Can a bigger hole make golf cool again?

Can bigger golf holes bring bigger crowds out to play? At least one B.C. golf course hopes so. With the the golfing population aging, many golf courses are looking for ways to bring in younger players, who seem reluctant to take up the game. The...

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Waterloo woman collects 2,500 Roll up the Rim wins for homeless

When Cec Joyal noticed she had a winning cup in Tim Hortons' 'Roll up the Rim' contest seven years ago, she decided to give it to a homeless person instead of claiming the prize of free food for herself. Joyal wondered if she could multiply this act...

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N.B. family claims $1M lottery win twice in 5 months

A New Brunswick family has won two lottery prizes worth $1 million each within the past five months. Atlantic Lottery says Denise Richard of Saint Phillippe, N.B., and her brother Roger claimed the first Lotto 6-49 prize in December. Then on April...

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Nova Scotia message in a bottle tweeted around the world

A Nova Scotia fisherman's message in a bottle drifted 4,400 kilometres before it was picked up an ocean away, but it's going even farther on social media. Darren Wagner has been putting bottled messages out to sea for seven years from his Clearwater...

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'Worst video game ever made' unearthed in landfill

A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari E.T. The Extraterrestrial game cartridges that some call the worst video game ever made. Film director Zak Penn showed one E.T. cartridge retrieved...

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Rare solar eclipse takes place tonight over Antarctica

This annular solar eclipse was visible from Albuquerque, N.M., in May 2012. Tonight's will only be completely visible from eastern Antarctica. (Clyde Mueller, The New Mexican/Associated Press) The year's first solar eclipse will appear as a spectacular...

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Canada gets Happy with Pharrell Williams dance videos

Canadians are getting into the worldwide spirit of happiness, posting their own tributes to the Pharrell Williams hit song Happy on YouTube. The video above, produced by Loig's Music Lab, features Vancouver chefs, store workers, tourists,...

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'Worst video game ever made' unearthed in landfill

A documentary film production company has found buried in a New Mexico landfill hundreds of the Atari E.T. The Extraterrestrial game cartridges that some call the worst video game ever made. Film director Zak Penn showed one E.T. cartridge retrieved...

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Toronto auction a collection of macabre artifacts

William (Billy) Jamieson was a world-renowned dealer of tribal art, but also a collector of macabre items, including electric chairs and shrunken heads. He passed away in 2011 and a collection of his unusual and bizarre pieces is being...

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Rare zebra-donkey hybrid born in Mexico

A rare cross between a zebra and a donkey has been born at a zoo in Mexico. The male, named Khumba, was born April 21 to a female zebra named Rayas (Stripes) at the Reynosa zoo in the state of Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico. Khumba's father,...

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Barack Obama plays soccer with robot

U.S. President Barack Obama fielded a soccer kick from a Honda Asimo robot during a tour of a Japanese science museum Thursday. The robot also demonstrated its ability to run and jump. Obama watched a video message from the crew on board the International...

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NHL star Jordin Tootoo stick giveaway video goes viral

A video that shows Jordin Tootoo making a kid's day at a hockey game has gone viral.  Tootoo, originally from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, was the first Inuk hockey player to join the NHL.  He plays for the Detroit Red Wings.  The...

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Massive Alberta bighorn might be biggest ever

An Alberta bighorn sheep that lived near Hinton has lived up to its name: it might turn out to be biggest bighorn ever.  A wildlife officer found the horns of the 10-year-old ram two weeks ago while on a routine check in the area of a reclaimed...

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Guelph cat attack mistaken for screaming baby

Guelph Police say a man being attacked by his pet cat inside his Gordon Street home was mistaken for a screaming baby early Wednesday morning. (Colin Butler/CBC News) Guelph Police officers found reports of a man calling for help and a screaming baby...

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Dating website for farmers sets sights on Canada

Chelsea and Daniel Seitz pose at their wedding on Sept. 28, 2013 at Pierson, Man. An online dating site called FarmersOnly promised to steer him clear of city slicker singles and hook him up with potential partners. (Chris Jones/Canadian Press) Daniel...

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Angus the cat returns home after 8 years missing

An Etobicoke couple had a very welcome Easter weekend surprise when one of their family cats returned home after being missing for more than eight years. According to his owners Mary and David Dalton, their cat Angus Beaumont Dalton simply vanished...

