One of Nigeria’s most powerful militant organizations is claiming responsibility for an attack on an oil rig that resulted in the kidnapping of a Canadian oil worker and six colleagues on Monday. The National Post’s Kenyon Wallace reports on...

Sometimes, it seems as if celebrities are just a little higher than the rest of us. Not high as in “on drugs” (but of course, there are numerous examples of that), but high as in “our lives are so much better than yours.” As a case in point,...

An integral part of many cruise vacations are the shore excursions that are on offer, mainly the day trips to nearby places of interest. If you wait till the last minute, you may find that the excursion has been sold out or overbooked. Cruise operators...

The worst thing about financial problems is that they come unannounced. The irony is that we only face financial issues when we are not quite prepared. Now, a cash crunch is not an out-of-the world thing; it can happen to anyone, anywhere in the world....

Some years back, scientists conducted extensive experiments to check if music can heal behavioral problems in human beings. Surprisingly, they found enough evidence to conclude that music can surely heal various cognitive problems. Interestingly, music...

The warning from the National Hurricane Center means tropical storm conditions, including winds of at least 39 mph (63 kph), are expected on the island within 24 hours. A hurricane watch was also in effect, meaning hurricane conditions, including winds...

It is now illegal for adults in Canada to have sex with a partner under the age of 16, one of the new provisions of the Tories’ violent crime law that came into effect on Thursday. The Tackling Violent Crime Act raises the legal age of sexual...

United for the first time, the family of the man who confessed to fathering seven children with his daughter celebrated the birthday of one of the kids, police said Wednesday, as they pieced together details of the family’s ordeal.

In a campaign that bears much similarity to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s 1980s appeal for glasnost, Cuba’s President Raul Castro has been urging the public to investigate social shortcomings, denounce them and propose improvements. And...

A new report has expressed concern over the safety of journalists worldwide, accusing public officials of “impotence, cowardice and duplicity” in defending freedom of expression.