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Canada Journal has learned that another racoon infected with rabies has been discovered near Hamilton, bringing the total to five in the last week. The Ministry of Natural Resources says it will drop another 150,000 packets of bait in a 25 km radius in areas where the raccoons were found.

Rose Siggins, best known for her role as Legless Suzi in American Horror Story: Freak Show, has died aged 43. Fox announced her death on its Facebook page, saying: “We are saddened to learn of the passing of Rose Siggins. She was beloved by everyone in the AHS family. She was a kind person, a loving mother and a very …

The U.S. Army says it’s making changes to its iconic dog tags, the identification implements that hangs around a soldier’s neck. The Army-issued identification tags will replace each soldier’s Social Security number with his or her Defense Department identification number. Michael Klemowski, the Soldiers Programs Branch chief with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command, said the shift “will be implemented …

Bear Cub Sleeps And Dreams With Cuddly Toy. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium just shared what might possibly be the most magical video on the internet today: a one minute clip of their littlest polar bear cub having a snooze. You need to see it, if only because of the tiny polar bear snores – which are apparently a sign of …

Lady Gaga and Missy Elliott were in tears Friday as they discussed the career struggles they faced at an event honoring women in the music industry. Following an introduction from her mother Cynthia Germanotta, GaGa took the stage while “Til It Happens to You”, a song about sexual assault which she wrote for the documentary “The Hunting Ground”, was played. …

Borderlands developer Gearbox Software has opened a new studio in Quebec City. This Canadian branch of Gearbox is currently hiring for “its inaugural title growing to full AAA production capability through 2016.”

Harrison Ford has reminded Donald Trump that life isn’t like one of his films. The Republican candidate recently said that he loves Harrison Ford because “he stood up for America​” in the film Air Force One.

Scientists at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray have a new cure for hepatitis C that they say is effective even for patients with advanced liver disease. According to a press release from them, the treatment is an all-oral regimen that results in high cure rates following treatment. Michael Charlton, MD, medical director of the Liver Transplantation Program, published the results …

Four people were killed after a medical helicopter crashed on its way to a hospital in California. Debris from the SkyLife 4 helicopter was found north of the city of Bakersfield about 30 minutes after it was reported missing after taking off from an airport in Fresno, the Kern County Fire Department said.

Douglas Tompkins, an outdoorsman, environmental activist, conservationist and entrepreneur who co-founded the North Face clothing company in San Francisco, died Tuesday in a kayaking accident in southern Chile. Douglas Tompkins was flown to the Coyhaique Regional Hospital with severe hypothermia after his kayak capsized on General Carrera Lake in Chile’s Patagonia region. His death was confirmed at the hospital.

An anonymous donor has stepped up to buy a home for a single mother in Airdrie whose daughters have a rare disease that will leave them both in wheelchairs. Shanna Leavitt’s daughters Kadence, 11 and Addison, 8, both have Friedreich’s Ataxia, a disease that leads to impaired muscle coordination. The disease can affect hands, legs, eyes and even speech and …