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Unmasked: Islamic State's 'Jihadi John' named by BBC
The masked fighter believed to have carried out several beheadings is Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born Briton from a prosperous family.
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Will Smith Reveals Cause of Struggle in His High-Profile Marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith
Will Smith told Us Weekly and reporters at the Focus premiere that his marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith has experienced its fair share of bumps -- find out their struggle here
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Masked militant 'Jihadi John' a London-raised university graduate; described as kind, gentle
The world knows him as "Jihadi John," the masked, knife-wielding militant in videos showing Western hostages being beheaded by the Islamic State group. The Washington Post and the BBC on Thursday identified the British-accented militant from the chilling videos as Mohammed Emwazi, a man in his mid-20s who was born in Kuwait and raised in a modest, mixed-income area of west London.
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Pregnant Tiffani Thiessen Rocks Ladylike Maternity Clothes: See Her Sweet (and Affordable) Style Here!
Tiffani Thiessen has been promoting hew new Cooking Channel show, Dinner at Tiffani's the week of Feb. 22, rocking the most ladylike, adorable maternity dresses, and Us loves it! Shop her sweet style here
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Modern plastic vehicle parts cracking under winter's cold temperatures
Some auto repair workers say plastic parts on many newer vehicles aren’t holding up under the winter’s consistently cold temperatures this year in Ottawa. "It’s just the nature of the plastic itself," he said.
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Cash found in Value Village drapes given to next of kin
On Thursday, police said they’d heard from the woman who donated the drapes, and other items, all of which belonged to a loved one who died in January. The Guysborough County link convinced her to contact police in case it was her mother’s money.
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Michel Prevost, Almonte gynecologist, sued over failed abortion
A former patient of a disgraced eastern Ontario gynecologist is suing him for $1 million over an alleged botched abortion.
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Hamilton doctor, Sahab Jamshidi, arrested in St. Lucia after boy dies
Sahab Jamshidi, a Canadian physician from Hamilton apparently on holiday in the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, has been arrested after the drowning death of a four-year-old boy, according to local police. Jamshidi was kite-surfing at Bois Shadon Beach in the town of Vieux Fort when he took Terrel Joshua Elibos, a boy from the town, out in the water, say police. A Hamilton fitness studio confirmed Jamshidi taught there, in addition to being a physician in the area.
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Newmarket Health Centre getting attention for its 'manhood'
Newmarket, Ont., is making headlines this week — for a building built in 1951. “The Newmarket Health Centre in Ontario, Canada ‘bares’ an uncanny resemblance to a spreadeagled man – complete with swinging manhood,” reported the Express. “The Region…will continue to pay more attention to providing high-quality services and support to the residents within the Newmarket Health Centre,” said spokesman Patrick Casey.
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Bank of Canada to hold fire on interest rates next week: Reuters poll
By Leah Schnurr and Anu Bararia OTTAWA/BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada will likely hold interest rates steady next week as it waits to see how last month's surprise cut is absorbed by the economy, though analysts expect the central bank to lower rates once more by mid-year, a Reuters poll found. Comments from Governor Stephen Poloz earlier this week proved crucial to cementing analysts' forecasts. The median forecast of 42 analysts found the bank will keep rates at 0.75 percent when it makes its policy announcement on March 4. I think that he realized that there is no point in wasting ammunition," said John Clinkard, chief economist at Deutsche Bank Canada.
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Shiloh and Keziah Johnston, Coquitlam sisters, died 10 days apart
Relatives of two B.C. sisters who died within 10 days of each other are devastated, says Janica Lucas, a cousin of Shiloh and Keziah Johnston. Shiloh, 22, from Coquitlam, was struck and killed by vehicle while out for a walk near the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) on Feb. 17, Burnaby RCMP confirm. "It was hard enough losing one of the sisters," she said. Lucas's mother has travelled to Mexico to break the news of Shiloh's death to her sister, Jacquie Johnston, the mother of the dead girls.
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Scientists reveal how to survive a real-world zombie apocalypse
A simulation of what would really happen if America was overrun by the living dead offered a few surprises
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Family of 3 slain children fears father who killed them remains high-risk
The family of three murdered B.C. children whose father stabbed and smothered them fears he will unleash harm in the community if he is granted limited release, despite his psychiatrist's assurances. An annual B.C. Review Board hearing has resumed for Allan Schoenborn, who was found guilty but not criminally responsible for killing his children in their Merritt, B.C., home in April 2008. Schoenborn's psychiatrist is recommending supervised outings into the community from the forensic hospital in Coquitlam, east of Vancouver, where he lives in custody. She says evidence has proven Schoenborn is violent and believes that if he is given escorted freedom he will escape and go after his children's mother.
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Sarah Daniels speaks out about 'date rape' on Facebook
People use Facebook for sharing things like photos, the news or what they had for dinner, but Vancouver realtor and TV personality Sarah Daniels used it to tell her friends and acquaintances she was raped — 25 years ago. Because I NEVER post personal information, but there's been so much in the news lately about sexual assault. I cried for days and I didn't know why - because all the way back then, this type of sexual assault was not discussed and therefore didn't exist.
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Buzzfeed bashes B.C.'s record-breaking warm weather
The record-breaking high temperatures around the province have turned B.C. into a 'grisly, godawful hellhole', according to Buzzfeed.
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Josh Hamilton should retire from baseball, says his close friend
Roy Silver, who gave Hamilton a job when he was in recovery, says he could tell something was wrong.
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'Get me out of here,' aboriginal girl begged her parents before stopping chemo
Chemotherapy took such a horrific toll on Makayla Sault's weak body that she begged her parents to take her out of treatment and try instead traditional medicine, the mother of the 11-year-old aboriginal girl said Thursday. Makayla, who suffered from a rare form of leukemia, died last month after suffering a stroke — her death sparked a national conversation on aboriginal peoples' right to opt out of the health system. Doctors gave her at most a 72-per-cent chance of survival even with an aggressive chemotherapy treatment, her mother, Sonya Sault, told an audience at McMaster University. Makayla said things like "the chemo is going to kill me," the mother said, adding that finally she begged the parents to put an end to it.
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Man is thrown from car in highway crash, stands up and walks away
A dashcam video captured incredible footage of a man being violently ejected from his vehicle in Cleveland, Ohio.
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18 Times You Felt Embarrassed For Stars at the Oscars
The Oscars had a lot going on, and we're not only talking about the beauty of John Legend and Common's moving performance or Lady Gaga's triumphant tribute to Julie Andrews. From John Travolta's kiss on Scarlett Johansson's cheek to Neil Patrick Harris's
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Halifax not obliged to clear sidewalks, fall victim told
When Brian Walsh tumbled two years ago on an icy downtown Halifax sidewalk, he thought he had a solid claim for damages after he was left injured for five months.
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Lambton invention could save people dying in grain bins
A close call on a Nova Scotia farm brought back memories for a Lambton county farmer who years ago helped invent a tool to stop grain silos from becoming deadly. "A number of years back there was a 4-H member killed in a grain incident, similar to the one that happened in Nova Scotia," said dairy farmer George Dickenson. On Feb 24, 2015 a 20-year old man was nearly buried alive when he sank in a Great Village, N.S., grain elevator and managed to call help using his cell phone. We've done dummy training and everything else," said Dickenson, who would like to see G.E.T. devices in all grain elevators.
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