A 15-year-old girl has died after becoming trapped under the crossbar of a soccer net north of Toronto Wednesday afternoon. South Simcoe police said the girl was seriously injured after she somehow became trapped under the crossbar of the net while playing soccer at a sports field in Bradford, northwest of Newmarket.

Canadian stocks rose to a record as companies including Genworth MI Canada Inc. and Cenovus Energy Inc. reported better-than-expected earnings and U.S. growth expanded faster than forecast in the second quarter.

An armed standoff in Winnipeg that lasted nearly 17 hours has ended, after a man fired gunshots at officers while barricading himself inside a house, police say. The Winnipeg Police said they received a call at 10:45 a.m. about a man uttering threats to police. They said the man could be harmful to himself and others.

Sabina Altynbekova is the volleyball player for the Kazakhstan Under-19 team that has caught the attention of the sports world. The 18-year-old has apparently been receiving so much attention for her good looks that her teammates are upset. “Fans just stare at her and they are not following the championship any more,” reported Vesti. “It is impossible to work like …

A mystery ship unearthed during construction of the new World Trade Center site isn’t so much of a mystery anymore. A new study based on analysis of tree rings in its wood reveals that the ship likely got built in 1773 in Philadelphia—and with the same white oak used to build parts of Independence Hall, Live Science reports.

Scientists have found that mutations in a gene that helps to cope with stress could increase the risk of suicide. Now they will try to develop a blood test to predict the risk. Every 40 seconds someone in the world commits suicide. But a new discovery in the US by Johns Hopkins University researchers could help lower this statistic.

After admitting that he’s been known to eat dog food from time to time, rapper DMX was recently spotted riding the Sling Shot in Orlando. And all we can say is we are totally thrilled there was video…

Plans for a short-term replenishment of a federal fund for highway and mass-transit projects moved a step forward as the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would largely concede to a competing House version. The 79-18 final vote late yesterday on an $8 billion proposal by Senators Tom Carper of Delaware and Barbara Boxer of California, both Democrats, provides enough money …

PEOPLE should bump fists instead of shaking hands to “reduce the spread of infectious diseases”, experiments at Aberystwyth University have revealed.

A 20 million-year-old grasshopper the size of a rose thorn has been named after Sir David Attenborough. Electrotettix attenboroughi was found in the Dominican Republic encased in amber 50 years ago and has now been identified as a new species.

A new study out of the University of Calgary suggests that active, hands-on physiotherapy could speed up an athlete’s return to sport following a concussion. Most people recover from a concussion within seven to ten days and the current standard treatment for post-concussion symptoms is rest followed by graded exertion.