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World Chess Championship: Anand loses game 6, despite Carlsen's 'monumental blunder' - Hindustan Times replay the game to move 26 and behold.

Canada’s poorest neighbourhood refuses to get better despite $1M a day in social spending VANCOUVER – In a campaign that has otherwise been pretty scant on details, mayoral challenger Kirk LaPointe rolled out at least one policy point that got some attention: If elected, the former journalist...

I dig this stuff. Hard adventurers..boldy going. Completing Scott’s South Pole expedition in Antarctica.

On Friday, Stephen Harper surpassed Brian Mulroney, becoming the sixth longest-serving prime minister in our history. On Jan. 24 he will begin his ninth year at 24 Sussex Drive. There’s reason to wonder if he will have a 10th, or if he will step aside to let someone else lead his party into...

open nominations dontcha know. :lol: David AkinVerified account ‏@davidakin Wow...

Ontario’s Liberal government led by lesbian Premier Kathleen Wynne announced yesterday that it will reintroduce a graphic and explicit sex-ed curriculum to be ready by next school year. The curriculum, shelved in 2010 under the then McGuinty government after massive parent outrage, was...

"We wanted to see it would get attention." #BBCTrending: Syrian 'hero boy' video faked by Norwegian director Millions of YouTube viewers have been captivated by the 'Syrian hero boy' who manages to rescue a little girl while under gunfire. Now a group of Norwegian filmmakers have told BBC...

in country skill systems Jason Kenney نVerified account ‏@kenneyjason Interesting...

to $53.0 billion, the eighth gain in nine months. The increase follows a 3.5% decline in August. Most of the increase in September stemmed from higher sales in the transportation equipment industry. Excluding transportation equipment, manufacturing sales rose 0.6%. The primary metal and food...

On Friday, the Washington Examiner reported that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a full 85.9 million Americans had said they did not want a job last month – 93 percent of all of those who had dropped out of labor force. The labor force participation rate in the United States is...

Châteauguay police unveiled a new police uniform on Friday, complete with cowboy hats and sheriff’s badges. The Garth Brooks look-a-like costume is their response to the continuing pressure tactics against Bill 3 that changes the rules for pension fund contributions. The Police Brotherhood...

Government workers in Britain being paid to climb ladders and strip leaves off trees on public property by hand "in an attempt to speed up autumn" Westminster cancels autumn: Worker seen pulling leaves from the trees Westminster authorities are accused of wasting money on pointless task...

you whiners made this dude cry. One of the scientists responsible for successfully landing the Rossetta probe on a comet millions of miles away on Friday responded to outrage directed at a shirt he wore earlier this week during the televised landing. “I made a big mistake and I offended...

OTTAWA -- Tom Mulcair's enthusiasm for a west-to-east oil pipeline has not dimmed, despite mounting opposition among environmentalists and provincial politicians in the NDP's home base of Quebec. Energy East still makes the most sense of any proposal for pumping Alberta's oilsands crude...

Gregor Robertson opposes the expansion of a Kinder Morgan pipeline and makes this a central promise of his bid for re-election as Vancouver’s mayor. Robertson says that more oil tankers are too risky. It’s true that pipelines and tankers do pose environmental risks but there’s more to this...

in case you hadn't heard about the good news yet: Putin knows he needs to get this kind of thing done now while we still have a wimp for a President. Check it out: In a show of military muscle amid tensions with the West, Russia will send long-range strategic bombers on regular patrol...

charming EAST ST. LOUIS • Police are seeking a "person of interest" after a body was found Monday in the trunk of a car that was on fire in East St. Louis. Authorities said they are trying to locate a Missouri man, Hairl T. Johnson, 43, and asked for the...

here's our wannabe hero: The Department of National Defence says it can find no indication that Franck Gervais, who spoke with CBC on Remembrance Day wearing a uniform and medals, is a member of the military. (CBC) The Department of National Defence says Franck Gervais, a man who claimed...

Steve ForbesVerified account ‏@SteveForbesCEO This editorial says it all in reference to Net Neutrality and the President...

don't know much about this douchebag but I guess he's one of those celebrodoctors people are swooning over...anyway: Dr. Oz is the latest celebrity to find out that Twitter call-outs can backfire. In a big way. On Tuesday, Mehmet Oz put out a Tweet, saying, "What is your biggest question...