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'How To Be A College Student' Is The Back-To-School Pick-Me-Up You Need (VIDEO)

September is creeping up on us, which means the start of the school year is upon us. If you're entering university for the first time, never fear: there's a video for that. Vancouver-based YouTube...

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Is Science World ad too risqué or violent?

The latest Science World ad from creative Vancouver agency Rethink, couldn't get the green light from the Television Bureau of Canada so Science World and the agency have instead released it on the...

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Alberta's cloud-seeding pilots see 2nd busiest year in 20 years

Fighting hailstorms in Alberta is getting a whole lot busier, according to the people behind the Alberta Hail Suppression Project, which uses planes to fly into storms and seed clouds in order to...

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Adrienne Sweat angry after autistic son's head caught in bus door

A Vancouver mother is angry and frustrated with Translink after she says her autistic son's head was caught in the door of a bus. Adrienne Sweat and her five-year-old son Liam live near Grandview Park...

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Amy Winehouse To Be Honoured With Hometown Statue

(LONDON-AFP) - The late singer Amy Winehouse will be honoured with a life-size statue in her old London neighbourhood on what would have been her 31st birthday, her family said Thursday. The bronze of...

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New PTSD diagnosis changes could tax resources, CF member says

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a very personal affliction. It is a normal reaction to an abnormal event, and no two people are affected the same way. A couple years ago, I was busying myself around...

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James Moore 'Impatient' With Provincial Trade Barriers

The provinces have been slow to clear barriers to trade that slow the economy, federal Industry Minister James Moore says, leaving him "impatient" with their level of ambition. On Wednesday, Moore...

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Orphaned Yukon black bear cubs off to Calgary Zoo

Two black bear cubs orphaned in Whitehorse were flown to Alberta Friday, to their new home at the Calgary Zoo. The bears were orphaned in July after their mother was shot and killed by wildlife...

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Early morning fire guts Lachute food bank in old presbytery

A food bank inside an old Lachute presbytery was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. The fire broke out in the back of the St-Julien presbytery around 4 a.m. ET, said neighbour Lys Chisholm. She...

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Montreal Hospital Patient Shows Symptoms Consistent With Ebola

MONTREAL - A patient has been placed in isolation at a Montreal hospital after showing symptoms consistent with the often deadly Ebola virus.Dr. Karl Weiss, the director of infectious diseases at...

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Indian status: 5 things you need to know

The Indian Act defines who is and who is not recognized as an "Indian," but that doesn't mean all aboriginal people in Canada have Indian status or get free education. Filmmaker Howard Adler explores...

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Possible Ebola patient quarantined at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

A patient has been quarantined at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital as a precaution after they exhibited some — but not all — of the signs of Ebola. The patient recently returned from a trip to West Africa...

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Worker in life-threatening condition after apparent electrocution

A man is in life-threatening condition after a possible electrocution at a work site Saturday morning. The man was working at a power station in Toronto's downtown core when he was apparently...

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Firefighters carry injured woman out of Lynn Canyon

A 20-year-old woman who slipped and fell off a steep bank in a popular North Shore park had to be lifted out by a technical rope rescue team and then carried out by firefighters. District of North...

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Killer Whale's Family Cries As Orca Tangled In Net (PHOTOS)

A whale-watching boat tour near Port Hardy, B.C. ran into quite a sight as a young killer whale struggled to get free of a fishermen's net, while her frantic family surrounded her. Nicole Mackay,...

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Winnie the Pooh saga turns 100 years old today

One hundred years ago today a Canadian soldier adopted a black bear cub and named her after his adopted hometown of Winnipeg, launching the saga of Winnie the Pooh. Lt. Harry Colebourn, a Canadian...

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Gillian Bennett Death: Assisted Suicide Has Not Had Proper Debate, Tory MP Says

Conservative MP Steven Fletcher says the issue of assisted suicide, again in the spotlight following the death of a B.C. woman with dementia, has never been properly debated in Parliament, despite what...

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3D printers widely accessible at libraries, makerspaces

Every day, it seems, there is more cool stuff that you can 3D print — from wedding cake toppers based on a 3D scan of you and your betrothed to replicas of fossils in museums to personalized iPhone...

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California earthquake, magnitude 6.0, shakes thousands awake

Thousands of Californians were left without power after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook an area north of San Francisco early Sunday morning. The earthquake hit around 3:20 a.m. local time, the U.S....

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