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Three days of floods kill 430 people in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan � Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 192
Misc World | 207934 hits | 5:44 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
PESHAWAR, Pakistan � Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan on Friday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 192
Gov't prepared for arrival of Sri Lankan migrant ship
The Ministry of Defence says it is prepared to intercept a migrant ship, reportedly carrying about 200 suspected Sri Lankan asylum seekers, that is due to arrive on B.C.'s coast in the next few weeks.BP plan to plug damaged well delayed
A procedure aimed at permanently plugging BP's damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico has been delayed because of debris in the relief well, a U.S. official says.
Environmental | 207987 hits | 5:38 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A procedure aimed at permanently plugging BP's damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico has been delayed because of debris in the relief well, a U.S. official says. Eskimos seeking 1st win, job security
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation could see a spike in Pro Line picks Friday given the over-under listing of 53.5 for the Lions-Eskimos CFL game. Asteroid could hit Earth in 172 years
Astronomers have detected a half-kilometre wide asteroid that appears to be on a collision course with the Earth � in 172 years time. River boat rescue options pondered
The M.S. River Rouge tour boat remains lodged on a sandbar, just north of Winnipeg, and officials are trying to figure out how to free it. Canadian jets repelled Russian bombers: MacKay
Two days after Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a pair of Russian bombers off the coast of Newfoundland, Defence Minister Peter MacKay says any future incursions can expect the same swift response. CF-18 demo shows grounded after crash
The remainder of the performances by the Canadian Forces CF-18 demonstration team were cancelled Friday, one week after one of the jets crashed in Alberta and its pilot was injured. Tornado touches down northwest of CalgaryEnvironmental | 207951 hits | 4:44 PM on Friday | posted by WDHIII
A tornado touched down near Sundre, northwest of Calgary, on Friday afternoon.Fan gets jail for ballpark vomit-assault
Law & Order | 206749 hits | 2:56 PM on Friday | posted by Regina
NYT Blogger Who Knocked Fox News' Audience Diversity Has the Same Problem
Uncle Sam | 206741 hits | 2:35 PM on Friday | posted by ManifestDestiny
On this day: Paper fight in the Manitoba legislature
Broadcast Date: July 30, 1980
The Manitoba legislature has an amusing tradition. On the last day of a session, members of the legislative assembly and reporters in the press gallery have a big paper fight to blow off a little steam. Normally it's just ha Serial killer Robert Pickton's appeal deniedLaw & Order | 206774 hits | 11:13 AM on Friday | posted by andyt
New Mexico Governor Considers Pardon for Billy the Kid
SANTA FE, New Mexico -- The showdown between frontier lawman Pat Garrett and notorious outlaw Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline.
Law & Order | 208317 hits | 6:41 AM on Friday | posted by stokes
SANTA FE, New Mexico -- The showdown between frontier lawman Pat Garrett and notorious outlaw Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline. Saskatchewan takes Bon Jovi up on offer
Playing before 35,000 fans inside the CFL team�s home stadium on Wednesday, the American rocker donned a Roughriders hat for his band�s final bow, made a reference to being �in Rider country� and, during back-to-back versions of a new tune called Charged with speeding based on a guess?Law & Order | 208441 hits | 5:40 AM on Friday | posted by Benn
Ottawa - Dennis Pacitti, 43, was charged with driving 149 km/h in a 100 km/h zone; based on guesstimate. He now faces third trial for the ticket after city won't back down. Disgraced officer faces dismissalLaw & Order | 208646 hits | 5:35 AM on Friday | posted by Benn
Const. Harinderpal "Bob" Mamak has seven days to resign from the Ottawa police or he'll be dismissed, a disciplinary tribunal ruled Thursday morning; Kevin Hall, a former constable who admitted to stealing crack cocaine to feed his drug addiction, was disDead whale pinned to cruise ship
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decade
Misc World | 208089 hits | 1:03 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decade Transport Canada fails to see humour in line of baggage stickers
VANCOUVER � The furor over the cheeky design of some new luggage stickers has led the two Vancouver entrepreneurs behind them to halt sales in Canada. Missing pilot found dead
The wreckage of a small plane that had been missing since Saturday was found Thursday morning southeast of Norman Wells, N.W.T., a Canadian Forces spokesman has confirmed. Arctic ship graves a 'rewarding' find
Parks Canada archeologists who found HMS Investigator, a British naval ship that was stranded in the Northwest Passage 155 years ago, are equally pleased to have discovered the graves of three of the ship's crew. Alouettes rout Argos in Eastern showdown
