Note: There are elements in this story that contain explicit and unsettling details and may upset some readers! Mark Twitchell confided in a Facebook friend in the United States saying that he “crossed the line” only days after an announcement was made by police about the killing of an adult male in a garage in [...]

The Prime Minister of Japan is be adamant that Japan is on highest alert to get its nuclear catastrophe in control as authorities hurry to alleviate a reactor complex damaged by the earthquake and restrain radioactive water from spreading. Naoto Kan said in parliament Tuesday, previous to recording a new earthquake off Honshu, the main [...]

The command of the Libyan operation goes to a Canadian commander.  Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced on Friday that the NATO operation in Libya will be handed over the Canadian Lt. General Charles Bouchard. On Thursday NATO assumed authority for the “no-fly zone” in the skies of Libya, a piece of a United Nations [...]

A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Burma in the north eastern region Thursday night, resulting in the death of one woman and shuddering that could be felt in structures even as far as Bangkok.  The earthquake was land based so there was no tsunami generated. The earthquake hit a region where Burma meets Laos and Thailand, [...]

Constable Geoff Mantler, an RCMP officer from Kalina, British Columbia, has been given a charge of assault related to an unpleasant January incident when a man, after being apprehended, was brutally kicked in the head. Constable Mantler was also charged with assault in an unrelated incident in August 2010. Another complaint, of a 3rd alleged [...]

Canada is transferring 2 CP-140 Auroras reconnaissance aircraft, to Italy for support missions to defend Libyan civilians, announced Defence Minister Peter MacKay today. He announced that Canada is deploying the air-craft to offer tactical maritime observation to honour Canadian commitments to the UN-backed assignment to protect Libyan civilians. The statement was given while the fighting [...]

March 23, 2011 – Film legend Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79.  A day that many will remember for the rest of their lives.  It’s the day that the world lost the immortal Elizabeth Taylor, who from childhood immediately became one of the truly larger than life legendary Hollywood stars. Elizabeth Taylor passed away at 70 [...]

Power has been restored to one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear units.  Two of the 6 reactors at the incapacitated nuclear facility in the northeast of Japan are now under control, according to the facility’s operator on Sunday, while radiation advanced down the food chain. Health authorities said, that radiation from the disabled reactors has [...]

Canadian PM Stephen Harper says that Canadian jets will soon become a piece of widespread airborne manoeuvres in the skies over Libya to aid in the protection innocent Libyan civilians. Harper made the comment in Paris on Saturday were made as the United States launched multiple cruise missiles at targets in Libya as a piece [...]

The sudden death of Berlin’s beloved Knut, a polar bear whose rise to global stardom when he was born and raised by Berlin zookeepers has left his keepers and the country stunned. The infamous bear passed away by himself inside his enclosure with no forewarning, said Heiner Kloes, bear keeper. Kloes said that it was [...]