Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Wal-Mart Canada’s first three supercenters opened in Ancaster, London and Stouffville, Ontario. The idea originally started in the United States in late 2005 and was announced that it would be arriving in Canada. Flat screen TVs suspended from the ceiling will feature a television network, featuring fashion shows of Wal-Mart’s clothing […]

Sunday, April 8, 2007 The captain and five of his crew on Sea Diamond have been charged following the cruise ship’s collision with a known and well-charted reef. The charges laid against the captain were “causing a shipwreck through negligence”. Additional charges of breaching shipping safety regulations and pollution were laid against the captain. All […]

Sunday, April 16, 2017 In order to put the cannabis drug (marijuana) out of reach of minors, the Canadian federal government announced a bill to legalise cannabis for the age group of eighteen and above, on Thursday. The bill would allow adults to possess cannabis publicly, previously a criminal offence. Canada’s health minister Jane Philpott […]

Thursday, October 5, 2006 Former Sarasota dermatologist Michael Rosin is heading to prison to serve a 22-year prison sentence for defrauding Medicare by performing unnecessary surgeries on elderly Sarasota, Florida patients. On Rosin’s 56th birthday, in front of his family, Judge William Castagna sentinced him to 22 years in federal prison. The judge also ordered […]

This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Monday, October 12, 2015 Wikinews interviewed Australian painter Pricasso on his unique artwork created using his penis, and how his art relates to freedom of expression and issues of censorship. He is […]

Sunday, May 14, 2006 Lead programmer of Microsoft Word, Joe Friend, wrote on his blog that the upcoming version of Microsoft Word (which will be a part of Microsoft Office 2007 suite) will have blog editing and publishing functions. Friend said: “When I write a blog post using my blog providers web-based editor I miss […]

Monday, March 20, 2006 Yesterday, in Indian Wells, California, Roger Federer, the top ranked tennis player in the world, defeated James Blake 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 to win his third consecutive Pacific Life Open, part of the ATP Masters Series. Blake held an early lead 4-1 in the first set, but Federer came back and dominated […]