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  • New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier

    GENEVA - Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier has expanded its leading Challenger family of business jets with the launch of the new Challenger 350 aircraft in collaboration with global leader in private aviation, US firm NetJets. The launch on Monday was held at a special event here at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Bombardier said deliveries of the ...

  • Paddy Lowe to join Mercedes early

    Agreement has been reached between Mercedes and McLaren for Paddy Lowe to join the works team ahead of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix June 9. The announcement of Lowe leaving McLaren for Mercedes was made in February and the British racing engineer was supposed to join the team at the end of 2013. "Paddy will strengthen the team in the role of executive director (technical) and will work ...

  • Jennifer Lawrence brother being stalked

    Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence and her brother Blaine Lawrence are reportedly being stalked by a Canadian named Han Cong Zhao. Han, 23, was said to be remanded on bail after Judge Annette Karem at Kentucky court here heard he sent Blaine 200 messages and a threatening voicemail. "You got me really upset, when I am upset, wait and see what happens," thesun.co.uk quoted Han as ...

  • Quebec area where cancer rates are 80 times higher to be studied

    It's been more than 15 years since her husband died of a brain tumour, but Candide Blanger feels she may finally get some answers about why he died.Jacques Trottier died in 1995 at the age of 62. The couple had lived for 17 years next to the Valcartier military base in Shannon, where many experts believe the drinking water was laced with trichloroethylene or TCE. The solvent, which strips ...

  • Green businesses balk at Vancouver bike lane

    Cyclists on a tandem bike and pedestrians are silhouetted while using the seawall along False Creek in Vancouver, B.C., in March, 2013. A proposal to create a separated lane on the edge of Chinatown has generated anxiety among the kinds of green, local businesses that Mayor Gregor Robertson frequently touts as the future of the city. (DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN ...

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Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Louis Letteriers remake--or reimagining, or whatever-you-want-to-call-it--of 1981s campy mythological mash-up Clash of the Titans is just about what you would expect it to be. Maintaining only the barest of plot threads from Desmond Daviss original, this new cinematic ... ...

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  • Did You See That Gustav Nyquists patience pays off

    Detroit Red Wings players celebrate centre Gustav Nyquist's goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period in Detroit on Monday. (Paul Sancya/Associated ...

  • Blackhawks in 2-1 series hole

    DETROIT (AP) Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series. Patrick Kane scored 4:35 into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied ...

  • Summer to rank among Canadas warmest on record typical temperatures predicted for Metro Vancouver

    Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...

  • Titanium implants in spine give Canadian freediver Jill Yoneda second chance to pursue her passion

    Jill Yoneda, 38, of Langley, is a freediver who has had surgery on her neck to repair three ruptured discs. She has 6 titanium end plates on 3 vertebrae from 2 separate operations, and the latest small scar is visible on the right side of her ...

  • ‘He’s not a grizzly bear he’s a cuddly bear’ Mulcair takes a softer approach in new ad as Trudeau’s popularity grows

    On Monday, the federal New Democratic Party released a new advertisement touting the "Leadership [and] Experience" of Thomas Mulcair. The 30-second clip opens with home-movie images of the bearded-even-back-then NDP leader holding his wife Catherine Pinhas in his lap, then cradling a baby, then skiing. His never-really-before-seen adult sons talk about what a great hockey coach he was. ...

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