Cory Sater Guilty Of Drunk Driving In Fatal Hit-And-Run
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Coquitlam man has been found guilty of impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death for a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a Good Samaritan.Charlene...
View ArticleTemporary Foreign Workers: Tories' Ban On Criminal Employers Quietly Abandoned
The Harper government has quietly backed away from changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program that would have banned employers convicted of certain crimes from participating. New rules for...
View ArticleHibernia platform oil leak curbs production
An oil leak at the site of the Hibernia offshore platform on the Grand Banks off the coast of Newfoundland has resulted in a significant downturn in oil production. Workers reported a small leak on...
View ArticleToronto short 50 streetcars due to extreme cold
There will be 50 fewer streetcars on Toronto streets at rush hour today due to the extreme cold. The TTC says it normally operates about 195 streetcars during peak service, but during extreme wind and...
View ArticleLacey Chabert Marries Mystery Man In Secret Wedding
Congratulations are in order for Lacey Chabert, who tied the knot with a mystery man. Just days after attending Kaley Cuoco's secret New Year's Eve wedding, the "Mean Girls" star made the announcement...
View ArticleTroubled Cyclone Helicopter Purchase Moving Forward, Sea Kings To Start...
OTTAWA - The federal government has decided not to scrap its troubled purchase of CH-148 Cyclone helicopters.Instead, Ottawa will go ahead with its plan to acquire maritime choppers to replace the...
View ArticleDears' Singer Murray Lightburn Escapes 'Indie Rock Prison' With 'Mass:Light'
Murray Lightburn, singer of Montreal band The Dears, has made a mother of a solo album. "Mass:Light" is an electronic concept album, a sci-fi story about death and war and crystal balls, which follows...
View ArticleChild found dead at downtown community housing building
A child was found dead at a Toronto Community Housing building on Friday morning, EMS say. Paramedics were called to 200 Wellesley, near Sherbourne Street, just after 9 a.m. this morning. The coroner...
View ArticleFlu activity taking off across Canada; year shaping up as normal H1N1 year
TORONTO - Flu season has swung into full gear in many parts of the country, sowing illness, absenteeism and in some places alarm.Reports of deaths of adults in Texas and Alberta have raised questions...
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Photographer And Her Daughter With Down Syndrome Collaborate On Beautiful...
At first, it was Irish-born photographer and mother Emer Gillespie who was behind the camera. But after Laoisha, her young daughter, starting asking to take the photos, she relinquished control....
View ArticleIcebreakers called in to free ferries in St. Lawrence
Two icebreakers have been called in to the St. Lawrence because of ice that is preventing travel in the river and its tributaries. Ferries connecting Sorel-Tracy and St-Ignace-de-Loyola, Que., have...
View ArticleIt's So Cold In Canada, Boiling Water Shot From Water Gun Creates Shower Of...
Here we have a true "only in Canada" moment, brought to us by extreme, subzero weather. On Thursday, temperatures in South Porcupine, Ont. hit a refreshing -41°C. So YouTube user chrisgsauce filled a...
View ArticleDine Out Vancouver 2014: When Is It?
Vancouver's annual restaurant festival, Dine Out Vancouver launches on Jan. 17, with participating restaurants announced by Tourism Vancouver next Monday, Jan. 6. Canada's largest restaurant festival...
View ArticleAlberta Flood 2013: Comparing Canada's Costliest Natural Disasters
As waters rose to levels that threatened to swallow vast swaths of southern Alberta this summer, it was the question that wasn't too far back in the minds of Albertans who were then living through the...
View ArticleToronto Fire urges city residents to check carbon monoxide devices
Toronto Fire is reminding people to take extra measures to ensure they are protected against the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning after receiving an abundance of related calls following the ice storm....
View ArticleCan The Cold Weather Make You Sick?
You've probably heard your parents tell you a hundred times never to leave the house without a hat, scarf and gloves during the winter, but do cold temperatures (especially in Canada) actually make us...
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Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield Go Surfing In Hawaii
Surfs up for Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield. The adorably fit couple was photographed as legendary surfer Rory Russell taught them to shred the gnar on Friday (Jan. 3) on Oahu. Garfield, 30, and Stone,...
View ArticleChristy Foley Makes Mars One Shortlist Along With 1,058 Others
An Edmonton woman may become one of the few pioneers to head to Mars and fulfill a dream of travelling to space. Christy Foley has made the shortlist for Mars One, a Dutch-led one-way mission that...
View ArticleOccupy Fredericton protesters get apology, $14K from city
Three Occupy Fredericton protesters have won an apology and $14,350 in damages from the city, after their protest camp was removed by city staff two years ago. Julian Renaud, Dana Hartt, and Alex...
View ArticleJumbo Glacier Resort faces First Nations court challenge
A challenge to the controversial Jumbo Glacier Resort heads to B.C. Supreme Court on Monday, with a local First Nation arguing that it hasn’t been properly consulted on a project that will profoundly...
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