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Giant cargo ship heading to International Space Station
A huge cargo ship launched towards the International Space Station today on a five day journey to deliver “critical supplies”. According to Space.com, the giant, robot-driven container contains food,...
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Honey Boo Boo beats Republican Convention in TV ratings
The TLC reality series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo beat day one of the Republican National Convention Wednesday night in head-to-head TV ratings. One show features the wacky misadventures of a group of...
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Vladimir Putin seeks to boost Russian birth rate by staging Boyz II Men...
In an attempt to put Russian men in a romantic mood, President Vladimir Putin is bringing ’90s American R&B vocal group Boyz II Men to Moscow for a concert on February 6. Putin is a huge advocate...
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Hazardous haze closes Malaysian schools
Schools were closed in the capital Kuala Lumpur and many neighbouring Malaysian states after air pollution from huge forest fires in nearby Indonesia soared to record levels. Vancouver has avoided a...
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Unique attractions at Mexican theme park
An amusement park in central Mexico has a hit on its hands with its “Night Walk” attraction, which simulates illegal immigrants dodging barking dogs, flashlight beams and fake border patrol officers to...
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Jet hits cow on Indonesian runway
A Lion Air passenger jet hit a cow as it landed on a runway on Sulawesi island Tuesday night, killing the cow but leaving the 110 passengers and crew on board uninjured. There were a few immediate...
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U.N. General Assembly faces tough questions
As the United Nations prepares for its annual meeting, there are a lot of hot topics on the list of issues: Syria, Iran, the bigger Mideast picture, and Latin American tensions. The U.N. General...
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Portraits of mixed race couples
Statistics say we’re pretty colour-blind in Metro Vancouver. About 8.5 per cent of couples in the Lower Mainland are in mixed unions — more than double the national figure of four per cent. We wanted...
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Toronto mayor’s office set to release Rob Ford bobblehead doll Tuesday
The mayor’s office in Toronto is getting ready to offer an early stocking-stuffer: a Rob Ford bobblehead goes on sale Tuesday, with proceeds benefiting the city’s United Way charity. It looks like they...
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Editorial: The mystery is that there is still mystery
It is not out of line to presume that the 239 people who were aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 are dead. As of Tuesday, It’s been 11 days since the plane flew off into a mystery that has captivated...
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Quebec man threatens music festival after Journey rocks too hard
Police say a local resident called 911 this past weekend during the Quebec City Music Festival, complained the band Journey was playing too loud, and threatened to head over to the Plains of Abraham...
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Alibaba completes big deal to stream Twilight, Mad Men in China
Alibaba, the Hangzhou-based group of Internet-based e-commerce businesses that is skyrocketing towards its U.S. IPO, has struck a deal with Lionsgate studio to stream popular American TV shows such as...
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North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un hospitalized with two broken ankles
Reports say North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has vanished from world view for almost two months, is recuperating from surgery to heal a pair of broken ankles, possibly caused by a combination of...
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Letters: Diabetes, heroin, drug dealers, executions, John Baird, Islamic...
Why is there free heroin but no help for diabetics? Many people likely would want to know why the provincial health-care system, which is funded by B.C. taxpayers, will not fund a life-saving insulin...
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Gordzilla in the City: Canadians are average in the kitchen but that’s OK
When it comes to behaviours and attitudes toward food, a new international study of 22 nations claims that Canadians are absolutely average — the foodie equivalent of fried eggs or a baked potato,...
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Gordzilla in the City: We live in a kakistocracy, so don’t expect bright ideas
Everyone understands the term monarchy — government rule by a single, usually inbred member of royalty born to the job. Then, of course, there is democracy, monarchy’s opposite — government selected...
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Gordon Clark: It’s a shame we’re not ashamed to ask for handouts
The first time I saw a beggar was in the early 1970s when, as a child, my family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. The average income in Indonesia at the time was around $100 US a year, and that was for...
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Gordzilla in the City: Niqab offends by implying you think you’re better
For a “non-issue,” Canadians sure can’t seem to stop talking about the niqab — and we can’t just blame Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Tories for it. It’s been the most frequent subject of our...
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David Akin: Canada shouldn’t ‘ride free’ in war on terrorism
The world is taking notice, most recently at the World Economic Forum in Davos, that Canada’s new government is moving boldly to lead on some files. Foreign pundits and influencers nodded approvingly...
View ArticleHelen Vanwel: Why women will fare the worst after the tsunami in Indonesia
Let me start by being very clear — life for everyone in the aftermath of a natural disaster of the scale of the Indonesia tsunami — is unimaginably awful. Not just women. On Sept. 28, a series of...
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