Americans demand Canadian-free shopping at Costco
A Facebook page ranting against Canadians patronizing a big-box retailer south of the border has touched off an online war of words between those on either side of the 49th parallel.
View ArticleThai senator accidentally shoots, kills secretary at restaurant
A Thai senator accidentally shot and killed his personal secretary with a submachine-gun at a restaurant Sunday night, police say.
View ArticleGiant python squishes Florida records
A Burmese python found in Florida set records as the largest such snake ever captured in the state at 17-feet, 7-inches (5.36 metres) and the most prolific reproducer carrying a record load of 87...
View ArticleWoman reimbursed more than $10K by power company
You think your hydro bill is confusing? A Connecticut woman got a cheque for more than $10,000 from the power company after she realized they'd been overcharging her for 25 years.
View ArticleTourism minister weighs in on cross-border feud
B.C. Tourism Minister Pat Bell rapped the knuckles of Canadians taking their loonies south of the border Tuesday, saying if they shopped at home they wouldn’t face the wrath of angry Americans.
View ArticleMan accidentally shoots his buttocks at theatre
A man whose gun went off in a movie theatre in Sparks, Nev., apologized to the other theatregoers before leaving the Tuesday night screening of The Bourne Legacy to go to hospital for a gunshot wound...
View ArticleOttawa bureaucrat honoured for his terrible prose
A systems analyst at Canada Revenue Agency has been honoured for his intentionally dreadful purple prose.
View ArticlePepsi thieves continue to hit vending machines across the country
Cops say a group of thieves appear to be funding a cross-country trip by way of a very specific crime spree: breaking into a particular kind of Pepsi machine and stealing the coins.
View ArticleDolphin flips for woman
A too-friendly dolphin flipped out an unsuspecting woman when it jumped out of its pool and landed on top of her.
View ArticleSeniors duke it out at retirement village meeting
Police were called to a retirement village in Port Rowan, Ont., after two seniors got into a scuffle at a public meeting to discuss the possible expansion of the community clubhouse.
View ArticleAccused child pornographer runs in byelection
A Winnipeg mom says her daughter is afraid to go outside and is suffering from panic attacks after seeing Mr. JetzTV's picture in the paper Monday.
View ArticleMan charged after portable toilet blows up
A drunken patron at the Havelock Jamboree has been charged after a portable toilet was blown up early Sunday morning.
View ArticleDaycare staff charged with running toddler fight club
Three daycare workers in Delaware are accused of ordering toddlers to fight each other at the centre so they could watch.
View ArticleCops charge 22 car-crash gawkers in Ontario
Cops charged 22 people with distracted or careless driving for snapping cellphone pictures of a highway collision in Ontario.
View ArticleCorn maze to honour Chief Tecumseh
Chief Tecumseh is being memorialized in a local corn maze this summer.
View ArticleRV DNA clinic hits New York City
A mobile facility that looks more like a motor home than a medical clinic is raising questions about the ramifications of quick and easy tests to determine paternity and other biological connections.
View ArticleDriver accused of injecting heroin
A New York state driver has been charged after cops said they saw her injecting heroin into her leg while behind the wheel.
View ArticleWoman, 90, aims to beat rafting record
Tearing down the rapids on the Thompson River — gripping a raft with all her strength — 90-year-old Hazel Amos wasn’t satisfied to discover she was the second-oldest person to brave those rough waters.
View ArticleMinnesota man dreams of dog, wakes to bear in face
John Steitz was having a nap on a hiking trail in northeastern Minnesota, dreaming about playing with a dog. But when he woke up, it was a bear on top of him.
View ArticleCTV anchor wants to 'canoodle' co-worker
Two TV journalists in British Columbia are enjoying their 15 minutes of fame after an on-air blooper during a newscast this week went viral, landing them on morning shows in the U.S. and Australia.
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