The battle for top spot in the East wasn't exactly a close one. 3 guilty in B.C. attack caught on YouTubeLaw & Order | 208003 hits | 9:42 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A B.C. provincial court judge has found three Vancouver Island men guilty of assault in an attack on a black man, the video of which was posted on YouTube last year. Cdn army turns to CSI methods to attack bomb-making networks in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Call them super-CSI, but in a flak vest and helmet. The Canadian army is dramatically upping the ante in training expert soldiers to fight networks that plant roadside bombs and booby traps in Afghanistan. Reptile footprints in New Brunswick providing new clues to evolution
FREDERICTON - An accidental discovery along the eroding Bay of Fundy shoreline in New Brunswick is giving scientists insight into the evolution of life on earth.BPA found in cash register and ATM receipts
The controversial chemical bisphenol A has been found in 40 per cent of receipts collected by the U.S. organization Environmental Working Group.
The controversial chemical bisphenol A has been found in 40 per cent of receipts collected by the U.S. organization Environmental Working Group. Charities face garbage overload
Some Canadian charities are wasting time and money getting rid of piles of garbage and unusable goods left in donation bins and outside thrift store outlets. Chief Nunavut justice asks Ottawa for more judgesLaw & Order | 207933 hits | 6:29 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Just months after sending two new judges to Nunavut, the federal government is considering appointing another two members of the bench to help deal with the Arctic territory's soaring rate of violent crime.Google search engine blocked in mainland China
Google Inc. said Thursday that its search engine and other services were abruptly cut off from mainland China, raising more questions about the Internet company's ability to operate in the country while trying to work around the government's online censor
Misc World | 207958 hits | 6:21 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Google Inc. said Thursday that its search engine and other services were abruptly cut off from mainland China, raising more questions about the Internet company's ability to operate in the country while trying to work around the government's online censorObama charms hosts, defends policies on 'The View'
U.S. President Barack Obama spent some time on the couch Thursday, but he wasn't relaxing. Instead, Obama sat on the custard-coloured couch seen by millions each day on the set of the daytime talk show "The View."
U.S. President Barack Obama spent some time on the couch Thursday, but he wasn't relaxing. Instead, Obama sat on the custard-coloured couch seen by millions each day on the set of the daytime talk show "The View." B.C. permanently halts sexual arousal testingLaw & Order | 208092 hits | 6:09 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
B.C.'s minister of children and family development has ordered a permanent end to a controversial sex testing program for young offenders after learning one of its government technicians was recently charged with sexual assault. Chopper crashes while fighting B.C. wildfire
A helicopter crashed Thursday while fighting one of several fires roaring through British Columbia, highlighting the dangers that fire crews face while battling blazes during one of the driest months of July the province has ever seen.Ousted USDA Employee Sherrod Plans to Sue Blogger
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.German prosecutors reveal charges against Nazi suspect
BERLIN � The world's third most wanted Nazi suspect was involved in the entire process of killing Jews at the Belzec death camp: from taking victims from trains to pushing them into gas chambers to throwing corpses into mass graves, a German court said Th
Misc World | 207924 hits | 2:55 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
BERLIN � The world's third most wanted Nazi suspect was involved in the entire process of killing Jews at the Belzec death camp: from taking victims from trains to pushing them into gas chambers to throwing corpses into mass graves, a German court said Th Fish feminizing in Alberta riversEnvironmental | 208011 hits | 2:53 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Chemicals are likely to blame for the feminization of fish in two southern Alberta rivers, say researchers at the University of Calgary Hells Angels clubhouse seized in WinnipegLaw & Order | 208091 hits | 2:47 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
The Manitoba government has temporarily seized a Hells Angels clubhouse in Winnipeg and is seeking court permission to take it over permanently. Ford to lay off 388 at Windsor engine plant
Ford Motor Co. will lay off nearly 400 workers at its engine plant in Windsor, Ont. The news comes just one day after General Motors closed its transmission plant, pulling out of the city after 90 years. Lightning sparks 165 new B.C. wildfires
Lightning strikes caused an estimated 165 new wildfires in B.C.'s Interior overnight Wednesday, prompting officials to issue two new evacuation orders and call in aerial reinforcements as hot, dry weather continued to blanket the province.Michigan oil cleanup 'inadequate': governor
Cleanup crews in southern Michigan are trying to prevent oil that spilled from an Enbridge pipeline into a local waterway from reaching Lake Michigan.
