The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of a teen girl killed in Surrey last week is a convicted rapist. Raymond Lee Caissie, 43, was the subject of a public warning last year after he was released from prison, serving 22 years for rape, forcible confinement and robbery.

Physicists at the University of Geneva have succeeded in teleporting the quantum state of a photon to a crystal over more than 25 kilometres of optical fibre. The experiment, carried out in the laboratory of Professor Nicolas Gisin, smashes the previous long distance record of 6 kilometres achieved ten years ago by the same team.

Alaskan reporter Charlo Greene shocked everyone when she outed herself as the owner of an Alaskan cannabis club, cursed and then quit her job — all on live TV. “F— it. I quit,” she said on live television. She then walked off camera, leaving her colleague shocked and fumbling for something to say.

Inspired by natural adhesives secreted by shellfish, MIT engineers have created a new stronger waterproof glue that can be used to repair ships and even heal wounds and surgical incisions. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineered bacteria to produce a hybrid material that incorporates naturally sticky mussel proteins as well as a bacterial protein found in biofilms …

Peter Drier had had a neck surgery for herniated disks in December, but when his bills started appearing in the mail, he couldn’t believe his eyes: A bill of approximately $117,000 from an “assistant surgeon” he didn’t know. He also received three other bills: One from the hospital, as well as a bill from the anesthesiologist and his orthopedist. These …

A firefighter who was electrocuted by a power line as he helped a marching band to take the ALS ice bucket challenge has died.

Downed trees and high winds played havoc in many areas of the province early Monday, at one point leaving almost 50,000 Nova Scotia Power customers without electricity.

An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a Surrey teen. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the identification of the accused can’t be released due to a publication ban.

Dudes! Mickey Henry and Pete Schmalz, the two totally stoked brahs from Muksoka, are the winners of the grand prize on Season 2 of The Amazing Race Canada.

DRY-roasted peanuts may be more likely to trigger allergic reactions than the raw variety, a study has shown.

Major changes to the rules governing Canada’s mortgage-financing regime aren’t in the offing, Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver said Sunday, as he played down suggestions Ottawa is looking to force the country’s banks to bear more housing risk.