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Newborn Guinea Pig Photo Shoot Is A Top Contender For Cutest Thing Ever

Guinea pigs are cute, but newborn guinea pigs swaddled à la Anne Geddes? It’s almost too much. Dawson Creek, B.C. photographer Denise Urness warmed the Internet’s collective heart this past week when she posted these stylized shots of newborn piggies Penelope, Luigi and Dice wrapped in blankets with flowers on their heads. She specializes in […]

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Female-Only Ride-Hailing App Doesn't Violate Men's Rights, Owner Says

The women behind the slowly growing number of ride-hailing apps catering to female passengers and drivers say the hurdles they’ve had to overcome to get their services on the road demonstrate exactly why they’re necessary in the first place. Women from Halifax to Vancouver Island have tried to launch female-only alternatives to services such as […]

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Facebook Security Breach Leads To Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit In Canada

TORONTO — A class-action lawsuit has been proposed in Canada against Facebook following a security breach that put the accounts of tens of millions of users at risk. The social media company announced last week that about 50 million user accounts worldwide had been accessed by hackers, with another 40 million left vulnerable during the […]

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Mystery as ‘intruders break into North Korean embassy in Madrid and hold staff hostage’

A group of unidentified men entered North Korea’s embassy in Madrid last Friday, bound and gagged staff, and drove off four hours later with computers, according to a report broadly confirmed on Wednesday by a foreign ministry source. Spanish police are investigating the mysterious incident, in which intruders are reported to have held staff hostage and stolen computers possibly containing sensitive […]

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Elizabeth Warren hits US campaign trail amid questions over whether she can shrug off ‘Pocahontas’ row

Elizabeth Warren, the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, hit the campaign trail for the first time on Sunday hoping to shake off criticisms of her questionable past claim to Native American heritage that could undermine her White House bid. The Massachusetts senator, regarded as a top tier contender for the nomination but facing an increasingly crowded Democratic […]

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Drinking Cranberry Juice Doesn't Help Relieve Urinary Infection Symptoms, Say New U.K. Health Draft Guidelines

Getting a urinary tract infection (UTI) can be one of the most painful health experiences in a person’s — usually a woman’s — life. Consider the symptoms: A strong urge to pee all the time A burning sensation when you pee Passing small amounts of urine Blood in urine Pelvic pain Not to mention, you […]

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Canadian Home Sales Will Fall Over Next 2 Years, CMHC Forecasts

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the country’s real estate market is expected to moderate over the next two years as the growth in housing prices is expected to slow to more in line with economic fundamentals. In its 2018 housing market outlook released today, the national housing agency projects housing starts and […]

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Glenn Gould's Music Bridged The Gap When I Moved To Toronto From India

I met a man called George at a bar opposite the Davisville metro station, six days after I arrived in Toronto. I didn’t ask for his last name, because conversations with strangers in bars tend to begin and end with the firm conviction that we are but ships passing in the night. We chatted cursorily […]

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Iran launches new missile submarine

ran has unveiled a new domestically-produced missile submarine amid mounting tensions with the United States and Saudi Arabia in the Persian gulf.  Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran, inaugurated the Fateh, or "Conquerer", in the southern port city of Bandar Lengeh on Sunday.  "From this moment, the Fateh Submarine joins Iran’s naval force with my […]

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Trans Mountain Pipeline Could Cost $1.9 Billion More Than Expected, Kinder Morgan Says

OTTAWA — Kinder Morgan Canada says expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline could cost the federal government as much as $1.9 billion beyond the company’s original construction estimate and take 12 months longer to finish. The figures are included in documents the company filed Tuesday with the United States Security and Exchange Commission related to its […]

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