207621 |
Rating: | 20762 |
Poster: | Strutz |
Retirement hasn't slowed down 40-year-old Ryan Smyth, who's currently in a fight for the Allan Cup with the Stony Plain Eagles. It's hockey, and it's what Ryan Smyth does.
Posted: | 10:54 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207483 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Alta_redneck |
Asad Shah, 40, was set upon with a knife and had his head stamped on in a shocking attack outside his Glasgow newsagents shop just after 9pm last night
Posted: | 8:06 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207531 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Imam Habib ur Rehman of Glasgow Central Mosque is said to have sent messages over social media praising Mumtaz Qadri, an extremist who was hanged for murder in Pakistan in February.
Posted: | 7:58 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207399 |
Rating: | 20740 |
Poster: | martin14 |
A new poll suggests that the Liberals' gamble on the size of the deficit might have paid off, as Canadians give a thumbs up to most budget measures and a pass to the $29.4 billion deficit. And few think the Conservatives or NDP would have done any better.
Posted: | 7:10 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207527 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | andyt |
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: After Mishal Husain, left, gave Suu Kyi a rough ride during a BBC interview, the politician, right, was heard to make the comments off-air.
Posted: | 4:14 AM on Friday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207486 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Posted: | 1:33 PM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207328 |
Rating: | 20733 |
Poster: | andyt |
Things have gone from bad to worse this week at drug giant Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and its future is looking bleak. After months of scandals and falling stock value, the debt-saddled Canadian company announced Monday that it had fired its CEO and reshuff
Posted: | 9:59 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207198 |
Rating: | 20720 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
The Liberal government forecasts a $10-billion boost in revenues by having tax collectors get more aggressive about tax havens and tax debts. But critics say it's risky to count on that money when the Canada Revenue Agency has such a weak record in chasin
Posted: | 9:03 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207337 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | andyt |
A UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague has sentenced former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to 40 years in prison for ordering the deaths of civilians during the Bosnian war.
Posted: | 8:58 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207449 |
Rating: | 20745 |
Poster: | andyt |
The number of out-of-work Albertans collecting employment insurance has risen 91 per cent since January, 2015, Statistics Canada reports.
Posted: | 8:42 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207199 |
Rating: | 20720 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Former CBC broadcaster Jian Ghomeshi has been acquitted on four counts of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking.
Posted: | 8:29 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207783 |
Rating: | 20780 |
Poster: | OnTheIce |
Setting her neural net processor to read-write was a terrible mistake.
Posted: | 7:39 AM on Thursday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207530 |
Rating: | 20753 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A 74-year-old Regina woman was waiting to catch a bus home when a couple pulled up in a car and grabbed the necklace from her neck. Rach said the necklace is worth around $800 and it was a gift from a family member and has sentimental value.
Posted: | 4:19 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207508 |
Rating: | 20752 |
Poster: | Hyack |
When fish farmers replace fish feed made of fish with more sustainable plant-based alternatives, that may make the fish less healthy to eat and generate more pollution, a new study warns.
Posted: | 4:15 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207579 |
Rating: | 20758 |
Poster: | Hyack |
An Ottawa woman believes a chunk of frozen sewage plummeted from a passing aircraft and punched a hole through the roof of her mother's Nepean home early Sunday morning, just metres from where she lay sleeping.
Posted: | 4:14 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207604 |
Rating: | 20760 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Seven Canadians are among two dozen people being honoured with the latest Carnegie medals for heroism. The medals are named for Pittsburgh steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who was inspired by stories of heroism during a coal mine disaster
Posted: | 2:56 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207158 |
Rating: | 20716 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A woman who pitched two cups of coffee at a man when he confronted her for parking in a handicapped parking spot outside a Tim Hortons has received a police warning after a video of the incident garnered international attention.
Posted: | 2:49 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207386 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Archeologists investigate the discovery of hundreds of Mi'kmaq artifacts in the mud along Nova Scotia's Mersey River. Hundreds of arrowheads and tools, some 8,000 years old, were discovered last summer along the Mersey River
Posted: | 2:46 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207490 |
Rating: | 20749 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A U.S. Navy tugboat that sank nearly a century ago has been found by a team of government researchers off the San Francisco coast. The USS Conestoga departed San Francisco Bay for Pearl Harbor in March 1921. But the boat never made it to Hawaii, and her 5
Posted: | 2:44 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207653 |
Rating: | 20765 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A Manitoba veteran says he's disheartened Justin Trudeau failed to follow through on his campaign promise to reinstate lifelong pensions for injured veterans in Tuesday's federal budget.
Posted: | 2:39 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207300 |
Rating: | 20730 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Searchers looking for a two-year-old boy who went missing from his property in rural Manitoba are in a "race against time," RCMP said on Wednesday.
Posted: | 2:37 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207316 |
Rating: | 20732 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A decade after the Queen of the North sank, the ferry's navigator is still in prison, and BC Ferries says the "darkest day" transformed the company into a safety leader
Posted: | 2:33 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207359 |
Rating: | 20736 |
Poster: | Hyack |
The 12 and 13-year old girls who posted a photo on Facebook of a man they thought was taking photos of them are now the victims of backlash on social media.
