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Bed sharing raises risk of sudden infant death syndrome fivefold new study
Parents who share a bed with their baby are exposing it to a fivefold increase in the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, even without any other risk factor such as smoking or alcohol, according to a new study. The analysis of nearly 1500 sudden unexplained infant deaths in Europe and Australasia gives a firm epidemiological foundation to the common wisdom that co-sleeping is dangerous, ...
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Monstrous Oklahoma tornado kills at least 91
Disaster workers toiled in hail, lightning and rain early Tuesday in Moore, Okla., hoping to find survivors of a giant tornado that killed at least 91 people. Hundreds of crews, including National Guardsmen, Red Cross workers and city and county employees, worked feverishly under stadium lights through the night, cutting through fallen beams and clearing debris. Three thunderstorms pummeled ...
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Montreal street named for former Expos catcher Gary Carter
MONTREAL -- Former Montreal Expos catcher Gary Carter will be immortalized on Tuesday when a street close to where he used to play is renamed in his honour. Faillon St. W. will be christened Gary Carter St. in a ceremony at 1 p.m. presided by Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum and Villeray-St-Michel-Park Extension Mayor Anie Samson. Faillon St. is near Uniprix Stadium, which used to be known as ...
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Stanley Cup Stories Red Wings put on show in Motown
Al Sobotka of the Detroit Red Wings gets the crowd going by spinning an octopus over his head prior to the Red Wings playing the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 on Monday. (Gregory Shamus/Getty ...
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Patrick Roy to be named Avalanche head coach report
Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy is reportedly on the verge of being the next head coach of the Colorado Avalanche. A report posted on the Denver Post's website Monday night says Roy's younger brother, Stephane Roy, leaked the impending announcement. "They're discussing the final details of an arrangement," Stephane Roy told the denverpost.com. "Colorado is going ...
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Baseball fuels dreams desperation in Dominican Republic
(Nick Purdon is a current affairs reporter and Leonardo Palleja is a current affairs producer and videographer with CBC's The National. Purdon and Palleja visited the Dominican Republic in late April 2013 to explore the dark side of Dominican baseball. Like many profesional ball teams, the Toronto Blue Jays have a number of stars from the Dominican Republic: Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Edwin ...
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Tanzania Tanzania Canada Sign Agreement to Promote Investment
Tanzania and Canada have signed a co-operation agreement designed to promote and create favourable investment conditions between the two countries, Tanzania's Daily News reported Thursday (May 16th). The pact, known as the foreign investment promotion and protection agreement, strengthens economic ties between Canada and Tanzania and promotes local and foreign investment. Minister of ...
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Canadian Prime Minister Travels to Peru and Colombia
Ottawa, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper travels to Peru and Colombia today as part of its strategy to strengthen relations with Latin America and the Caribbean in the complex global economic scenario. According to an official statement, Harper will review on Wednesday with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, the current state of their business and discuss prospects ...
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Long weekend keeps Saskatoon police busy
Between several stabbings and helping Good Samaritans save a life, Saskatoon police faced the usual hectic pace of a May long weekend. ';Overall, it was a typical long weekend,'; said Sgt. ...
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Advocates call for fertility treatment coverage in B.C.
In vitro fertilization, seen above, is the process of fertilizing an egg before placing it back in a mother's womb as treatment for infertility. Some say the government should cover the costs. (SUBMITTED) Fertility awareness advocates are arguing infertility should be treated as a medical condition and covered by B.C. government health care, pointing to a recent online survey showing broad ...
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Alberta could be in for a summer of storms and hail
Calgary storm Just after it was revealed Alberta accounted for the majority of severe weather damage in Canada last year, forecasters are calling for one hail of a summer. While the southern and central parts of the province are expected to see hotter-than average temperatures, they’ll also be susceptible to more severe storms, said Jack Boston, a senior meteorologist with ...
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Douglas Todd Ecstatic Christian charismatic movement is powerful in Metro Vancouver around world
"God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ...
