Comedian Charlie Murphy, star of Chappelle’s Show and older brother of Eddie Murphy, has died at the age of 57. The stand-up performer died on Wednesday in New York of leukaemia, his spokesman confirmed. A statement from the Murphy family read: “Our hearts are heavy with the loss today of our son, brother, father, uncle and friend Charlie. “Charlie filled …

A discovery of fossil bones of one of the earliest dinosaur relatives shows a creature that is a mesh of crocodilian and dinosaur-like features. The discovery of an odd-looking species named Teleocrater rhadinus has filled a gap in the fossil record just before the origin of dinosaurs. The first dinosaurs roamed the Earth in the late Triassic around 230 million …

KAMLOOPS – Police say a lone man entered the CIBC in downtown Kamloops and demanded cash before fleeing on foot. Cpl. Kelly Butler says it happened at about 2:30 p.m. “We had reports that a lone male entered the bank, asked for an amount of money, and was provided with an undisclosed amount of money. That male then departed on …

A report into the threats climate change poses to the natural wonder, to be released today by the Climate Council, has predicted that if severe bleaching continues, regions adjacent to the Reef stand to lose more than one million visitors annually. This is equivalent to an estimated $1 billion in tourism spending and 10,000 jobs supported by the natural asset. …

An 87-year-old woman who was mistakenly attacked by a Vancouver Police dog has received an official apology from VPD. The K9 unit was searching the area near Knight Street and East 19th Avenue Sunday evening for a suspect who allegedly stole a truck, said Vancouver police spokesperson Const. Jason Doucette. “Under the control of his handler, the dog tracked down …

Scientists at the University of Alberta have confirmed what has long been suspected — polar bears rely on their nose and the direction of the wind to hunt seals. Using satellite telemetry data collected from 123 adult polar bears in Canada’s Hudson Bay over 11 years, the researchers merged the movements of polar bears with wind patterns to explore how …

Three members of the same family, along with a fourth person in another car, have died after a head-on crash on Highway 30 in Chateauguay. Quebec Provincial Police say it appears one vehicle entered Highway 30 from a ramp in the wrong direction and struck an SUV heading west (near the exit for Haute-Riviere Road).

Science has finally explained why shoelaces become loose with the passage of time. A novel study by UC Berkeley mechanical engineers shows why shoelaces get untied with duration. The study was spearheaded by a group of mechanical engineers. While nearly everybody has stopped many times to tie their shoes, no one has asked the relevant question why these pesky shoelaces …

Police north of Toronto say they used a helicopter with thermal cameras and dogs to intercept three teenagers who had broken into the Canada’s Wonderland amusement park during the night to steal candy. The youths allegedly broke into the Vaughan amusement park around 10:30 p.m. Saturday and stole candy from one of the stores. They were spotted by security but …

Images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope show two different observations about Uranus: one photo shows the ring and the other shows auroras. The picture, which combines a Voyager 2 image and Hubble’s observations, shows cloud-like white spots where the auroras occurred. NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus in 1986 and Hubble has been eyeing the planet’s auroras since 2011.

50 Cent has reportedly been filmed ‘punching’ a female fan in the chest during a gig in Baltimore. TMZ shared the footage from the gig on Saturday, which showed 50 Cent performing with The LOX during their joint tour in Baltimore.