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  • Search on for Indo-Canadian man missing in Australia

    A frantic search is on for a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian man who went missing in a national park in Australia. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario was last seen May 13 parking his rental vehicle at village Charlotte Pass and entering the Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian state of New South Wales, according to local media. A law student of Bond University in ...

  • Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley

    Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...

  • Canadian dollar dives but its in the middle of the pack

    The Canadian dollar took a mighty tumble today amid the turmoil in currency and stock markets sparked by the Federal Reserve.This actually isn't so much about the Canadian dollar falling as it is about the U.S. currency ...

  • Robin Hoods feeding parking meters get sued by New Hampshire city

    Keene , otherwise known as "Robin Hoods," are being sued by the municipal government after the anti-government group decided to feed coins in ...

  • ‘RHOOC’ star Vicki Gunvalson doesn’t want Lauri Peterson on the show

    Lauri Peterson is returning to the show because she has reconnecting with some of the stars. Lauri was one of the original housewives during the first couple of seasons and she left when she married George Peterson. But now that Vicki is the last standing housewife, she isn't too thrilled to see Lauri return to the show. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on May ...

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sex, lies, and videotape [Blu-Ray]

sex, lies, and videotape [Blu-Ray]

When talking about American independent cinema, there is before Steven Soderberghs sex, lies, and videotape and after. Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival in 1989, Soderberghs debut feature, shot for just over $1.25 million when he was 26 years old and starrin ... ...

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  • Michigan senators seek answers on Ontario nuclear storage project

    Michigan senators approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Ontario power officials to answer questions before proceeding with a controversial nuclear waste storage project. For the past decade, Ontario Power Generation has been carrying out plans for a deep geologic repository - a massive underground storage vault for low- to medium-level nuclear waste - in the municipality of Kincardine. ...

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford dropped as football coach as brother defends him

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford arrives at City Hall in Toronto amid allegations of crack cocaine use on Friday May 17, 2013. Coun. Doug Ford, says the media should stop harassing his ...

  • Transgender bride files human rights complaint

    A transgender woman has filed a human rights complaint against a Saskatoon bridal shop. Rohit Singh was at the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission's office in Saskatoon Wednesday morning to file the complaint. Earlier this month, Singh asked to try on an outfit at Jenny's Bridal Boutique. The store owner refused, she felt other people in the store would be uncomfortable with Singh ...

  • RCMP responds to female Mounties sex abuse lawsuit

    RCMP Staff Sgt. Caroline O'Farrell, pictured above as a constable working for the Musical Ride, claims she was sexually assaulted and harrassed by her former colleagues. (Provided ...

  • Schools hospitals react swiftly to boil water advisory

    Classrooms full of students at Rosemont's Pierre Elliott Trudeau elementary school were given water and cups to deal with the boil water advisory. ...

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