canada Pop singer Avril Lavigne knighted in the Order of Canada Thom Dunn

canada More than 30-50 Feral Canadian Hybrid "Super Pigs" reportedly headed towards USA Thom Dunn

happy mutants Jeff "Sweet Tooth" Lemire's new horror comic Gideon Falls is spooky af Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tech conferences are relocating from the USA to Canada to attract attendees and speakers who don't want to come to Trump's America Cory Doctorow

iran Cuba is bracing for a U.S. invasion Séamus Bellamy

Weird Caracas has a mysterious black highway goo that has killed 1,800 people Ellsworth Toohey

healthcare Canada lures US medical pros with wild promise of "science" Séamus Bellamy

travel safety Today's plane crash: a midair collision in Arizona, killing two people on board Carla Sinclair

simple plans How did the Wisconsin kayaker fake his own death and escape to Europe? He explains Carla Sinclair

"We're not happy until you're not happy!" Air Canada flight attendant loses her cool: "Everyone, behave!" (video) Carla Sinclair

health Chronic pain sufferers betrayed: how the FDA and DEA deny access to safe, effective pain relief Ellsworth Toohey

Delightful Creatures Joe Biden's dog bit Secret Service agents "at least" 24 times Rob Beschizza

amazon MTG's new book is no "Magic: The Gathering" — it's a gathering of poor reviews Mark Frauenfelder

politics School board member blames "Holy Spirit" for making her share a Nazi meme Mark Frauenfelder

art Cartoonist Joe Matt has died Ruben Bolling

national parks Single-use disposable toilets now available at Canadian rock climbing parks David Pescovitz

Delightful Creatures An Ohio zoo staff was shocked when their "male" gorilla gave birth Carla Sinclair

tabloids A paranoid prince, proof of UFOs, and a panicked Trump in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

racism Report concludes Minneapolis cops are racist Rob Beschizza