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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) ...

  • Barbara Yaffe B.C. residents healthiest in Canada despite spending less on medical care

    British Columbians can take pride in being the Swedes of Canada, boasting the best lifestyle habits and health status in the country.That's one of the findings of a Conference Board of Canada report titled, Paving the Road to Higher Performance: Benchmarking Provincial Health Systems.The report, released Thursday, accords B.C. an A grade, "on the strength of having the healthiest ...

  • Nolin to make Major League debut against Orioles

    One night after the Orioles sent out one of their top pitching prospects for his first Major League start, the Blue Jays will make a similar move in an attempt to extend their winning streak to three. Left-hander Sean Nolin, the Blue ...

  • US highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada collapses

    The major highway bridge linking Seattle with Canada and the rest of the Pacific Northwest region collapsed on Thursday evening, dumping a handful of vehicles and people into a river, the Washington State Patrol said. Authorities said there were no deaths, and three people were rescued and taken to hospitals.The four-lane Interstate 5 bridge - more than half a century old - collapsed about ...

  • Encarnacion Arencibia lead Blue Jays past Orioles

    Toronto Blue Jays' Brett Lawrie lays down a bunt and is safe on first base while playing against the Baltimore Orioles during the fourth inning a baseball game in Toronto on Thursday, May 23, ...


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Bigger Than Life [DVD]

Bigger Than Life [DVD]

Those like myself who have spent time thinking and writing about horror films routinely cite Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho (1960) as a crucial turning point in the genre when horror was firmly relocated from external monsters in safely distant and exotic lands to the heart of t ... ...

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  • Toronto mayor fired chief of staff for telling him to go away and get help

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, seen during a council meeting this week, is alleged to have been caught on a cellphone video smoking crack cocaine. (Canadian Press ...

  • Vancouver is least affordable city to buy a house in Canada RBC

    Vancouver remains the least affordable city to buy a house in Canada while home ownership in Toronto is becoming more difficult, Royal Bank of Canada Economics Research said. The costs of owning a detached bungalow in Vancouver take up 82.3 percent of a typical household's income, up 0.1 percentage points from the previous quarter. In Toronto, the largest city in Canada, that figure is ...

  • Police oppose call to decriminalize drugs in Canada

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  • Happ dealing with issues from sprained right knee

    Email TORONTO -- Although progress is being made, J.A. Happ has yet to throw off the mound after taking a ball to his head against the Rays two weeks ago. The lefty's issues stem from his sprained right knee as a result of the fall that came afterwards, while his head injuries are nearly fully healed. Happ hopes to throw off the mound in the next day or so, but doctors won't let him ...

  • Influential scout Guerrero passes away

    TORONTO -- Prolific baseball scout Epy Guerrero passed away at the age of 71 on Thursday morning in his native Dominican Republic. The man largely credited with building a stable of Toronto's most influential players in the 1980s and '90s was honored at Rogers Centre with a moment of silence before Thursday's contest vs. the Orioles. Guerrero had a large influence in drafting in ...

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