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American border patrol agents stopping and boarding Canadian vessels: spokesman
According to a statement from the Grand Manan Fishermen's Association obtained by CBC News , the association said it believed the situation was part of a "regu...
Ontario Government Suspends Price Caps On Secondary Ticketing
While the "wind-down" is effective, Ford's government has committed to honoring arrangements or contracts that have already been signed through programs for ene...
Lions fatally maul poachers who broke into reserve to hunt rhinos
At least three men made their way onto the Sibuya Game Reserve in the early hours of the morning on Monday. When none were found and the area was declared saf...
Destruction of Ancient Planets --"The Origin of Asteroids and Meteorites"
According to the team of researchers, led by Stanley Dermott, lead author and a theoretical astronomer at the University of Florida, this discovery is important...
New pictures from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft reveal some interesting features of Ceres
By carrying out this maneuver, the probe flew closer to the dwarf planet's Cerealia Facula. Dawn's visible and infrared mapping spectrometer had previousl...
Plastic bag ban 'will harm environment by driving up greenhouse gases'
The customer had been banned from the store. Woolworths state general manager Karl Weber said police had been contacted over the incident and the employee h...
NASA scientists to use submarines to hunt for meteorite remains
While the event was indeed caused by an out-of-this-world object, no aliens were involved. NASA planetary scientist Marc Fries monitored the incident, which...
Greenpeace activists fly ‘Superman’ drone in to French nuclear site
France generates an overwhelming majority of its electricity from 19 nuclear plants across the country. In the post, Greenpeace said its activists were able t...
NASA to test ‘quiet’ supersonic flights over Texas
NASA recently awarded Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company a Dollars 247.5 million contract to build a faster-than-sound X-plane - official designated X-59 "...
Hosepipe ban being considered for Donegal
Depending on the level of the ban, any use of a hosepipe could be penalised. With the longest British heatwave since the 70's it's looking likely that the ho...
Planet seen swirling into life for the first time
The planet, now known as PDS 70b , is shown orbiting within a huge spinning "protoplanetary disc " of gas and dust, which proves it is continuing to accumulat...
Hot, humid weather to continue through the week
The overnight lows are expected to be in the low 20s but with the humidity sticking around, there won't be much relief from the heat. Overnight low temperatur...
Hume: GOP Sens. Collins, Murkowski Key to Success of Trump SCOTUS Pick
Napolitano continued: "I'll tell you why: Because the chief justice, though a practicing Catholic and pro-life himself, does not believe that fundamental change...
Longest lunar eclipse of the century happening in July
New Zealand does see the earlier stages of the eclipse, with the Moon entering the penumbra - or light shadow - at 5.14am and the umbra - dark shadow - at 6.24a...
Woman Confronts Scott Pruitt At DC Eatery
Mink reportedly teaches sixth grade at Sidwell Friends, the school where former President Obama's daughters attended. In recent weeks activists and members of...
Artificial intelligence robot launched to ISS from US
On June 29th, the Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, otherwise known as CIMON , embarked on a two-day journey to the International Space Station . The new a...
Rivers and streams cover more of the Earth than was thought
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Texas A&M University used satellite images, on-the-ground measurements and a statistical ...
Start planning now for longest lunar eclipse of the century
The reason this lunar eclipse will be a particularly long one is because the moon will be passing nearly directly through the central part of Earth's shadow...
Astronomers capture image of a planet’s birth
Mostly consisting of gas and dust, this orbits around the new star in a wide disk. "It is thought that planet formation starts when material in the disk starts ...
Advocates fear future of abortion rights on Supreme Court
His retirement gives President Donald Trump the opportunity to fundamentally change the course of the Supreme Court . Kenny, throughout his career, did m...
See how a planet is born
The image, captured with advanced, surface-based telescopes, shows the new planet developing around the dwarf star PDS 70, which is located around 370 light-yea...
This month's 'blood moon' eclipse to be the longest of the century
On July 27, Mars will shine brightly in the night sky as it reaches opposition with Earth - and it will be at its brightest since 2003. Mars will be bright in t...
This is the first time we've ever seen a newborn planet
The young planet is absolutely scorching, with a surface temperature topping 1,000 degrees Celsius. In the image provided by ESO (seen above), the planet is see...
World's first images of a newborn planet reveal birth of alien world
But it has never been seen before, until now. The planet, now known as PDS 70b, is shown orbiting within a huge spinning "protoplanetary disc" of gas and dust...
Scientists capture first ever image of newborn planet
It is a moment of birth that has previously proved elusive, but astronomers say they now have the first confirmed image of the formation of a planet. The instru...
Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76
The illness gradually robbed him of mobility, leaving him confined to a wheelchair , nearly completely paralysed and unable to speak except through his tradema...
The longest lunar eclipse of the century is expected this month
The U.S. will miss out again with this upcoming celestial phenomenon, so if you want to experience the longest lunar eclipse of the century, you'll have to tr...
President Trump Plans To Announce Supreme Court Pick On July 9
At one point, he said he would probably interview six or seven candidates, including possibly two this weekend. The president said he was not intending to a...
Heat advisory extended through weekend as temperatures expected to soar
Temperatures were in the 90s from Chicago to New York City on Saturday , including a high of 96 degrees in Newark, New Jersey , 95 degrees in Philadelphia...
Canada Day to be a sizzler across southern Ontario
A heat warning issued by Environment Canada remains in effect for the entire region. The national forecaster says temperatures could reach the mid-30s with hu...