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The Abbotsford Police Department is being naughty, not nice, say taxpayers — by sending greeting cards of a gun-toting Santa to bad guys this Christmas. None other than Abbotsford police Chief Bob Rich poses as a heavily armed, Christmas-card Santa, with the title, “Which list will you be on...

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LONDON—HSBC avoided a legal battle that could further savage its reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system by agreeing Tuesday to pay $1.9 billion to settle a U.S. money-laundering probe. Europe’s largest bank by market value will pay the biggest penalty ever imposed on...

A record loss of Arctic sea ice and faster-than-expected melting of Greenland's ice cap made worldwide headlines in 2012, but research published in major science journals in the fall suggest warming in the North doesn't have to continue. We could refreeze the Arctic, proposed a paper in Nature...

Just in time for the holidays, 100 Canadians will get the gift on their wish lists. It’s a name-brand scent. It comes in a little bottle. But it’s not Chanel No. 5. It’s more like eau de pepperoni. Pizza Hut Inc. in Canada is releasing a limited edition bottle of Pizza Hut perfume, a social...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has borrowed a set of balls and told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he disapproves of a plan to build more settlements east of Jerusalem. Canada’s opposition to an expansion set for the West Bank was expressed in a phone call between the two...

A man who stabbed his former fiancee 27 times has been sentenced to life in prison for attempted murder. The sentence was recommended jointly by the Crown and defence, halting the Crown's earlier application to have Joseph Paproski, 29, declared a dangerous offender. Paproski's fiancee had...

Oh long Johnson! Dumping a bottle of milk over your head and filming it for a video post on the Internet has become a popular youth craze, but Austrian farmers say the spillage is a crying shame. "Milking", as the trend is known, is among a variety of tongue-in-cheek stunts in which young...

A village council in the eastern Indian state of Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by women, saying the phones were "debasing the social atmosphere" by leading to elopements - a move that set off outraged protests from activists. In addition to the ban, the Sunderbari village council...

This is the exact reason why I won't do "package vacations". MONTREAL - A judge ordered a Toronto travel agency to pay $30,000 to 19 angry Quebecers who found themselves overrun by 350 drunk and violent Ontario students at a Mexican resort during spring break of 2009. The plaintiffs blame...

The Octomom is nominated for four porn awards. Nadya Suleman, who rose to fame in 2009 when she gave birth to octuplets via in-vitro fertilization (IVF), has netted herself four AVN Awards for her adult film, Octomom Home Alone. The movie's premise is that Suleman, enjoying some time away...

An 18th-century chateau in France was bulldozed to smithereens, apparently by mistake. The workers were supposed to tear down a small building on the estate's grounds, but instead destroyed the entire 13,000-square-metre chateau, owned by a Russian businessman. Dmitry Stroskin had tried...

A Gretna, MB., man says his wages were withheld and he was hounded by a collection agency over a speeding ticket he actually tried to pay three times. Bill Turner's troubles started with a $354 speeding ticket on Nov. 8, 2011. Turner said when he called in to pay right after getting the...

"Citigroup today announced a series of repositioning actions that will further reduce expenses and improve efficiency across the company while maintaining Citi's unique capabilities to serve clients, especially in the emerging markets. These actions will result in increased business efficiency...

OTTAWA — Satisfaction with Canadian democracy is at an all-time low, new public opinion research released Monday shows. The online survey of 2,287 Canadians found that just 55 per cent are very or somewhat satisfied with the way democracy works in this country. That’s sharply down from the 75...

The self-styled "bacontrepreneurs" at J&D claim to have invented "the world's first bacon-scented shaving cream," but a Wisconsin-based shop has had something similar on the market for years. "Yes, the world's first bacon-scented shaving cream. Prepare to be loved, admired and possibly eaten...

Told to change or miss pep rally. The thought of getting in trouble for wearing a Rider jersey is unimaginable in Saskatchewan, but in Calgary that's what happened to Alesandra Behr. Thirteen-year-old Behr wore her Rider jersey to her Calgary junior high school for a pre-Grey Cup pep rally...

When the time-tested bannock recipe was passed from mother to daughter, who could have known it would play a central role in a highly successful restaurant business? Nearly 20 years later, Micsotan, the Cree word for "eat," still makes fresh bannock and home-cooked meals daily, caters to large...

Saskatoon cop has snout whacked for sticking it where it doesn't belong. More from The ShortPhenis ... The StarPhoenix November 29, 2012 A jam-packed Saskatoon courtroom erupted in applause as three firefighters were found not guilty of all charges in connection with an alleged brawl...

Since the 50's harvesting of the nauga has taken it's toll on the Botswanan nauga which are now limited to a small area of the Chobe National Park. The naugahydes are used mainly for tacky restaraunt booths, chairs, purses, wallets, clothing and automobile interiors. Whether arriving by air...