In Pic :Overtime hero Marie-Philip Poulin is all smiles after beating the U.S. for Olympic hockey gold in Sochi Thursday. Every Thursday, I play hockey with Nat, Tee, Goner and about 12 other women. I play goal. I look forward to it more than any other skate, partly because we’re very post-modern — men and women dressing, and sometimes undressing, together — and partly because the players are unlike any […]
In Pic :Neil Hamer feeds a four-year-old bear named Wimpy in 2012. The Ontario Court of Appeal has just ruled against him, upholding a by-law passed to prohibit feeding bears. Soon after the coming thaw, as she has done for years, a great black mother bear known as Belles will leave her den in the woods of northern Muskoka and saunter down to Neil Hamer’s general store, looking for her […]
Site appears to equal importance of original Burgess Shale discovery Researchers have discovered a significant new shale fossil bed in Kootenay National Park that could equal the importance and one day even surpass the original discovery of the Burgess Shale in Yoho National Park. The exact location is being kept confidential but it`s near Marble Canyon. Michael Streng and a newly discovered fossil at a new Burgess Shale […]
Gold medalist, Dara Howell, left, and bronze medalist, Kim Lamarre, both of Canada, celebrate their wins in the Ladies Ski Slopestyle final at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 MEDALS as of Tuesday, 11th February 9:06 ET Rank Country Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Total 1 4 3 2 9 2 4 2 4 10 3 3 2 […]
Can you believe it? Tim Hortons turns 50 years old this year.Yes, they have had about a dozen facelifts over the years, and dramatically increased their menu, but this year they have come up with something completely new.In February, Tim Hortons coffee shops will be equipped with TimsTV.TimsTV is an in-restaurant television channel that will be installed at 2,200 locations and aired on Tim Hortons screens. What a better way […]
Tom Mulcair urges Stephen Harper to make the issue of military suicides a personal priority. The Canadian military is dealing with another case of suspected suicide, the third sudden death in a week. The latest tragedy, which occurred Wednesday, involves a reservist belonging to The Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment, one of the country’s oldest military units, based in Kingston, Ont. Several defence sources identify the victim as Cpl. Camilo […]
Oh, Canada! This land of maple syrup, Molson and very few people (considering its size) is the second largest country in the world. Canada is a mix of world-class cities like Vancouver and Montreal, and an impressive list of natural wonders including the Canadian Rockies, Niagara Falls and the Bay of Fundy. But amid these cosmopolitan centres and stunning sites are Canada’s eccentricities. For instance, did you know $1 and […]
Transcript Hello, my name is Cpl. Chantal Farrah and I’m a police officer with the RCMP in New Brunswick. This message is being shared with you because we need your help in identifying a man who is captured in a video sexually abusing a little girl. The pictures are captured from a video in which a man is sexually abusing a little girl who appears to be approximately 3 years […]
Toronto ice storm leaves 300,000 with power TORONTO — A steady dose of freezing rain across parts of Eastern Canada turned roads and sidewalks into skating rinks Sunday, cut power to hundreds of thousands of people, and played havoc with holiday plans at one of the busiest travel times of the year. Anxious passengers found themselves stranded in airports from Toronto to St. John’s, N.L., days before Christmas. Some 300,000 […]
Two quick-thinking men on Newfoundland’s northeast coast managed to save a Greenland shark from choking to death on a large piece of moose hide this past weekend. Derrick Chaulk said he was driving down a road by the harbour in Norris Arm North this past Saturday when he saw what he thought was a beached whale. When Chaulk went closer to investigate, he realized it was a shark, which he estimated […]
