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U.S. doctors complete most extensive full-face transplant By QMI Agency...

Officials mum on Ont. teacher's $410K salary By Jonathan Jenkins, Queen's Park Bureau TORONTO — The school board that once wanted to fire teacher Hendrik Reinders now says it can't discuss why it paid him $410,000 in 2011 - to protect his privacy. "That was the amount reported in box 214 of...

This is a residential area about 15-20 blocks from where I live. Stupid, drunken idiots! St. Patrick’s Day mob in London, Ont., torches TV van, battles police DIANA MEHTA Toronto— The Canadian Press Published Sunday, Mar. 18, 2012 7:25AM EDT Last updated Sunday, Mar. 18, 2012 10:09AM EDT An...

LONDON, ONT. - As the trial begins for the man accused of murder in the death of eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford, the victim's father says he finds it difficult that more people seem to be aware of the name of her accused killer than of Tori's. Michael Rafferty, 31, has pleaded not...

Lab-grown meat is first step to artificial hamburger By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News, Vancouver Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first lab-grown hamburger later this year. The aim of the research is to...

The sentence in this case is absolutely disgraceful. How can she possibly be sorry when she breached a condition of her release and, through more stupidity and/or negligence, caused another death?!!? Caregiver gets conditional sentence for boy's death By Tony Blais, QMI Agency EDMONTON - A...

Strange little news report out of Australia I came across. The guy may be a thief but I gotta say I have some respect for him. Thief turns in stolen phone full of child porn By QMI Agency He may be a thief, but he's no perv. An Australian man who stole a wallet and two cellphones turned...

It's About Time California gay marriage ban overturned, appeal planned (Reuters) - An appeals court on Tuesday found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional in a case that may lead to a showdown in the Supreme Court. Supporters of the ban said they would appeal the judgment, calling it...

An opinion piece written by a physician that I found interesting and certainly thought provoking. How Doctors Die « Zócalo Public Square

The future of marketing? Give people what they want at a reasonable price and they will gladly pay. Interesting concept. Kinda neat. Good for him. "...Comedian Louis CK has weighed in with a status report on the first four days of his experiment with independent, DRM-free video distribution...

Man fakes mother's obit to get leave from work wency leung Globe and Mail Blog Posted on Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:41PM EST Wish the weekend could last a little longer? You’d be amazed at the lengths to which people will go to scam an extra few days off work, whether it’s feigning...

B.C. Supreme Court upholds ban on polygamy CTVNews.ca Staff A judge in British Columbia has decided that Canada's ban of polygamy does not violate the Charter of Rights, and that the harms that polygamy brings to women outweigh the benefit of religious freedom. B.C. Supreme Court upholds ban...

Posed as female author, says he likes to write 'in the nude' Using a pseudonym, serial killer Charles Kembo has written a children's book that is being offered for sale on amazon.com. The 372-page novel - T h e Trinity of Superkidds Book One: Quest for Water - was launched in March 2010...

Hot 89.9 in Ottawa is runing a contest named "Win a Baby". No they are not auctioning off children, they are granting the winner of this contest a fertility procedure to infertile couples. Contest is open to all couples who are unable to concieve, artificial insemination with possible surrogate...

SARNIA - "Oh my God, guys, I'm so sorry." With those words, a then-48-year-old grandmother from Wallaceburg drove her car off the St. Clair Parkway and into the river, drowning her two grandchildren. Friday, nearly two years later, Jane LaMarsh, now 50, was sentenced to life in prison with...

Britain lifts ban on gay blood donors - will Canada follow? LONDON — British authorities opened the door Thursday to some gay men being able to give blood, a move Canada's two blood collection agencies hope to follow. Britain joined South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the world of animated TV, it's no stretch to say that good-natured Gumby is far down the list of characters that would commit armed robbery. But a man clad in a full-figured Gumby costume has made a botched attempt to rob a 7-Eleven store in California, and...

Edmonton salon in hot water over controversial ad campaign EDMONTON — An Edmonton hair salon is getting a lot of attention for an ad campaign that's being accused of glorifying domestic violence. The ad for Fluid Hair Inc. shows an attractive woman with a black eye. There's a man standing...

Police defend decision to handcuff boy at T.O. day care 30/08/2011 3:26:26 PM Vanessa Greco Toronto police are defending their decision to handcuff a child with special needs after he reportedly threw a tantrum at his day care last July. "Obviously we don't want to handcuff a child...

We've had a series of storms moving through all weekend with tornado alerts/warnings. I guess it touched down right in downtown Goderich. Unconfirmed right now, officially .But the building in that photo looks like a bomb hit it. State of Emergency in Goderich After Suspected Tornado | 98.1...