Mary Josephine Ray, a woman from New Hampshire who had been certified as the America’s oldest living person, has died at the age 114 years, 294 days.
She died at a nursing home in Westmoreland on Sunday, but remained active until about two weeks prior to her passing, according to her granddaughter, Katherine Ray.
“She just enjoyed [...]

Continue reading " Mary Josephine Ray: America’s Oldest Person Dies at Age 114 "

The Canadian women may have taken things a little too far.
The International Olympic Committee will launch an investigation the antics of several players on the Canadian women’s hockey team players who took part in a gold medal celebration on Thursday that included chugging beer and smoking cigars right out on the Vancouver ice.
Among the players [...]

Continue reading " Canadian Women’s Hockey Team Celebration Sparks IOC Investigation (PHOTOS) "

Two teachers who were caught simulating a lap dance at a pep rally have ignited a media firestorm now that the video has gone viral on YouTube.
The video, which was shot by a camera-phone last Wednesday during a pep rally for students at Churchill High School, shows students laughing and screaming as a male teacher [...]

Continue reading " Winnipeg Teachers’ Lap Dance Gets Them Suspended (VIDEO) "

Gordon Lightfoot is very much alive, despite rumors of his death that have been circulating about on the internet this afternoon.
“I’m fine, everything is good. I don’t know where it comes from. It seems like a bit of a hoax or something,” Lightfoot said.
“I was quite surprised to hear (it) myself.”
He then joked, “I haven’t [...]

Continue reading " Is Gordon Lightfoot Dead or Alive? Hoax Runs Rampant "

The Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Games went off without a hitch last night, almost.
After several moments of silence during the program to pay tribute to Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who was killed in a horrific training crash yesterday, the surprise ending hit a glitch.
One gigantic piece of the set failed to rise up from [...]

Continue reading " Olympic Torch Malfunction Leaves Catriona LeMay Doan Hanging (VIDEO) "

K.D. Lang performed last night at the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics. She brought down the house with her rendition of “Hallelujah”.
The song was written by Leonard Cohen back in 1984.
The song has been in the news two other times in the past few weeks. It was performed by Justin Timberlake at [...]

Continue reading " K.D. Lang Sings ‘Hallelujah’ at Opening Ceremonies (VIDEO) "

Take off, you hoser!
Canadian politician Abel LeBlanc got ticked off.  So ticked off, in fact, that he gave Parliament the finger.  He was then expelled from the Chamber when he refused to apologize.
Video below:

Related articles by Zemanta

Obscene gesture earns New Brunswick MLA suspension (canada.com)
Canadian politician gives rival the finger, offers to “go outside” with the [...]

Continue reading " Canadian Politician Gives Parliament The Finger (VIDEO) "

Tommy Lam is not happy.  He’s pretty angry with an Ontario-area McDonald’s in Canada after finding dead ants inside his breakfast burrito.
Lam, 28, says he and his girlfriend ordered two sausage and egg breakfast burritos each. After he had eaten the first one, he found over 50 dead ants inside and outside the lining of [...]

Continue reading " Want Flies with That? Man Finds Ants in McDonald’s Breakfast Burrito "

As we continue to be bombarded with snow here in the Mid-Atlantic (see our coverage here), it helps to remind myself that things could be worse.  We could be in Canada.
Check out this video of some crazy ice fishermen up north.
What do you think is this real, or is it fake?  I’m going to vote [...]

Continue reading " Insane Canadian Ice Fishermen (VIDEO) "

As if Tiger Woods needs any more bad news right now.  Woods’ Canadian doctor is currently under criminal investigation for illegal drug violations in the U.S. and Canada.
Dr. Tony Galea was placed under arrest back in October and his clinic, which is located in Toronto, was raided by Canadian authorities after he was found to [...]

Continue reading " Tiger Woods’ Doctor, Tony Galea, Linked to Performance Enhancing Drugs "