A McDonald’s employee in Pittsburgh is facing charges after she was caught selling heroin out of the restaurant in Happy Meal boxes. CNN reports that 26-year-old Shantia Dennis had been hiding this illegal drug inside […]
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil says the rebuilding of the iconic Bluenose II has become a “boondoggle” for taxpayers, and has asked the province’s auditor general to look into the matter. The replica of the […]
Ninety-two air force officers who cheated on their proficiency tests have been decertified and removed from nuclear-related duties, the US air force announced today. CNN is reporting officials first alleged that 34 officers had cheated […]
What better way to discourage people from drinking and driving than giving them a chance to win a huge flatscreen TV and accompanying surround sound? Jan. 30th marks the official beginning of The Beer Store’s […]
A laptop with the unencrypted information about 620,000 patients was stolen last September according to Health Minister Fred Horne. But the health department was only made aware of the incident Jan. 21st. The laptop contained […]
A ghost ship that has been cruising the North Atlantic since being cut loose by Transport Canada off Newfoundland earlier in the year may be headed towards Ireland with some unruly passengers. Last week, sightings […]
In the wake of a fatal train derailment in Lac-Mégantic Quebec last July, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and the US National Transportation Safety Board issued strong recommendations Jan. 23 to improve the safe transportation […]
New York resident and crime boss Vincent Asaro was taken into custody by FBI agents Jan 23. Five members of the Bonanno crime family, including Asaro’s son and three others, were arrested and charged with […]
Nova Scotia’s auditor general announced Jan. 23 that the province’s net debt is the second highest in Canada. Jacques Lapointe reported that over the past ten years, the total net debt has increased by $1.6 […]
With only two weeks to go before the Sochi Olympic Games, fears of potential terrorist attacks are mounting. Reports of potential threats have been surfacing all week. IOC calls threats “fake” Italian, Hungarian, German, British, […]
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