For instant credibility, claim to be an ex-minor league catcher

With the Grey Cup set for Sunday evening and the Vanier Cup attracting the college crowd on Saturday afternoon, this weekend, Canada held the focus of the entire football world. Even famed ESPN...

One dead after Montreal cop opens fire on teens

Montreal Police have yet to explain why it was necessary for an officer to open fire on three teenagers in a Montreal park last night, killing one of them.Police said officers initiating an arrest were surrounded by about 20 youths before the shooting occurred, but an...

Sub to help search for life on Mars in a B.C. lake

A search for ancient microbialites in an ancient lakebed may offer clues what Mars is like based on Earths environment billions of years ago, which is said to mirror Mars environment today.   This will...

A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France

The Christian Scient Monitor has posted an interesting article telling the story of the people in a small town in France. They never lost sight of the humanity of their neighbors:"'Weapons of the spirit'Trocme...

$200m ozonation plant a first

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorAn ozonation plant may look good on paper, especially if waste is a severe problem.  But to state the byproduct is clean air is a fallacy.  Ozone Generating...

Ontario Bridge collapses, injuring construction workers

 "Two people reportedly suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries, while at least four others were treated for minor cuts and bruises. Earlier reports had said one person was airlifted to a...

Bridges Everywhere Falling Down?

Since the I-35W span fell down Wednesday evening, most of the news networks have been wall to wall with coverage, including special features, in-depth reporting, investigative assignments and the rest of the news hoopla.  For those of you living under a rock, a bridge...

Hijab may be PC, but it's not for PQ

Sondos Abdelatif, a 19 year old woman in training to be a correctional officer in Quebec has been told to choose between her chosen profession, and her religious practice. In just under a week, I've been faced...

Montreal drug raid results in police shootings

UPDATE: One of the wounded officers has died. 42-year-old Daniel Tessier is now the second Laval police officer killed on the job. The other officer, Stephane Forbes, was shot in the arm and is expected to make a...

Killer Cops East and West

"The circumstances surrounding Mr. Bennis's death were shrouded in mystery. The young man had performed his dawn prayers at a local mosque, and was walking home in the Côte des Neiges district of Montreal. Unbeknown (and unrelated) to him, provincial and municipal police had...

Ancient ice shelf breaks free from Canadian Arctic

"Ancient ice shelf breaks free from Canadian Arctic"

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Filters best way to clean tap water: study (Reuters)

" TORONTO (Reuters) - Pitchers with activated-carbon filters are the most effective way to reduce potentially harmful chemicals in tap water, Canadian researchers say. A team at Universite Laval in Quebec City researched ways to cut down on the two main byproduct chemicals...

Infrastructure Imbalance

"It's not a fiscal imbalance we face in Canada it is an infrastructure imbalance. Inquiry to probe overpass collapse Taxes on gas etc. which was supposed to go to infrastructure, roads, overpasses, etc. don't."

Progress reported in clearing overpass rubble - CTV.ca

" Updated Sun. Oct. 1 2006 4:27 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A public inquiry will be held into the Laval, Que. highway overpass collapse that killed five people. Premier Jean Charest toured the scene on Sunday. "For the time being, it's inexplicable," he told reporters. "I...

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