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Porn actor is suspect in Canada case where body dismembered, mailed

A porn actor is wanted in a gruesome case of dismembered body parts that were mailed to different places including the headquarters of the Conservative Party of Canada, police said.

 

Human foot mailed to Canada politicians

Human Foot

Canadian police say they're looking for possible connections between the discovery of severed body parts in two cities, including what appears to be a human foot mailed to the headquarters of the ruling Conservative Party.

 

Obama faces Dem pressure over pipeline

President Obama is still facing pressure over the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas -- some from Democrats.

 

Obama, Calderon, Harper talk trade, energy

President Barack Obama is convening a summit with leaders from Mexico and Canada on Monday that aims to boost a fragile recovery and grapple with thorny energy issues against a backdrop of painfully high gas prices....

 

Biggest solar storm since 2005 underway, will peak Tuesday

Solar Storm

Fast on the heels of a solar storm that delivered a glancing blow over the weekend — triggering bright auroras in Canada and Scandinavia — the sun released an even more energetic blast of radiation and charged plasma overnight that could disrupt GPS signals and the electrical grid Tuesday, especially at high latitudes, space weather experts warned Monday morning.

 

Official: White House to nix US-Canada pipeline

A senior Obama administration official says the White House will reject a Canadian company's plan to build an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.

 

Man who aided driver saved by him a few miles later

A Canadian man who had just helped a motorist change a tire in western Wisconsin had his good deed quickly repaid when, just minutes later, that same motorist helped to save his life.

 

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

BlackBerry outages spread to North America

Sporadic outages of BlackBerry messaging and email service spread to the U.S. and Canada on Wednesday, as problems stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Senh: This has the makings of a Roland Emmerich disaster movie.

 

Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes off of Vancouver

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck off the coast of British Colombia, the U.S. Geographical Survey says.

 

Battle over international pipeline grows

The battle over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would stretch 1,700 miles through six states, from Alberta, Canada, across the U.S. heartland, and into Texas to Gulf Coast refineries, is intensifying.

 

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