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I don't think I have ever picked up a pair of tongs without clicking them together a couple of times..........

Fans in Calgary and Ottawa want new arenas. But taxpayers and politicians aren’t keen to help pay for them Canadians oppose using taxpayers funds for NHL franchises - Macleans.ca

About this Video In 1971, the Shah of Iran celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party known in history. Money was no object; an airport and 80 km of roads were built to reach the desert venue at the ruins of Persepolis, where a lavish oasis was created...

China agrees to stop conducting state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting Canadian private sector This industrial espionage accord was worked out this past Friday during high-level talks in Ottawa between senior Communist Party official Wang Yongqing and Daniel Jean, the national security and...

Czech nuclear power plant decided a bikini contest would be a good way to choose its next round of interns. Facebook users were asked to rate school graduates who posed inside a cooling tower. Power generation conglomerate CEZ had 10 bikini-clad high school graduates pose in a cooling tower of...

- A large Marine Protected Area (MPA) planned for Canada’s East Coast will allow oil and gas exploration in much of its territory, according to newly published regulations, raising environmental activists’ ire. “We feel that oil and gas activities are not compatible with any marine...

'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!' www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_Yrwb4rh8 The @GlastoFest crowd spontaneously starts singing 'Oh @jeremycorbyn'. Something extraordinary is happening in this country. https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/878378379334090753

World Taekwondo Federation changes name over 'negative connotations' - BBC Sport

No doubt due to her socialist programs..... The governing provincial Liberals are closing the gap on the poll-leading Progressive Conservatives at the expense of the New Democrats and the Greens, a new survey suggests. Patrick Brown’s Tories are at 42 per cent, ahead of Premier Kathleen...

The measure would essentially kill development of shale oil and gas in mainland France and in the country’s overseas territories, but does nothing to curb ongoing exploration or extraction projects involving conventional oil and gas. Hulot argued that abruptly ending previously approved...

The change announced Friday will end a practice that Google has embraced since the company introduced Gmail in 2004. The practice has raised concerns among privacy watchdogs and creeped out some users. To help finance the free service, Google has been scanning through what Gmail users were...

The weather forecast for the US city suggests temperatures could reach 120F (49C) on Tuesday. That is higher than the operating temperature of some planes. American Airlines announced it was cancelling dozens of flights scheduled to take off from Sky Harbor airport during the hottest part of...

More organs than ever available for transplant due to BC's fentanyl overdose epidemic http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/opioid-addiction-could-be-factor-in-growing-number-of-donor-organs-experts-1.3467291

Personal data on 198 million voters, including analytics data that suggests who a person is likely to vote for and why, was stored on an unsecured Amazon server. 198 million Americans hit by 'largest ever' voter records leak | ZDNet

A Mississauga, Ont., man is stunned after witnessing and filming a woman make several demands for a "white doctor" who "doesn't have brown teeth" and "speaks English" at his local walk-in clinic on Sunday. Hitesh Bhardwaj recorded the incident while waiting for his own appointment at Rapid...

Oh the irony: Amazon files patent to block you from online price checking in its stores Amazon has earned plenty of sales from shoppers comparing its prices to those of items on the store shelves in front of them. Now the online retail giant has locked down a patent on technology to prevent...

Southwest US preps for 120 temps https://www.apnews.com/96130eedfe984ded841cb74d20d7edc7/Southwest-US-preps-for-120-temps:-Water,-water,-more-water

The American Heart Association recently released a report advising against the use of coconut oil. The Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease advisory reviewed existing data on saturated fat, showing coconut oil increased LDL ("bad") cholesterol in seven out of seven controlled trials...