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Slow commute for Ottawa-Gatineau drivers Updated: Wed Jan. 07 2009 08:00:44 ctvottawa.ca Blowing snow, slippery roads, and increased traffic volumes made the Wednesday morning commute long and slow for Ottawa-Gatineau residents. About a dozen col...

Decrease Text SizeIncrease Text Size Text Size Canada has captured its fifth straight World Junior Hockey championship gold with a 5-1 victory over Team Sweden. Joakim Andersson finally found a way past Dustin Tokarski to score Sweden's first goal...

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The city's bid to retain the Championships was presented to the National Council of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association by Glasgow City Council, Culture and Sport Glasgow and Glasgow City Marketing Bureau.

Over the course of two years, he managed to secretly – and unlawfully – build the imposing mock Tudor structure in one of his fields, shielded behind a 40ft stack of hay bales covered by a huge tarpaulins.

... a proposal set to be considered at month's end could allow the state of California to "require that residents install remotely monitored temperature controls in their homes next year." The Programmable Communication Thermostat (PCT) would feature a "non-removable" FM receiver which could be controlled by Big Brother in "times of emergency" to drop load in order for "utilities to meet their supplies [when] the integrity of the grid is being jeopardized." Of course, we are hearing that adjustments would only be made ±4 degrees, but we aren't so keen on one thing leading to another, if you catch our drift.

While the death of a runner during a marathon attracts widespread media attention, in reality fatalities fall in a community hosting a mass-participation distance race, according to provocative new Canadian research.

Trail runner Paul Charteris wrote a meme-type blog entry (discovered via Scott Dunlap) to recap 2007. I'll play along; however since I'm simply a "runner" and not a die-hard "trail runner" I'm going to be liberal in my interpretation of the term "trails". 1. Most memorable moment on the trails…...

Disney World reported a man has died after riding the Expedition Everest coaster at the Animal Kingdom park Tuesday.Disney said the Jeffery Reed, 44, of Navarre, Florida, appeared to be unconscious and unresponsive when his ride vehicle pulled into the attraction's unload area.Park personnel immediately rendered CPR to Reed, and contacted Reedy Creek Emergency Services and the Orange County Sheriff's Office.Reed was transported by Reedy Creek Emergency Services to Celebration Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Investigators said Reed appeared to be conscious in a photograph taken on the coaster approximately 50 seconds before the conclusion of the ride.Investigators said there was no trauma or injury to Reed, and that the ride appeared to be operating normally at the time of incident.The attraction was inspected Tuesday morning and was operating properly. Disney has since closed the ride to reconfirm proper operation.The Sheriff's Office planned to continue conducting a routine investigation to determine to cause of death.Disney also notified the State Bureau of Fair Rides Inspection, and planned to advise the bureau of their findings.Reed was reported to be visiting the park with family members.Disney said they would provide assistance to the family, and offered their deepest sympathies.Click here to comment on this story.

Today, TV programming from Canada and the US—plus the NHL, eh—will be available north of the border on iTunes. You lucky ducks (looneys?) get such CBC and CTV smash hits as Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairie along with US programming from the likes of Comedy Central, including the strangely inappropriate South Park. (What ever happened to "Blame Canada"?) Canada has only had to wait two years for access to TV shows on iTunes. By my calculations, that means Apple is still well ahead of TiVo in terms of serving the media needs of our hockey-loving northern brethren.

The ChampionChip TimePoint is a permanent timing system in a sports area or public park, where the ChampionChip will be registered 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. As soon as an athlete passes the TimePoint, the personal chip code is send to the website and to the display together with the time of passing.

Are your meetings worth every penny? Find out with the new Meeting Miser. Just enter the attendees and start the timer. This handy gadget knows that time is money and will calculate exactly how much you're spending ... or wasting.

Popular video-sharing website YouTube launched a Canadian version at an event in Toronto on Tuesday. Company officials said the new site will give Canadian users the chance to increase their exposure.

A dispute between Apple Inc. and Toronto-based Comwave Telecom Inc. over the Canadian trademark rights to the name "iPhone" has yet to be resolved, adding another barrier to the launch of Apple's next-generation handheld device north of the border.

Inexpensive and moderately priced running shoes provide the same, if not better, cushioning and offer the same level of comfort, say researchers at the Institute of Motion Analysis and Research in Dundee, Scotland, in a study published Thursday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

The Battle of the Bulge is on. Full on in fact. My weight’s been creeping up on me quite recently. Still thin by most Universal Standards™ except Teen Hearth Throb Standards™. So I decided to take action by getting back into running. I love running. The problem is that I don’t have time with the new job.

Glasgow - August 11, 2007 - Field Marshal Montgomery of Northern Ireland successfully defended its title and won the 2007 World Pipe Band Championship. Cullybackey, also of Northern Ireland, took the Grade 2 event. There was steady rain throughout the entire day.

A great collection of finisher photos from various 100 mile ultras.

Royal Military College of Canada Officer Cadet This figure limited to 750 production was made for the 2006 Great Canadian Action Figure Convention held in Kingston, Ont. The figure comes dressed in the ceremonial red scarlets of a first year Officer...

A very large Rubber Duckie