2015-06-01 Canada English More Top Stories

The Globe and Mail   

Collision kills two cyclists, one passenger, near Mount Currie   
The Globe and Mail
Three men are dead after an incident in which two cyclists were struck and killed Sunday near Mount Currie, northwest of Vancouver, by a driver RCMP allege was impaired. The third man killed was a passenger in the vehicle driven by a male, airlifted to ...

2015-06-01 Canada English Health

SurfKY News   

UofL Part of First Successful Study of Virus Attack on Cancer   
SurfKY News
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (5/30/15) — It's a new weapon in the arsenal of cancer fighting treatments: utilizing genetically modified viruses to invade cancer cells and destroy them from the inside. u-of-l-doctor-5-29 Jason Chesney, M.D., Ph.D., deputy director, James ...

2015-06-01 Canada English Science

Welland Tribune   

Enjoy water? You're drinking dinosaur pee   
Welland Tribune
According to a YouTube science video, every drop of water on the planet has passed through a prehistoric species. So, that glass of water in your hand is apparently dinosaur pee. (Fotolia Photo) ...

2015-06-01 Canada English Sports

New York Times   

Ex-FIFA Official Cites Satirical Article From The Onion in His Self-Defense   
New York Times
Jack Warner, a former vice president of world soccer's governing body, FIFA, defended himself against corruption charges on Sunday by citing an article from The Onion, apparently unaware that it was satire. Mr. Warner, 72, who was arrested last week in ...

2015-06-01 Canada English Entertainment

Toronto Sun   

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West expecting their second child   
Toronto Sun
North West is going to get a younger brother or sister. It was revealed at the end of Sunday night's Keeping Up With the Kardashians episode that Kim K is indeed pregnant with husband Kanye West's baby. “I just got the blood test back, and I am pregnant," ...

2015-06-01 Canada English Technology

CBS Local   

Mystery woman throws away vintage Apple computer worth $200000   
Washington Post
A vintage Apple I computer, one of only about 200 first-generation desktop computers built by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ron Wayne in 1976, can fetch six figures. Assuming, that is, you know you have one in your possession. A Silicon Valley recycling ...

2015-06-01 Canada English Business

Vancouver Sun   

NPA councillor wants city to add secure parking for 1000 bikes   
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Coun. George Affleck wants city staff to look at adding 1,000 bike parking spaces to the downtown core. On the heels of Bike to Work Week, Affleck submitted a motion Sunday for the June 9 council meeting looking for ways to make it easier to park ...

2015-06-01 Canada English Canada

The Globe and Mail   

Collision kills two cyclists, one passenger, near Mount Currie   
The Globe and Mail
Three men are dead after an incident in which two cyclists were struck and killed Sunday near Mount Currie, northwest of Vancouver, by a driver RCMP allege was impaired. The third man killed was a passenger in the vehicle driven by a male, airlifted to ...

2015-06-01 Canada English World

The Indian Express   

US envoy John Kerry to return to US on Monday after bicycle crash in France   
The Indian Express
US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bicycle crash Sunday after striking a curb and scrapped the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating the Islamic State group. He planned to return to the United States ...

2015-05-31 Canada English More Top Stories

CTV News   

Jury deliberations begin Sunday in terror trial   
CTV News
VANCOUVER -- A jury is set to begin deliberating on Sunday in a trial for two people accused of plotting to bomb the British Columbia legislature. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce finished delivering her legal instructions to jurors on Saturday ...

2015-05-31 Canada English Health

Canada.com   

Opening a new front in the war on cancer   
Canada.com
The Great War on Cancer began in 1970, when US President Richard Nixon vowed to spend whatever it took to rid humanity of this most pernicious disease - one which kills by turning the body against itself. Back then we had already made great strides ...

2015-05-31 Canada English Science

Digital Journal   

Alberta 'creationist' unearths fish fossil 60 million years old   
Digital Journal
Calgary - Edgar Nernberg, a "creationist" from Alberta, found primitive fish fossils in rocks 60 million years old. But he says the discovery has done nothing to change his belief that the Earth is only 6,000 years old and that the theory of evolution is false.
Alberta creationist discovers rare fish fossils in basement dig   CBC.ca
Guy Who Says Earth Is 6000 Years Old Finds 60-Million-Year-Old Bones   Softpedia News
Alberta creationist finds fossils while digging Calgary basement   CTV News
The Weather Network   
Daily Mail   
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Tech Times   

There's a chance you drank dinosaur urine. Here's why   
The Weather Network
Saturday, May 30, 2015, 8:31 PM - Although it may be filtered, there's a chance your water could have passed through a dinosaur. While most of the water molecules in an eight-ounce glass of water have never been drunk by another human, science group ...

