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…
Miss Universe Disqualifies Transgender Contestant
CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP/Getty Images(TORONTO) — Jenna Talackova, 23, has been disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada competition because she was born a male, according to CTV.Talackova was originally selected as one of 65 finalists for the Dona…
Tsunami-Ravaged Japanese Fishing Vessel Spotted Near Vancouver
Sankei via Getty Images(VANCOUVER) — Just over a year ago, a fishing boat was going about its business near Hokkaido, Japan, when an unimaginable disaster struck — a giant earthquake followed by a horrific tsunami.This past weekend, that same boat, n…
Canadian Skier Nik Zoricic Dies From World Cup Race Crash
Karl Weatherly/Photodisc/Thinkstock(GRINDELWALD, Switzerland) — Canadian skier, Nik Zoricic, died from head injuries after crashing in a World Cup “Skicross” race in Switzerland on Saturday.The 29-year-old Toronto native was racing against two other s…
Phone App Uses Men to Remind Women of Breast Cancer Checks
DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images(TORONTO) — A sexy smartphone app that reminds women to check their breasts has raised eyebrows and cancer awareness too. The app, called Your Man Reminder, lets users pick the “hot guy of their choice” to remind them to che…
Former University Student President Robs Bank
Meghan Darcy Melnyk(CALGARY, Canada) — In a promotional video for Mount Royal University in Calgary, an interviewer asks student council president Meghan Darcy Melnyk what her fellow students might not guess about her.“I’m a dork. I play…
Americans Love Canada, Poll Shows
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In the eyes of Americans it’s hard to be more popular than Canada. In Gallup’s annual favorability ratings, no country scored better than America’s neighbor to the north.“A whopping 96% of A…
Cat in the Cockpit: Free-Roaming Feline Causes 4-Hour Flight Delay
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(HALIFAX, Nova Scotia) — A curious cat led to a major flight delay for passengers of one Air Canada Flight from Halifax to Toronto on Thursday. Ten-year-old Ripples was put back in his carrier after going through airport secur…
America’s Loss, China’s Gain: Obama’s Keystone Decision Has Canada Planning More Oil Shipments to Asia
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline application — against the advice of his own Jobs Panel’s reccomendation for an “all in” energy policy — was met with disappointment by critics…
Man Claims He Used iPad to Cross Into US
Apple Inc.(DERBY LINE, Vt.) — A Canadian man traveling by car to Vermont claimed his iPad helped save the day after he realized he left his passport, which is required to cross into the United States, at his home in Quebec.Martin Reisch, 33, said he a…
Canadian Couple Has New Year’s Babies Back-to-Back
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(MEDICINE HAT, Alberta) — Bobbi Jo and Kurtis Ketcheson of Alberta, Canada had back-to-back New Year’s babies. Their son Jack was born on Jan. 1, 2011 and was the first baby of the past year in the town of Regina.Their newest addit…
Canadian Couple Welcomes 100th Grandchild
BananaStock/Thinkstock(GRAND PRAIRIE, Alberta) — Just in time for Christmas, Viktor and Aneta Urich of Grande Prairie, Alberta, welcomed their 100th grandchild, the Daily Herald-Tribune reported.The Urichs, who are in their early 60s, have 16 children…