A stunning wooden statue pulled from a Russian peat bog 125 years ago has been dated as being 11,000 years old after ‘sensational’ new analysis. Called the Big Shigir Idol, the mysterious statue has baffled researchers for decades due to the coded hieroglyphics covering its surface. While some have surmised that it may contain stories on the creation of the …

Tila Tequila was removed from the most recent season of “Celebrity Big Brother” on Saturday after several anti-Semitic, Nazi-sympathizing social media posts came to light. Channel5 said that the Playboy model and singer, 33, would no longer appear on the 2015 series because of her “totally unacceptable” behaviour on social media.

At least 36 Yemeni people have been killed in an airstrike by Saudi Arabia on Yemen’s southwestern province of Hajjah. Issa Ahmed, a resident in Hajjah province, told the Reuters news agency the bottling plant was hit on Sunday morning. He said: “The process of recovering bodies is finished now.

A Double Black Hole Powers Our Galaxy’s Closest Quasar. Researchers have spotted two central black holes raging and skating around each other in Markarian 231 (Mrk 231) – the nearest galaxy to Earth that hosts a quasar.

A man from Barrie, Ont., has been charged after a young woman was allegedly abducted at gunpoint in the city’s downtown core. The 35-year-old man is facing two weapons charges, as well as a breach of probation.

The University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is about to embark on what’s expected to be its most exciting expedition. For the first time ONC will be using two ships, exploration vessel (E/V) Nautilus, on its first trip to Canada, and research vessel (R/V) Thomas G. Thompson. Both ships are outfitted with robotic vehicles that provide realtime video streams …

Hero teacher Victoria Soto, killed while protecting her Sandy Hook Elementary School students, now has her name on a school in her hometown. The newest addition to the Stratford Academy comprises 14 classrooms with state-of-the-art facilities. Many who attended the grand opening say they were there to remember Stratford native Victoria Soto, who the school was named after.

Get ready to pay more for driver’s licences, licence renewals, replacements and commercial permits as of September 1st. Validation sticker costs will increase to $108 from $98 and new driver’s licence and licence renewals will rise to $81.50 from $80.

A Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy was shot execution style at a gas station while reportedly in full uniform. Law enforcement have a man in custody who is “believed to be the alleged gunman.” Sheriff’s deputy Darren Goforth, a 10- year veteran, was filling up his patrol car at a Chevron gas station when investigators say a man came up behind …

Two weeks after colliding with a mini van in North Vancouver, 21-year-old Argentinean ballet dancer Lucila Munaretto is out of her medically induced coma and is on the road to recovery. “This morning she asked for a cappuccino and fried chicken. She said mom are you going to cook me some chicken today”?

A wind-fuelled wildfire in British Columbia’s southern Okanagan has forced authorities to order the evacuation of 27 properties. Fire Information Officer Heather Rice says the wildfire has moved north over the last 24 hours. “The Testalinden fire is seeing quite an active fire flank on the north end of the fire… This is a result of increasing winds that we’re …