That's it, I'm moving to Canada. They know how to have fun. Even in politics! In Canada's House of Commons today, there was an incredible 'debate' about creating an international zombie strategy "so that a zombie invasion does not turn into a zombie apocalypse." Read More >>
Well. You sort of squirt out some water. Special water from a special pouch. Then round up the biggest globule and rub it around, before wiping your hands with the special 100 per cent cotton NASA space towel. We're sure there's a better and more efficient way. Washing your hands can't always be this much fun. This is basically Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield mucking about. [YouTube] Read More >>
After being discovered and misidentified back in 1958, the fossil remains of a massive twenty foot long, two-ton horned dinosaur found in Alberta have finally been acknowledged as a new species. Although there's no evidence, scientists* speculate that Xenoceratops foremostensis fled north from what is now the United States 80 million years ago after being displeased with prehistoric election results. Read More >>
The Pirate Bay tends to be a website that national governments aren't particularly fond of. That being the case, it'd be surprising if a national government ran ads on the site, advertising an Economic Action Plan, right? Canada did that, but not on purpose. Read More >>
Too many of our daily deals are skewed towards you sitting, nay cowering in your home, shut away from the outside world and nature. TV’s, gaming consoles, suits of armour, that sort of thing. But not today. Read More >>
Anonymous really doesn't like the way ol'Bernie Ecclestone runs his ship. After targeting the Bahrain grand prix last month, the collective is threatening to take action against the upcoming Canadian grand prix on June 10th. Read More >>
Featured comment by tw@panda:
"Ah little anonymouse... still acting like stroppy schoolkids and achieving nothing in the process. The Bahrain GP still went ahead while Anon was havi..." More »
A Vancouver man named William Jonathan Orders was charged with obstruction of justice after swallowing the memory card from a video camera that was on when a woman fell to her death at his hang-gliding business last week. Read More >>
Blimey, I knew the sea was full of deadly things we just can't see, but I never thought an octopus would attack anything on the surface of the water, let alone a pecking bird. The unsuspecting seagull was ambushed from below, then dragged down into the deep to drown. The whole thing took just under a minute before the bird was octopus-food. Read More >>
Totally making up for the utterly annoying one and two dollar coins, the Royal Canadian Mint has created a series of limited edition glow-in-the-dark quarters featuring the likenesses of dinosaurs discovered in the country's western provinces. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Well they've always had the Queen (or King) on the front so it shouldn't surprise anyone if they decided on a different bunch of dinosaurs for the oth..." More »
It's gross, but faecal transplants can save lives. A Nova Scotia man living in Cape Breton Island, Canada, read about it and decided to stop an intestinal bacterial infection, doing the faecal transplant himself—using faeces from his cousin. Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"Don't buy it. They just wanted to brush the dust off of a few big guns.
And fair enough, but I'd assume they would have a similar stranglehold on t..." More »
When the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan last year, it created more than 22 million tonnes of debris—an unthinkable mess. Included in that debris was this ghost ship, a 150-foot long squid-fishing boat that's just been found, a year after the tsunami, near the coast of Canada. Read More >>
Ok, I generally like robots, and have come to accept that one day we're going to be living in a world that is exactly like Futurama. But this video, as awesome as it is, just makes me kinda mad. Read More >>