SEARCH WIDENS FOR MISSING MALAYSIAN FLIGHT
An already-extensive search is being widened for a Malaysia Airlines jet that disappeared ten days ago. Investigators say they believe the Boeing 777 was deliberately diverted and flew off-course for...
View ArticleROLLING STONES CANCEL AUSTRALIA CONCERT
The Rolling Stones have cancelled the first of their concerts scheduled in Australia. The move comes after the death of Mick Jagger’s longtime girlfriend, fashion designer L’Wren Scott. Scott was found...
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MICK JAGGER STRUGGLES TO MAKE SENSE OF GIRLFRIEND’S DEATH
Mick Jagger says he’s struggling to understand how his lover and best friend could end her life. The 70 year old Rolling Stones frontman has released a statement saying he spent many wonderful years...
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CANADIAN COUPLE OF YOUNG CHILDREN ON BOARD MISSING MALAYSIA JETLINER WERE...
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says a massive search for a lost Malaysia Airlines jet is being conducted in “the most inaccessible spot imaginable.” Malaysia’s transport minister says new...
View ArticleROLLING STONES BACK ON TOUR
The Rolling Stones are resuming a world tour after postponing several dates following the death of L’Wren Scott, girlfriend of singer Mick Jagger. The band has announced new shows in Europe, starting...
View ArticleBAIRD WON’T PRACTICE ‘BULLHORN DIPLOMACY’ IN CALLING FOR RELEASE OF...
The family of Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed Fahmy says the journalist is staying strong despite being handed a 7 year prison sentence earlier this week in Cairo. His parents and brother visited him in...
View ArticleFIGHTER JETS SHOT DOWN OVER EASTERN UKRAINE
Ukraine’s military reports two of its fighter jets have been shot down in the unstable eastern part of the country. That underscores the continuing danger and instability in the region that led to the...
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TORONTO RANKS AS 4TH BEST IN THE WORLD IN WHICH TO LIVE: THE ECONOMIST
Torontonians are living in one of the world’s best cities and Canada is home to three of the top five on the planet. According to an annual report by The Economist, Toronto is ranked as the fourth best...
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GREG NORMAN SAYS HE ALMOST LOST HIS HAND IN CHAIN SAW ACCIDENT
Hall of Fame golfer Greg Norman is recovering from a chainsaw accident that nearly cost him his left hand. Norman says he was cutting back trees in his South Florida home when the weight of a branch...
View ArticleBOOKER FOR FICTION GOES TO FLANAGAN
Author Richard Flanagan from Australia has captured the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” a story of war and its aftermath. Flanagan mined his father’s...
View ArticleA FROSTY HARPER – PUTIN HANDSHAKE AT G20 SUMMIT
It was a frigid greeting when Prime Minister Harper met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 leaders summit in Australia. Putin approached the Canadian Prime Minister and extended a hand while...
View ArticleHOSTAGE TAKING IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA OVER
Police say a hostage situation in Sydney, Australia is over after a swarm of heavily armed police stormed a downtown cafe where a gunman had been holding an unknown number of people. A police spokesman...
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RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR – HERE AND THERE
New Zealand the Australia were among the first to say ”Happy New Year.” More than 1.5-million lined the shores of Sydney Harbour to watch a fireworks display. Vladimir Putin has a New Year’s message...
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MORE AIRPLANE DEBRIS FOUND IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
More airplane debris is being collected by a Malaysian team in the French territory of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The new debris includes a window and some aluminum foil. However, unlike the...
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JACKMAN TAKES BROADWAY TO OZ
Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has announced plans for a concert tour of his native Australia based on his successful one-man show on Broadway. The 46 year old actor told reporters in Sydney this morning...
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AI WEIWEI IN A SHOWDOWN WITH LEGO
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is being deluged with offers of Lego from his supporters after he accused the company of censorship and discrimination. Last year, on the site of the former...
View ArticleGTA ZOOMER ROWS ACROSS PACIFIC OCEAN
Imagine spending almost seven months by yourself in a small boat on the Pacific Ocean. That`s what a Zoomer from the GTA did, and he rowed his boat for up to 15 hour every day, often in high winds and...
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NEW ZEALAND STAYS WITH UNION JACK FLAG AFTER NATIONWIDE POLL
New Zealanders have decided to keep their national flag the way it is! More than 2-million people turned out to cast a ballot in a nationwide poll. Fifty-seven percent were in favour of keeping the...
View ArticleDECISION TO RETURN OLD AGE ELIGIBILITY TO 65 MADE CONTRARY TO EXPERT ADVICE:...
A decision by the governing Liberals in Ottawa to reverse a policy to raise the eligibility age for Old Age Security to 67 was apparently made in spite of arguments from bureaucrats that the move would...
View ArticleAUSTRALIA FOILS TERROR PLOT TO ATTACK PLANE
Security has been increased at airports across Australia after authorities say they stopped a plot by terrorists to blow up a plane. Police raided a number of homes in Sydney and arrested four men....
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