A conference held in Washington D.C. has highlighted the need to put strategies in place to counteract massive solar storms that could completely knock out communication systems. “Since the development of the electrical telegraph in the 1840s, space weather processes have affected the design, implementation and operation of many engineered systems, at first on Earth and now in space,” noted …

Drake has fans on the edge of their seats waiting for the release of his fourth album Views From the 6, but it seems one fan was a little too eager. Two photographers – Matt Small and Michael Massie – saw Drake, along with two women and another man, get out of helicopter near where they were shooting. Naturally, Small …

US space agency NASA has released three million photos of Earth’s surface from their internal database, taken over the course of 17 years. While all of the photos could be seen by anyone for a small fee before last week, they are now on the web for free. For the last decade and a half the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission …

A stabbing incident at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care sent three staff members to hospital Tuesday. According to the ministry, three workers were struck in the head and face by a patient. One person was stabbed with a screw driver.

Singer Kesha’s appeal to be released from her record label has been rejected by the court. The ‘Tik Tok’ hitmaker has been fighting to have her contract with Sony Music terminated after she alleged she was sexually abused by producer Dr. Luke. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich noted that Kesha had “failed to plead that any of …

Long before the historic flyby of Pluto last summer by the New Horizons mission, the spacecraft was busy collecting reams of data, and a new study resulting from its epic voyage is shedding new light on deep space weather. NASA scientists have published New Horizons’ observations in a study appearing in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement. The study revealed, among other …

York Regional Police, working in conjunction with the Greater Sudbury Police Service, has laid multiple charges after disrupting a fentanyl trafficking ring, allegedly involving three York residents. Police say that in Oct. 2015, they started an investigation into an operation where patches of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller considered as much as 100 times more powerful than morphine, were illegally purchased …

The shopping spree is over for Patricia Perez-Gonzalez. The Miami model and her boyfriend Alberto Companioni, who allegedly committed US$2-million worth of fraud, have each been charged with six offences. Alberto Companioni, 31, and model Patricia Perez-Gonzalez, 26, opened dozens of American Express accounts under stolen identities, most of which belonged to senior citizens, and then splurged on designer clothing, …

Katy Perry takes the stage with the legendary Dolly Parton to sing a duet of her hits at the 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday (April 3) in Las Vegas. With Dolly & Katy written in lights behind them, the pair were styled in a colorful ensemble—Dolly looked like a glittery …

An image of the Nile River was captured by the new Sentinel-3A satellite and it appears to show the river running red with blood. The photo conjures up images ripped straight from the bible. Turning water into blood was one of 10 horrible plagues God struck down upon the cruel Egyptians to coerce them to free the Israelites from slavery. …

ISIS Issuing Attack Threats Against Paris, London. A group linked to the Islamic State group, the international jihadist organization also known as ISIS that claimed responsibility for the March 22 attacks in Brussels that killed at least 34 people, has issued a threat to do the same in London, Berlin or Rome.