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Canadian magician wows Britain's Got Talent

Winnipegger Darcy Oake impressed the judges on Britain's Got Talent over the weekend. (Britain's Got Talent) A Winnipegger blew away the judges in one of the top talent shows in the world and now his performance is going viral on the net. Darcy Oake,...

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Jack White records, cuts vinyl record in under 4 hours

Jack White went direct to vinyl this weekend with the first live performance of a song off his upcoming album on Record Store Day. Fans in Nashville got to see him perform the title track from Lazaretto on Saturday morning, which was then recorded and...

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Words of the Khaleesi: How Dothraki was developed for Game of Thrones

The Dothraki language may not have the smooth, pleasant notes of High Valyrian — but the forceful tongue of the Khals and Khaleesis is undoubtedly a vital element in the unfolding plot of Game of Thrones. The language was created in its earliest...

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UAE company plans competition to give citizen free trip to space

The Associated Press Posted: Apr 20, 2014 9:30 AM ET Last Updated: Apr 20, 2014 9:30 AM ET One lucky citizen of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates could soon get the chance to be rocketed into space. Government-backed Aabar Investments...

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Junk food craving gets suspect in knife incident caught

One minute, a man with a knife was allegedly chasing somebody around a convenience store parking lot. The next, he was in the store lining up to buy potato chips. An armed assailant with the munchies was the scenario Regina police said they...

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Words of the Khaleesi: How Dothraki was developed for Game of Thrones

The Dothraki language may not have the smooth, pleasant notes of High Valyrian — but the forceful tongue of the Khals and Khaleesis is undoubtedly a vital element in the unfolding plot of Game of Thrones. The language was created in its earliest...

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Head kick from train turns selfie-taker Jared Frank into YouTube star

Jared Frank takes a boot to the head while taking a selfie in front of a train. (YouTube) A Saskatchewan man who just wanted to take a selfie in front of a train has become an internet sensation, after he was kicked in the head by someone on a speeding...

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Too cold for zombies in Regina, Tatiana Maslany tells Conan O'Brien

Tatiana Maslany told Conan O'Brien her home town of Regina would probably be too cold for zombies to function. (Conan website) Talk show host Conan O'Brien has been talking to Regina actress Tatiana Maslany about her home town — including its supposed...

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Drake-shaped Raptors ad portrays team as NBA outliers

As the Toronto Raptors get set to start an NBA playoff run that seemed unlikely even a few months ago, a new ad campaign appears to trumpet the city as much as its team. Titled #WeTheNorth, the ad promotes the Raptors as outliers in the U.S.-dominated...

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Head kick from train turns selfie-taker Jared Frank into YouTube star

Jared Frank takes a boot to the head while taking a selfie in front of a train. (YouTube) A Saskatchewan man who just wanted to take a selfie in front of a train has become an internet sensation, after he was kicked in the head by someone on a speeding...

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Women plan 3,000km Northwest Passage snorkel relay

A travel writer, adventurer and scientist from Calgary has persuaded nine women to join her in a 3,000-kilometre snorkel relay from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, to Inuvik, N.W.T. LISTEN Click the link on the left to hear Susan R. Eaton in conversation...

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In a pothole: Comedian Brian Aylward's rant about roads

A local comedian in St. John's has a serious concern about the number of potholes in the city; in particular, one massive "crater" in front of the Village Mall. "I'm in a pothole," Brian Aylward says, in the opening line of a video uploaded to YouTube....

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Mother goose claims squatter's rights on condo balcony

Derek Zukowski was all goosed up for spring. "Normally I like to spend a lot of time out on the deck, especially because it's getting nicer out. But I think she kind of got her own space now, so I'll have to respect that." "She" is an ornery mother Canada...

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Canadian Arctic high-tech message in a bottle found in Wales

A satellite tagging device a Canadian researcher attached to a Greenland shark in the Arctic in 2012 and used to record migratory data was recently found washed up on a beach 6,000 kilometres away. The tag was found in Wales, just a short distance from...

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France holds a colour-bombing marathon

Video Relaxed race is non-competitive CBC News Posted: Apr 13, 2014 3:40 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 13, 2014 3:40 PM ET France's first Color Run saw thousands race through the streets of Paris on Sunday in a puff of brightly-coloured...

