Search results

In a field of dunes, one shows stunning azure in enhanced color. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has discovered a stunning blue dune, illustrating that Mars is more than just a red planet.There are sand dunes across the surface of Mars, especially in...

I read in the Leader-Post that my Riders dropped their pre-season game to the Edmonton Eskimos and was a bit disturbed until I read further and found out that the majority of our veteran players did not make the trip to AB, including our two top QBs. Meanwhile, the Esks had their all-star QB...

We here in Eagle Creek are fairing way better than those to the South of us, Cap. I really feel for all the folks whose homes are under water, pastures destroyed, roads and bridges washed out. Grand Forks is one of the hardest hit. I spent a wonderful summer prospecting around that area and...

We've had temps breaking records here for the last few days, pete. The snow on the North facing side of my house that came off the roof was still there until two weeks ago. Little old Eagle Creek which can be easily crossed in mid-summer is a roaring river lapping at the embankment that...

Mid May and it's full summer here in the Heartland. A very welcome change from one of the heaviest snowfalls on record this past winter. :lol: Gotta love that climate change thingee.

The researchers of the study said the discovery could help combat the world’s plastic problem An accidental finding led to the creation of a mutant bacteria that breaks down plastic, the Guardian reports. Researchers from Britain and the US stumbled on the discovery while working on a bug...

So...........other then some stupid memes, Cliffy...........got anything to say about the Eagle Spirit pipeline supporters fighting for their livelihood?

..........1st Canadian female champ in 45 years. Kaetlyn Osmond ended Canada's lengthy drought at the world figure skating championships. The 22-year-old from Marystown, N.L., won the women's singles crown Friday in Milan, Italy, scoring 150.50 points for her Black Swan routine to...

Brian McKeever became the most decorated Winter Paralympian in Canadian history after winning Gold in the x-country event for the visually impaired. "The 38-year-old of Canmore, Alta., raced to his third straight Paralympic title in the men's cross-country 20-kilometre visually impaired...

Good catch Johnhny..........I read about it on the NP the other day and didn't make the connection. :smile:

Toronto school board votes to end having police officers stationed in schools TORONTO - The Toronto District School Board has voted to permanently end the practice of having police officers stationed in high schools. There was loud applause when the result of a vote to scrap the School...

The multimillion “Canada 150 Rink” will cost $215,000 per day and close after less than a month on Jan. 1. OTTAWA—The celebratory Canada 150 ice rink on Parliament Hill comes with a $5.6-million price tag, 26-day lifespan (weather permitting) and a list of rules that prohibit hockey pucks...

OTTAWA – Canada’s tax collectors often aren’t picking up the phone, and when they do, Canadians are being given incorrect information, a new federal audit reveals. The examination by Canada’s Auditor General Michael Ferguson into whether the Canada Revenue Agency’s nine call centres were...

During a seminar with first-year communications students, Wilfrid Laurier University teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd screened a TVOntario debate to illustrate the sometimes-controversial politics of grammar. The video, an episode of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, included University of...

Human waste would have dissolved long ago..........now human garbage - that's another thing entirely. It's okay, Cliffy our sunny-ways guy in the HOC will simply impose enormous carbon taxes on the beleaguered Canadian public and all will be well.

As was widely anticipated, Quebec’s Bill 62, banning face cover in the realm of public services, will be legally contested: by an individual niqab-wearing woman, supported by the CCLA and the National Council of Canadian Muslims. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering how his...

OTTAWA — The Liberals have issued a report card on their own performance, and it turns out they are absolutely brilliant at being the government. (LOL!) The first “mandate letter tracker” looked at the 364 commitments the prime minister made in his missives to ministers and assessed...

:lol:

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unanimously that a private ski resort proposed for an area sacred to an Indigenous community can go ahead. All nine judges said government and a developer adequately consulted with the Ktunaxa Nation of British Columbia, and seven said that the group...

It was the Astros game from the start. Great pitching and early RBIs on the board were enough to hold off LA. It was a great game. Apparently, this is an historic win for Houston - so good on them. I think the final was 5 - 1. I know for sure the Dodgers only had 1 RBI.