A recall was issued on Friday for Dove-brand chocolate snowflakes that might be mixed in with Snickers, Milky Way or Twix pieces. The announcement states, this is a seasonal item only sold at one major retailer with stores across the U.S. The release states, the item is a purple 24 oz. bag clearly marked with DOVE® Chocolate Assortment Snowflakes branding …
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Trump demands apology from Hillary Clinton on debate quip “Video”
Donald Trump is demanding an apology from Hillary Clinton for claiming that the Islamic State is using videos of his comments about Muslims to recruit fighters. Speaking on NBC’s “Today” show Monday morning, the billionaire businessman claimed that Clinton “always lies,” saying the former secretary of state would be a “disaster” as president.
Read More »Scientists catch rare footage of wild seahorse birth (Video)
A team of UBC scientists is celebrating after filming what may be the world’s only video a wild seahorse birth. “We were doing a survey and found a very, very pregnant male that had a tiny tail sticking out of his brood pouch,” said Clayton Manning, a master’s student with Project Seahorse, a marine conservation group based at the University …
Read More »Zamboni operator faces impaired driving charges in rural Manitoba, Report
A Manitoba man operating a Zamboni during a hockey game is facing impaired driving charges. Police in Ste. Anne were called to the Sainte-Anne Arena Saturday night because fans at the game noticed “erratic behaviour” by the Zamboni driver. Marc Robichaud, chief of the town’s police department, says the machine was striking the rink’s boards and moving erratically around the …
Read More »Home birth with midwife not riskier than hospital birth, research finds
For women with low-risk pregnancies, babies delivered at home with a midwife are at no greater risk of harm than those born in hospital with a midwife’s assistance, an Ontario study has found. The study, published by the CMAJ Monday, compared almost 11,500 planned home births and the same number of planned hospital births in Ontario over three years to …
Read More »Woolly mammoth tusk discovered in gravel pit near Saskatoon, research
The Royal Saskatchewan Museum is conserving a fossilized woolly mammoth tusk measuring more than a meter long and weighing about 30 pounds after workers discovered it while moving gravel just outside of Saskatoon. In early October, an operator stockpiling gravel a few kilometres east of Saskatoon spotted something out of the norm. The company, Inland Aggregates, quickly looked up the …
Read More »Shane MacGowan: Singer boasts new set of teeth
Shane MacGowan has said he “dreaded” getting his teeth fixed despite having lost almost all of them, making it hard to sing and even eat. The Irish musician’s familiar toothless grin is gone for good, after McGowan – who co-wrote the band’s biggest ever hit, Christmas classic ‘A Fairytale of New York – underwent nine hours of reconstructive surgery on …
Read More »Ottawa Man nabbed for speeding, impaired driving
An Ottawa man will have a lot less cash for Christmas after being nailed for speeding and impaired driving on the weekend. Police say at approximately 2:40 a.m., a patrol officer stopped the vehicle – which was travelling 152 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.
Read More »Obama joins Seinfeld on ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’ (Video)
Obama is neither a comedian nor, by most accounts, a car fanatic. But he’ll nonetheless make an appearance on Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” when the web series premieres later this month. In the episode, President Obama and Seinfeld drive a 1963 Corvette Stingray Split Window Coupe on the White House complex. The two reportedly talk it up …
Read More »Canadian Soldier responsible for wife’s murder in Toronto highrise fall, Police
Toronto police believe the deaths of two people who fell from a highrise on Sunday was a case of murder-suicide. Police investigators say Robert Giblin, 43, murdered his wife, Precious Charbonneau, 33, and took his own life. The couple was found on the ground in the parking lot outside their apartment building at 111 Raglan Ave., in the St. Clair …
Read More »RCMP seek man found sleeping in wrong home
It was a nasty surprise one Surrey woman won’t soon forget. Police say she woke up in her own bed early Sunday morning to discover a strange man asleep beside her. Police say they received a report of a man who entered a home in the area of 64 Avenue and 121 Street and fell asleep sometime between the hours …
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