Environmental | 207691 hits | 11:23 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Cleanup crews in southern Michigan are trying to prevent oil that spilled from an Enbridge pipeline into a local waterway from reaching Lake Michigan. Researchers hope to make Canada the world's web serverTech | 207752 hits | 11:16 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadian researchers hope to stem the global IT industry's rampant output of greenhouse gas emissions by perfecting a way to host the Internet's content purely on green power.Churchill's choppers sold at auction in England
A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill -- described as the teeth that saved the world -- sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds (US$23,723).
Strange | 207702 hits | 11:15 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill -- described as the teeth that saved the world -- sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds (US$23,723). Nova Scotia family discovers 3-metre shark on beachMisc CDN | 207664 hits | 11:13 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
For the Chandler family in Nova Scotia, the discovery of a 3-metre blue shark on the shore of the same waters they swim in was quite the shock.Second U.S. sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan
A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.
Military | 207832 hits | 11:11 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.Officials nab grizzly that attacked Ontario woman
Yesterday morning, Deb Freele woke up face-to-face with a bear. It had broken into her tent and was moments from attacking her.
Misc World | 207613 hits | 11:09 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Yesterday morning, Deb Freele woke up face-to-face with a bear. It had broken into her tent and was moments from attacking her. Food industry urged to pinch sodium from productsHealth | 207788 hits | 11:07 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadians need to break their addiction to sodium, says a panel of experts that released on Thursday its recommendations on how government and industry can do just that. On this day: Bluenose II donated to Nova Scotia
Broadcast Date: July 29, 1971
It's the most easily recognized ship in Canada but until a few days ago there was talk that it would be scrapped. Fortunately, the Bluenose II � built from the same plans as the famous racing schooner Bluenose � has found a French mother confesses to killing eight babiesLaw & Order | 207922 hits | 9:26 AM on Thursday | posted by andyt
Porn industry finds backdoor to iPhone 4
Adult-entertainment companies rush to develop video-sex chat services to exploit FaceTime videoconference feature
Adult-entertainment companies rush to develop video-sex chat services to exploit FaceTime videoconference featureMan listed as Tokyo's oldest had been dead decades
A man listed as the oldest living male in Tokyo in fact died some 30 years ago, city officials said after his body was found mummified in his bed.
Misc World | 207679 hits | 6:56 AM on Thursday | posted by QBall
A man listed as the oldest living male in Tokyo in fact died some 30 years ago, city officials said after his body was found mummified in his bed.Submarine Missouri to be commissioned
The newest submarine of the Virginia Class, the Missouri, has completed its second and final round of at-sea testing and is preparing for a Saturday commissioning ceremony in Groton, Conn.
The newest submarine of the Virginia Class, the Missouri, has completed its second and final round of at-sea testing and is preparing for a Saturday commissioning ceremony in Groton, Conn.Back to Canada News
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