Fujifilm is moving into the beauty market by launching its own range of anti-ageing creams, Astalift. The Japanese photography company has harnessed its expertise with collagen and antioxidants – used to fix emulsion to film and prevent the image fading – to produce a compound that protects the skin from harmful ultra-violet sun rays. According to Fujifilm, the new Astalift products h…
Omar Khadr, the youngest prisoner to be held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, has been returned to his native Canada. Omar Khadr had been held at the US base in Cuba since 2002, after being detained in Afghanistan aged 15. A military plane flew Omar Khadr, the last Westerner at Guantanamo, to Canada early on Saturday. He will serve the rest of his eight-year jail term in Canada. He pleaded…
being opened? “We thought so. If that smell was a perfume, what would it be called?” Pizza Hut Canada has launched a fragrance after receiving an enthusiastic response to a Facebook post It sparked 271 comments – both positive and negative, as well as 160 likes and 109 shares. Among the varied suggestions were “Grease Lightening”, “Eau Ver Weight” and “Heaven Scent”, as well as several no…
…tion in hospital. As the suspect was led away, firefighters were called to put out a fire that had been lit outside the building. The attack marred PQ celebrations after claiming a projected 54 of the 125 seats in the primarily French-speaking province. It is unclear whether the party’s victory will lead to a new referendum on separation from the rest of Canada. Previous PQ governments held…
Taylor Van Diest, a teenager from Armstrong, British Columbia in Canada, who died after being beaten unconscious on Halloween was dressed as a zombie and covered in fake blood the night of her killing. Taylor Van Diest, 18, died in hospital on Monday. The teenager had been found unconscious near some railway tracks after a search by police, friends and family. Royal Canadian Mounted Police said o…
A Japanese fishing vessel swept away by the March 2011 tsunami has been spotted bobbing in the seas near British Columbia in western Canada. The trawler is part of the 5 million tons of debris that were swept into the ocean by the devastating tsunami when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Japan. The 23ft wall of water struck the east coast of the island nation following a 9.0 earthquake, sweeping…
…taken to hospital. A small passenger aircraft crashed on Russ Baker Way, a busy street from Richmond, Canada, injuring all nine aboard, but miraculously all passengers were alive The Beech King Air 100 caught fire after it came to rest on a street just 900 meteres from Vancouver International Airport. Witness Steven Baran told CBC News that the aircraft slammed onto the road and slid into a car…
Canadian police officers shot and killed two cows that escaped on their way to the slaughterhouse on a rural road in Gatineau, Quebec on Thursday afternoon. Officers later claimed that they thought the animals were “threatening” and “dangerous”. The cows were shot repeatedly and killed as they evaded capture running amok on a rural road in Gatineau. Canadian police office…
A tsunami triggered by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake thousands of miles away in Canada has hit the island chain of Hawaii, without causing major damage. Emergency sirens sounded to alert residents late on Saturday, and people were ordered out of low-lying areas. The first waves were reported to be up to 2.5 ft (76 cm) in one area, but were generally smaller than expected. Hours later, the tsunami wa…
tried to clear the roads from fallen trees and train tracks and clear flooded tunnels. Airports have started to operate again but had to deal with around 9,000 flights cancelled as Irene struck. Over 250 roads were closed in Vermont as the state experienced its worst floods for 75 years. Governor Peter Shumlin declared the state a federal disaster area as hundreds of people received evacuation or…
Canadian authorities have arrested and charged two people with conspiring to carry out an “al-Qaeda inspired” attack on a passenger train in Toronto. At a news conference, the authorities said the suspects Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, were arrested in Montreal and Toronto on Monday. They allegedly planned to derail a VIA passenger train in the greater Toronto area. It wa…
BlackBerry users in the entire world continue to have disruptions in service for a third consecutive day North American subscribers seem to be affected as well. All those who use Customers using Research In Motion’s BlackBerry smartphones in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa had troubles accessing the e-mail, using messaging and Web surfing on Monday. On Tuesday things got better w…
