Samsung selling 110-inch TV for $150K US

Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea. The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers' move toward ultra-HD TVs as...

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'My son won't give me the remote control': 2013's worst 911 calls

A list of 2013's most absurd 911 emergency calls has been released by E-Comm, the regional emergency communication centre responsible for handling southwest B.C. E-Comm 911 call-taker Matthew Collins took the worst call of the year when someone called...

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The Brick Boxing Day discount reversal angers customers

Video The Brick says mega-deal was a glitch CBC News Posted: Dec 29, 2013 1:48 PM PT Last Updated: Dec 30, 2013 5:51 AM PT External Links (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) ...

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Samsung selling 110-inch TV for $150K US

Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea. The launch Monday of the giant television set reflects global TV makers' move toward ultra-HD TVs as...

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Four-metre Christmas tree built with 1,100 empty bottles

Dalius Valukonis spent 3 years making tree out of 1,100 empty champagne, sparkling water bottles The Associated Press Posted: Dec 28, 2013 6:23 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 28, 2013 6:24 PM ET Here's a recycling project just for the holidays:...

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$20K holiday ham heist ends in arrest of Ontario man

A man has been charged after allegedly stealing $20,000 worth of ham from a refrigeration truck last week in southwestern Ontario. London, Ont., police said a tip led them to a home on Tuesday where they arrested a 33-year-old man. Honey-Bee Hams owner...

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Beer made of Nova Scotia Christmas trees in high demand

A Halifax brewery is using one of Nova Scotia's biggest exports to make a traditional, if not entirely conventional, beer. Garrison Brewing Company has released a limited edition batch of spruce beer, a brew made using Christmas trees. Brian Titus,...

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Orphaned bear cub found living with chickens

A severely malnourished and orphaned bear cub has been rescued in B.C.'s West Kootenay region, after it was found co-existing with hens inside a chicken coop. The Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter in Smithers, B.C., was alerted to the cub's whereabouts...

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Beer made of Nova Scotia Christmas trees in high demand

A Halifax brewery is using one of Nova Scotia's biggest exports to make a traditional, if not entirely conventional, beer. Garrison Brewing Company has released a limited edition batch of spruce beer, a brew made using Christmas trees. Brian Titus,...

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Orphaned bear cub found living with chickens

A severely malnourished and orphaned bear cub has been rescued in B.C.'s West Kootenay region, after it was found co-existing with hens inside a chicken coop. The Northern Lights Wildlife Shelter in Smithers, B.C., was alerted to the cub's whereabouts...

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Merry Christmas! Relax with our virtual wood stove

Some television stations bring you a view of a roaring fireplace during the Christmas season. We decided to do something different: an authentic, downhome wood stove. We introduced the feature last year, and we're happy to bring it back again today. ...

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Sweater-wearing cat returns home Christmas morning

A Halifax woman had a very Merry Christmas after her seven-month-old black cat 'Meow-Meow' returned home. Meow-Meow went missing Sunday evening, near North and Clifton streets, wearing a festive red sweater with the Peanuts' character Snoopy on the...

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Neanderthals' incest, interspecies sex revealed by genome

Neanderthals liked to keep it in the family with DNA sequencing of an ancient toe revealing long-term inbreeding amongst a Siberian-based population. The sequencing results, published today in the journal Nature, also reveal Neanderthals, early modern...

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Merry Christmas! Relax with our virtual wood stove

Some television stations bring you a view of a roaring fireplace during the Christmas season. We decided to do something different: an authentic, downhome wood stove. We introduced the feature last year, and we're happy to bring it back again today. ...

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Pictou County's 'brown sauce' pizza shipped to Fort McMurray

Homesick Nova Scotians working out west and pining for a taste of home this Christmas are helping keep business booming for pizza shops in Pictou County. For $100, UPS says it can get two pizzas from New Glasgow to Fort McMurray in two days....

