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  • 1 dead 1 injured after multi-vehicle crash near Calgary

    Emergency crews are on the scene of a fatal multi-vehicle crash along Highway 8 and Range Road 34, just west of Calgary. EMS has confirmed that one person died in the crash and at least one other was injured just before 1 p.m. Saturday. RCMP say that Highway 8 is now closed between Highway 22 and Range Road 34 while investigations are ...

  • Immigrants express frustration over job barriers

    Members of New Brunswick's Korean community expressed frustration over employment barriers during a meeting Saturday morning with the federal immigration minister. Some say more immigrant families will leave the region if the province continues to make finding employment for immigrants difficult, especially professionals. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney met with about 75 ...

  • Black bear breaks into North Vancouver chicken coop

    Residents in a North Vancouver neighbourhood had a surprise visitor Saturday morning when a black bear broke into a backyard chicken coop. The one-and-a-half-year-old bear managed to eat two out of four chickens in the coop, located behind a home near St. Davids Avenue and 7th St. ...

  • A look at some of Google Street View’s most interesting Canadian images

    The Google Street View car has been spotted in Canada, again collecting panoramic images using multiples cameras mounted on its roof. Street View began by mapping out several Canadian cities using automobiles. Today Google uses cars as well as trikes, trolleys, snowmobiles and trekkers, and has made it all the way up to Nunavut. Along the way, Google has captured some shocking and embarrassing ...

  • Bayern Munich wins Champions League final

    Arjen Robben scored in the 89th minute to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over German rival Borussia Dortmund on Saturday in the Champions League final, ending four years of frustration for his team in Europe's biggest tournament. Robben ran onto Franck Ribery's backheeled flick in the penalty area and sent the ball past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller to give Bayern its first Champions ...

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A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) [DVD]

A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) [DVD]

Asghar Farhadis A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) is a devastating, slow-burn portrait of how dozens of seemingly insignificant actions and decisionssome conscious, some otherwisecan accumulate into a ruinous scenario. The film opens in the midst of a judicial hearing ... ...

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  • Toronto mayors brother says he never dealt drugs

    The brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has vehemently denied allegations in Saturday's Globe and Mail that he was involved in the illicit drug trade in the 1980s. "Absolutely false," Ford said in an interview on CBC News Network when asked for his reaction. "It's absolutely false. These people want to come after our character," he said. In the article the Globe ...

  • Hockey Canada bans bodychecking for peewee players across the country

    CHARLOTTETOWN -- Hockey Canada has voted to remove bodychecking from peewee hockey across the country.Spokesman Andre Brin says the motion passed today at a meeting in Charlottetown, with only Saskatchewan voting against banning bodychecking.Brin says the board of directors has agreed to develop a bodychecking standard for coaching to be implemented in the 2014-15 hockey season.Earlier this ...

  • Calgary Marathon to cause detours delays

    Commuters and public transit users will face a number of detours and delays Sunday as the Calgary Marathon criss-crosses the city. The route will take the marathon mainly through the city's southwest, where there will be a number of road closures lasting through the morning and into the early afternoon in some areas. Full details are available on the Calgary Marathon website. Transit ...

  • 2nd Huntington Hills victim in serious condition police say

    The second victim of a violent northeast Calgary attack that killed one person is now listed as being in serious condition at hospital, police say. The attack took place Friday evening in the community of Huntington Hills. Police responded to the area after receiving a call about a fight between a man and four others. Officials say at least two people are in custody following a search of the ...

  • Bachman and Turner expand 2013 tour schedule

    , the musical core of BTO, reunited with a self-titled album after an 18-year lay off in 2010. The "Takin' Care of Business" hitmakers will be touring in support of their recent release, "Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC," which hit U.S. shelves last summer, Bachman, also a former founding member of The Guess ...

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