Fire damages locomotive in West Newton

HazMat crews cleaned diesel and chemical flame retardant from the scene of a train fire in Westmoreland country near South Huntington Twp.

Judge cuts cost of gravel pit purchase

Court ruling reduces price landfill operator would pay to seize gravel pit for expansion.

Reaching Critical Mass

Now that the weather is warming up again and the wimpier of us can cycle again, it's also time to remember that cycling can be dangerous in a city where the car is king. The expansion of bike lanes are often...

Ottawa funds B.C. pine beetle fight

Government to spend $100-million to battle epidemic

Haida protest hits Queen Charlottes

Aboriginals complain they weren't consulted about transfer of tree-farm licence

Toronto sewage spill raises a stink (Detroit News)

FLAT ROCK -- For years, Michigan residents have complained that Toronto trash trucked here stinks. They found out just how much Wednesday.

Urban Exploration Leads to New Discoveries

Walking around the city aimlessly leads you to find many interesting things... What have you seen?

Haida blockades roads to protest transfer of Weyerhaeuser timber rights (Cana...

PORT CLEMENTS, B.C. (CP) - The Haida Nation has set up a number of blockades around the Queen Charlotte Islands to protest the transfer of Weyerhaeuser's tree-farm licence to Brascan, complaining they weren't properly consulted by the B.C. government.

Spring in Vancouver

It's cherry blossom season in Vancouver. Everyone in the city knows what the beautiful weather is like and how flowers are blooming everywhere, but people in the rest of the country are still suffering under snow...

Burning Manure Pile in Nebraska Goes Out (AP)

AP - It took nearly four months, but to the relief of neighbors miles around, a burning manure pile has been extinguished.

Breakthrough in solar photovoltaics

THE HOLY Grail of researchers in the field of solar photovoltaic (SPV) electricity is to generate it at a lower cost than that of grid electricity. The goal now seems to be within reach. A Palo Alto (California...

Conservationists seek Highlands return for beavers

Fresh efforts to reintroduce the beaver to Scotland could see up to 20 of the animals released in the Highlands by next spring.

Recontamination feared for river getting cleanup

A stretch of the polluted Housatonic River that is being scrubbed clean with the help of more than $45 million in taxpayer money is in danger of becoming recontaminated.

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

Police identify chemical in Tokyo subway scare

Mainichi Daily News reports that a liquid that was poured on the seat of a Tokyo subway train, leaving a woman who sat on it with chemical burns and halting train services, has been identified as an undiluted solution of cresol soap, police investigators said.

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