The search for an unknown number of missing spectators will resume at daybreak Sunday, after an avalanche in the British Columbia interior hit when as many as 200 people were gathered for a snowmobile event. picked by chinook 5 days ago

The baby had been on life support since he suffered severe brain damage when he was born. Though doctors at the Children's Hospital recommended he be taken off life support months ago, his parents took the hospital to court while an independent study was conducted on the boy's situation. He died naturally today. picked by chinook 1 week ago

To many environmental activists, the message behind Avatar is quite clear: the oil companies are Sky People, mining unobtainable oil in Canada and destroying the environment in the process. picked by chinook 2 weeks ago

It’s too bad our Olympians must sacrifice their childhoods, and often much more, to the monomania of high-level competition.

(I can't get a thumbnail for the life of me) picked by chinook 3 weeks ago

Air Canada is unveiling it's proposed "no nut buffer zone" to accomodate passengers with nut allergies. According to Transport Canada, allergies are considered a disability so a means of accomodating allergic passengers must exist. picked by chinook 1 month ago

In the latest incident of Canadian Pie Terrorism, a PETA protester wearing a seal costume got a taste of their own pie...um, medicine from a person dressed in a Newfie dog costume. Video of the pieing. picked by chinook 1 month ago

A 10-year-old boy was killed by a pack of dogs on a northern Saskatchewan reserve, his relatives said Sunday. picked by chinook 2 months ago

Accompanied by images of Haiti picked by chinook 2 months ago

Witnesses to the "catastrophic" earthquake in Haiti have told how victims have been buried in the rubble of collapsed buildings.
USGS Summary picked by chinook 2 months ago

This is a story about recycling - about how your best intentions to be green can be channeled into an underground sewer that flows from the United States and into the wasteland. This is where your computer goes to die - more images here. picked by chinook 2 months ago

Indio (aka Gordon Peterson) created the song Big Hard Sun, which was covered by Eddie Vedder for the Into the Wild soundtrack. Indio isn't too happy about that. picked by chinook 2 months ago

Scan, baby, scan. That’s the mantra among politicians at all levels in the wake of the thwarted terrorist attack aboard a Detroit-bound passenger jet. picked by chinook 2 months ago

Today, let's have some fun and play fairy godmother to Quebec. Let's grant the province the wish it articulated in Copenhagen. Wave the magic wand and poof, wish granted. Shut down Alberta's oilsands, except, since it's Quebec making the wish, we have to call it tarsands, even though it's not tar they use to run their Bombardier planes, trains and Skidoos. picked by chinook 2 months ago

Until now I believed that the nation that has done most to sabotage a new climate change agreement was the United States. I was wrong. The real villain is Canada. picked by chinook 4 months ago

The country is paying the price for embarking on the world’s biggest spending spree – with other people’s money. Can it ever recover? picked by chinook 4 months ago

Dispatches from the front lines of the Pro-Choice movement in NB. This blogger is volunteer co-ordinator at a Morgentaler Clinic and shares hilarious, heartbreaking and hopeful stories of her experiences in the fight to break down the province's illegal policies on reproductive choice. picked by chinook 4 months ago

A site dedicated to light-hearted mocking of very, very TMI Facebook posts by parents of all ages and stages.
Don't miss it's sister site, STFU Marrieds picked by chinook 4 months ago

The IOC rejected women's ski jumping for the 2010 Games in 2006, arguing the sport had not yet met the criteria to be included. Not sure what the men have that the women lack besides a penis. Regardless, support these women for the creation of a Women's Ski Jump event in the 2010 Olympics!! picked by chinook 4 months ago

The federal long-gun registry moved a step closer to being abolished as MPs voted Wednesday in the House of Commons to scrap the controversial program. picked by chinook 4 months ago

Wile. E Coyote was not available for comment after a singer was killed by coyotes while hiking in an east coast national park. picked by chinook 5 months ago

If you're like me, you might be sitting by the fire watching the snowflakes fall and thinking about what to wear this Christmas. Don't worry, this site might help you out!
*And by awesome, I mean absolutely hideous picked by chinook 5 months ago

No, not really, but it definitely makes kitties act goofy. Ever wondered why?
Meow, meow, meowww, meeeoow, meow. Mew. picked by chinook 6 months ago

After writing this article for his school's paper, a journalism student is upset that two professors strongly disagreed with his article and feels that political affiliation should be considered when selecting professors in certain departments. picked by chinook 6 months ago

After attending the ValuesVoter Summit, an American humanist ponders his observations with respect to his own values. picked by chinook 6 months ago

A Primer on Parent Cruelty

Sometimes unique names cross the fine line into unusual, bizarre or even cruel. Nice to read in conjunction with this historic Plime post. picked by chinook 6 months ago