President Obama’s head speechwriter, Jon Favreau, leaving for HollywoodJon Favreau, the man behind many of President Barack Obama’s orations is stepping down as head speechwriter, reports the Los...
King Richard III face reconstructed to show what monarch looked likeCanadian 17th generation nephew Michael Ibsen poses alongside bust
No more Bonnie and Clydes as bank robberies are out of fashionEveryone wants to be a cyber criminal these days, as online theft has supplanted the straight-up bank robbery. A report in the...
Social media Super Bowl: Beyonce, Oreo and a blackout help set a Twitter recordNEW YORK, N.Y. - Beyonce’s splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to...
U.S. official admits U.S. budget woes having an impact on Beyond the BorderWASHINGTON - The dreaded S-word — sequestration — loomed over a Canada-U.S. conference on Beyond the Border initiatives Monday...
Family’s vacation goes up in smoke; tour operator may sue HALIFAX - A Canadian tour operator says it’s considering suing a Cape Breton family for the estimated $40,000 cost of a flight...
Government ad spending up 72 per cent since the recessionOTTAWA - When Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the economy is his top priority, he has the advertising spending to support his...
Canada’s ’social’ score dragged down by child poverty, inequality: reportOTTAWA - A new report says Canada’s social fabric is being torn by rising income inequality and stagnant child poverty rates. The...
Kidnapper Jimmy Lee Dykes is dead; 5 year old hostage said to be physically unharmedLaw enforcement officials announced that the five-year-old boy who has been held hostage in a bunker in Midland City, Ala., for...
Military ombudsman urges government to help CF members who lose home equity during forced transfersOTTAWA - The Canadian Forces ombudsman says the Harper government has an opportunity right now to help military families who’ve...