A buyer for the church also gets all the trappings, oak benches, chairs, embossed walls, etc. © CBC The Ledge United Church has been witness to many happy and sad occasions during it 135 year history. For most of that long… »
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Going where no man has gone before
the helicopter is huge, but weighs only 55kg © AeroVelo They didn’t actually have to go far, only a few metres off the ground, but that was enough to make history. The AeroVelo Inc. team built a human powered helicopter.… »
Graham DeLaet debuts at British Open
Graham DeLaet, the pride of Weyburn, Saskatchewan is living his dream this week, playing in a major. He’s at Muirfield in Scotland playing in the British Open, golf’s most widely revered title. The 31 year-old, ranked 65th in the world, was in… »
New ministers in Harper government supplied with list of ‘enemies’ to avoid
Besides being saluted by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, each new minister sworn in after Monday’s cabinet shuffle also received a ‘transition binder’ which included a list of government’s enemies to be avoided, a leaked e-mail suggests. The email, obtained by… »
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Russell Peters 3rd comedian on Forbe’s list
Russell Peters, the Canadian entertainer has made it into the number three spot on Forbe’s list of highest-earning comedians in the world. The Brampton, Ontario native began his career poking fun at the culture shock and racism he observed in… »
Questions about “E-cigarettes”
For smokers who need the feel and sensation of cigarettes, but want to get away from the dangers of smoking, there are “e-cigarettes”. They are plastic or aluminium tubes that look like cigarettes, and the “smoke” looks the same, but… »
Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart in major Canadian retail merger
Loblaw, Canada’s largest grocery retailer, is offering to buy Shoppers Drug Mart, the country’s largest pharmacy chain for C$12.4 billion. At a press conference today, Galen Weston Jr., executive chairman of Loblaw, assured consumers, saying, “This is not an overlapping,… »
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CN Tower to light up in pink or blue on birth of Royal baby
CN Tower officials are ready with the appropriate lighting to celebrate the announcement of the birth of Prince William and Kate’s first child. The eight-minute light show at the beginning of each hour will mark the royal arrival in the same… »
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Lac-Mégantic couple decide Canadian wedding will go on
Lac-Mégantic was the scene of a wedding on Saturday, one that almost did not take place. Manon Parisé and her husband Marco Nuñez were married earlier in Mexico where the couple live most of the year. But the bride wanted to… »
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Railway operations and rules and why they failed at Lac Megantic
With the terrible tragedy of the deadly train wreck and fire in the small Quebec town of Lac Megantic, comes many questions. The train cars and crude oil still burning furiously through the next day © cbc Among them, how could… »
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