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Internet video purports to show beheading of US reporter Steven Sotloff by Islamic State group
BEIRUT – An Internet video posted online Tuesday purported to show the beheading of U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff by the Islamic State group, which called it retribution for continued U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.
Poilievre won’t apologize for taxpayers’ dollars spent on ‘vanity videos’
OTTAWA – Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre won't apologize for using taxpayer dollars to produce YouTube videos of himself promoting the universal child care benefit.
Northern Gateway cannot go ahead as proposed, B.C. government tells review panel
VANCOUVER – The province of British Columbia has ended years of speculation, telling a federal review panel that it does not support the Northern Gateway pipeline.
Fridge with morbid history goes on sale at NYC psychiatric hospital
NEW YORK, N.Y. – It’s a fridge big enough for a family of four.
2nd body pulled from NY river where bride-to-be, best man flew into water after boat crash
PIERMONT, N.Y. – A second body was pulled from the Hudson River on Sunday near where a bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man went missing after a nighttime boat crash near the Tappan Zee Bridge.
Group of Canadian researchers rejoice in ‘God particle’ Nobel win
VANCOUVER – There was celebrating among a group of Canadian scientists Tuesday as Britain's Peter Higgs and Belgian colleague Francois Englert won the Nobel Prize in physics for helping to explain how matter formed after the Big Bang.
Possible shooting reported at Los Angeles airport as rescue crews respond
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Police and paramedics surrounded a terminal on Friday at Los Angeles International Airport because of a reported shooting.
Oxford Dictionaries crowns ‘selfie’ word of the year for 2013, beating ‘twerk,’ ‘Bitcoin’
LONDON – Michelle Obama shared one with her "first dog" Bo, Hillary Clinton tweeted one with her daughter Chelsea. Now "selfie" — the smartphone self-portrait — has been declared word of the year for 2013, according to Britain's Oxford University Press.
No word from Toronto’s Mayor Ford on libel notice served by reporter
TORONTO – Rob Ford is not commenting on a libel notice brought against him by a reporter who claims the Toronto mayor made remarks on TV that amounted to an accusation of pedophilia against him.
Silver swan song: Ice dancers Virtue and Moir finish second in final Olympics
SOCHI, Russia – Jennifer Jones was perfect. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were oh so close.
B.C. teachers vote 89 per cent in favour of strike action to support demands
VANCOUVER – The union representing 41,000 teachers in British Columbia has voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action.
Twice as many police officers expected at Boston Marathon; spectators urged to avoid big bags
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – More than 3,500 police officers will patrol this year's Boston Marathon, more than double the number deployed last year, when two bombs exploded near the finish line, killing three people and injuring more than 260.
Deadly blast in Harlem a grim reminder of New York’s burden of aging infrastructure
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Even while the exact cause remains unknown, a deadly blast that levelled two Manhattan buildings served by a 127-year-old gas main has provided a jarring reminder of just how old and vulnerable much of the infrastructure is in New York and many other cities nationwide.
Today on the Hill: Medical marijuana users to protest new pot regulations
OTTAWA – Medical marijuana users will be blowing off some steam in Ottawa today over restrictions on growing pot.
Rob Ford’s past substance abuse denials
TORONTO – Rob Ford has taken a leave of absence as mayor of Toronto, citing a need to get help for substance-abuse issues. But it came after nearly a full year of denials — from both Ford and members of his family — that he has a problem.