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What 200 Calories Of Food Actually Looks Like (INFOGRAPHIC)
Unless there's a nutrition label on everything you consume, it's hard to know the exact number of calories in the foods you eat. On top of that, the addition of grams and serving sizes only adds to the...
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Sim Bhullar, NBA's First Indian Player, Signs With Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sim Bhullar became the first player of Indian descent to sign a contract with an NBA team Friday, inking a deal to join the Sacramento Kings in training camp. Terms of the contract...
View Article9 charged in string of takeover-style bank robberies
Police have arrested nine people ranging in age from 16 to 23 in a series of recent "takeover style" bank robberies in the Toronto area. Police say the five robberies took place between July 22 and...
View ArticleBack To School: How Much Parents Can Expect To Spend In 2014
It's surprising to think just how expensive sending kids back to school can be. According to an annual survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF), this year, parents can expect to spend...
View Article25 Signs You Went To Edgefest In The '90s
When Our Lady Peace, Sloan and I Mother Earth hit Toronto's Echo Beach stage on Aug. 16 they'll be capping off another edition of the 21-years-and-counting Edgefest concert series. Edgefest has had a...
View ArticleGoldfish dumped by Coquitlam pet owners become invasive species
They're easy to take care of, inexpensive and entertaining, but goldfish and other aquatic pets including exotic fish, turtles, bass and carp are getting into local waterways and breeding and competing...
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Man Live Tweets His Vasectomy, Takes TMI To Whole New Level
It's 2014 and nothing is private – not even a man's vasectomy, apparently. Matt Soper, a radio announcer with Victoria's Jack FM, walked into his doctor's office on Friday armed with crowdsourced...
View ArticleVets coping with post-traumatic stress find solace in back-to-nature programs
UNDATED, - Military veteran Christian McEachern had run the gamut of counselling for post-traumatic stress when, sitting on the bank of the Columbia River during a wilderness trip in B.C., he at last...
View ArticleMichael Brown shooting: Obama's 'cautious' response to teen's death
After four nights of confrontations between police and residents of Ferguson, President Barack Obama went on television Thursday and appealed for peace and calm on the streets of the Missouri town. The...
View ArticleEbola and the economics of fear: Don Pittis
In the world of business, there is a saying that markets are driven by fear and greed. As shares in drug companies surge, the Ebola virus has already unleashed the power of greed. And as we watch the...
View ArticleTaryn Lencoe setting out on 12 hour swim from Kits Beach
When former competitive swimmer Taryn Lencoe sets out from Kitsilano Beach at 7 a.m. PT today, she will be venturing into uncharted waters. Her longest swim to date was six straight hours, but it was...
View ArticleThe evolution of ice cream trucks in Toronto
When you're running an ice cream truck, the weather is a major factor in how your day will pan out. "It can be your friend, it can be your enemy," says George Soilis, the owner of Heavenly Dreams Ice...
View ArticleAddison Hall and baby sister, killed in Costco crash, to be laid to rest today
A joint funeral is to be held today for a six-year-old girl killed in a car crash at a London, Ont., Costco and a baby her mother delivered by emergency C-section after the collision. Addison Hall died...
View ArticleJim Flaherty's State Funeral Costs Revealed In Government Documents
OTTAWA — The federal government spent just over $400,000 on the state funeral of former finance minister Jim Flaherty, while it spent only $2,571 on late Liberal deputy prime minister Herb Gray’s...
View ArticleGrand Manan plane crash kills 2
A pilot and a paramedic were killed Saturday when their small chartered plane crashed on Grand Manan Island, N.B. Ambulance New Brunswick said the Atlantic Charters flight crashed in a wooded area near...
View ArticleÎle Soniq: 47 arrested for drugs on EDM festival's 1st day
Electronic dance music festival Île Soniq at Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau is only halfway through its first edition, but already police have arrested 47 people on drug-related charges. The festival,...
View ArticleGrand Manan Island Plane Crash Kills Two People In New Brunswick
GRAND MANAN, N.B. - A paramedic and a pilot died early Saturday when the chartered plane that airlifts people from Grand Manan island to hospitals on the New Brunswick mainland crashed near the...
View ArticleLaval considers its own first-responders unit
The City of Laval is without its own ambulance service, but long wait times in emergency situations have prompted a handful of residents to push for a volunteer first-responders unit. Lucia...
View ArticleAddison Hall, Baby Sister Who Died After Costco Crash To Be Remembered Today
LONDON, Ont. - A joint funeral is to be held today for a six-year-old girl killed in a car crash at a London, Ont., Costco and a baby her mother delivered by emergency C-section after the collision....
View ArticleChina Nose wildfire: 20 per cent contained, Highway 16 reopened
Hundreds of people remain out of their homes after evacuation orders were issued earlier this week near the small community of Houston, B.C., as the raging China Nose wildfire closed in on homes and...
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