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  • One-billion-year-old water saltier than seawater

    University of Toronto scientists have found pockets of water that had been sitting 2.4 kilometres underneath the Earth's surface for more than a billion years. Earth sciences professor Barbara Sherwood, who admitted that she had tasted it from time to time, revealed that the water has the consistency of maple syrup and is much saltier than seawater, News.com.au reported. She told the LA ...

  • Free the MPs Canada needs rules to restrict party whips

    The educational foundation Your Canada, Your Constitution recently released the results of a national survey that shows a large majority of Canadians (71 per cent) support legal restrictions on federal party leader powers to give more freedom and power to MPs, while only 20 per cent are opposed to such ...

  • Popular Saveonenergy Program Key To Lowering Ontarios Summer Peak Demand

    June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - The Ontario Power Authority, in collaboration with Ontario's Local Distribution Companies (LDCs), today launched the saveONenergy AND BE REWARDED campaign. This campaign builds on the OPA's highly successful conservation efforts by helping Ontarians manage electricity costs through three key OPA-funded programs: peaksaver ...

  • Canadas Walk of Fame reveals winners of Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Prize presented in partnership with RBC

    , studio time and mentorship from members of The Tragically Hip and Triumph Competition Winners to perform during Canada's Walk of Fame Festival in ...

  • Meet Canada’s underused poet laureate Wordsmith bemoans lack of meaningful work

    Canada's national poet has warned that the taxpayer-funded position risks becoming "homogenized and diluted" and expressed frustration that during his two-year term in Ottawa he's been asked to produce just one work -- a "mediocre" poem about Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee -- while many more serious, controversial subjects have escaped the official attention ...


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Movie Review

Oleanna

David Mamet's play-turned-film, "Oleanna," is about a number of things -- sexual harassment, higher education, the battle of the sexes, the role of the middle class -- but more than anything, it is about power. The film takes two characters, a pedantic liberal arts professor named John (William H. Macy) and a confused, female student named Carol (Debra Eisenstadt), and depicts their desire for pow ... ...

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  • Arrest made after 2 armed robberies in Cabbagetown area

    Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with at least two armed robberies targeting women near the Cabbagetown neighbourhood early Wednesday morning. Investigators say the victim's presence of mind to remember the man's licence plate number and vehicle model helped them to detain him within a matter of hours. A staff sergeant at 51 Division said the man arrested has been ...

  • Bob Rae stepping down as MP

    (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Bob Rae, who has represented the Toronto Centre riding for the Liberals since 2008 and served as interim Liberal leader following the party's disastrous showing in the 2011 election, is stepping down as an MP, CBC News has learned. Rae told his Liberal colleagues of his decision during Wednesday's party caucus meeting, an announcement that was met with ...

  • 30000 Canadians are homeless every night

    A homeless man keeps warm in his blankets in a park in downtown Toronto. On any given day, about 30,000 Canadians are homeless, a new report says. (Kevin Frayer/Canadian ...

  • Pioneering report suggests homelessness costs Canada $7B affects 200000 people a year

    OTTAWA - Homelessness in Canada affects about 200,000 people every year and comes with a $7 billion price tag, the first-ever national report on the issue has found. The results paint a picture of a disaster in communities across the country, said Tim Richter, one of the report's authors and the president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. "In a natural disaster, the loss ...

  • Japan beat Canada in Pacific Nations Cup

    Ayumu Goromaru (centre) plays for Japan against the Barbarians in Le Havre, November 25, 2012. The full back scored all the points to lead Asian champions Japan to a 16-13 victory over Canada in the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament in Nagoya on ...

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