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  • Discovery of Arctic bacterium offers clues to possible life on Mars

    The temperature in the permafrost on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic has been found to be nearly as cold as that of the surface of Mars. So the recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scientists of a bacterium that is able to thrive at -15 degree C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, is exciting. The bacterium offers clues about some of the ...

  • Toronto mayor a crack head

    View of the Toronto skyline. Toronto's embattled Mayor Rob Ford denied that he uses crack cocaine, despite allegations he was seen on a video smoking the ...

  • How Canadas housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions

    The power of the Internet was going to shatter the grip that realtors have on house sales in Canada, driving down commissions and empowering consumers.The Internet failed.The Competition Bureau waded in to overcome the industry's stasis, attempting to create a market where consumers pick which services they want and data are more widely ...

  • Stanley Cup Stories Season ends for resilient Sens

    Kyle Turris were the only Senators to generate offence, as Ottawa failed to advance past the conference semis since making the Stanley Cup final in ...

  • Major League Baseball Power Rankings

    Canadian Joey Votto, fresh off his National League player of the week honours, has been a key contributor to the Cincinnati Reds' success this season. The first baseman's .358 batting average and 1.029 OPS have helped his squad catapult up from 15th to fourth in this week's CBCSports.ca MLB Power ...

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Rosemary's Baby [Blu-Ray]

Roman Polanskis Rosemarys Baby is a masterpiece of paranoid tension about evil lurking in the mundane. It has been called the horror film without any horror, and much has been made of the fact that it doesnt use special effects. This is something of a misnomer because, in fac ... ...

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  • Senators players react to 2nd-round loss to Penguins

    Senators goalie Craig Anderson is surrounded by teammates Milan Michalek (9), Chris Phillips (4), Sergei Gonchar (55) and Jared Cowen after being eliminated by the Penguins. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated ...

  • Senators unlikely playoff run ends in Game 5 disappointment

    Brenden Morrow opened the scoring in Game 5 and the Pittsburgh Penguins took over to win their Eastern Conference semi-final series, 4-1, over the Ottawa Senators. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated ...

  • Dog ambushed by trap set near Canadian trail

    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have advised dog owners to be careful in the Vancouver area after a pet was hooked by an unusual trap on a popular trail. Police said the trap consisted of five hooks buried in a piece of meat, The Province reported. It was hung about 5 feet off the ground just off the Baden Powell Trail on Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver. The dog, a labradoodle, lunged for ...

  • Quebec unions silence criticism of PQ welfare cuts

    , Quebec's unions forced the cancellation of a press conference that was to be held on the sidelines of a demonstration protesting against the federal Conservative government's cuts to Employment Insurance (EI), because it was intended to draw attention to the parallel cuts to social assistance (welfare) being made by the provincial Parti Qubcois (PQ) government.This act of political ...

  • Seven years of going back to zero for Toronto FC

    First, Toronto FC do some things well. In everything else, they fail.One night in November of 2011, I went to a TFC postseason pub night, a cheerful, friendly event, with a few hundred fans, some players and representatives of TFC management. This is what the club does extremely well. For all the good vibes though, everyone was aware the MLS playoffs were rolling on and, once again, TFC was not ...

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