2015-05-31 Canada English Sports

Montreal Gazette   

Toews leads Blackhawks into Stanley Cup Finals with 5-3 Game 7 win over Ducks   
Montreal Gazette
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks dealt with Game 7 pressure in the same way they've handled just about everything during their incredible seven-year playoff run. Like champions. And after ending an epic Western Conference ...

2015-05-31 Canada English Entertainment

TIME   

After decades of blues traveling, BB King goes home to his final resting place   
CNN
(CNN) B.B. King became a man at age 9 when his mother died, the Rev. Herron Wilson said at the funeral for the blues legend on Saturday. The words that King's mother said to him on her deathbed -- to be good, and to do good for others -- shaped the path ...

2015-05-31 Canada English Technology

The Globe and Mail   

Beyond the smartwatch: Canada finds its place in the Internet of Things   
The Globe and Mail
The Internet of Things is about more than gadgets. How IoT's less sexy side will change Canadian business. Comments. AA. John O'Rourke, president and CEO of Sigit Automation, at an oil well site near Calgary on May 21, 2015. (Todd Korol for The Globe ...

2015-05-31 Canada English Business

Wall Street Journal   

Economy is Weak, Stocks Are In A Bubble, And Washington Must Change Course   
Forbes
The strength or weakness of the U.S. economy is measured each quarter by its GDP. About 30 days after each calendar quarter the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) releases its report on how the economy performed during the previous quarter.
India's Economy grew faster than China's in Q1   NY City News
Data shows Indian growth outstrips China's but economists doubtful   Reuters
GDP at 7.3%: India's economy has improved, but one wrong step can spoil things   Firstpost
Financial Express   
Times of India   
Hindustan Times   
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Calgary Herald   

Yedlin: CNRL decision illustrates uncertainty facing energy sector   
Calgary Herald
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. chairman Murray Edwards says the decision to cancel its investor day was not meant as a message to Alberta's new NDP government. Jenn Pierce / Calgary Herald. Share Adjust Comment Print. When Canadian Natural ...

2015-05-31 Canada English Canada

CTV News   

Jury deliberations begin Sunday in terror trial   
CTV News
VANCOUVER -- A jury is set to begin deliberating on Sunday in a trial for two people accused of plotting to bomb the British Columbia legislature. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bruce finished delivering her legal instructions to jurors on Saturday ...

2015-05-31 Canada English World

New York Times   

Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's Son, Dies at 46   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Joseph R. Biden III, the former attorney general of Delaware and the eldest son of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., has died of brain cancer, his father announced on Saturday. The younger Mr. Biden was 46. Mr. Biden had spent more ...

2015-05-30 Canada English More Top Stories

Times of India   

Blatter says he has surprises to improve FIFA image   
Times of India
ZURICH: Sepp Blatter says he knows how to create a better image for FIFA and promises to unveil surprising plans on the first working day of his fifth term as president. Buoyant after being re-elected at the Congress of soccer's ruling body on Friday, the ...

2015-05-30 Canada English Health

CBC.ca   

Menthol cigarette ban in Alberta: Are their days numbered?   
CBC.ca
The Alberta government is expected to announce changes to its smoking reduction plan on Sunday, and there's speculation the province's ban on flavoured tobacco products that starts on Monday could also include menthol cigarettes. NDP urged to include ...

2015-05-30 Canada English Science

CBC.ca   

Alberta creationist discovers rare fish fossils in basement dig   
CBC.ca
An Alberta man who discovered a school of rare fossilized fish while digging up a Calgary basement believes the world was created by God a few thousand years ago. Fossilized fish found during excavation in Calgary suburb · Creationism museum to open ...

2015-05-30 Canada English Sports

CTV News   

Tampa Bay beats Rangers 2-0 in Game 7, will play for Stanley Cup   
CTV News
NEW YORK -- The Tampa Bay Lightning will play for the Stanley Cup, winning their third straight game at Madison Square Garden 2-0 on Friday night to beat the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference finals in seven games. Ben Bishop, pulled from a ...

2015-05-30 Canada English Entertainment

Showbiz Junkies   

'San Andreas' Movie Review: It's The Rock vs a Rolling California   
Showbiz Junkies
If you're expecting awards-worthy dialogue and a plot that makes sense, then you've never taken in a big-budget, CGI-packed, Hollywood disaster film before. San Andreas is exactly the movie you expect it to be from the trailers and TV spots. Exactly. There's ...

