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VIDEO: Fearless photographer bonds with bears
New Brunswick photographer George Hachey casually chats to a family of black bears while they patiently wait for him to share his food.
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$4.1M lottery win a loss for former friends
In a decision which serves as a parable both about friendship and the importance of writing things down, Justice Marguerite Church details the sad demise of the friendship Rosas once enjoyed with her friend Hermenisabel Toca. Fittingly, Toca and Rosas were hanging out on a day off when Rosas decided to check a lottery ticket at Oakridge mall in January 2007. It was Toca who tried to calm her good friend down at a nearby food court after Rosas learned she had won $4.163 million.
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Brad Pitt cancels premiere appearance and issues new statement on divorce
Amid his ongoing divorce from Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt has confirmed that he will not be attending the premiere of his latest film, Voyage of Time. Though the star was scheduled to make an appearance at the screening on Wednesday (Sept. 28), he revealed in a new statement that his priority is to remain "focused on my family."
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Canada unhappy in victory; Crosby still surging; Price delivers best game of World Cup
The Canadians edged Team Europe with a 3-1 win in Game 1 of the best-of-three World Cup of Hockey final. This was probably Canada's worst performance of the World Cup, an error-prone effort with little of the speed, precision or all-out control that defined earlier victories. Shots were 32-31 for Canada at even-strength, a slight advantage over a vastly inferior opponent.
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This newborn baby has the looks of an 80-year-old after being born with rare condition
A boy has been born with a rare ageing condition that makes him more like a pensioner than a baby.
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Friend texted worries about boating with Marlins' Fernandez
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was a patron at a Miami River bar and restaurant the same night he and two friends were killed in a boat crash, a spokeswoman for the establishment confirmed Tuesday. American Social Bar & Kitchen spokeswoman Dana Rhoden said in an email that Fernandez was there before the accident. The statement did not say whether Fernandez had been drinking or what time he left.
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Gwyneth Paltrow toasts her 44th birthday with a makeup-free selfie
Gwyneth Paltrow has celebrated her 44th birthday by posting a makeup-free selfie that's floored fans. Comments immediately began pouring in from her fans, who praised the star for embracing her natural beauty, alongside birthday wishes and compliments. It's not the first time that Gwyneth has inspired her followers to embrace the ageing process.
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Watch: This shark with a HUMAN FACE is used to treat diabetes
Residents in Turkey are marvelling at the sight of a shark that was caught with a HUMAN FACE - that they believe even has medicinal qualities. Traders and customers took selfies with the common thresher - even giving it a pair of spectacles to accentuate its markings which look like two eyes, a nose and a mouth. "Another characteristic of this shark is that it is good for diabetes.
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Trump broke U.S. law with dealings in Cuba, Newsweek report says
Another bombshell has landed on Donald Trump's presidential run from Newsweek, which in a story released Thursday alleges the billionaire businessman broke U.S. law by doing business with Cuba.
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Mom of kids killed in Vaughan drunk-driving crash alleges extortion attempts
The mother of three children killed by a drunk driver in Vaughan, Ont., has penned a heartbreaking Facebook post to mark the one-year anniversary of their deaths in which she suggests that she has been the victim of extortion attempts from people who picked up items from the crash site. Jennifer Neville-Lake lost children Daniel, 9, Harrison, 5, and Milly, 2, as well as her father, Gary Neville, 65, on Sept. 27, 2015, when an SUV driven by Marco Muzzo blew through a stop sign and collided with a minivan carrying the members of the Neville-Lake family. Two other family members, the children's grandmother and her mother, suffered serious injuries in the crash.
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WATCH: Adorable donkeys see green grass for the first time ever
This adorable video of donkeys seeing green grass for the first time has gone viral. The sanctuary wrote on Facebook: “This is what it looks like when an Arizona burro sees green grass for the first time!
