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Missing B.C. man feared kidnapped in Mexico
METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a Coquitlam man who went missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a ...
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Central Newfoundland digs out from freak snowfall
The Victoria Day long weekend this year has meant shovels, icy roads and a record-breaking snowfall for many residents of central Newfoundland. In Gander, 58 centimetres of snow fell between Saturday morning and Sunday night, with peak snowfall on Saturday evening. Environment Canada meteorologist Jody Boyd said the snowfall blew away the prior record. "Our normal snowfall for the month ...
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Costa Rican paper alleges Canadian was victim of a hit
Brad Deering (Facebook photo) A Costa Rican newspaper says a Canadian man who was killed in that country last week was the victim of a targeted attack. The Costa Rican Times says Brad Deering, a 42-year-old native of Vancouver, B.C. and a Costa Rican resident, was killed Thursday by three gunmen who police believe were attempting to rob his home in a gated community in San Jose. The paper says ...
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‘Typical’ Canadian summer forecasted — although still expected to be one of the top-10 warmest on record
Get ready to break out the sunscreen Canada, but don’t worry about sizzling all season. Meteorologists at AccuWeather.com say the majority of Canadians can look forward to a more ';typical summer this year, when hot spells will be interspersed with cooler periods. ';The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it’s not going to resemble last year’s summer, which was ...
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British Columbia man 22 believed kidnapped in Mexico
METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a man from Coquitlam, B.C., who has gone missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a kidnapping. Diego Hernandez, 22, was last seen May 8 in Puerto Vallarta, where he'd been working as a martial arts instructor. He grew up in Coquitlam, but joined his mother about two years ago in the Mexican resort town where she ...
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Video Obama urges Morehouse grads to be better men
Gary Pruitt, CEO and president of the Associated Press, told "Face the Nation" that Justice Department investigators have gone too far and President Obama should step in and control them. Gayle King ...
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Want to retire on the beach Mexico talks of liberalizing land sales
Supporters say the change could help Mexico compete with Central America for US retirees seeking spots in the sun. But could it hurt Mexican access to prime real ...
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Canada’s West Coast Ports Hold Onto 2012 Gains
Canada's West Coast container ports stayed level in the first quarter of 2013 with the robust growth they experienced last year. When compared with the first quarter of 2012, Canadian ports saw a higher throughput volume in the first quarter of 2013, but a slight dip in West Coast traffic market ...
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Tornadoes kill 1
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. Shawnee, Oklahoma (CNN) -- A rash of tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and Monday, destroying homes and tossing trees around like toothpicks. And the destructive weather isn't ...
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Barack Obama’s Ohio State “Voices” Speech
Benghazi ) – each of which exposes the inherent discrimination and duplicity of big government – U.S. President Barack Obama gave a commencement speech at Ohio State University extolling Orwellian omnipotence. In his remarks, Obama assured students of the benevolence and trustworthiness of the federal government – while slamming those (like us) who dare to question it. ...
North America Feature
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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