Accused in Tori Stafford Case to go Directly to Trial

The woman accused of murdering 8 year old Tori Stafford of Woodstock, Ontario has waved her right to a preliminary hearing and will move directly to trial. Terri Lynne McClintic, 19, of Woodstock is scheduled to...

Does that driver next to you have a license?

Over 375,000 drivers are currently plying Ontario highways while unlicensed or under suspension according to the province's Ministry of Transportation. A report by Synectics Transportation Consultants Inc. for MADD Canada says unlicensed and suspended drivers are involved...

One child policy supported Canadian columnist

One child policy being cheered by Diane Francis, a columnist with the Financial Post, a Canadian newspaper. China has a one child policy, and despite its dirty coal plants, is the world's leader in terms of making policy to combat environmental degradation, due to its...

The Geonomic approach to Climate Change

Frank de Jong has a way of quickly making sense of the political economic chaos we all need to sort through. Here he goes again! And, take a look at the site he has linked to, where Geonomics is clearly explained....

Social anxiety in gay & bisexual men may be linked to risky sex

Social anxiety in gay and bi-sexual men may be linked to risky sex according to a Ryerson University HIV researcher who claims to have found a link between social anxiety and unsafe sexual activities." Dr. Trevor...

Ontario Financing the Export of Healthcare

The Ontario Ministry of Health released figures showing that more and more Ontarians are travelling to the United States for medical care.  In the past half decade Ontario's out of country medical spending...

Dangerous Hit n' Run Driver watched by Internet viewers, caught

ONTARIO An unnamed  BMW motorist in Canada has been an 'internet sensation' because she dangerously drove over two cars in a parking lot and then did a sneaky hit and run, under...

Columbia Sports Teams Gear Up for Busy Season

Columbia International College’s sports season has kicked off to a great start. According to the Athletics Department, this is the busiest time of the semester for intramural and extramural programs. With a wide range of activities going on at Columbia, students are engaged...

Festival of lights shines in Toronto Canada

Hindus and Sikhs celebrated Diwali in a big way this year with Mahautsav, a 30-hour concert and film premiere. Mahautsav, which is being touted as the biggest and longest South Asian event in the history of...

Examiner.com launches Canada Edition

Examiner.com is now international. The citizen journalist giant launched six Canadian editions:Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa,Calgary, Vancouver, and Canada National over night and the websites are up and running. This is big news because hyperlocal search...

Meteorite Strikes SUV in Ontario

A golf ball sized meteorite smashed through the windshield of an SUV belonging to an Ontario woman, Yvonne Garshinky.  It came from a piece of meteorite that streaked across the sky above Southern Ontario on the...

Violent Arrest of UWO Student Caught on Video

University of Western Ontario student Irnes Zeljkovic, 22, was filmed on video being violently arrested by campus officers, who repeatedly beat and struck him with fists, knees, and batons.  Police officers...

David Caplan, Canadian Health Minister, Quits on Eve of Report

David Caplan, the Canadian Health Minister has quit on the eve of a report that addresses the spending amounts at a health agency tasked with creating electronic health records of patients. The Liberals have not confirmed the Minister has quit, but sources told the Canadian...

Harper's Conservatives making inroads in Toronto, poll suggests

Canadian politics can be interesting from time to time.  Granted the debates and allegations on either side are never as heated as they are in the U.S., where Democrats accuse Republicans to be lunatics and...

White Stripes to close out TIFF

The White Stripes tour doc The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights is set to close out the Toronto International Film Festival today. From the description: "Are the White Stripes still the...

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