PARIS – Paris jazzed up the Eiffel Tower with a multicolored, disco-style light display as the world basked in New Year's festivities with hopes that 2010 and beyond will bring more peace and prosperity.
Burton Cummings performs during the 2005 Juno festivities in Winnipeg. He has been elevated to officer of the Order of Canada. (Mike Deal/Winnipeg Free Press/Canadian Press) Singers Neil Young and Burton Cummings, and humanitarian James Orbinski have become officers of the Order of Canada, Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean announced Wednesday.
Thousands of people are leaving messages of condolence for Eric Czapnik's family on the internet. A few others signed books at police stations across the city, including the one where Czapnik was based in the rural south-east end of Ottawa
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U2 may have suffered disappointing sales for their new album, but the Irish rockers were easily the most popular draw on the North American concert circuit this year, according to data issued on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON – Travelers still getting used to removing their shoes in public and pouring shampoo into tiny bottles may soon have to adjust to something new in the airport security line — giant machines that that scan their bodies for anything a terrorist might use to cause harm during a flight.
