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An awesome little clip. Having family and friends living in Southern Saskatchewan, this made me laugh like crazy. Here it is

.... it's the best game you can name! The beginning of the clip is the part of interest. A true testament to great Albertan hockey. Go Storm!!!

Menstrual blood could be a good source of stem cells Updated Thu. Nov. 15 2007 11:32 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff The blood shed during women's menstrual cycles may provide a new type of stem cell that could develop into many types of human cells, say researchers. Every month, a fertile...

By The Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi court sentenced a woman who was gang raped to six months in jail and 200 lashes - more than doubling her initial penalty for being in the car of a man who was not a relative, a newspaper reported Thursday. The decision by the Qatif...

By Mica Rosenberg ADVERTISEMENT GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A tropical fish that lives in mangrove swamps across the Americas can survive out of water for months at a time, similar to how animals adapted to land millions of years ago, a new study shows. The Mangrove Rivulus, a type of small...

I'm posting this link incase anyone has cats at home and hasn't beheld the wonder that is a cat with a piece of honeysuckle wood. I was watching my Tigger nuzzle his chunk of wood (he claws it, chews on it, rubs all over it, and then uses it as a pillow for a little nap... the whole ritual...

Okay... I've gotten away from sitting down to watch tv. I like being able to pack my laptop along to the kitchen while I cook supper, to the bedroom to hook into my tv, whenever I feel like, and watching the shows I want instantly. So, I've been switching over to broadband wherever I can for...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chocolate enjoyed around the world today had its origins at least 3,100 years ago in Central America not as the sweet treat people now crave but as a celebratory beer-like beverage and status symbol, scientists said on Monday. Researchers identified residue of a...

ST..JOHNS (CBC) - A battle over a kitten in central Newfoundland has sparked a police investigation and sent one SPCA worker to hospital. Three weeks ago, SPCA workers in Grand Falls-Windsor went to speak with the kitten's owner about a cheque that had bounced. When the woman refused to...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- Police are still looking into what exactly happened in a Waukegan apartment early Sunday morning when a dachshund chewed off the genitals of a 4-month-old boy.Fire and police personnel arrived at 1:30 a.m. to the home on the city’s far southwest side and encountered the infant...

By Mike Celizic TODAYShow.com contributor updated 9:44 a.m. MT, Thurs., Nov. 8, 2007 On three occasions, 13-year-old Megan Coulter threw her arm around the shoulder of a classmate. Just once, 12-year-old Madison Muir hugged a friend who had recently lost a parent. For those acts, both...

It would seem that, since he has so many die hard fans, prince has decided he'd best alienate those who've stuck with him. Prince vs. fans 11/06/2007 7:00 PM, Yahoo! Music Dotmusic Prince is involved in a head-to-head dispute with three unofficial fan websites, after reportedly demanding...

I just saw vid from BBC on Yahoo.ca (not sure how to link to the vid itself, so feel free to go view it), about a French pet salon that has designed and started using a machine to wash dogs. It's a 4 minute wash and dry in a delicate pressure wash machine. What do you think of this new invention?

By The Canadian Press TORONTO - Fisher-Price Canada has announced the recall of nearly 15,000 toys. Approximately 12,500 English Laugh & Learn Learning Kitchen Toys and 2,400 French versions of the product are being recalled as part of a worldwide recall of 155,000 of the toys. Small...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/071106/health/health_eight_limb_baby By The Associated Press ADVERTISEMENT BANGALORE, India - Doctors began operating Tuesday on a 2-year-old girl born with four arms and four legs in an extensive surgery that they hope will leave the girl with a normal...

Monday night saw my husband and I at a concert for the Silver Sun Pickups. It was pretty damn good for a relatively small bar concert. But, the lead singers vocals were lost in a poorly balanced sound system, and with them, his unique sound is so much of what makes the band, I was...

A new video, uploaded here to CanCon. It had my whole family in stitches. A good one to show kids and grandkids.

Youth gets life in prison for Courtepatte death Updated Thu. Oct. 18 2007 8:07 PM ET The Canadian Press EDMONTON -- The mother of a 13-year-old girl who was raped twice and bludgeoned to death cheered in court Thursday and cried tears of joy as the man who helped kill her daughter was...

Stephen Colbert announces presidential bid, but is it the truth or truthiness? Neither Comedy Central nor Colbert’s personal publicist have issued statements on whether the comedian will actually attempt to get on the ballot, which has left many–including South Carolina’s major political...

THIS is an interesting clip I saw today on YouTube. I thought some conversation on it might be interesting. His argument is essentially the one which has seemed to me to be the most obvious regarding the issue.