UN urges Ebola-hit countries to start exit screening at airports, ports,...
GENEVA - Ebola-affected countries should immediately begin exit screening all passengers leaving international airports, sea ports and major ground crossings, the U.N. health agency said on Monday.The...
View ArticlePG&E pleads not guilty to obstruction, other charges in deadly gas explosion...
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pleaded not guilty Monday to charges in a new indictment that accuses the utility of lying to federal investigators looking into a fatal pipeline...
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A Solar Plant Is Setting Birds On Fire In Mid-Flight (PHOTOS)
A massive, billion-dollar solar plant in the Mojave Desert is setting birds on fire as they fly over the facility. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, which is located close to the...
View ArticleGet Back To the Basics When It Comes To SEO
The concept of Search Engine Optimization has become a confusing one for many business owners, and with good reason. After a series of shifts in SEO best practices over the past few years, as well as a...
View ArticleB.C. Can Expect More Mount Polleys
As we pull up to the mouth of the Hazeltine Creek, where billions of litres of mining waste from the Imperial Metals Mount Polley mine spilled into Quesnel Lake on August 4, I'm thinking to myself what...
View ArticleOfficials at California slaughterhouse behind massive beef recall indicted on...
SAN FRANCISCO - A Northern California slaughterhouse involved in a massive beef recall processed cows with cancer while U.S. livestock inspectors took lunch breaks and later distributed the diseased...
View ArticleHazelnut Shortage: Nutella Prices To Soar
If you're about to pull a slice of bread out of the toaster, poised to slather on some sweetness, you might want to ease up on the Nutella. A spike in the price of hazelnuts due to bad weather and...
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Monstercat Records Wants To Change The Music Industry's Views On Copyright
In an industry where artists often face lawsuits for sampling or remixing another musician's work, one Vancouver record label isn't condoning it — in fact, they're encouraging it. Monstercat is a local...
View ArticleGovernment Memo Criticized Top Biologist For Comments On Oilsands
One of Canada’s top biologists says he will not stop talking to the media after a government memo accused him of bias and speaking out of turn about the environmental impact of Alberta’s oilsands....
View ArticleMount Polley Mine Breach Prompts Nuclear Watchdog To Seek Safety Checks
VANCOUVER - A toxic spill from a British Columbia mine has prompted the country's nuclear watchdog to request a series of checks at uranium facilities.The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will...
View ArticleTrudeau: Harper Is 'All Hat, No Cattle' When It Comes To Pipelines
EDMONTON - Justin Trudeau moseyed into Harper country Tuesday and accused the prime minister of being "all hat and no cattle'' when it comes to pipelines. The Liberal leader and his three dozen MPs...
View ArticleWWII bomb found near Frankfurt airport; flight disruptions expected while it...
BERLIN - Authorities have found an unexploded World War II bomb by a highway close to Frankfurt airport and an operation to defuse it may cause flight disruptions.The 500-kilogram British bomb was...
View ArticleNew Brunswick's Minimum Wage Will Soon Be Country's Lowest
Life on a minimum-wage income is a struggle for many Canadian workers, especially those with families. But some employers don't always support increases, suggesting they're bad for business. One...
View ArticleMcDonald's Plans To Sell Packaged Coffee In U.S. Grocery Stores Next Year
NEW YORK - McDonald's plans to start selling its packaged coffee at supermarkets nationally by early next year, a move intended to help raise the profile of the coffee sold at its U.S. restaurants. The...
View ArticleTim Hortons Dark Roast Coffee Promoted Through All-Black Restaurant (VIDEO)
Tim Hortons is pretty excited about its new Dark Roast coffee. So much so that a location in L'Île-Perrot, Que. was totally covered in black and the lights turned out, leading curious customers into...
View ArticleHow To Deal With the Boss From Hell
It's like a bee sting. Or, food poisoning. No matter how you try to avoid them, it seems that sooner or later, one or both of these unfortunate events will get you. That's the way it is for millions of...
View ArticleThe New Way to Get Rid of That Bad Tattoo
Having a tattoo like that is like wearing a blouse you can never wash, a friend of mine remarked. She said this after noting the technicolor wrist-to-shoulder arm and full leg tattoo that our...
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Apple Ad Made In Edmonton Wins Emmy Award (VIDEO)
A touching Apple ad that was shot in Edmonton and aired last Christmas has been honoured with a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial. Titled "Misunderstood," it shows a large family...
View ArticleWhat We Should Take Away From The Mount Polley Spill
B.C.'s economy -- already facing what seems like the perfect economic storm of stagnant job growth, an acute skills shortage, and the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on First Nation land title...
View ArticleYears after her death, Anna Nicole Smith loses final bid to get millions from...
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Anna Nicole Smith's final bid to obtain her late husband's money has failed, seven years after her death.A federal judge in Orange County on Monday rejected a bid by Smith's estate...
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