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Neanderthal's incest, interspecies sex revealed by genome

Neanderthals liked to keep it in the family with DNA sequencing of an ancient toe revealing long-term inbreeding amongst a Siberian-based population. The sequencing results, published today in the journal Nature, also reveal Neanderthals, early modern...

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P.E.I. Christmas 'miracle' thanks to kindness of strangers

A Prince Edward Island man is making a Christmas wish come true for his elderly parents with the help of thousands of strangers around the world. Mark Enman's ailing parents, Don and Bev, both have advanced dementia and live in a Summerside nursing...

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Pictou County's 'brown sauce' pizza shipped to Fort McMurray

Homesick Nova Scotians working out west and pining for a taste of home this Christmas are helping keep business booming for pizza shops in Pictou County. For $100, UPS says it can get two pizzas from New Glasgow to Fort McMurray in two days....

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IT workers construct massive Grinch with 900 Post-it notes

Tinsel, twinkle-lights and… Post it notes? A group of Winnipeg IT workers have used the stationary staple to get into the spirit this year — and to spectacular effect. The IT team at Ducks Unlimited have found a new use for the little sticky papers...

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Poltergeist behaviour haunts St. John's family

A doll that won't stay in the same location and other strange happenings are giving a St. John's family goosebumps. Judy Ryan, her partner and her four sons moved into a home in the East Meadows neighbourhood in the east end of St. John's last month....

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IT workers construct massive Grinch with 900 Post-it notes

Tinsel, twinkle-lights and… Post it notes? A group of Winnipeg IT workers have used the stationary staple to get into the spirit this year — and to spectacular effect. The IT team at Ducks Unlimited have found a new use for the little sticky papers...

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Poltergeist behaviour haunts St. John's family

A doll that won't stay in the same location and other strange happenings are giving a St. John's family goosebumps. Judy Ryan, her partner and her four sons moved into a home in the East Meadows neighbourhood in the east end of St. John's last month....

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Edmonton grandmother knits 1,000 hats for the homeless

Jane Van Zyll Langhout, an 85-year-old grandmother, first learned to knit as a young girl in Holland. However, when her husband passed away 25 years ago, she started to knit more. "It [got] really lonely, and then I started knitting. I did it for the...

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See how your province or territory stacks up — in Lego

A Nova Scotia photographer is taking Lego to a whole new level. Jeff Friesen has built and photographed a Lego scene for every province and territory and American state. "Most of the work in making this series is finding bricks," Friesen says. "It...

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Nova Scotians can be forced to shovel snow under old law

Nova Scotians complaining about the state of the province's roads in the wake of Sunday's winter storm should be careful how much they grumble. An old law still on the province's books can order "all physically fit male persons" between 16...

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Quest for a new gerbil takes breeder to Regina

Trina Ng's fascination with gerbils has prompted her to move to Canada from the Far East in her quest to breed the furry creatures. Ng is from Singapore, a part of the world where gerbils are not popular as pets. "They see a gerbil, they...

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Married couple fabricate stolen Christmas gifts story

A married couple from Mississauga, Ont., have been charged with public mischief, after police say they falsely claimed that Christmas gifts fell out of their vehicle and were subsequently stolen during a bizarre incident that never occurred. Peel Regional...

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Nova Scotians can be forced to shovel snow under old law

Nova Scotians complaining about the state of the province's roads in the wake of Sunday's winter storm should be careful how much they grumble. An old law still on the province's books can order "all physically fit male persons" between 16...

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McLaren aims to eliminate windshield wipers from cars

Elite sports car maker McLaren Automotive is working on a wiper-less car that uses jet-fighter technology to keep its windshield clear, the Sunday Times reports. "The windscreen wiper is an archaic technology," Frank Stephenson, chief designer...

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Mary Poppins, Pulp Fiction preserved for future audiences

Just in time for a new movie about the making of Mary Poppins, the 1964 Disney classic starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke has been selected for preservation at the U.S. Library of Congress so future generations can see it. On Wednesday, the library...

