US Plays to a Scoreless Draw with Canada
Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images(TORONTO) — The U.S. men’s soccer team played to a 0-0 draw with Canada, in their exhibition game Sunday night.
The Canadians had a goal waved off in the 34th minute because a foul was called on a Canadian player.
The tie …
Police Identify Murder Victim of Suspected Canadian Porn Star
ABC News(MONTREAL) — Authorities have identified the victim of a brutal videotaped murder that was discovered after the victim’s body parts were mailed to Canadian government offices by a suspected porn star, who is now the focus of an international m…
Canada-Wide Arrest Warrant Issued for Suspect in Body Part Mailings
Montreal Police Department(MONTREAL) — Authorities have issued a “Canada-wide arrest warrant” for Rocco Luka Magnotta, a suspect police have connected to a homicide and the mailings of two body parts.Magnotta, 29, also goes by the pseudony…
Second Body Part Found in Ottawan Mail
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(OTTAWA, Ontario) — Police in Ottawa have confirmed that a second body part was discovered in the mail after a human foot was mailed to the Conservative Party of Canada.The severed foot was discovered first when a receptionist at…
Parts of Air Canada Jet Engine Fall on Ontario Neighborhood
Norm Betts/Bloomberg News(TORONTO) — An Air Canada jet flying from Toronto to Narita, Japan, was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff and make an emergency landing Monday afternoon after one of its two engines suddenly shut down, and pieces of …
Man Is Fourth to Survive Niagara Falls Without a Barrel
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario) — The man who climbed over a retaining wall before leaping into Horseshoe Falls in Ontario, Canada, in an apparent suicide attempt is at a hospital Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.“He was obv…
Unidentified Man Survives Niagara Falls Plunge
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NIAGRA FALLS, Ontario) — A man who climbed over a retaining wall and leaped into the Horseshoe Falls in Ontario, Canada, earlier Monday is at an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to news reports.Witnesses -…
Jenna Talackova: Transgender Beauty Queen Places in Top 12
Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images(TORONTO) — Jenna Talackova, the transgender Canadian beauty queen, placed in the top 12 at the Miss Universe Canada pageant, but fell short of the crown.The 6-foot-1 blonde bombshell was a crowd favorite as she strut…
Steve Nash Agrees To Become Canada Team’s New GM
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Steve Nash will become a free agent for possibly the last time in his career this summer, but before finding a new team, he agreed to become general manager of the senior men’s national team for Canada Baske…
Canada Says Farewell to the Penny
Ablestock.com/Thinkstock(WINNIPEG, Manitoba) — In an effort to save the government money, officials in Canada made the decision some time ago to stop making the Canadian penny. On Friday, the country held a final minting ceremony for the coin, w…
Mysterious ‘Hum’ Only Canadians Can Hear Is Debated
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WINDSOR, Mich.) — The cities of Windsor, Ontario, and Rogue River, Mich., are separated geographically by only a river, but when it comes to one highly annoying noise they are worlds apart.That noise, described as a low-pitched …
Sleepy Pilot Mistakes Planet for Oncoming Plane, Aircraft Nosedives
Hemera/Thinkstock(TORONTO) — A sleepy pilot who mistook the planet Venus for an oncoming plane sent his Air Canada jet into a steep dive that bounced passengers off the ceiling, injuring 16, and nearly caused a collision with a real plane flying 1,000…
US Fighter Jets Intercept Korean Airlines Flight After Bomb Threat
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — Two U.S. fighter jets scrambled to meet a Korean Airlines Boeing 777 Tuesday night after a bomb threat was reported shortly after the plane took off from Vancouver, British Columb…
Transgender Beauty Queen: ‘I Always Knew … I Was in the Wrong Body’
ABC/Heidi Gutman(NEW YORK) — Jenna Talackova, the transgender woman who was temporarily disqualified from a Canadian beauty pageant, said that even as a child she knew she was “in the wrong body.”“As soon as I was conscious, I just a…
Donald Trump Has Words for Transgender Miss Universe Contestant
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Donald Trump fired back at Jenna Talackova, the Canadian transsexual beauty queen who has mired his Miss Universe pageant admist her controversy.“I think Jenna should focus on running up in Canada a…
Transsexual Canadian Beauty Queen Asks Trump to Eliminate Miss Universe Rule
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Jenna Talackova, the Canadian transsexual beauty queen, is asking that Donald Trump eliminate the rule that Miss Universe contestants must be naturally born females.”I want Mr. Trump to state that this…
Trump Won’t Bar Transsexual Beauty Queen from Shot at Miss Universe Canada Title
Mike Stobe/Getty Images(TORONTO) — Jenna Talackova, the Canadian beauty queen, won’t have to fight Donald Trump for a chance to compete for the Miss Universe Canada title after all, even though she was born a he.Talackova is everything you think…
Employees Working Remotely Are Seen Not as Productive
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ONTARIO, Canada) — Most employees in the U.S. and Canada are open to flexible work arraignments, which includes working remotely, but a new survey shows a majority of bosses in the Great White North don’t think staffers ar…
Owner of Japanese Boat that Drifted to Canada Doesn’t Want It Back
Sankei via Getty Images(TOKYO) — The owner of an empty Japanese fishing boat that drifted across the Pacific after being washed away by the powerful tsunami last year, says he does not want the boat back, according to a Japanese Coast Guard official.T…
Spare Change: Canada to Stop Making Pennies
Ablestock.com/Thinkstock(OTTAWA, Canada) — Say goodbye to the Canadian penny.Lawmakers in Canada have decided it makes little sense — or cents — to continue making the 1-cent coin. Canada’s minister of finance, Jim Flaherty, announced the penny&lsqu…