What’s the difference between the NDP, Liberals, and Conservatives? It seems a good chunk of Canadian voters don’t really know, according to a new Ipsos poll. Four in ten (40%) eligible voters in Canada ‘agree’ (9% strongly/31% somewhat) that ‘all of the major political parties are basically the same’, according to an Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Global News. …

A blue whale entangled in a fishing line was spotted off the coast of southern California on Friday and rescue workers were determining how to free the massive mammal, officials said. Whale watchers spotted the animal around 1 p.m. Friday, and officials from the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration responded to help.

Jurassic World on Saturday became the fourth film to cross the $1bn international box office barrier as it reached $1.003bn. The dinosaur-adventure film starring Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), added $2.7M overseas, pushing its international total to $1.003B. It’s now the fourth film to ever cross $1B internationally, joining Avatar ($2.03B), Titanic ($1.53B), and Furious 7 ($1.16B).

Judge Vance Day, Marion County judge is under fire for reportedly refusing to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Judge Vance Day, a circuit court judge in Marion County and former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party, told his staff he would not officiate same-sex weddings because of “deeply-held religious beliefs.”

Sarah Palin has had it up to here with immigrants who don’t speak American – and yes, that’s a direct quote. Speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper, Palin disagreed with GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush’s assertion that Donald Trump was intolerant for insisting that candidates not speak Spanish while campaigning.

WEST POINT, N.Y. – An annual freshman pillow fight at the U.S. Military Academy turned bloody this year when cadets swung pillowcases packed with hard objects, injuring 30 cadets, according to a newspaper report Saturday. Other injuries included a broken nose, a dislocated shoulder, and a hairline fracture of a cheekbone, he said. All the students have returned to duty.

Bobby Johnson was released from prison after prosecutors said he didn’t commit the crime. Bobby Johnson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for the 2006 murder of 70-year-old Herbert “Pete” Fields. Police said Fields was sitting in his car in New Haven on Aug. 1, 2006 when teenagers walked up to his car on West Ivy Street and shot …

A commercial fishing boat capsized off the coast of Vancouver Island late Saturday, killing at least two men. The Transportation Safety Board has deployed an investigation team and has confirmed the vessel as the Caledonian.

A number of popular Smirnoff Ice brand alcoholic beverages are being pulled from shelves over concerns that they could contain glass fragments. In a press release, Smirnoff’s parent company, Diageo Canada, said it believes “significantly less than one per cent of the bottles are impacted” by an issue where pieces of glass have been breaking off inside bottles purchased on …

Damon Wayans shocked a radio audience on Friday while defending accused serial rapist Bill Cosby, telling Power 105 Breakfast Club co-host Angela Yee that some of the “bitches” now saying Cosby assaulted them were “un-rape-able.” He even shrugged off the alleged victims’ accusations with a crude joke: “How big is [Cosby’s] penis that it gives you amnesia for 40 years?” …

A brother and a sister are in hospital after being pulled from the water at Bluffers Park in Scarborough, Toronto police say. The eight-year-old boy was rescued at the western edge of the Scarborough beach — located at the southern end of Brimley Rd. S. — around 11:20 a.m., according to police and paramedics.