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  • Space was too good not to share it says Canadian astronaut

    Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has said that he his life in space was "too good" to not share on social media. With nearly 1 million Twitter followers, Cmdr Hadfield, who was on the International Space Station (ISS) since December 2012 and landed on Tuesday, has a following of nearly 1 million people on Twitter. Hadfield, who was in command of the vessel since March, tweeted about his life ...

  • Canadian PM to Visit Peru Next Week

    Lima, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will officially visit Peru on next Tuesday as announced by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry. The report said that Harper will be received in the Palace of Government by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala. The objective of the Canadian Prime ...

  • Toronto mayor faces political test over crack allegations

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is facing his greatest political test following two reports that he is seen in a video apparently using crack cocaine. He called the accusations ...

  • Top hockeynight tweets of the night

    The Senators were hungry to tie up the series against the Penguins in Game 2 and hockey fans were tweeting along with the action. Ottawa put up a valiant effort but ultimately fell 4-3 to Pittsburgh. Here are some of the best tweets from Friday night's ...

  • Knights best Blades in Memorial Cup opener

    Knights left-winger Bo Horvat, right, and right-winger Seth Griffith celebrate a goal as Blades defenceman Dalton Thrower skates away in the first period during the Memorial Cup opener Friday night in Saskatoon. London scored a power-play goal in the third period to pull out a 3-2 win. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...

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Ocean's Thirteen

Ocean's Thirteen

If one were superstitious enough, one might imagine that there is some danger involved in having the word Thirteen in the title of a movie about conning a Las Vegas casino out of millions of dollars. However, in the case of Ocean's Thirteen, the dreaded unlucky number turns out ... ...

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  • Michael Phelps returning to competitive swimming report

    Michael Phelps, who retired from competitive swimming at age 27 immediately after last summer's London Olympics, won 18 gold medals and 22 medals overall, more than any other Olympian. (Clive Rose/Getty ...

  • Danielle Smith asks RCMP to investigate Sandhu

    Wildrose Official Opposition Leader Danielle Smith has requested the RCMP conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of Edmonton-Manning MLA Peter Sandhu. Sandhu was at the centre of a CBC Investigation earlier this week when it was discovered that he owns a homebuilding company that's being pursued by creditors for not paying its debts. The CBC investigation also found that Sandhu ...

  • Photos Classic $4.388M West Vancouver mansion

    This Ambleside Tudor revival home features four bedrooms, two full and three half bathrooms, an outdoor pool, landscaped gardens, chef's kitchen and media/games room. The 5,634-sq-ft mansion sits on 0.56 acres that includes a trout and salmon-bearing ...

  • Vancouver boosts investment in local social enterprise

    Heather O’Hara, executive director of the Potluck Cafe Society at the Potluck Cafe and Catering business on Hastings St. in Vancouver on May 16, 2013. The City of Vancouver approved a plan this week to grant the society $80,000 to be used to support the growth and success of other social enterprise ...

  • Ontario cottage country cleans up after severe flooding

    Instead of kicking back on the dock this weekend, Stan Tick and his family are going to try to fix theirs. And pick up the flotsam and jetsam, including massive logs, that have been deposited on the lawn of their Lake Vernon property."It was very - I'm not going to say scary, because you're used to the conditions - this was really quite out of the ordinary," said Mr. Tick, ...

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