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Think this winter was bad? Turns out you're right
Environment Canada confirms it - the season was bitterly cold, and if you live out east, it also seemed like there was no end to the snow.
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Eugenie Bouchard returns to the court – with idol Justin Bieber
It remains to be seen how well Canadian star Genie Bouchard will do in Indian Wells, as the women's event gets under way in earnest on Wednesday. In the meantime, she met Justin Bieber. Bouchard's crush on countryman Bieber who is nearly exactly the same age (Bouchard is a week older) has been well documented.
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Target Canada workers frustrated by inflexible schedules during retailer’s final days
Target Canada’s final days are proving tough for some of its workers, and it is not just because the unemployment line beckons. One worker told CBC News that when she was hired by the retailer, the company preached a "work/life balance" and was willing to adapt itself to employees' scheduling needs. A March 2 Target Canada memo obtained by CBC News declared that due to the large number of requests, employees can no longer ask for different work schedules due to changes in their availability.
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Kate Middleton Recycles Dalmatian Print Coat, Wears Hair in Ponytail for Art Gallery Visit
Pregnant Kate Middleton looked stunning in a striking black and white dalmatian print coat when she arrived at Margate's Turner Contemporary art gallery in Kent, South England on Wednesday, March 11. The soon-to-be mom of two, 33, recycled the elegant Hobbs coat (which cost around $250 when she bought it back in 2013), having previously worn it to the christening of the Royal Princess cruise ship when pregnant with Prince George in June 2013. Unlike in 2013, the Duchess of Cambridge did not wear a matching hat, instead opting to tie her long, dark tresses back into a smart ponytail, keeping her hair tidy despite the coastal sea breeze.
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Winning the lottery can be more frightening than exciting for Canadians
It’s the longest anyone has ever waited to bring in a winning ticket, said Chris Fairclough, senior communications adviser for the B.C. Lottery Corp. “He knew he had won, put it in a safety deposit box and enjoyed life knowing he was financially set,” said Fairclough. It’s not something Fairclough recommends, however.
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Sean Lowe, Catherine Giudici Call New Bachelorette Twist "Disgusting" -- Find Out Why They Hate It Here
Season 17 Bachelor Sean Lowe and his wife Catherine Giudici are not on board with ABC’s new Bachelorette twist. In fact, they think it’s “disgusting.” In a post penned to his personal blog, Lowe revealed three reasons why he thinks the hit dating competition show's new spin is disrespectful of chosen bachelorettes Katilyn Bristowe and Britt Nilsson. “I normally don’t speak out against The Bachelor.
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Reporter who took famous Fenway Park selfie gets hired by MLB Network
You remember Kelly Nash, right? No? Well, certainly you remember the precarious picture that made her go viral two years ago. She's the reporter who took a selfie atop Fenway Park's Green Monster during Boston Red Sox batting practice, as a ball whizzed
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Crimes caught on camera do more harm than good: expert
Last Thursday, a woman who witnessed a fellow passenger on the Canada Line being groped took a photo and uploaded it online with a plea for the victim to come forward to transit police. Wade Deisman, a criminology professor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, says it's not yet known how common incidents of citizens sharing photos or videos of crimes has become. Despite people's good intentions, such "virtual vigilantism" can be dangerous for a number of reasons, he said.
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Baby abandoned at end of London, Ont., driveway
A baby was found abandoned at the end of a driveway in London, Ont., early this morning. London police said a citizen found the baby in a car seat at the end of a driveway on Emery Street East around 5:40 a.m.
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Harper calls Muslim face-covering veil 'anti-women,' unacceptable
The prime minister ratcheted up the rhetoric against the niqab even as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau accused him and his ministers of stoking prejudice against Muslims. Harper ignored those examples and returned instead to his assertion last month that it's "offensive" for someone to wear a face-covering niqab while taking the oath of Canadian citizenship. "The leader of the Liberal party continues to bring up his position on the niqab," Harper told the House of Commons, although Trudeau had not actually mentioned it.
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Bachelor Winner Whitney Bischoff Is Ready to Get Her Hands Dirty for Chris Soules
Next up for the reality TV hunk is a stint on season 20 of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, and then it's back to the farm in Arlington, Iowa, with his lovely bride-to-be! Us Weekly caught up with the couple in a conference call on Tuesday, March 10, and got the scoop on Bischoff's plans to join the Soules family business. "I personally know that there are a lot of opportunities in our business — there are a lot of personal relationship aspects along with the agriculture side," Soules said, noting that he thinks Bischoff will be especially helpful when it comes to establishing a good rapport with the people involved in their daily operations.
