A 70 vehicle pileup in one of Canada‘s busiest highway has closed down a 10 kilometer stretch of its east and west bound lanes on Friday, January 26, 2013. The massive pileup of vehicles at the 401 highway, 80 kilometers east of Toronto near Newcastle, reportedly happened about three in the afternoon. According to Ontario [...]
Don Cherry, a Canadian ice hockey commentator for CBC Television, seemed to be unhappy after he learned the generous financial support of his country to Haiti, which amounted to $49.5 million. His ‘Are we nuts?‘ Twitter rant caught the attention not only to local media but also on the Internet. Don Cherry in 2004 Image [...]
Eagle tries to snatch kid Image Credit: Youtube Screen Grab A video of an eagle that tried to snatch a kid has gone viral after it was uploaded on Youtube on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. The video, titled “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid,” was reportedly taken at a park in Montreal, Canada. As shown below, the [...]
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Canada on Saturday, October 27, 2012 (local date), and was followed by a series of strong aftershocks, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Canadian news sites reported there were no immediate reports of damage, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning to certain areas. Tsunami warning map, after [...]
A family of ducks crossed a highway in Toronto, Canada back in May, and was caught on video as shown below. The mother duck and her ducklings were crossing the busy street, avoiding fast-running vehicles and eventually succeeded. Their hair-raising adventure attracted international news and is now going viral. Ducks cross highway in Toronto, Canada [...]
The meaning of the word “canoodle” recently confused a Canadian TV anchorman Andrew Johnson that caused a live TV blooper as shown in the video below, after he accidentally invited weather lady Astrid Braunschmidt in an awkward moment. CTV anchor Andrew Johnson, asking Astrid Braunschmidt if she wants to canoodle with him Image Credit: CTV [...]
A passenger of a domestic Air Canada flight found a needle in his sandwich last Monday, July 30, 2012, which is now under the thorough investigation of local authorities and the said airline company, around two weeks after a similar incident happened in some Delta Air Lines flights. Air Canada logo Image Credit: AirCanada.com According [...]
The Radiohead Toronto concert in Downsview Park on Saturday, June 16, 2012 was canceled after the stage, where the band will play, collapsed just hours before the show, with local authorities saying that there was one casualty and some others were wounded. Collapsed stage of the Radiohead Toronto concert Image Credit: Eric Alper Twitter “Due [...]
The $450 pizza in British Columbia, Canada includes lobster as among its ingredients, and is only one of the special pizzas being sold, which an outlet will be opening soon in Manila, Philippines. C1, a pizza at Steveston Pizza, containing tiger prawn and crab order shown Image Credit: Steveston Pizza Co. According to The Province, [...]
Prince Charles as DJ in Canada Image Credit: TelegraphTV video Great Britain‘s Prince Charles posed as DJ in Canada on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, as shown in the video below, during his four-day tour in the country, along with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. As noted in British news sites that day, Prince Charles [...]