Message in a bottle found 101 years after it was tossed into the sea
In 1913, a man named Richard Platz threw a bottle into the sea carrying a message that would later be found and presented to his granddaughter last Tuesday … 101...
What’s happening to all of Canada’s female premiers?
It was a just a few months ago that journos were busy writing about how women in Canadian politics have come of age. There was a real excitement that six...
Disabled woman crawls 8 hours for help after driving into trench
A 47-year-old disabled Nova Scotia woman, who had been reported missing by her husband, crawled 800 metres to get help after spending two nights in her truck after driving into...
Why are Canadian measles outbreaks so much larger than U.S. outbreaks?
TORONTO - It's an inescapable reality: As long as measles is infecting children in other parts of the world, Canada is going to have occasional outbreaks. The same is true...
Man goes on stabbing spree after being fired at Toronto office, injures 4 people
TORONTO - A man working at the Toronto branch of a multinational human resources company went on a stabbing spree after being told he would lose his job, injuring four...
Nigeria National Conference: There is reason for hope — Fred Orbih
CHIEF Fred Orbih (SAN), in this interview, calls for the adoption of a parliamentary system of government and part-time for legislators. He also says that those in authority should learn...
Nigeria Epileptic Power: We’re helpless — NERC, operators
Operators in the Nigerian power sector, yesterday, declared that the current epileptic power situation in the country cannot be addressed within the next couple of months, as they are currently...
Unemployment: Graduate Mr. Sunday Omotayo attempts suicide in Akwa Ibom
Men of the Akwa Ibom police command yesterday stopped a suicide attempt by a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Ekiti State University who identified himself as Sunday Omotayo. Unemployment: Graduate attempts...
The Finnish man who gave up all of his stuff -Petri Luukkainen
Petri Luukkainen, a Helsinki-based documentary maker, put everything he owned in storage and removed one item a day for a year. He tells Theo Merz how many things we really...
Vladimir Putin wants to regain Finland for Russia, adviser says
After annexing Crimea and with troops massed on the border of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin will not stop trying to expand Russia until he has “conquered” Belarus, the Baltic states and...