FIFA World Cup: Germany 2, Ghana 2
Germany and Ghana both battled back from behind to force a well-earned 2-2 draw on Saturday in the teams' second Group G match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The match saw four goals in the second half....
View ArticleWorldPride 2014: Creator of the rainbow flag talks in Toronto
As WorldPride is well underway, much of Toronto is covered in rainbow themes based on the rainbow flag — an image of that has come to be one of the most recognizable social justice symbols around the...
View ArticleRegent Park gets more green space, playgrounds, amenities
A family-friendly, multi-use six-acre park has finally opened in the Regent Park community of Toronto. The park opened Friday just in time for the first day of summer after almost a year of...
View ArticleEdmonton businessman begins build on B.C. burial ground
On National Aboriginal Day, B.C. First Nations and gulf islanders rallied and canoed around a tiny B.C. island cemetery that is being developed into the site of a luxury home. Grace Islet, located in...
View Article3 dead after boat capsizes in northwestern Ontario
Two men have died, bringing the death count to three, after a boat carrying eight people capsized in northerwestern Ontario. Police have recovered the bodies of 30-year-old William Chisel and...
View ArticleKenney Defends 'Top-To-Bottom Overhaul' Of Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Employment Minister Jason Kenney is defending the federal government's changes to the temporary foreign worker program, noting that the "top-to-bottom" overhaul will force businesses to use market...
View ArticleOttawa-Bound Via Rail Train Hits, Kills Pedestrian
An Ottawa-bound train hit and killed a pedestrian around 12 p.m., about 20 minutes after leaving the Kingston station, Via Rail confirmed. Trains are backed up but Via Rail is working on a plan to get...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup: Belgium 1, Russia 0
Belgium broke through late to defeat Russia 1-0 in the teams' second Group H match at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil on Sunday. Neither side created too many chances until the final 10 minutes,...
View ArticleMan injured in Brentwood Mall parking lot shooting
Burnaby RCMP are investigating after a man was shot at Brentwood Mall at around 8:30 pm PT Saturday night. Cpl. Lea-Anne Dunlop said police arrived and found the wounded man in the mall's parking lot....
View ArticleWorld Cup gambler avoids $350k loss thanks to Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi sent an entire country into a frenzy with his last-minute, game-winning goal for Argentina in the side's FIFA World Cup Group F match against Iran. He also prevented a high-rolling Vegas...
View Article92-year-old war veteran skydives for charity
A 92-year-old Canadian war veteran with a passion for a Newfoundland park took a plunge for charity from 10,000 feet this weekend in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. Rev. Wes Oake, a retired United...
View ArticlePolice believe 'Mummy Bandit' has hit another Toronto bank
Toronto police say the so-called "Mummy Bandit" suspect has held up another bank. The latest incident occurred Friday at a Royal Bank on Broadview Avenue, south of Danforth Avenue. Police have made...
View ArticleBike crash halts Arctic to Antarctic Alzheimer's trip
A biking accident has landed a Toronto man in hospital just several hundred kilometres into a cycling odyssey that was supposed to take him from the top to bottom of the Americas. Sixty-two-year-old...
View ArticleQuebec woman's jailed Saudi husband faces whipping
Pressure is mounting on the Canadian government to intervene on behalf of a Quebec woman’s journalist husband who is facing 1,000 lashes in Saudi Arabia. Raif Badawi has been in a Saudi jail since 2012...
View ArticleB.C. Liquor Laws May Raise Beer Prices
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's new happy hour laws may actually raise prices for beer at some bars.The province is now allowing pubs to change prices throughout the day to create drink specials, but is...
View ArticleOversized alley cat creates cougar scare near Metrotown
Burnaby couple Jason McIntyre and Amrita Sandhu got a rare treat Saturday morning when they spotted something unusual in their back alley, just a short walk from Metrotown. "We could hear the crows...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup: Algeria 4, South Korea 2
Algeria earned its first win at the 2014 FIFA World Cup with offensive flair, downing South Korea 4-2 in the pair's second Group H match of the tournament on Sunday. Islam Slimani, Rafik Halliche, and...
View ArticlePearl Jam Perform 'Let It Go' From Disney's 'Frozen' (VIDEO)
You might be tired of hearing "Let It Go", but Pearl Jam is here to redeem it. The band broke into the song's chorus while singing "Daughter" at a concert in Milan on Friday, and it's an amazing spin...
View ArticleJetboats create turbulence in B.C.'s Kootenays
A growing list of recreational users and environmental activists in the Kootenays are demanding some regulation of high-powered watercraft on the Kootenay River and its Rocky Mountain tributaries....
View ArticleB.C. Teachers Strike 2014: Veteran Mediator Declines To Help
VANCOUVER - A veteran mediator has turned down a request to try to settle British Columbia's teachers strike.B.C. Teachers Federation spokesman Rich Overgaard says Vince Ready did not have time in his...
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