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NHL Three Stars: Spooner's pair leads Bruins; Johnson nets OT winner for Bolts
Spooner scored twice in the first period as the Bruins built a 3-0 lead that would finish as a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators. Birthday boy Tuukka Rask made 39 saves as the Bruins increased their wild card cushion over the Florida Panthers to six points. After going 60 minutes without a goal, Johnson needed only 63 seconds of overtime to give the Lightning a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens.
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Florida mother who fled with son to prevent his circumcision faces arrest on contempt charge
A judge issued an arrest order Tuesday for a woman who fled with her son to prevent his circumcision and ignored a demand to appear in court. Circuit Judge Jeffrey Gillen signed the order in a seven-minute hearing, three days after finding Heather Hironimus in contempt and warning that she would face imprisonment unless she reported to court with the child. Hironimus and the boy's father, Dennis Nebus, were never married but share custody of their child.
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100-kg ice chunk hits man in head in downtown Ottawa
A slab of ice estimated at 100 kilograms hit a 56-year-old man in the head in downtown Ottawa late Tuesday afternoon, sending him to hospital with a concussion, a deep cut to back of head and a fractured collar bone, paramedics said. The man was walking along Cooper Street just west of Kent Street when the chunk of ice fell from a building just before 5:15 p.m. ET, paramedic spokesman J.P. Trottier told CBC News. "It was a huge chunk of ice," Trottier said.
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Autistic boy kept in 'isolation rooms' at Peel schools, lawsuit alleges
Karen Thorndyke said since 2006 five different schools in Mississauga and Brampton punished her son, Christian, for outbursts or misbehaviour by placing him in small, locked rooms the board calls alternative learning spaces. Peel District School Board said it can’t disclose any information about the case in a news release sent to CBC News. Margaret Spoelstra of Autism Ontario said she was surprised by the lawsuit, as the Peel board has been a "leader" when it comes to educating students with autism in the past.
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US fraternity member seen in video says racist chant was 'horrible mistake'
A former University of Oklahoma fraternity member who was shown in a video chanting a racial slur has issued an apology, as have the parents of a second student. The apologies came after OU President David Boren expelled the two students who appeared to be leading the chant. Boren said others involved would face discipline.
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Johnny Depp Injures Hand While in Australia Filming Pirates of the Caribbean, Flies Home for Surgery
Poor Johnny! Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp is flying back to the United States from Australia to receive surgery after injuring his hand. The newlywed actor, who has been filming the latest movie installment of the lucrative Pirates franchise on Australia's Gold Coast for the past month, was not on set when he sustained the injury, but will return to the U.S. to receive treatment, Variety reports. The actor is expected to be off set for around two weeks while he recovers from surgery but will then return to continue filming.
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It's against the law: No spitting, swearing or yelling allowed in Alberta town
Do not disturb. The southern Alberta town of Taber, population 8,104, which calls itself Canada's corn capital, has brought in a bylaw to clamp down on bad behaviour. Reading like a page from the Old West, the bylaw includes a $75 fine for spitting in public and a $150 penalty for yelling, screaming or swearing in a public place.
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Captain Larry Wayne Sears dies after becoming 'entangled' in line
A 64-year-old Shag Harbour captain is dead after he was pulled overboard while lobster fishing in the Cape Sable area Monday night, according to Nova Scotia RCMP. Sgt. MJ DeLuco said Sears was trying to clear the snarl when he became "entangled" and was pulled overboard. Another fishing boat that was about 1.6 kilometres away rushed to help, pulling him from the water.
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Iraqi soldiers, Shiite militiamen enter northern neighbourhood of Islamic State-held Tikrit
Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen entered the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on Wednesday, authorities said, breaching one of the biggest strongholds of the extremists in a key test for Iraqi forces. Allied Iraqi forces entered the city through its northern Qadisiyya neighbourhood, where authorities quickly established a supply line to reinforce troops, Salahuddin police Brig. Kheyon Rasheed told the state-run Iraqiyya television. It wasn't immediately clear whether the troops and militiamen faced any resistance.
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Former RNC staffer Angela McCarthy sentenced to 9 months
The Benoit's Cove woman was charged in April 2014 after it was discovered she had tipped off the targets of a drug investigation. McCarthy had told two of her cousins that they were being investigated by the RNC-RCMP Combined Forces Drug Unit. Judge Wayne Gorman ended up siding with the Crown's suggestion of a nine-month sentence.
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