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An official with Environment Canada said Sunday that the temperatures reached in the Edmonton area Sunday night were the coldest in the country.
Peter Spiker, meteorologist for the federal agency said a record cold had been registered at the Edmonton airport: -46 degrees Celsius. With the windchill, the temperature was -59. He added that the previous [...]

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The surprise twist in the case of Afghan prisoners caused by the statement of Chief of Staff of Defense has not shaken the conservative government, which continued to hammer that he had done nothing wrong.
But in light of revelations that the military has confirmed that at least one prisoner captured by Canadian soldiers had been [...]

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According to reports Friday, General Motors said they will reconsider their decisions to close some dealerships in the US as part of a compromise to stave off federal legislation that would require them to keep showrooms open.
In a restucting move, GM said it would cut 2,400 dealers from its 6,000-dealer network by fall 2010. [...]

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A researcher at McGill University in Montreal, discovered the fossil of three new prehistoric crocodiles, as part of excavations sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Professor Hans Larsson and his colleague Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago, made these discoveries in northern Africa.
A new crocodile kaprosuchus saharicus, measuring six meters long and was armed with [...]

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7-month-old Valle Hernandez is alive and well after being trapped in a washing machine.
According to reports, the child was playing with his older brother in a laundry hamper while their mother was adding coins to the washing machine. In the blink of an eye, the older brother pushed the baby in to the washing [...]

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Canadian cell phone consumers now have a hot new acrynim to learn, HSPA.
Following in Rogers footsteps, this week both Bell and Telus will launch their own HSPA network.
HSPA which stands for High Speed Packet Access, allows mobile phones to download data at speeds up to 21 megabytes per second — speeds which are faster than [...]

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Members of the of the Calgary Flames organization and their families have been vaccinated against the H1N1 virus in a private clinic while thousands of Albertans were in line to receive the vaccine, or were even denied.
Ken King, president of the NHL club said the players and their families have received their vaccines Friday. He [...]

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Google doodles have become an iconic way to celebrate important dates and events in pop culture history, and today’s doodle doesn’t disappoint.
If you’ve Googled anything today, you’ll see that the “L” in the Google logo has been replaced with the Sesame Street character Big Bird, albeit just his bottom half. The telltale yellow feathers and [...]

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A hands free cell phone unit might cost you eighty bucks.
Getting caught talking on the phone without one while you’re driving could cost you a $500 fine.
As of now, Ontario is officially a “hands free” phone zone for drivers.
Over the next three months, police will try to educate drivers to the new regulation. From February [...]

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Since Wednesday is the frenzy in Quebec. Everywhere on the web, Facebook and Twitter, people wonder if they recognize their home, their apartment on Google street view is now available. Is this an infringement on individual freedom?
In Canada, the online application is available in the cities of Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Halifax, Calgary.
When this feature [...]

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