Rob Ford, the long-time Toronto politician who became known for his personal troubles as much as his penny-pinching ways on city council, has died at the age of 46. Ford passed away following a battle with a rare and aggressive form of soft tissue cancer known as pleomorphic liposarcoma.

Former wrestler Hulk Hogan got $25 million in punitive damages in his sex tape lawsuit, bringing his total haul to $140 million, TMZ reports. Gawker is set to appeal the court’s decision and the pay outs, which could see the site and its sister sites shut down. The video was published back in 2012 and showed secretly recorded footage of …

New Tanana Arctic Butterfly A Hybrid Of Two Ancient Species. The first new butterfly species discovered in the Alaskan wilderness in nearly three decades may be a rare hybrid between two related species, each of which have adapted to the harsh conditions of the Arctic environment, new research from a University of Florida lepidopterist (butterfly and moth scientist) claims.

So you wanted a smaller iPhone? You got it! Last night, Apple announced the iPhone SE, a new 4-inch smartphone that offers a smaller (and cheaper) option to the company’s flagship iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. The phone is a throwback in a lot of ways. It’s got the same 1136×640 resolution screen as the iPhone 5 family, and its …

It’s set to be the biggest superhero showdown of all time – and we want to know who Advertiser readers are backing in Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. The new film hits cinemas this week and pits the Dark Knight against the Man of Steel.

This week our friends at Renault dropped us a line that the Twizy 40 will soon be available in Canada. The Canadian transportation authority, Transport Canada, has certified the Renault Twizy 40 for use on Canadian roads as a low-speed commuter vehicle. The Twizy 40 has a 25 mph (40 km/h) speed capability and a range of about 62 miles …

World leaders reacted with shock and resolve Tuesday to a terror attack in Brussels that killed at least 31 people and wounded more than 150 others. 34 people were killed and many others injured after two explosions rocked Brussels’ Zaventem Airport Tuesday morning at about 8 a.m., causing heavy damage and panic, Belgian media reported. An hour later, an explosion …

Najim Laachraoui has been identified as an accomplice of the Paris attackers who killed 130 people in a series of shootings and bombings last November. In early December, the Belgian authorities put two alleged accomplices of Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the Paris attacks, on a wanted list. They had used forged Belgian IDs under the names of Samir …

Vancouverites will be treated to a “penumbral” lunar eclipse Wednesday morning as the Earth casts its shadow over the moon — expected to cover three-quarters of the shining orb. Between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 7 a.m. on March 23, the moon will be eclipsed by the Earth, causing a visible shadow.

UFO hunters believe they’ve spotted an “alien megastructure” in a NASA image, which they claim proves the sun is hollow. The picture, captured by Nasa’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite, has sent conspiracy theorists, who believe the Sun is hosting an “alien world,” into a frenzy. The “anomaly” was highlighted by alien enthusiast and YouTuber, TheWatcher252, who cited a …

At a recent interview at SXSW, Burt Reynolds admitted that he regrets posing nude for Cosmopolitan Magazine in 1972. “It was really stupid. I don’t know what I was thinking,” Reynolds, now 80, said of his most famous photograph.