2015-05-30 Canada English Technology

The Globe and Mail (subscription)   

How we can maintain privacy in the era of the Internet of Things   
The Globe and Mail (subscription)
Ann Cavoukian, PhD, is executive director of the Privacy and Big Data Institute at Ryerson University and former three-term information and privacy commissioner of Ontario. Imagine a world where everything is connected – not only online, but also in the ...

2015-05-30 Canada English Business

The Indian Express   

India's economy is in recovery mode, says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley   
The Indian Express
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said it was “absolutely clear that the economy is in recovery mode” after data showed that the economy grew at 7.3 per cent in 2014-15. The country posted a 7.5 per cent growth in the January to March quarter of the fiscal, ...

2015-05-30 Canada English Canada

National Post   

Peter MacKay's exit takes another big-name 'progressive' out of Tory caucus   
National Post
OTTAWA — Peter MacKay's decision to exit federal politics leaves Prime Minister Stephen Harper without a key strategic ally for the fall election. It also means progressives in the Conservative party are without their most prominent face. And the Tories must ...

2015-05-30 Canada English World

New York Times   

China Deployed Artillery on Disputed Island, US Says   
New York Times
SINGAPORE — The United States has spotted a pair of mobile artillery vehicles on an artificial island that China is building in the South China Sea, a resource-rich stretch of ocean crossed by vital shipping lanes, American officials said. China's construction ...

2015-05-29 Canada English More Top Stories

BBC News   

Fifa to vote on Sepp Blatter presidency   
BBC News
The 209 members of Fifa are set to vote for their new president at their congress in Zurich, amid a huge corruption scandal. Sepp Blatter is seeking a fifth term. His only challenger is Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan. The vote comes two days after seven top ...

2015-05-29 Canada English Health

CBC.ca   

Prescription drug spending growth fuelled by costly new drugs   
CBC.ca
Prescription drug spending in Canada reached an estimated $28.8 billion last year, driven by new biologics that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient. Thursday's report from the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) focuses on public ...

2015-05-29 Canada English Science

CBC.ca   

Alberta creationist discovers rare fish fossils in basement dig   
CBC.ca
An Alberta man who discovered a school of rare fossilized fish while digging up a Calgary basement believes the world was created by God a few thousand years ago. Fossilized fish found during excavation in Calgary suburb · Creationism museum to open ...

2015-05-29 Canada English Sports

Vancouver Sun   

Canadians to vote against FIFA boss   
Vancouver Sun
The Vancouver-based president of the Canadian Soccer Association, Victor Montagliani, says Canada can no longer support FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Canadian and U.S. soccer officials announced Thursday they will vote for Blatter's only opponent ...

2015-05-29 Canada English Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

San Andreas review: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to the rescue in not-so-dumb ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Reviewer rating: Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars. Reader rating: Rating: 4 out of 5 stars (3 votes). Name: San Andreas; Genre: Action/Adventure; Director: Brad Peyton; Screen writer: Carlton Cuse, Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore; Actors: Dwayne Johnson, ...

2015-05-29 Canada English Technology

CTV News   

Google unveils Android's latest technological tricks   
CTV News
SAN FRANCISCO - Google's next version of its Android operating system will boast new ways to fetch information, pay merchants and protect privacy on mobile devices as the Internet company duels with Apple in the quest to make their technology ...

2015-05-29 Canada English Business

Reuters Canada   

TSX lower as uncertainty reigns, industrials weigh   
Reuters Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index pulled back on Thursday as investor caution about economic growth, geopolitical uncertainty and interest rate trajectories overpowered stronger-than-expected earnings from three of the country's biggest ...

2015-05-29 Canada English Canada

Toronto Sun   

Skull found in northern Ont. is that of man missing since 2011   
Toronto Sun
KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. -- The remains of a Kitchener, Ont., man missing since November 2011 have been found near Lady Evelyn Lake in northern Ontario. Daniel Robert Trask was 28 years old when he disappeared. In August 2013, search teams found ...

