Death on the Rideau     
Updated 3 hours ago
Autopsies will be performed today in Ottawa on the bodies of four women who were found dead Tuesday in a car submerged just north of Kingston Mills locks. The women were 50, 19, 17 and 13 years old. [more]

Hossa lands in Windy City    
Posted 11 hours ago
The last time Marian Hossa went down the free agency highway for what he hoped would be a fast track to a Stanley Cup, it was a wreck. So it is on from Hockeytown to the Windy City for the high-scoring winger, the blockbuster signing on yesterday's opening day of NHL free agency. [more]

Afghanistan a battle for hearts    
Posted 9 hours ago
I t only took eight years for some truly good news to come out of the mess that is Afghanistan. Last week, in Deh-e-Bagh, a small village of about 900 people south of Kandahar City, Canada threw a coming-out party to celebrate Operation Kalay, its one village at a time project. [more]

Adam West bares all ... in Family Guy outtake    
Posted 9 hours ago
Animation is about 117 years old, depending on what you count as the earliest examples. In the pioneering era, the focus was on making even rudimentary movements look convincing, so Winsor McCay struggled to get Gertie the Dinosaur looking smooth-on-the-hoof in 1914. [more]

Al fresco eating    
Posted 11 hours ago
We've a hankering for the hamper. The picnic one, that is. Glorious weather tells us it's time to exit kitchen's heat and head on out to the great outdoors for some al fresco eating. [more]

Stopover proves a good reminder of just how patriotic Canadians are    
Posted 12 hours ago
Forgive Maryke Gerretsen for being a bit overwhelmed by yesterday's Red and White parade down Princess Street. "I can't get over, first of all, how enthusiastic people are about this day," said Gerretsen, for whom yesterday was her first Canada Day at home in 36 years. [more]