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  • Pattinson seeking solace plans holiday with family

    Actor Robert Pattinson has reportedly decided to spend some memorable time with family and rented a house in Canada for two months. The 26-year-old, who is nursing his broken heart post his split from Kristen Stewart, will stay in the swanky pad with his family members, reports dailystar.co.uk. "Rob is renting a house in Bloor West Village in Toronto for July and August. He needs time away ...

  • France St-Louis named to Canada’s staff for Sochi Olympics

    Five-time world hockey champion France St-Louis has joined the Canadian team staff for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.St-Louis was named an assistant chef de mission for the Games, joining chef de mission Steve Podborski and assistant chef Jean-Luc Brassard."What an extraordinary occasion this is for me, an opportunity to be part of the Olympic Movement -- something that I have believed in for ...

  • An anti-Semitic attack in Toronto Hate hits home

    This week, the innocence of a young Toronto family was shattered by anti-semitism. My heart dropped as I drove onto their quaint tree-lined street and saw beautiful religious Jewish children playing on their driveway. A police car was across the street and a television crew alongside.The husband, a respected Rabbi, showed me the side door to his house. On it was scrawled the words, ...

  • Canadian researchers develop ‘sharp-shooter’ drug to fight cancer

    Dr. Tak Mak, of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, speaks during a press conference regarding the new breakthrough cancer drug that will enter clinical trials in July, 2013. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian ...

  • How working at a chain helped the new Top Chef Canada

    Meet Matthew Stowe, the new Top Chef Canada, from Cloverdale, B.C. Last week, the 31-year-old product development chef for Cactus Club Restaurants Ltd. won the coveted title, beating out 16 contestants in the show's third season. On the eve of his televised triumph, he told The Globe and Mail why working for a chain restaurant gave him a competitive ...

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As Good As It Gets

In James L. Brooks' "As Good As It Gets," Jack Nicholson plays what very well may be the ultimate "Jack Nicholson Character." As Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive misanthrope, Nicholson is allowed the kind of free range that suits his talents best. Whether he's snarling and threatening his wife with an axe in "The Shining" (1980), or glowering behind smug speeches about honor in "A Few Good Me ... ...

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  • Severe storms forecast for Calgary area ‘isolated chance’ tornado could develop

    Pedestrians hustle across 5th Avenue S.W. in this file photo from May. Environment Canada issued the severe thunderstorm watch this morning for Calgary and surrounding ...

  • RCMP vehicle responding to complaint hit by SUV in intersection

    Police say lights and sirens were activated when the first vehicle drove into an intersection on a red light and was hit by a southbound SUV being driven by a 16-year-old ...

  • ING app deposits cheques by smartphone or tablet

    ING Direct is the second Canadian bank to allow cheques to be deposited based solely on digital images of the cheque taken with a smartphone or tablet. Vancouver-based credit union Westminster Savings was the first to launch a mobile cheque-deposit app. (Michelle Siu/Canadian ...

  • Violent serial attacker sent to prison indefinitely

    A dangerous offender found guilty of violent assaults in Alberta and Saskatchewan over the last two decades will go to prison indefinitely. A lower court had sentenced Cory Bitternose to 20 years in jail following a vicious assault on two women in Banff in 2008. On Tuesday, the Alberta Court of Appeal agreed to overturn that sentence and send Bitternose to prison for an indeterminate period. ...

  • Federal open data portal revamp aims to encourage apps

    G8 leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, French President Francois Hollande, second from left, U.S. President Barack Obama, left, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, signed an open data charter that commits them to proactively releasing government data online and using common standards for data quality and ...

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