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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Nashville after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said Tuesday. The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville on Monday after several passengers reported...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A fed-up mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his great-grandmother's things and playing with his Christmas present early. The mother called police Sunday after learning her son had disobeyed orders and repeatedly taken a Game Boy from...

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA said on Monday it plans to build a permanently occupied base on the moon, most likely at the lunar south pole. The habitat will serve as a science outpost as well as a testbed for technologies needed for future travel to Mars, and...

By Gregory Bonnell TORONTO (CP) - Canadians are among the richest two per cent of the global population who control more than half of the world's wealth, a United Nations study released Tuesday has found. In contrast, more than half of the planet's population shares just one per cent of the...

By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA said on Monday it plans to build a permanently occupied base on the moon, most likely at the lunar south pole. The habitat will serve as a science outpost as well as a testbed for technologies needed for future travel to Mars, and...

1874 - 1950 "It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government." -- , August 26, 1936 This statement sums up best the secret of Mackenzie King's success as prime minister, and perhaps, the key to governing Canada effectively. King's record as prime minister is...

Metis Leader of the Red River Rebellion © Cher Gruener Louis Riel, the leader of the Metis tribe, was a main player in the Red River Rebellion and was instumental in the forming of the province that would be Manitoba. Louis Riel was the leader of the Metis nation and the founder of the...

The Great Expulsion of 1755 © Florence Cardinal In 1755, almost 10,000 French settlers were expelled from the Acadia area of Canada because they refused to take an oath of allegiance to the British government. The New World was rapidly becoming The place to be. This was especially true...

John Gray CBC News Online | July 14, 2006 Obviously it would be nice to believe that the re-election of Phil Fontaine as the leader of the Assembly of First Nations is a great step forward, that henceforth the problems that have plagued Canada’s native people will be resolved. Nice but...

NEGOTIATIONS WITH QUEBEC, Part 3 WHO SAID NO TO MEECH? Mr. Bouchards assertion: " They (English Canada) rejected the hand offered by Quebec in l990 … No one came to Montreal to demonstrate and claim 'We love you'. They simply said No to Meech</B>" (Oct. 27, l995, 7:30 p.m. Radio-Canada TV)...

LANGUAGE , EDUCATION AND THE VETO Mr. Bouchard's assertion: The Constitution Act of 1982 "reduced Quebec's powers in the fields of language and education--- Rene Leveque refused it. Claude Ryan refused it . The National Assembly refused it." (Oct. 25, l995. 7pm., Radio-Canada television) THE...

By Pierre Elliot Trudeau LUCIEN BOUCHARD, ILLUSIONIST I Accuse Lucien Bouchard of having betrayed the population of Quebec during last October's referendum campaign. By distorting the political history of his province and of his country, by spreading discord among it's citizens with his...

The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau - Biographical Information Born - 18 October 1919, Montreal, Quebec Education - University of Montreal (Law) - Harvard University (Master's Program) - Postgraduate studies at École des sciences politiques in Paris and the London School of...

By DR NICK NEAVE We live in an age in which women have earned complete independence. So do they need men at all? According to Dr NICK NEAVE, an evolutionary psychologist from Northumbria University, not only do they need men, they are fundamentally programmed to depend on them. Here, Dr...

Zak Golebiowski: The fifteen-year-old's right leg is missing below the knee Two holidaymakers told how they saved a teenager's life by using an electrical extension cord as a tourniquet after his leg had been ripped off by a great white shark. The teenager is thought to have been...

1858 Uprising of Irish Catholics in Canada © Cher Gruener Who are the Fenians and what role did they play in relation to Canada and the civil war? The Fenians were named after a group of Irish Catholic (after the group Sinn Fein) people determined to win Irish rule away from England. There...

The Unfolding West © Cher Gruener The Railway was what really opened up Canada and allowed the settlement of the western provinces to come about. The railway throughout Canada can be traced back as far as the late 1830's. There were several companies that merged in order to form the Canadian...

The Underground Railway © Cher Gruener The Underground Railway...what was it really? It was a concourse of tunnels and safe houses that escaping blacks could use in their search for freedom. The Underground Railway Contrary to it's name, it was neither a railway nor was it underground. What...

The Men in Red © Cher Gruener The Royal Canadian Mounted Police was founded in 1873 as a result of unrest in the western part of Canada and continue to keep Canada safe today. In May, 1873 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police found their origins. The force began some 5 years after...

A Canadian Holiday to Celebrate a Queen © Cher Gruener The country of Canada has always loved England. Even before Confederation, Canada chose to name a holiday after the Queen. On the weekend preceeding May 25th. we celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday here in Canada and thankfully, that...