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…cal scandals. He fled to Canada in 1999 and avoided extradition for 12 years by arguing he faced torture and execution in China. Beijing promised Canada he would not be executed and he was deported in 2011. Lai Changxing was accused of bribing officials and smuggling goods including cars, cigarettes and oil in one of China's biggest political scandals Canada usually forbids the extradition of…
Are you looking for the best vacation spots in the world? New York City and The Hamptons; Paris and Dublin; Australia and Japan are just a few of great places to vacation, but take a peek at the following 5 locations for families, couples and friends vacations. Tilos, Greece Photo by commons.wikimedia.org user Chrischerf Tilos is one of the most beautiful yet overlooked islands off th…
trial for his daughters’ murders after they were found dead in the family car along with his first wife, Rona Amir, 50, in the Rideau Canal, located in the Kingston area of Ontario in Canada in 2009. Initially police thought the family had been involved in an accident and Mohammad Shafia told them during an interview that he didn’t know where they were. However, Mohammad Shafia versio…
…weekend after the Labor Day holiday is traditionally the slowest of the year. Number one film The Possession pulled in just $9.5 million in the US box office this weekend Yet not since the weekend of 21-23 September 2001, when revenues were $59.7 million, have figures been so low. Revenues for the same weekend last year totalled $82 million, with new release Contagion taking the top spot with a $…
McDonald’s is revealing how a potato makes it from the farm to the fast food joint. A new video chronicles the plants’ journey to become the tasty fried strip and aims to quash the rumors circulating about where the restaurant chain actually gets its food. Scott Gibson, who works for McDonald’s Canada, stepped forward to explain the process and set the story straight. “We’…
…end of Thursday. In Coudersport, Pennsylvania, where the storm has stopped, the National Weather Service reported 15 inches. Hundreds of thousands of people are reported to have lost power, including 200,000 people in Arkansas and Alabama, where ice and 10 inches of snow coated electricity wires snapping poles and wires. Sixteen people have been reported killed by a severe snow storm moving thro…
…Prince Harry cavorting with girls in a Las Vegas hotel online By last night, a Google search for “Prince Harry Naked” produced 68,300,000 results. A search for “Prince Harry Naked Pictures” generated 25,800,000 results. Once Prince Harry had returned to the UK, lawyers for Prince Charles issued threats of legal action. Meanwhile, the pictures continued to be available online, making a mockery of…
US divers have found what appear to be remains of a crew of an Army amphibious plane that went down in the Eastern St Lawrence River during World War II. The PBY-5A Catalina capsized in rough water on its way back to base in Maine on 2 November 1942. Parks Canada first found in the plane in 2009 during a survey, and contacted US officials when they saw the plane’s fuselage was largely intac…
…thur, Texas. Daryl Hannah was among more than 70 people arrested Tuesday Hundreds of people have been arrested outside the White House since the Tar Sands Action protest began on August 20, according to police. Before she was arrested, Daryl Hannah told The Associated Press the protesters want to be free from dependence on fossil fuels. Daryl Hannah was not the only actress involved…
…udice against others. The study, by academics at Brock University in Ontario, Canada, analyzed large UK studies which compared childhood intelligence with political views in adulthood across more than 15,000 people. The authors claim that people with low intelligence gravitate towards right-wing views because they make them feel safe. Crucially, people’s educational level is not what determi…
…coast of the United States. The precise re-entry time and location of any debris impacts are still being determined. NASA is not aware of any reports of injury or property damage.” NASA wrote at 2:37 p.m. EDT (6:37 p.m. UTC). UPDATE: “Because of the satellite’s orbit, any surviving components of UARS should have landed within a zone between 57 degrees north latitude and 57 degree…
More packages with body parts have been found at two Vancouver schools, in what could be the latest twist in the case of Luka Rocco Magnotta, who is suspected of murdering and dismembering his lover Jun Lin. The packages contained a human hand and foot, Canadian police said. Canadian police declined to confirm whether the incident was linked to suspect Luka Rocco Magnotta. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29…
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