The Super Bowl – an industry that generates $10 billion annually – has become the single-largest human-trafficking event in the United States. According to USA Today, an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 American women, some as […]
Heavy rainstorms and an increase in global temperature are threatening the Argentina’s magellanic penguins. The largest colony has declined by 20 per cent since 1987, according to the study published in the journal PLOS One. […]
Another Super Bowl will come and go leaving Canadian gamblers in its dust. Canadian senators are still sitting on Bill C-290, which would allow Canadians to legally bet on a single sports event. Currently, sports gamblers […]
An abandoned ship reported to be carrying cannibal rats off the Newfoundland coast has likely sunk in the North Atlantic according to a statement by the Irish coastguard. A representative from Ireland’s Coast Guard (IRGC) […]
The United States has asked the government of South Sudan to release the final four detainees being held over allegations of an attempted coup in December. The release of the final detainees would help alleviate […]
Former Canadian brigadier-general Daniel Menard has reportedly been arrested in Afghanistan for gun smuggling charges. CBC says Menard has spent the last three weeks in jail after being arrested by Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry. Afghanistan has […]
Only one spot remains in the FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2014 women’s tournament after Brazil and Paraguay secured their berths. The South American squads advanced to the next round at the CONMEBOL qualifying campaign […]
Best Buy Canada will be cutting 950 full-time jobs across its stores in an attempt to stave off competition and streamline its business. The cuts will also affect the retail giant’s counterpart Future Shop. Best […]
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will be working today on a plan to contain a fatal pig virus that kills piglets but is rarely dangerous to humans. Wynne, who is also the province’s agricultural minister, is […]
A woman died Thursday morning after her scarf got caught in a Montreal Metro station escalator. The 47-year-old woman was strangled to death after her scarf became stuck in the escalator’s teeth. When she bent down […]
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