Posted: | 2:29 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207477 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | Hyack |
First Nations and tourism operators in British Columbia say better access to the Great Bear Rainforest is needed in order for people to enjoy what the province describes as B.C.'s gift to the world.
Posted: | 2:27 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Misc CDN |
Hits: | 207308 |
Rating: | 20731 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Some kids on spring break were rewarded with an orca sighting less than 30 metres from the shore, thanks to a quick-thinking whale enthusiast.
Posted: | 2:21 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Environmental |
Hits: | 207228 |
Rating: | 20723 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A vocal military veteran in Cape Breton says he has confidence the Liberal government will find an acceptable fix for providing veterans services in Sydney.
Posted: | 2:19 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207176 |
Rating: | 20718 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Parks Canada is launching a new cross-Canada exhibit featuring stories about HMS Erebus, one of the lost ships of the 1845 Franklin expedition.
Posted: | 2:14 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207544 |
Rating: | 20754 |
Poster: | Hyack |
A minor hockey coach in Halifax is accusing a game official of taunting his team and later attacking a player during a recent game in P.E.I. that went horribly awry, prompting an RCMP investigation.
Posted: | 12:47 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207338 |
Rating: | 20734 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
The Liberal government says Canada is not at war with Islamic militants -- a view not shared by ally France.
Posted: | 12:47 PM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207490 |
Rating: | 20750 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Posted: | 11:40 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207622 |
Rating: | 20762 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
In a hundred days time, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians will mark the 100th anniversary of the deadly battle of Beaumont-Hamel.
Posted: | 1:58 AM on Wednesday |
Topic: | History |
Hits: | 207737 |
Rating: | 20775 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Ondrej Pavelec recorded his first shutout of the season and Adam Lowry scored the only goal that was needed Tuesday night as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-0.
Posted: | 5:19 PM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Sports |
Hits: | 207303 |
Rating: | 20730 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has died, his chief of staff confirmed this morning.
Posted: | 8:37 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207904 |
Rating: | 20791 |
Poster: | shockedcanadian |
German researchers show that the five-year-old vulnerability still exists in hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the road.
Posted: | 8:17 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Tech |
Hits: | 207477 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
A Russian court has sentenced a Ukrainian pilot to 22 years in prison after convicting her for complicity to murder in the 2014 deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine.
Posted: | 7:40 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207151 |
Rating: | 20715 |
Poster: | DrCaleb |
Two explosions heard at Brussels airport, cause unclear - images show smoke rising from terminal building
Posted: | 12:23 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207699 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | martin14 |
Lexi, a six-year-old who is less than two per cent Choctaw, is about to be ripped out oh her loving foster home because of a federal law that requires Native American children to live with Native parents.
Posted: | 12:19 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Lifestyle |
Hits: | 207705 |
Rating: | 20771 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Marine Le Pen has been given a chilly reception by Quebec's political class since arriving in the province on Friday.
Posted: | 12:18 AM on Tuesday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207383 |
Rating: | 20738 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal budget will include historic investments in First Nations and indigenous communities.
Posted: | 11:46 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Political |
Hits: | 207317 |
Rating: | 20732 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
The health benefits of moderate drinking are likely overstated, say Canadian researchers who reviewed 87 long-term studies on alcohol and death rates.
Posted: | 10:19 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207365 |
Rating: | 20737 |
Poster: | andyt |
One forgotten pair of reading glasses, and an innocent man is publicly branded a pedophile.
Posted: | 5:09 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207455 |
Rating: | 20748 |
Poster: | andyt |
Posted: | 5:07 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Economics |
Hits: | 207394 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | andyt |
The owner and operator of a Calgary store that sells fish, reptiles and amphibians have been charged under Alberta's Animal Protection Act.
Posted: | 3:26 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Law & Order |
Hits: | 207045 |
Rating: | 20705 |
Poster: | Hyack |
Children covered in sores and rashes in an Ontario First Nation are the face of a much broader health crisis faced by aboriginal communities across the country, says Charlie Angus, the NDP indigenous affairs critic.
Posted: | 2:57 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Health |
Hits: | 207548 |
Rating: | 20755 |
Poster: | Robair |
A nocturnal "cat burglar" with a taste for socks and men's underwear is causing a one-feline crime wave in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Posted: | 2:26 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Strange |
Hits: | 207860 |
Rating: | 20788 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
'Abu Adam' is one of only a handful of the hundreds of youngsters kidnapped and sent to a training camp in Raqqa to form the elite military unit, known as the 'Caliphate Cubs', to escape ISIS's evil grip.
Posted: | 2:23 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Misc World |
Hits: | 207394 |
Rating: | 20739 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |
As company seeks bailout from Canadian taxpayers, proposal to shift assembly of turboprop components to Mexico and China remains on table
Posted: | 2:19 PM on Monday |
Topic: | Business |
Hits: | 207151 |
Rating: | 20715 |
Poster: | N_Fiddledog |