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Q&A with Michael Dighton, new coach of Canada’s national cricket team
Confession: we don’t pay a ton of attention to cricket here at The Province, outside of the recent Cricket World Cup. The truth is, our readers want to see hockey. Our research has shown that. It’s not...
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Matthew Fisher: Australia is now key to U.S. defence objectives in Asia
DARWIN, Australia At first glance there was not any connection between U.S. President Barack Obama’s stated intention in November to establish a permanent, rotating presence of 2,500 Marines near this...
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Man Cycles 1,000,000 km, 25 Times Around The Earth
Armando Basile Armando Basile, 65, has cycled more than 1 million kilometres through over 60 Countries. The circumference of the earth is 40,000 km. Now, I have difficulty even saying this but he has...
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Report: 200,000 new iPads smuggled into Chinese border city
Despite the likelihood of not being officially available in China for months, huge numbers of new iPads have reportedly been amassed in a border town near Hong Kong. There have been unconfirmed reports...
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Stolen penguin back home at Australia Sea World after Gold Coast adventure
A fairy penguin that was stolen from a Queensland zoo and aquarium was found safe on a sub-tropical beach after being missing 24 hours. Three men were arrested in the coup after they posted photos on...
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The Aussie Appeal
What is it about Australian men that cause Canadian girls to swoon? Is it their rugged good looks and bad boy ancestry? Or is it the accent and the notion that any one of them could singlehandedly take...
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Science pushes boundaries with discovery of Higgs boson “God particle”
Today’s announcement in Switzerland of physicists discovery of an elusive subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson after a decades-long search is being hailed as the greatest scientific discovery...
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London 2012 Olympics: Canada’s Boxers Teach Rival Nations to Fear the Underdog
Coming off a shameful 2008 Olympics, there was little expectation for the three Canadians boxers who qualified for the Games. The lone Canadian pugilist at the Beijing Games, Adam Trupish, amassed just...
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Song of the Day: Don’t Go by Toby
A rising Australian artist named Toby has caught our attention and here’s why: she loooooves Canada. She’s toured it 11 times (that’s a feat for even Canadian artists!) and her upcoming Canadian tour...
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Song of the Day: City Girl – The Jezabels
The Jezebels are an Australian four-piece band that have garnered quite the reputation down under. They beat out fellow Aussie sensation Gotye for an Australia Music Prize. (think Aussie version of the...
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NFL nears deal with regular referees
Word on Wednesday was that the National Football League and their referees association were very close to reaching an agreement that would see the regular officials back on the field very quickly –...
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Wolf Blass combines his two loves: wine and women
I have a lover. He keeps me warm on a winter’s night, coating his rich, full body through mine. His presence often stains my lips – a reminder of his lasting kiss. He tastes of berries, chocolate,...
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A glimpse of Rugby Canada’s massive Manu Samoa challenge
Canada re-discovered how to play the game the right way at last year’s rugby world cup; being slowly re-integrated into the fall tour schedule is yet another positive sign. But surely head coach Kieran...
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Calgary Stampeders fans take horse inside posh Toronto hotel
A group of Calgary Stampeders fans – including their Grey Cup committee chairman – paraded a horse named Marty through the lobby of Toronto’s Royal York Hotel today after initially being denied entry....
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Egg collection inside house hatches into world’s deadliest snakes
The family of a 3-year-old Queensland, Australia boy got a shock when a collection of eggs he was keeping in a container in his closet suddenly hatched, releasing 7 Eastern Brown snakes – the world’s...
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Wheelchair hoops star Richard Peter retires
When you work in sports in B.C., the name Richard Peter comes up all the time. After all, Peter is one of this province’s most celebrated athletes, one of the few active athletes to be inducted into...
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Australia Fires
Australia Fire Map Fire is raging across Australia. Australia has recorded four record breaking temperature days all in 2013. The result of the extremely dry conditions of this Australian summer is...
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Mooning over living life
When a meteor exploded over Russia last week with an estimated force of 20 atomic bombs, I was reminded of how teeny-tiny we Earthlings really are. I didn’t always think of myself in that way though....
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Russell Crowe claims he shot UFO footage
Actor Russell Crowe was in Sydney, Australia’s Royal Botanical Gardens trying to shoot video of fruit bats when his camera accidentally got footage of a spectacular UFO hovering over the property. Wait...
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Guns N’ Roses fan suing Axl Rose after mouth injury at concert
A Guns N’ Roses fan in Australia is suing frontman Axl Rose after he claimed a microphone thrown from the stage knocked out his front teeth at a concert in Perth. That’s a pretty shocking and painful...
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