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  • One-billion-year-old water saltier than seawater

    University of Toronto scientists have found pockets of water that had been sitting 2.4 kilometres underneath the Earth's surface for more than a billion years. Earth sciences professor Barbara Sherwood, who admitted that she had tasted it from time to time, revealed that the water has the consistency of maple syrup and is much saltier than seawater, News.com.au reported. She told the LA ...

  • Britain stands to lose the most if Canada-EU trade talks tank

    Why was David Cameron more upbeat than Stephen Harper when discussing the Canada-European trade negotiations? Maybe because he knows that Europe needs this deal every bit as much as ...

  • Inside the Canada-Europe trade talks How politics are undermining the deal

    A man on a mission, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is using his European tour and the G8 summit to advance the Canada-Europe free-trade agreement - known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with the national leaders who constitute the European Union's 'board of directors.'CETA was the central message in his meetings with British Prime Minister David Cameron, French ...

  • Indiegogo makes Canadian push as founder ‘excited’ about equity crowdfunding

    Crowdfunding Web site Indiegogo is deepening its roots in the Canadian market place and closely watching as securities regulators consider allowing non-accredited investors to make small investments in startup firms in exchange for an equity stake, according to co-founder Danae Ringelmann. Ringelmann has particularly been involved in Ontario, where she has consulted with the Ontario Securities ...

  • Interview with Peter Kirk President Atlantic League of Professional Baseball

    It can lay claim to having over 600 players sign with Major League clubs over the course of its 15-year history. According to the Atlantic ...

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Fists in the Pocket (I Pugni in tasca) [DVD]

Fists in the Pocket (I Pugni in tasca) [DVD]

The provincial family at the center of Mario Bellochios morbidly comic feature debut Fists in the Pocket (I Pugni in tasca) is sick--literally sick. The various ailments the family members bear--the mother is blind, both sons have epilepsy, the youngest son is ... ...

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  • Canadian troops expected to be deployed to Haiti for peacekeeping

    A Canadian soldier carries supplies as troops arrive at a temporary medical centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday January 16, 2010. A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces, in a long-delayed mission that has been kept inexplicably low on the political radar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian ...

  • Joni Mitchell plays rare performance at Luminato tribute

    Joni Mitchell waves to the crowd during her 70th birthday tribute concert as part of the Luminato Festival at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The Canadian ...

  • How open is Ottawas new open data website

    launch of the federal government's revamped data.gc.ca portal . Treasury Board President Tony Clement touted the revamped site, calling it Canada's "new natural resource." But that new window into federal data tables, statistics and other information available online is getting mixed early reviews and arrives at the same time as the government faces controversy over just how ...

  • Chiefs want sensible solutions in shale gas sector

    (CBC) First Nations chiefs are calling on the provincial government and mining companies start talks with them to discuss natural resource development opportunities in New Brunswick. The Assembly of First Nations' Chiefs in New Brunswick issued a statement on Tuesday night that also criticized companies and governments that refused to work with them, as well as protesters from outside ...

  • Canada mulls penalties for offshore oil

    The Canadian government announced plans to increase the liability for energy exploration companies working in Atlantic and arctic waters. Exxon Mobil announced plans in January to produce more than 700 million barrels of oil from the Hebron oil field off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Environment Commissioner Scott Vaughan has said oil spills from offshore platforms in the ...

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