The French government is the first one to wholeheartedly approve of the UN climate pact. This shows its sincerity and level of engagement with the present-day concerns afflicting the global village. Announcing the move at a ceremony at the Élysée Palace President Francois Hollande joked that “signing is good, ratifying is better” and urged more nations to follow France in …

Helen Ubinas, A Philadelphia-based reporter walked into a local gun shop to inquire about buying an assault rifle and in less than 10 minutes, she became the owner of one. In fact, it only took Helen Ubinas seven minutes after handing over her driver’s license and passing a background check to walk out with a semi-automatic assault rifle. “It’s obscene. …

South Korean operator LG Uplus has announced that its personal authentication technology that uses biometric data has been certified by a global standard. Uplus has acquired Fast Identity Online (FIDO) certification for its universal subscriber identity modules (USIM), The Kore Times reports.

Researchers from the LIGO and Virgo collaborations announced today the observation of gravitational waves from a set of merging black holes. The international team spotted the phenomenon on Boxing Day but has only now made the news public. As with the earlier detection which stunned the world of physics in September 2015, the source was found to be two colliding …

A Nebraska family staying at a Disney resort in Florida was struck by tragedy yesterday (June 14) when an alligator snatched the family’s 2-year-old son and dragged him underwater, news sources reported. But despite the horrific incident, experts say it’s rare for alligators to attack people. It wasn’t too long ago that alligators were nearly hunted into extinction. About 40 …

Final team reveals continue tomorrow on THE AMAZING RACE CANADA destination site at CTV.ca as well as the series’ social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. Julie and Lowell, a married couple battling Lowell’s debilitating eye disease Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) from Lethbridge, Alta.; Anne and Tanya, best friends, single moms, and business partners from Toronto; Stéphane and Antoine, …

Two Victoria health employees have been fired and are under investigation for the biggest privacy breach in the history of Island Health. According to Kellie Hudson, an Island Health spokesperson, the two employees, described as non-clinical support staff, accessed the electronic health records of 198 individuals from Vancouver Island, and beyond.

The Tragically Hip’s August 18th show at Canadian Tire Centre is once again sold out. Fans of the Tragically Hip got a second chance at scoring tickets to their upcoming tour Tuesday morning. The stage was redesigned to accommodate more people and at 10 a.m, those seats went on sale.

The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica plays to all the traditional minivan strengths, while it strikes out in exciting new directions in styling and in plug-in hybrid technology. The 2017 Pacifica minivan replaces both the Town & Country and, eventually, the venerable Dodge Grand Caravan, with a recycled Chrysler nameplate; the goal is to put some emotional distance between it and the …

Researchers have heralded the Antikythera mechanism, recovered in 1901 from a shipwreck dating to the first century B.C., as the world’s first computer. At first look, the sediment-encrusted mechanism was the least desirable item recovered from the mid-1st century shipwreck which included bronze and marble statues, glassware and ceramics. However, after 12 years of research, scientists have unlocked some of …

Still reeling from America’s worst mass shooting, authorities in Orlando, Florida were desperately searching on Wednesday (June 15) for a toddler snatched by an alligator at Disney World. More than 50 law enforcement personnel were searching the Seven Seas Lagoon along with an alligator tracker and two marine units. The effort was still considered a “search and rescue operation,” said …