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Watch Princess Charlotte's milestone first steps on the royal tour
She's still a little unsteady, but all eyes were on Princess Charlotte's too-cute toddle at Victoria's Government House on Thursday afternoon (Sept. 29) as she attended a children's party. This is the first time we have seen Prince George's little sister actually walking.
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Prankster Vitalii Sediuk Fails in Attempt to Kiss Kim Kardashian's Derrière in Paris
Kim Kardashian was attacked by celebrity prankster Vitalii Sediuk during Paris Fashion Week on September 28 while entering L’Avenue restaurant. Video recorded by fashion stylist Ondine Azoulay shows how Kardashian’s bodyguard apprehended Sediuk when he attempted to make contact with her. Kardashian later referenced this on Twitter, tweeting, “My security @PascalDuvier is a G.” Sediuk previously attacked Brad Pitt during the premiere of Angelina Jolie’s film Maleficent. He attacked model Gigi Hadid on September 22, but she fought back. Credit: YouTube/Ondine Azoulay
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Friends rally behind Sask. man after wife dies during childbirth
On Friday, Sept. 23, Mark Burnett, 32, and his wife Megan, 33, went to the hospital in Nipawin, Sask., about 267 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. "From there they worked on Megan and they were able to give birth to the baby. Megan unfortunately did not make it," said Daniel Kasun, a close friend of the family. "It was surreal to get news like that, and it immediately goes to 'okay, what type of supports can we give to both Mark and Mark and Megan's families and move forward from there', is really where my mind went," Kasun told CBC News.
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Toronto lawyer accused of sexually assaulting three teenage girls
A 32-year-old Toronto lawyer has been charged in connection with four alleged sexual assaults against teenage girls. Toronto police allege that three girls — aged 14, 15 and 16 — were targeted in public places such as subway stations and a food court and sexually assaulted. Matthew Pinfold of the sex crimes unit told a news conference on Thursday that one of the girls was allegedly sexually assaulted on Sept. 12.
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Rafael Nadal stops tennis match as mother searches for lost child in crowd
There’s something about this that makes you just tear up. Maybe it’s the parent in you (if you are a parent) or maybe, in a time when the world seems to be at its own throat, you witness a moment when everyone is on the same side.
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Tenant furious with neighbour’s out of control garden that reaches first-floor window
A tenant is furious with his local council for not steeping in when a garden grew so out of control that it reached his flat on the first floor. Paul Lefeuvre has battled tirelessly to get Bristol City Council to cut the almighty mass of bushes and brambles outside his council flat for the past six years. It has now got so bad that Paul, 49, can’t even dry his washing outside - and damp is growing in his bedroom because he’s forced to hang it in there.
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'A young man threatened to kill me and my whole family': Calgary nightclub bouncer on what the job is like
An experienced doorman says the death of Calgary Stampeder Mylan Hicks outside the Marquee Beer Market and Stage highlights the escalating violence at nightclubs in the city. Spencer Wallace has been working as a part-time bouncer for seven years and was doing security at the Ten X nightclub on Jan. 10 when a man walked in and opened fire. On Thursday, Wallace spoke to the Calgary Eyeopener's David Gray about his dangerous job.
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26 Things You Didn't Know About "Grease" (25 photos)
It took cast changes, scene stealing, and a "crows-feet test" to make Grease the word. From Good Housekeeping
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World Cup of Hockey doesn't draw crowd outside Air Canada Centre
The viewing party Tuesday night in Maple Leaf Square for Game 1 of the final was not much of a party at all.
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Family, police seek help in 'suspicious' disappearance of New Brunswick woman
Tears ran down Gillian Fletcher's cheeks and her voice cracked as the New Brunswick woman pleaded publicly for any information that might solve the mysterious disappearance of her daughter nearly a month ago. Jami Springer was last confirmed to have been seen in the late afternoon of Aug. 31 on McLaughlin Drive in Moncton, and police call the 27-year-old woman's disappearance suspicious. Fletcher said members of her family have been searching, and flooding social media with pictures of Springer in the hopes someone will recognize her and have information to help find her.
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