Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up Former NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist. And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades. 7/25/2008 7:30:30 AM

Whistler gondola project reaches new milestone They're calling it a record-breaking engineering feat that will amaze the world. Stretching high above the village of Whistler is the Peak 2 Peak Gondola. 7/25/2008 6:39:21 AM

Study links web use, weight gain Girls and young women who devote much time to the Internet, get too little sleep or regularly drink alcohol are more likely than their peers to put on excess weight, a new study suggests. 7/24/2008 7:10:44 PM

Girls' math skills are just as good as boys' Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that, at math, they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls in the United States measured up to boys in math in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science. 7/24/2008 6:52:54 PM

Northern lights dance to Earth's magnetic field An international team has discovered that when Earth's "magnetotail" snaps out in space, the northern lights start dancing across Canada's skies. Scientists have been trying to figure out for decades what makes the aurora swirl and undulate through the northern and southern skies. 7/24/2008 4:20:33 PM

Ogopogo spotted five times this year Okanagan Lake's infamous water monster, Ogopogo, is getting a head start rearing its freakish snakelike body this year. Since April, there have been five known sightings of the creature. 7/24/2008 7:00:17 PM

Payout for false Facebook profile A businessman whose personal details were "laid bare" in fake entries on the Facebook social networking website has won a libel case at the High Court. 7/24/2008 11:54:20 AM

Expert warns travellers in wake of Pearson probe As investigators continue their probe into a possible credit card security breach at Toronto Pearson International Airport, a policy expert is warning travellers to take proactive steps to protect their personal information. 7/24/2008 11:00:32 AM

Observatory debate descends into turf war Penticton Coun. Rory McIvor last week proposed that the regional district consider changing zoning bylaws and the regional growth strategy to increase protection around the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory. But rural directors around the board said McIvor was out of line. 7/24/2008 7:28:59 AM

Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. 7/24/2008 6:41:47 AM

Private radio raking it in: CRTC report The demise of terrestrial radio has been greatly exaggerated, at least in Canada, according to new data released by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 7/24/2008 6:38:44 AM

US cancer boss in mobiles warning The director of a leading US cancer research institute has sent a memo to thousands of staff warning of possible higher risks from mobile phone use. Dr Ronald Herberman, of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, said his warning was based on early findings from unpublished data. 7/24/2008 5:57:56 AM

From online politics to online parenting Women are outpacing men in their Internet use, so it's no wonder major media companies, venture capitalists and advertisers are scrambling to answer that age-old question of what women want. 7/23/2008 7:39:11 PM

Wii overtakes Xbox 360 in U.S. Just as Nintendo cheerleader-in-chief Reggie Fils-Aime had predicted, the NPD's June sales figures put the Wii ahead of the Xbox 360 as the bestselling next-gen console in America. 7/23/2008 7:35:52 PM

Embracing wireless high-def video Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. 7/23/2008 10:09:32 AM

Fossils date Dry Valleys' origin Tiny fossils have helped refine the timing of the climate shift that gave rise to Antarctica's remarkable Dry Valleys, a landscape akin to Mars. The famously ice-free terrain enjoyed more benign, tundra-like conditions 14 million years ago. 7/23/2008 8:57:52 AM

Manned spaceship design unveiled The first official image of a Russian-European manned spacecraft has been unveiled. It is designed to replace the Soyuz vehicle currently in use by Russia and will allow Europe to participate directly in crew transportation. 7/23/2008 8:55:39 AM

Government copyright bill fails green test As our environmental policies move far beyond establishing emission standards or clean-up requirements, law and regulation is increasingly focused on creating incentives for businesses to reduce polluting activities and for consumers to adopt environmentally friendly habits. 7/23/2008 6:19:50 AM

MySpace joins shared identity service OpenID News Corp's MySpace Internet social network will join the OpenID alliance to begin letting its users take their online identity to other sites and social networks without having to register again. 7/23/2008 6:16:42 AM

Kelowna woman says she saw Ogopogo Don't tell Robyn Holman that the mythical lake monster called the Ogopogo doesn't exist. Because Holman says the elusive beast made an appearance Sunday afternoon. 7/23/2008 6:03:44 AM

Police State America: Want some torture with your peanuts? Just when you thought you’ve heard it all...A senior government official with Homeland Security has expressed great interest in a so-called GPS safety bracelet for air travellers that would serve as a stun device. 7/22/2008 6:17:08 PM

Canadian researchers put focus on hocus-pocus The little red ball is tossed upward and disappears into thin air, defying the laws of nature. Or so it seems. Turns out, the ball never left the magician’s hand, but more than half the audience report seeing it in the air, say Canadian and British researchers 7/22/2008 5:30:55 PM

Strange object filmed in skies above Winnipeg Is it a comet, an aircraft, or satellite debris burning up in the atmosphere? A Winnipeg woman is asking for help to explain a mysterious object she caught on camera. 7/22/2008 5:07:47 PM

Hotspot in a cold spot Even the southernmost town in Nunavut is still far enough north to be completely isolated. The emergence of broadband Internet in Nunavut has transformed the territory for its 29,000 people. 7/22/2008 7:08:48 AM

Technology preserves our stupidities for all to see Whatever the reason, the young woman in the downtown Victoria nightclub decided it would be a good idea to take off her clothes, all of them. Wouldn't put them back on, either. So, what did the other clubgoers do? They laughed themselves silly, took her picture with their cellphones. 7/22/2008 6:34:49 AM

Hydro assets will cost billions to fix: experts Canada's aging electricity infrastructure will need billions of dollars in investments to ensure its generation stations, transmission and distribution lines do not collapse under an exploding demand, industry experts said yesterday. 7/22/2008 5:15:57 AM

Scholars plan to reunite ancient Bible -- online The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again -- online. 7/21/2008 7:39:14 PM