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US first lady to Invictus athletes: 'Bring home the gold'
"On behalf of my husband and our entire country, I want to thank you and your families for all you have sacrificed to keep us safe," she said at a reception at a downtown Toronto hotel for the nearly 100 U.S. athletes competing in the Invictus Games, a creation of Britain's Prince Harry. "I also want to wish you good luck, though I know you won't need it in these games," Mrs. Trump said.
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'Very rare' King-of-the-Salmon fish found on Vancouver Island beach
Ben Clinton Baker walks his dog along the Oak Bay shorelines fairly regularly. Baker said a biologist told him to take the fish home and put it on ice, in case experts want to preserve the animal for research.
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Female students at B.C. high school told their T-shirts 'kind of suggestive'
School officials at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School were not amused. Isabella Chu, 17, said when the time came to take her photo Thursday, the photographer said he was instructed by the vice-principal to tell the female students they had to either turn the T-shirts around, or pull them down so the image wasn't visible in the photo.
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Brandon teens credited with caring for toddler found alone in the rain
It was the kind of birthday surprise no one expected. A group of Brandon teens celebrating a birthday came across a crying toddler who was standing in the pouring rain with no jacket or shoes Friday night. The birthday boy's mother, Christina Kinney, got a phone call when her son Cole and his friends were coming back to her house after a quick dinner at a nearby fast-food restaurant.
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Here's what could happen if North Korea detonates a hydrogen bomb
Should the nuclear crisis between the United States and North Korea escalate beyond hurling test missiles and insults like "madman" and "dotard," the list of possible effects is a long and frightening one. It's impossible to predict precisely the effects of a North Korean nuclear blast because so much depends on the type, size and method and elevation of the detonation, says Danny Lam, a Calgary-based defence analyst with a PhD in environmental engineering.
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Sports Shutdown CornerSteelers did not get 100 percent participation in sitting out anthem on Sunday
The Steelers were looking for 100 percent participation in their decision to sit out the anthem, but did not get it.
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Whitehorse man's homemade 'root heater' is growing veggies faster, longer
Chris Bartsch grew a 2.5 metre tall tomato tree last year that bore 30 fruits. "The mayor told me later, 'That was the best tomato we had ever tasted and it was the biggest tomato we had ever seen,'" said Bartsch, chuckling. "What I'm really trying to prove here is that this can be done at a reasonable cost ... but the benefits of it are huge," said 82-year-old Bartsch, who's been tinkering with the technology since last year.
