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Record-high heat scorches parts of Canada strains power grids

by Mark BourrieA heat dome that has been hovering over parts of Canada several days are setting record highs across Eastern and Central Canada on Thursday, which could be the hottest day of the year.Environment Canada, the federal government agency that monitors weather, released a special weather statement for the region, warning residents that a "sultry tropical air mass" will make ...
Air Canada plane returns safely to Sydney after smoke in cabin

An Air Canada plane landed safely after being forced to return to Sydney Airport because of smoke in the cabin, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Thursday.The plane landed in Sydney shortly after 12.10 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, an ATSB spokesman said.It had left Sydney Airport at about 10.30 a.m. (local time) for Vancouver and Toronto."Air Canada reported smoke in ...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford under pressure to respond to allegations he was filmed using drugs said on Friday that he does not smoke crack cocaine and could not comment on a video he had not seen or does not exist.

By Julie Gordon, Reuters Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, under pressure to respond to allegations he was filmed using drugs, said on Friday that he does not smoke crack cocaine and could not comment on a video he had not seen or does not exist. "There has been a serious accusation from the Toronto Star that I use crack cocaine. I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine," ...
Toronto mayor a crack head

View of the Toronto skyline. Toronto's embattled Mayor Rob Ford denied that he uses crack cocaine, despite allegations he was seen on a video smoking the ...
How Canadas housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions

The power of the Internet was going to shatter the grip that realtors have on house sales in Canada, driving down commissions and empowering consumers.The Internet failed.The Competition Bureau waded in to overcome the industry's stasis, attempting to create a market where consumers pick which services they want and data are more widely ...

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The Crazies [Blu-Ray]

In Hollywoods race to remake every low-budget horror film from the Nixon era with an even vaguely recognizable title, George A. Romeros paranoid military-virus thriller The Crazies (1973), like Wes Cravens The Last House on the Left (1972), is one of the few that offers a genui ... ...

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Seven years of going back to zero for Toronto FC

First, Toronto FC do some things well. In everything else, they fail.One night in November of 2011, I went to a TFC postseason pub night, a cheerful, friendly event, with a few hundred fans, some players and representatives of TFC management. This is what the club does extremely well. For all the good vibes though, everyone was aware the MLS playoffs were rolling on and, once again, TFC was not ...
Toronto artist says Harper government monitored her climate change artwork

OTTAWA-More than two dozen senior officials and diplomats in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government monitored information about a Toronto artist over her criticism of the oil and gas industry's environmental performance.This behind the scenes reaction was described in passages from more than 2,000 internal federal emails and other records, featured in a new book - ...
Canada U.S. warned of major Atlantic hurricanes in 2013

U.S. officials predict hurricanes in the Atlantic region will range from ';active'; to "extremely active" this season. Above is an image of then-Superstorm Sandy from last ...
Dickey looks to gain series edge against Orioles

After hitting a rough patch at the beginning of the season, Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey has finally turned a corner. The knuckleballer had his best outing of the season on Monday against the Rays, allowing three runs on four hits in a season-high eight innings for his second straight win. Going just 2-4 in April, Dickey has posted a 2-1 record in four starts in May. He's also tossed ...
Blue Jays bats come alive too late in Nolins debut

BAL@TOR: Melky smashes solo homer in the first TORONTO -- It definitely wasn't the Major League debut that Sean Nolin dreamed about. Nolin allowed three earned runs before retiring a batter, and he recorded only four outs in a brief outing as the Blue Jays fell, 10-6, to the Orioles on Friday at Rogers Centre. The 23-year-old began his big league career by giving up a seeing-eye ...

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Hilton Hotel Auckland, New Zealand

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Smallest known plant-eating dinosaur found in Canada

A team of paleontologists from the University of Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, Cleveland Museum of Natural History and University of Calgary have identified a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.

Albertadromeus syntarsus was identified from a partial hind leg, and other skeletal elements, that indicate it was a speedy runner. Approximately 1.6 m (5 ft) long, it weighed about 16 kg (30 lbs), comparable to a large turkey.

Albertadromeus lived in what is now southern Alberta in the Late Cretaceous, about 77 million years ago.

Albertadromeus syntarsus means "Alberta runner with fused foot bones". Unlike its much larger ornithopod cousins, the duckbilled dinosaurs, its two fused lower leg bones would have made it a fast, agile two-legged runner. This animal is the smallest known plant-eating dinosaur in its ecosystem, and researchers hypothesize that it used its speed to avoid predation by the many species of meat-eating dinosaurs that lived at the same time.

Albertadromeus was discovered in 2009 by study co-author David Evans of the Royal Ontario Museum as part an on-going collaboration with Michael Ryan of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to investigate the evolution of dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of North America. ...