The Toronto Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus. Twelve-year-old Kindia gave birth Friday night to a female calf, which the zoo says appears to be healthy and feeding well, but officials add the first…

An Edmonton couple stole the spotlight Saturday during the Edmonton Eskimos game. While featured on the “kiss cam” segment during the third quarter, Shaun Fletcher got down on one knee and proposed to Mallory Boone, his girlfriend of two years.…

Canadian Robert Wickens is being treated for injuries to his lower extremities, right arm and spine following an accident in yesterday’s race at Pocono. IndyCar said the Canadian sustained a pulmonary contusion Sunday and will undergo an MRI and probable…

To visit his paralysed wife, a 98-year-old war veteran and devoted husband walks over 10 kilometres to a New York state hospital. Although he is offered rides to the hospital, Luther Younger prefers walking – something he has always loved…

Dwight Parsons almost ate a Cheeto worth $27,000. “We had just put on a movie and went and got some snacks, as you would,” said Parsons’ wife Leverna. Dwight reached into the bowl, showed Leverna that he’d found a Cheeto that looked like a…

Two men rescued from rapidly rising waters in an elevator that flooded during an intense rainstorm in Toronto said focusing on family and faith kept them going as they grappled with the fact that they could be moments away from…

In a recent episode of the History Channel’s American Pickers, the two hosts who drive around buying up antiques discovered Aerosmith’s original tour van in western Massachusetts. It’s a 1964 International Harvester Metro Van, and even after all these years sitting…

Carrie Underwood is going to be a mom again. The country superstar announced she and husband, NHL player Mike Fisher, are expecting another bundle of joy. The “Cry Pretty” singer announced the news on Instagram Wednesday. “Mike and Isaiah and…

Charlotte Rae, the actress best known for her role as Edna Garrett, den mother to a group of rambunctious teenage girls on the long-running 1980s sitcom “The Facts of Life,” has died at 92. A spokesperson said Rae died Sunday…

Visitors to Ba Na Hills in Central Vietnam near Da Nang this summer have been enjoying some hands-on time with a beautiful new bridge that opened in June. The footbridge, named Cau Vang or “Golden Bridge,” is nearly 500 feet…

A Canadian health advocacy group is encouraging people to return all leftover and expired medications to their pharmacies this month to prevent potentially harmful use by kids. Drug Free Kids Canada says National Drug Drop-off month is meant to highlight…

An increasing number of cases of marijuana toxicity among dogs has one St. John’s veterinarian warning dog owners to be careful with cannabis. Doctor Maggie Brown-Bury says lack of education around the effect of cannabis on dogs is likely to…

A pair of teen sensations are teaming up for their country’s most prestigious tennis tournament. Nineteen-year-old Denis Shapovalov and his good buddy Felix Auger-Aliassime, 17, will be competing together as doubles partners at the Rogers Cup in Toronto after receiving…

Another long weekend, another road safety campaign. The ‘Move Over’ campaign begins on Friday and runs the entire Civic Day long weekend. The OPP will be focusing on drivers who fail to slow down and move over when approaching an…

A woman from New York is suing Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. for the lack of ginger in their carbonated drink Canada Dry, which advertises that it’s “made from real ginger” on the front of the can. The actual ingredients…