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Abbotsford family looking for pet snake stolen during break-in CBC.ca The break-in took place earlier this month. Police say multiple items were taken, including the family pet. Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreChinese police release detained U.K. consulate in Hong Kong staffer CBC News Public security authorities in Shenzhen said Simon Cheng Man-kit was released as scheduled after 15 days of administrative detention. Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreInvestigators seek witness to deadly 2017 Surrey stabbing CBC.ca RCMP are looking for witnesses as policemen continue to investigate the death of a man who was fatally stabbed while coming to his wife’s defence outside their … Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MorePaytm, India’s biggest mobile payments firm, now has 10 million customers in Japan, the company said as it pushes to expand its reach in international markets. Paytm entered Japan last October after forming a joint venture with SoftBank and Yahoo Japan called PayPay. In addition to 10 million users, PayPay is now supported by 1 million merchant partners and local stores in Japan, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and CEO of Paytm said Thursday. The mobile payments app has clocked more than 100 million transactions to date in the nation, he claimed.…
Read MoreCUPE wins largest share in voting among Manitoba health-care workers CBC.ca Health-care workers forced to go to a vote for new union representation have spoken, marking a step forward in the provincial government’s imposed plan to … Read more: www.cbc.ca
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Read MoreWhile other candidates have been playing into the chaotic nature of the run-up to 2020 presidential primaries, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) made a pitch to voters that was the exact opposite: he promised to be boring. The Colorado senator, who is currently polling near the bottom of the wide array of candidates, made the pitch to potential voters in a tweet on Tuesday.
Read MorePredators can inspire fear that causes long-lasting changes to the brains and behaviors of wild animals, helping them remember and avoid such life-threatening events in the future. Researchers describe this as an “animal model” of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that suggests the condition may not be a maladaptive dysfunction, but rather a phenomenon that occurs in nature to enhance survival against perceived threats. Retaining a powerful and long-term memory of a life-threatening encounter is “clearly evolutionarily beneficial” if it helps an individual avoid such events in the future, note the researchers. “These…
Read MoreYellowknife RCMP release images of possible Old Town assault suspect CBC.ca RCMP described the suspect as a six-foot-tall man with a wide, muscular build and a blond buzz cut. Read more: www.cbc.ca
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Read MoreShareTweetPin “Sometimes when I say I’m okay, I need someone to look me in the eyes and say, ‘I know you’re not.’ My daughter did just this for me yesterday. I try to hold it together for my child, but she knows. Courtesy of Stephanie Trendowski Check on your strong people. I, and many of those around me, would consider myself to be a strong person. You see, I am one of the friends who is known for having it together, the planner, the happy contagious smile girl always on…
Read MoreSilva Koshwal found criminally responsible in murder of ex-girlfriend CBC.ca Silva Koshwal will go to prison after an Edmonton court received him criminally responsible for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Thursday. In August 2015, Koshwal … Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreThe tension, the drama, the raw emotion. The sports world has always been the perfect meme factory. Whether its Michael Jordan crying or Yao Ming laughing, athletes extreme reactions provide excellent response images to almost every online situation. There are far too many sports memes to list even a tenth of them here, but below are some of our favorites. Enjoy the tragedy and triumph (but mainly tragedy) of the best sports memes on the internet. The 10 best sports memes on the internet 1) Crying Michael Jordan Know Your…
Read MoreJessica Masseth was months into her sophomore year at Bellbrook High School in Ohio when she started getting disturbing text messages from a freshman named Connor Betts. Betts texted that Masseth was on his rape list, describing in detail what he wanted to do to her, she saideven sending her the list of all of his proposed victims to prove she wasnt the only one. Finally, Masseth said she had enough and went to the police. I was not surprised at all when I heard his name on the news…
Read MoreFast-moving fire threatens 1,000 homes in Northern California CBC News A fast-moving wildfire that broke out on Thursday on the outskirts of a National Forest in Northern California has prompted the evacuation of a community college … Read more: www.cbc.ca
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