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Judge orders Ohio man to wear 'I am a bully!' sign

An Ohio man who spent hours on a street corner Sunday with a sign declaring he's a bully says that the punishment in a disorderly conduct case was unfair and that the judge who sentenced him has ruined his life. Sixty-two-year-old Edmond Aviv mostly...

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Seal eating habits revealed by cameras attached to mammals

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax say footage from cameras attached to seals more than a decade ago continue to offer insights into a top marine predator. The cameras were attached to adult male seals at Sable Island as far back as the mid-1990s...

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Thieves can't crack safe, make off with $15K in hair-removal products

Police say thieves who broke into a business in Barrie, Ont., stripped it of $15,000 worth of hair-removal products after they failed to crack the store's safe. Investigators say that before the store was broken into it's believed the burglars...

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Giant pothole swallows SUV

Video Resident Andréanne Gagnon and her husband rescued driver from vehicle CBC News Posted: Apr 08, 2014 2:01 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 08, 2014 4:19 PM ET An SUV fell into a giant hole in a Trois-Rivières, Que. road Tuesday...

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Seal eating habits revealed by cameras attached to mammals

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax say footage from cameras attached to seals more than a decade ago continue to offer insights into a top marine predator. The cameras were attached to adult male seals at Sable Island as far back as the mid-1990s...

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Giant pothole swallows SUV

Video Resident Andréanne Gagnon and her husband rescued driver from vehicle CBC News Posted: Apr 08, 2014 2:01 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 08, 2014 4:19 PM ET An SUV fell into a giant hole in a Trois-Rivières, Que. road Tuesday...

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Seal eating habits revealed by cameras attached to mammals

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax say footage from cameras attached to seals more than a decade ago continue to offer insights into a top marine predator. The cameras were attached to adult male seals at Sable Island as far back as the mid-1990s...

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Giant pothole swallows SUV

Video Resident Andréanne Gagnon and her husband rescued driver from vehicle CBC News Posted: Apr 08, 2014 2:01 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 08, 2014 4:19 PM ET An SUV fell into a giant hole in a Trois-Rivières, Que. road Tuesday...

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Seal eating habits revealed by cameras attached to mammals

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax say footage from cameras attached to seals more than a decade ago continue to offer insights into a top marine predator. The cameras were attached to adult male seals at Sable Island as far back as the mid-1990s...

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Giant pothole swallows SUV

Video Resident Andréanne Gagnon and her husband rescued driver from vehicle CBC News Posted: Apr 08, 2014 2:01 PM ET Last Updated: Apr 08, 2014 4:19 PM ET An SUV fell into a giant hole in a Trois-Rivières, Que. road Tuesday...

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Seal eating habits revealed by cameras attached to mammals

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax say footage from cameras attached to seals more than a decade ago continue to offer insights into a top marine predator. The cameras were attached to adult male seals at Sable Island as far back as the mid-1990s...

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Bartender may have set world record working 112 hours straight

CBC News Posted: Apr 07, 2014 7:46 AM AT Last Updated: Apr 08, 2014 8:33 AM AT A Charlottetown bartender made it to the end of what could be a world-record setting bartending shift in the early morning hours Monday. Phil Gallant tended...

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Watch 3,000 reindeer flow over Swimming Point, N.W.T.

A videographer in Inuvik, N.W.T. captured the annual reindeer crossing at Swimming Point on the Mackenzie River this weekend. The crossing takes place when a team of spring herders moves the reindeer from their wintering grounds at Jimmy Lake to their...

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Tetris turns 30 with super-sized version on Philadelphia sky scraper

Hundreds of Tetris fans gathered in Philadelphia this weekend for a skyscraper-sized version of the classic video game, a spectacle that organizers hope will inspire onlookers and players to think about the possibilities of technology. The 29-story...

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Photobooth mystery man: 445 selfies, but no one knows who he is

At an art museum in New Jersey, haunting self-portraits taken decades ago are a mystery to photo historians.  The collection of 445 selfies — all featuring the same man — is entitled Four Hundred and Forty-Five Portraits of a Man. The photographs...

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Butt out, Rob Ford: Jimmy Kimmel sets sights on Hamilton mayoral hopeful

American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has set his comedic sights on Toronto mayor Rob Ford for months, even inviting Ford to be a guest on his show. But on Thursday night, the American funnyman turned his gaze to the mayoral race brewing in Hamilton....

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