Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision was announced Jan. 30. Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan, allegedly planted two pressure cooker bombs […]
Millions of monarch butterflies arrive in the forests of central Mexico every year in November where they migrate to survive the winter. At least that’s what is supposed to happen. Decreasing populations Continuous loss of […]
While Ontario considers a provincial pension plan and Ottawa has rejected expanding the Canada Pension Plan, a new Bank of Montreal poll shows 89 per cent of Canadians rely on CPP, and 30 per cent […]
Hundreds of Canadian World War II veterans can now apply for the British Arctic Star medal — but the catch is they won’t be able to wear it in Canada. The Canadian Honours System does […]
With 98 medal events taking place at the upcoming Sochi Olympics, there are plenty of events to entertain viewers. CBC released its programming schedule Jan. 30, and the Associated Press released its medal predictions earlier […]
Minimum wage in Ontario will be going up to $11 an hour as of June 1, 2014. At a press conference, fittingly located in a small coffee shop, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the increase. “We […]
Early on Jan. 30, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of an unusually long lunar transit in which the moon appears to move across the sun. NASA’s SDO 5-year mission dedicated to observing the sun began […]
NASA has released an updated report with a video that shows the globe is getting hotter over every decade. The data comes from NASA’s New York-based Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) that specializes in […]
SASKATOON, SK – A Saskatchewan man’s appeal to have his name removed from the dangerous offender list will have to wait. Andy Peekeekoot is fighting to get his name removed because he believes the list […]
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have made significant changes at quarterback as they signed Zach Collaros and released veteran Henry Burris. Collaros previously quarterbacked for the rival Toronto Argonauts before he was released on Jan. 29. Hamilton […]
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