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How to catch a bobcat, step 1: Deploy window blinds

When a wayward bobcat got caught up in some window blinds, one RCMP officer MacGyvered a solution with two broom sticks, a knife, and of course, a roll of duct tape. The incident began on Friday afternoon in Nelson, B.C., when Leanne Kalabis, who...

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As NORAD tracks Santa, critics track NORAD

The U.S. and Canadian military will entertain millions of kids again this Christmas Eve with second-by-second updates on Santa's global whereabouts. But there's something new this year: Public criticism. A children's advocacy group says an animated...

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1959 message in a bottle a clue to glacier melt

Ward Hunt Island is one of Canada's most northerly pieces of land. ​In the High Arctic, it's not unusual to find a cairn of rocks built by human hands, even somewhere as remote as Ward Hunt Island, which sits off the northern coast of Canada's most...

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How to catch a bobcat, step 1: Deploy window blinds

An RCMP officer used two broomsticks, a knife and a roll of duct tape to free a bobcat trapped in the blinds of a home in Nelson, B.C. The incident began on Friday afternoon when Leanne Kalabis, who has a young son and is five months pregnant,...

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Supersonic sketches capture the art of flying a CF-18

A Vancouver artist says he became the first person to make art while flying at supersonic speeds when he was allowed to fly on board a CF-18 fighter jet. Michael Markowsky got the chance as part of  the Canadian Forces' Artist Program,...

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6,000 people dressed as Santa Claus run in Spain

Around 6,000 people dressed as Santa Claus and his elves have run a "mini-marathon" through the streets of Madrid to promote festive cheer as the country tries to emerge from a two-year recession. While grown-ups dressed in red costumes with wispy white...

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MDs say James Bond an impotent alcoholic unfit for 'defusing a nuclear bomb'

He may have a license to kill, but is James Bond sober enough to shoot? British doctors who carefully read Ian Fleming's series of James Bond novels say the celebrated spy regularly drank more than four times the recommended limit of alcohol per...

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Zebra on the loose in Tennessee

Tennessee Bradley County dispatchers say they've had several people call to report sightings of a Zebra near homes, businesses and even a highway. (The Roanoke Times/Stephanie Klein-Davis/Associated Press) The black-and-white-striped animal that's...

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WestJet 'Christmas miracle' video warms hearts on social media

More than 250 passengers on Calgary-bound flights were part of a "Christmas miracle" put on by WestJet.  The Calgary-based airline had a virtual Santa ask passengers what they wanted for Christmas as they scanned their boarding passes...

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Titan Arm: a cheap, light exoskeleton for everyone

Need a hand lifting something? A robotic device invented by University of Pennsylvania engineering students can help its wearer carry an additional 18 kilograms. Titan Arm looks and sounds like part of a superhero's costume. But its creators say it's...

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Charlie Brown's Christmas drummer returns after 48 years

For the first time in almost 50 years, the legendary jazz drummer behind Charlie Brown's Christmas special played the music that has moved generations. Jerry Granelli played drums in the Vince Guaraldi Trio for the first airing of A Charlie Brown...

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–93.2 C: Antarctica sets new cold weather record

A satellite view of Antarctica is seen in this undated NASA handout photo obtained by Reuters in February 2012. (NASA/Reuters) Newly analyzed data from East Antarctica say the remote region has set a record for soul-crushing cold. The record is minus...

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Christmas tree too big? Go through the roof

CBC News Posted: Dec 09, 2013 8:28 AM CT Last Updated: Dec 09, 2013 8:50 AM CT A Christmas tree at a home in Winnipeg's River Heights neighbourhood is causing quite a buzz. The tree inside Kate Pentney's house at 280 Ash Street...

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Cold-resistant cockroach from Asia found in North America

The High Line, a park that turned a dilapidated stretch of elevated railway on Manhattan's West Side into one of New York's newest tourist attractions, may have brought a different kind of visitor: a cockroach that can withstand harsh winter cold and...

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