A dramatic video that shows a white truck crashing into concrete medians and veering off the roadway while travelling at high speeds on Highway 417 has led to the arrest of an Ottawa man on drunk driving charges. Rocco Michelli was driving home from work around 6:45 a.m. Friday when he spotted the driver bumping into the curb. His dash …

Tech YouTuber Austin Evans posted a video comparing a supposed dummy unit of the iPhone 7, or whatever it’ll be called, next to the current iPhone 6s. The video reinforces the majority of rumors surrounding the iPhone 7’s redesigned antenna lines, larger camera, and the possibility that it won’t come with a headphones jack.

We’re not saying it’s aliens, but a team of researchers has just discovered a glowing purple orb at the bottom of the ocean, and if you’ve ever seen The Abyss, I think you know how this will end. While researching previously unmapped regions of the Channel Islands off the California coast, the research vessel Nautilus came across an unusual purple …

Bird feeders may be increasing the risk of sometimes deadly window collisions, say researchers at the University of Alberta. The study spent 18 months looking at more than 1,300 household reports of bird collisions with windows. Justine Kummer, lead researcher for the study, says the reports show rural homes, bird feeders and yards with an abundance of vegetation are all …

The Water Security Agency (WSA) and the Saskatchewan government are warning about existing blue-green algae blooms across the province, and the potential for more to develop. Residents are advised to avoid consuming the water or contacting the algae bloom. The bloom gives the water a shimmering, foamy appearance with blue-green, bright blue, grey or tan colour.

Developed by a research team at the University of Toronto with the support of Mitacs, a national non-profit organization, Ludwig was unveiled at One Kenton Place, a retirement home in North York that cares for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The 60-cm-high mechanical boy can talk and move to keep patients socially engage. His real job is to monitor the …

China’s leading internet portals have been ordered to stop their original news reporting, as President Xi Jinping’s government further tightens its control over the country’s information industry. The Cyberspace Administration of China called for the ban on several news portals, including Sina Corp., Tencent Holdings, Sohu.com Inc. and NetEase Inc., from publishing original reports alleging that the companies had “seriously …

A bar in Medicine Hat, Alta., is facing backlash after it told a transgender woman she could not use the female washrooms and later posted a controversial sign that some say is discriminatory. The Calgary woman, River Rising, said she was also asked many inappropriate questions by the staff. She says a bar manager told her it would make people …

Some strange and rather surprising news comes in from Jaguar via Automobile Magazine, where the outlet learned that the Coventry-based automaker is said to be ditching any future plans to build high-performance or sports cars, including no XK coupe or convertible replacement and production C-X75. According to the news bit, Jaguar instead wants to shift their focus from building sports …

Study out of Western University shows the scariest predator is us. Scientists found that smaller carnivores, like European badgers, that may be prey to large carnivores, actually perceive humans as far more frightening. Around the world, humans kill small carnivores at much greater rates than large carnivores, and the study team said their results show smaller carnivores fear the human …

Researchers might have found the common ancestor that unites all life on Earth – and it’s called Luca. The researchers started by looking at nearly 2000 genes of modern microbes, exploring the traces that have been passed down from the beginning of life on Earth. That meant that they could explore the bits that appeared to be able to be …