2015-05-29 Canada English World

The Indian Express   

Two car bombs in Iraq; 10 killed, 27 injured   
The Indian Express
Authorities in Iraq say two separate car bombs inside parking lot of two hotels have killed 10 people in the capital Baghdad. Police officials say a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of Babil Hotel late Thursday, killing six people and wounding 14 others.
Car bombs kill 10 near major Baghdad hotels   CBC.ca
DFA: No Pinoy killed or hurt in Baghdad car bomb incidents   GMA News
Double hotel bombing strikes Iraqi capital   Washington Post
CNN   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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NDTV   

Woman Who Killed Her Child in Hotel Room Sentenced to 18 Years   
NDTV
Gigi Jordan, 54, sits in Manhattan Supreme Court, where she was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing her 8-year-old son, Jude Mirra, in New York, May 28, 2015.(NYT). New York: A wealthy businesswoman who poisoned her son in a Manhattan hotel ...

2015-05-28 Canada English More Top Stories

Reuters Canada   

World soccer rocked by US, Swiss arrests of officials for graft   
Reuters Canada
ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's most popular sport was plunged into turmoil on Wednesday as seven senior soccer officials were arrested on U.S. corruption charges and faced extradition from Switzerland, whose authorities also announced a ...

2015-05-28 Canada English Health

CTV News   

Canadian cancer cases predicted to spike by 41 per cent by 2030   
CTV News
The Canadian Cancer Society predicts new cases will spike in the coming years, but there are things you can do to reduce your risk and research by a 15-year-old Winnipeg high school student could help. "I read this article online that said that colas that I ...

2015-05-28 Canada English Science

Daily Mail   

Nasa's next mission to Mars is GO: Radical lander could finally find out what lies ...   
Daily Mail
Rovers on Mars have drilled, hammered and dug into the surface of the red planet – but so far, none have been able to get very far. That's may all change in September 2016, when Nasa's newest mission to the red planet, InSight, arrives on the alien world in ...

2015-05-28 Canada English Sports

Reuters Canada   

World soccer rocked by US, Swiss arrests of officials for graft   
Reuters Canada
ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's most popular sport was plunged into turmoil on Wednesday as seven senior soccer officials were arrested on U.S. corruption charges and faced extradition from Switzerland, whose authorities also announced a ...

2015-05-28 Canada English Entertainment

CBC.ca   

Tracy Morgan, Walmart reach confidential settlement over vehicle accident   
CBC.ca
Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan has settled his lawsuit against Walmart over a highway crash that killed one man and left Morgan and two friends seriously injured. A filing in federal court in Newark on Wednesday referred to a confidential settlement reached ...

2015-05-28 Canada English Technology

The Star Online   

How a text message can shut down your iPhone   
New Zealand Herald
Receiving a text message containing Arabic and other non-Roman characters causes the recipient's iPhone to restart and makes it difficult to open the Messages app. Photo / Jason Oxenham. In weird Apple news today, it turns out there's a text message that ...

2015-05-28 Canada English Business

Calgary Herald   

Alberta fiscal woes worse than PCs indicated, says Notley   
Calgary Herald
Finance Minister Joe Ceci, a former alderman who sat on Calgary city council for five terms, and Premier Rachel Notley. Crystal Schick / Calgary Herald. Share Adjust Comment Print. Alberta's fiscal challenges are greater than the Progressive Conservatives ...

2015-05-28 Canada English Canada

CBC.ca   

Douglas Garland now faces 1st-degree murder charge in Nathan O'Brien's death   
CBC.ca
Douglas Garland will stand trial for first-degree murder in the death of five-year-old Nathan O'Brien, a Calgary judge decided Wednesday. How murder case of boy, grandparents could be prosecuted without bodies; TIMELINE | Nathan O'Brien case: What we ...

2015-05-28 Canada English World

Reuters Canada   

World soccer rocked by US, Swiss arrests of officials for graft   
Reuters Canada
ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's most popular sport was plunged into turmoil on Wednesday as seven senior soccer officials were arrested on U.S. corruption charges and faced extradition from Switzerland, whose authorities also announced a ...

2015-05-27 Canada English More Top Stories

Reuters   

Storms kill 17 in Texas, Oklahoma; Houston flooded   
Reuters
HOUSTON Torrential rains have killed at least 17 people in Texas and Oklahoma, including four in Houston where floods turned streets into rivers and led to about 1,000 calls for help in the fourth-most populous U.S. city, officials said on Tuesday. The death ...

2015-05-27 Canada English Health

Calgary Herald   

What type of sleeper are you?   
Calgary Herald
Most of us are all too familiar with the effects of a poor night's sleep - irritability, low energy and "brain fog" the next day, to name but a few. But for the one in three Britons who suffers from insomnia, the longer-term effects are more worrying. Studies have linked ...