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Canadian pedophilia suspect on trial in Thailand Updated Mon. Mar. 10 2008 7:54 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff Canadian Christopher Paul Neil, who faces child molestation charges in Thailand, smiled and waved to a friend as he entered a Bangkok courtroom on Monday. The 32-year-old schoolteacher has...

The creation of the Prozac myth In the 20 years since its launch, 40m people worldwide have taken the so-called wonder drug - but research revealed this week shows that Prozac, and similar antidepressants, are no more effective than a sugar pill. So how was the myth created? Psychoanalyst...

With all the anti-American posts on this forum it makes me wonder why the US is still the number one choice of most would-be immigrants around the world. Are the put-down-the-US-at-all-costs and the everything-wrong-in-the-world-is-the-fault-of-the-US crowds right or are they missing something?

I did some checking at my son's school (he's in grade 6) and not one of the 100 kids in his grade has ever failed a grade. Kids must be a lot smarter now than when I was in grade 6 in the 60's. We had at least 1 or 2 kids in each class who had failed at least once.

I often see LOL on many posts and emails. My kids use it on almost everything they send on MSN and Facebook. I never see them laughing when they are on-line with their buddies. Does anyone LOL when they text LOL?

Natives demand royalties for land Allison Hanes, National Post, with files from Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, January 17, 2008 In a Canadian precedent, a First Nation has created its own bureaucracy to collect royalties, approve plans and set environmental standards for any...

No convincing evidence for decline in tropical forests Claims that tropical forests are declining cannot be backed up by hard evidence, according to new research from the University of Leeds. This major challenge to conventional thinking is the surprising finding of a study published today in...

Al Gore a prophet; global warming a religion January 2, 2008 You don't have to be religious to qualify as a fundamentalist. You can be Al Gore, the messiah figure for the global warming cult, whose followers truly believe their gospel of imminent extermination in a Noah-like flood, if we...

The madness that is Pakistan, continues. Benazir Bhutto killed in attack Benazir Bhutto had been addressing rallies in many parts of Pakistan Pakistani former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has been killed in a presumed suicide attack. News of her death was confirmed by a military...

Here is a list of some of the ideas espoused by the AGW crowd. Andrew Bolt December 19, 2007 12:00am BY now you'll be in a panic, wondering how to save yourself from the apocalypse to come. After all, when the Profit of Doom, Al Gore, says global warming risks "ending all human civilisation"...

Who is the real Mrs. Bill Clinton? The photo on the left is from today's New York Times showing Bill Clinton speaking at a Hillary rally last week below her image, while the photo on the right comes from today's DrudgeReport and presumably shows what Hillary actually looks like.

Construction completed on 2010 Olympic sites Updated Sat. Dec. 15 2007 10:02 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Vancouver's Olympic committee is celebrating this weekend after the end of construction on three 2010 Games venues. The Whistler Sliding Centre, Whistler Olympic Park, and Whistler Creekside...

Most every day the media tells us something new to be worried about. Let's keep a list as these worrisome things are brought to our attention. Internet 'brownouts' feared by 2010 as user traffic soars Nov 21, 2007 04:30 AM Chris Sorensen Business Reporter Rising demand for...

I'm sure the stats are similar in Canada. Even Harvard Finds The Media Biased By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:30 PM PT Journalism: The debate is over. A consensus has been reached. On global warming? No, on how Democrats are favored on television, radio...

Always glad to read this kind of stuff. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7065984.stm

The Queen's consort is gravely ill. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22659353-401,00.html

Greg Sorbarra, the de-facto premier of Ontario, has quit as finance minister of Ontario; here's why. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=b3e0e7af-afd1-4520-bcd2-5fcd58d87427

Ethanol is driving up food prices. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gScaKgIljbDuDWvkJSV5CW9YuNpQ

God bless Justice Robert Smith of the Ontario Superior Court. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=694886b9-5342-4bc8-b046-bda6876df885

Nitrogen -- the silent species eliminator http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/esf-nt101207.php