The Crimean parliament voted unanimously to join the Russian Federation and will hold a referendum on the issue March 16 in another escalation of the crisis in Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk has rejected the […]
CBC’s Canada Reads competition has a new winner for 2014 — Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda came out on top in this year’s edition of the annual five-book battle. The Orenda is Boyden’s third novel, and […]
The 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi will be commemorated by the introduction of 50 new artifacts into the Hockey Hall of Fame. A new exhibit coming to hockey’s most hallowed hall later this month […]
For many, getting up in the morning is about to get a whole lot easier. Food giant Oscar Mayer is currently testing a new iPhone add-on device that will wake users up with the smell […]
Six children of the ultra conservative Jewish group Lev Tahor have been taken into custody by Ontario authorities after they returned to Canada from Trinidad and Tobago. Nine members of Lev Tahor were sent back […]
The 18-year-old man who pled guilty to causing the crash that killed 17-year-old Julia Romanow-Bear will get probation for two years. The Winnipeg teen was driving 108 km/h in a 50 km/h zone on Nov. […]
Muammer Gaddafi’s son Saadi has been extradited from Niger to the Libyan capital of Tripoli where he is being held in Hadaba Prison. The Libyan Interim Government announced the extradition on its official Facebook page. […]
President Moncef Marzouk lifted a 37-month old state of emergency from all the territories of Tunisia in a decision announced Mar. 6. The emergency was imposed on Jan. 15, 2011 after former president Zine el-Abidine […]
Residents in a west-end Toronto neighbourhood will be trained to use bat-detecting technology as part of a project to help monitor Toronto’s urban bat population. The Urban Bat Project allows residents to rent equipment such […]
Olympic speed skating champion Cindy Klassen is visiting Syrian families who are living in refugee camps and communities in Jordan. She is distributing heaters, carpets and warm clothing this week as part of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR). […]
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