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 […]
Police are warning about the dangers of playing in snow following a nine-year-old boy’s death near Orangeville. The boy died in hospital after being pulled from a snow bank around 3:30 p.m. Feb. 5. Police […]
The 71-year-old “theatre shooter” and the victim’s widow shed tears during a hearing Feb. 5 to determine if the retired police officer will be released on bail. Curtis Reeves has been jailed ever since the […]
Japanese composer Mamoru Samuragoch has revealed that he paid another person to write his most praised music. Samuragoch is a celebrated icon because he is deaf and has been hailed as the “Japanese Beethoven” according […]
The web is abuzz after American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken cleaned up his Twitter account following the announcement that he plans to run for U.S. Congress. After deleting most of his tweets, Aiken’s Twitter account is down […]
CN Rail and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract agreement just days before Ottawa planned to introduce back-to-work legislation. Details of the labour contract have yet to be announced, pending ratification. The union […]
Four Canadians have moved on to the finals for the freestyle skiing women’s moguls. The top 10 scores in the qualifying round go directly to Saturday’s finals. Team Canada made a strong showing, and the […]
The Italian navy rescued 1,123 people off the southern coast of Sicily early on Feb. 6. Patrol helicopters spotted the migrants vessels at 8 a.m. local time. The migrants — who are fleeing mideast violence […]
Russian officials say US concerns about explosives hidden in toothpaste tubes on flights to the Olympics have been overblown. The US Department of Homeland Security sent a notification to all airlines having a direct flight to Russia […]
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