Oakville’s Ward 5 councillor Jeff Knoll is surprised to hear about about a Sheridan College student’s petition to transfer ownership of the trail system from the city to the college. The petition was generated in […]
Pop-star Justin Bieber has added to his ever-growing bad-boy status by filling a jet with marijuana smoke and allegedly being verbally-abusive to flight staff. NBC News reports Feb. 6 the leased plane was so consumed by […]
Erik Guay had the fastest time for Canada in the alpine qualifying run, finishing in seventh place. A two-time veteran of the downhill Olympic event, Guay is striving to win the gold this time. He […]
The World Bank has announced a $1-billion plan to map Africa’s natural resources, set to launch in July. Tom Butler, Global Head of Mining of The World Bank, announced the plan at the 20th Annual […]
While the athletes and fans all over the world are ready for the Sochi Winter Olympics, the same cannot be said about some of the facilities. The Olympic competition began on Feb. 6 and international […]
The ‘man of 1,000 monologues’ will air his final episode as host of The Tonight Show on Feb. 6, 2014. After 22 years on the NBC show, Jay Leno, 63, will be passing on the baton […]
Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum appeared in court Feb. 6 to face 14 criminal charges including conspiracy, corruption and breach of trust. But his time in court was brief as the lawyers for his two co-accused Saulie Zajdel […]
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford put in a stunning round in the figure skating pairs short program team event on Feb.6. Their score advanced Canada to second place in the team event. Patrick Chan competed […]
The West African country of Mali is celebrating the United Nations-recognized international day promoting the abandonment of female genital cutting. Fourteen neighborhoods of Yirimadio, a suburb outside the capital city Bamako, will no longer support the […]
NASA has just released new photographs from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) that show a new crater on the Martian surface. The photograph was taken on Nov. 19, 2013 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera […]
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