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Senator Mike Duffy returns to the hot seat in Ottawa
Senator Mike Duffy arrived back in Ottawa Monday afternoon amid renewed scrutiny of his expense claims and questions about his future in the Senate.Mr. Duffy spent the past several days at his cottage in Cavendish, PEI, and has not spoken publicly since he announced last week that he would resign from the Conservative caucus and sit as an independent. Asked what he planned to tell the Senate ...
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Top hockeynight tweets from Monday
Pavel Datsyuk, left, of the Detroit Red Wings looks to drive around Chicago Blackhawks defender Johnny Oduya during the first period in Game 3 at Joe Louis Arena on Monday in Detroit. (Gregory Shamus/Getty ...
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Winterhawks chase Knights goalie in Memorial Cup win
From left, Winterhawks' Oliver Bjorkstrand, Tyler Wotherspoon, Taylor Leier and Chase De Leo celebrate a goal against the Knights in the first period Monday at the Memorial Cup in Saskatoon. Portland won 6-3 to even its record at 1-1. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...
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Hundreds pay respects as Elijah Harper laid to rest
Former MLA, MP, and aboriginal leader Elijah Harper has died. Elijah Harper - The Man Who Said No, to many Canadians - was remembered as much more by friends and family at funeral events Monday. Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key figure in shutting down the failed Meech Lake Accord, died Friday as a result of heart failure stemming from diabetes ...
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Sex-tape soldier hopes for closure
Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge is seen in this QMI Agency file photo. MONTREAL - The Quebec soldier whose stolen sex tape ruined her military career said she hoped to reach an "accommodation" with army officials. Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge said the Canadian army will present her with an offer on Tuesday at CFB Valcartier, just north of Quebec City. In 2010, while on a 12-month ...
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South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit
South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...
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Quebec area where cancer rates are 80 times higher to be studied
It's been more than 15 years since her husband died of a brain tumour, but Candide Blanger feels she may finally get some answers about why he died.Jacques Trottier died in 1995 at the age of 62. The couple had lived for 17 years next to the Valcartier military base in Shannon, where many experts believe the drinking water was laced with trichloroethylene or TCE. The solvent, which strips ...
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Green businesses balk at Vancouver bike lane
Cyclists on a tandem bike and pedestrians are silhouetted while using the seawall along False Creek in Vancouver, B.C., in March, 2013. A proposal to create a separated lane on the edge of Chinatown has generated anxiety among the kinds of green, local businesses that Mayor Gregor Robertson frequently touts as the future of the city. (DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN ...
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Did You See That Gustav Nyquists patience pays off
Detroit Red Wings players celebrate centre Gustav Nyquist's goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period in Detroit on Monday. (Paul Sancya/Associated ...
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Blackhawks in 2-1 series hole
DETROIT (AP) Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series. Patrick Kane scored 4:35 into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied ...
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Summer to rank among Canadas warmest on record typical temperatures predicted for Metro Vancouver
Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...
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Titanium implants in spine give Canadian freediver Jill Yoneda second chance to pursue her passion
Jill Yoneda, 38, of Langley, is a freediver who has had surgery on her neck to repair three ruptured discs. She has 6 titanium end plates on 3 vertebrae from 2 separate operations, and the latest small scar is visible on the right side of her ...
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‘He’s not a grizzly bear he’s a cuddly bear’ Mulcair takes a softer approach in new ad as Trudeau’s popularity grows
On Monday, the federal New Democratic Party released a new advertisement touting the "Leadership [and] Experience" of Thomas Mulcair. The 30-second clip opens with home-movie images of the bearded-even-back-then NDP leader holding his wife Catherine Pinhas in his lap, then cradling a baby, then skiing. His never-really-before-seen adult sons talk about what a great hockey coach he was. ...
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Montreal Metro still trying to replace ageing fleet
The Montreal Metro is ageing, or its trains are at least, with some of them over 60 years old this year, it’s high time for massive investment in an overhaul of the fleet, but the bidding process has been controversial and highly competitive, leading to delays, which it is hoped will provide a lower cost.
Montreal’s metro system is operated by the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) and was first opened back in 1966, since then it has grown into one of the largest subways in the country and is the busiest in Canada with over 290 million trips taken on the system last year. The 759 trains that operate on the network are ageing and tired, having each carried an estimated 7900 people and plans are afoot to replace them. Read more
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