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Police are warning against the dangers of distracted driving after a woman was recently caught on camera using a curling iron while driving on a B.C. highway. The video, filmed last Saturday evening on Highway 19 north of Nanaimo, appears to show a woman curling her hair and steering with her...

Treaty 8 Grand Chief Steve Courtoreille said he is upset that First Nations were not made aware of the practice until now. “Having just learned of this policy, I am horrified, appalled and, quite frankly, mad as hell that this is happening and that it has been working quietly in the background...

Margo Goodhand, the editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Journal confirmed that the paper was indeed asked to endorse by its ownership: "The Edmonton Journal has enthusiastically endorsed political parties for more than a century -- it's a longstanding tradition for newspapers, and reflects the...

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Randy Theriault spent 30 years captaining ships and was praised as an expert seafarer who honed his craft through experience. So, when the Nova Scotia man landed a well-paying job as first mate on a massive fishing vessel this spring, only one small hurdle stood in his way – a first aid course...

A public university is selling an anti-hysteria kit comprising everyday items like chopsticks, salt, lime, vinegar, pepper spray, and formic acid for a whopping RM8,750 (2,600.00 usd) that it claims can ward off “evil spirits”. Several local Malay dailies reported today Universiti Malaysia...

Could this be more disgusting............? A group of businessmen in Edmonton said if the NDP dares raise corporate taxes by TWO percent, the sick children at the Stollery Children's Hospital will suffer "If there's no bottom line, then there's no money that goes to charities. We won't...

'The Tories chose to pretend the big blunder did not happen,' The Alberta government has failed to collect nearly $2.5 billion per year in resource royalties since 2009 due to a major calculation blunder, according to Jim Roy, a private royalty expert who advises governments around the...

An election candidate who wants rock music banned, gay people jailed and feminism abolished has rejected claims she is extreme. Susan Anne White, who caused a stir when she stood in last year's council elections, is now aiming to become MP for West Tyrone. The devout Christian says her...

Officers from Turkey’s state institutions have now turned to folk magic to prevent misfortune, with TİB using vinegar-infused water to ward off genies and cyber-attacks, with the practice supposedly spreading even to the presidential palace, police, military and intelligence agency...

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Sanders is opposed to all trade deals including the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership, which the Obama administration plans to complete by the end of the year. He has called it “disastrous” and that it is “designed to protect the interests of the largest multi-national corporations at the...

POLICE have launched an investigation into a Chinese healer after the death of a young diabetic boy who attended a “slapping therapy” workshop. Aidan Fenton, 7, was getting treatment from the ­alternative Chinese medicine workshop at the Tasly Healthpac Centre in Hurstville when he died...

A Milledgeville church known for stating what some would call extreme beliefs, now threatens the lives of gay people. Robert Owens was just casually riding his bike on North Columbia Street in Milledgeville when he noticed a sign that read "Homesexuality is a Death Worthy Crime." "This is...

If you're tired of exceeding your data limit on your cellphone bill, you may be happy to hear that free public Wi-Fi is coming soon to Vancouver. The city has awarded Telus a five-year contract to offer free public Wi-Fi at 43 locations around the city. The initial target locations include 27...

Union condemns federal agency for lending Volkswagen $526 million to expand operations in U.S. and Mexico Unifor issued a statement Friday saying it’s “absolutely incredible” that Export Development Canada is helping facilitate the migration of the auto industry to Mexico. Unifor president...

The dispute over whether Newton or Leibniz invented calculus was decided by the Royal Society. Newton, as the President, appointed an impartial committee to decide the issue, which concluded in its official report that Newton was the inventor. Newton was the anonymous author of the report...

The court found the case to be a battle of egos and about “turf warfare in the competitive world of diet medicine” rather than about reputation. In the result, the court ordered each party to eat their own costs. The case is a good lesson in how adjudicating over principle can be an...

A California woman who won a trip to Edmonton on The Price is Right this week will tour the picturesque Rocky Mountains during her visit to Alberta. “We’re going to send you to an amazing place, Brenda, it’s a vacation to Canada,” The Price is Right announcer George Gray said as the prize was...