Justin Bieber's monkey quarantined in Germany

A German official says Justin Bieber had to leave a monkey in quarantine after arriving in the country last week without the necessary papers for the animal. The 19-year-old singer arrived at Munich airport last Thursday. Customs spokesman Thomas Meister...

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Family's Easter decorations has neighbour hopping mad

A family in Dartmouth, N.S., is firing back with a festive flair after an anonymous letter called their Easter decorations too "tacky" for the calibre of the neighbourhood. Decorating the house for holidays has always been a tradition for Lori Perron...

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How an ancient astronomical error affects Easter

How a misunderstanding of astronomy can make us wait up to a month to celebrate Easter. By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Posted: Mar 29, 2013 9:49 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013 11:15 PM ET   Easter weekend brings a lot of things to mind...

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Justin Bieber's monkey quarantined in Germany

A German official says Justin Bieber had to leave a monkey in quarantine after arriving in the country last week without the necessary papers for the animal. The 19-year-old singer arrived at Munich airport last Thursday. Customs spokesman Thomas Meister...

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'Rent a Mourner' fills your funeral with fake friends

The professional grieving market is still quite niche in the U.K., but this type of service has been popular in parts of China in the Middle East for years. (iStock) It's a niggling question familiar to anyone who has ever thrown a party; What if nobody...

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How an ancient astronomical error affects Easter

How a misunderstanding of astronomy can make us wait up to a month to celebrate Easter. By Kaleigh Rogers, CBC News Posted: Mar 29, 2013 9:49 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 29, 2013 9:54 AM ET   Easter weekend brings a lot of things to mind...

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Swimsuit-clad 'granny' makes last video of season

A Manitoba woman who became well known for YouTube videos showing her doing winter stunts in a bathing suit has made her last video of the season. Brandon's "Canadian Granny" has a series of online videos that show her doing everything from snowshoeing...

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'Rent a Mourner' fills your funeral with fake friends

The professional grieving market is still quite niche in the U.K., but this type of service has been popular in parts of China in the Middle East for years. (iStock) It's a niggling question familiar to anyone who has ever thrown a party; What if nobody...

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Bill Cosby's lawyers unravel Cosby Sweaters website

[View the story "Bill Cosby's lawyers unravel Cosby Sweaters blog" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Tue, Mar 26 2013 12:36:10 Tumblr The eponymous sweaters worn by Bill Cosby during his run as Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show are fondly...

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Ryan Gosling hotline helps fans through actor's hiatus

[View the story "Ryan Gosling hotline helps fans cope with hunk's hiatus" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Tue, Mar 26 2013 15:39:43 Uproxx  Ryan Gosling fans were crushed last week to learn that theCanadian actor / most-giffable-man-alive...

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3 abandoned bear cubs found near Fredericton

Two male bear cubs and one female cub are recovering after being discovered on Thursday by a couple driving home near Fredericton. Zen Fedory, a high school teacher, and his girlfriend Krissy Green made the discovery as they were heading to their home...

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Yahoo buys teen developer's bestselling app

One of Britain's youngest internet entrepreneurs has hit the jackpot after selling his top-selling mobile application Summly to search giant Yahoo. Seventeen-year-old Nick d'Aloisio, who dreamed up the idea for the content-shortening program when he...

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Hollywood actress sleeps in glass box for NYC art installation

Actress Tilda Swinton is performing the art of sleeping at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. A museum spokeswoman says the Moonrise Kingdom star presented her one-person piece called The Maybe on Saturday. In The Maybe, Swinton lies sleeping in...

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Rare bird gets peg leg after losing limb in golf accident

A sandhill crane, a rare sight in the Lower Mainland, is standing up again after losing a leg in an accident at a Richmond, B.C., golf course. Elizabeth Melnick, who runs a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation centre in Abbotsford, said the bird's leg...

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Hollywood actress sleeps in glass box for NYC art installation

Actress Tilda Swinton is performing the art of sleeping at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. A museum spokeswoman says the Moonrise Kingdom star presented her one-person piece called The Maybe on Saturday. In The Maybe, Swinton lies sleeping in...

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Canada's future breakdancers bust a move

Canada's future breakdancers hoping to secure a spot at the world dance championships busted out their best moves Saturday at a competition in Toronto. The competition drew more than 200 dancers to Metro Toronto Convention Centre to face-off against...

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Anti-smoking ad equates social smoking with farting

"It's true that I fart, but I wouldn't call myself a farter," a woman says. "I'm a social farter, I really only do it when I'm out with my friends who fart." That's how the Ontario Health Ministry's latest ad campaign targets social smokers, equating...

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Alberta man to sell home for Bitcoin virtual currency

It's not often that Canadian real estate listings make international headlines, but a mid-sized Alberta bungalow has people around the world buzzing today after its owner declared that he would like to sell it -- for Bitcoins.If successful, 22-year-old...

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Rare peregrine falcon pair expecting, are stars of webcam

Hamiltonians can watch young falcon family live on falcon cams this spring By Megan Thomas, CBC News Posted: Mar 21, 2013 7:07 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 22, 2013 8:02 AM ET   Hamilton could soon have some new feathered residents. Peregrine...

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Co-operative urban chicken coop pitched in Windsor

An unemployed Windsor man wants the city to reconsider its ban on urban chickens. In a city where unemployment is 9.2 per cent, Mahfooz Zafoor, a father of four, said keeping his family well fed is a growing concern. "The people who can understand...

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Gandalf to officiate Captain Picard's real-life wedding

[View the story "Gandalf to officiate Captain Picard's wedding" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Wed, Mar 20 2013 19:43:12 #meme I Want To Go: Professor X/Captain Picard To Marry Long Time Girlfriend, Magneto/Gandalf To Officiate Wedding...

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Rare peregrine falcon pair expecting, are stars of webcam

Hamiltonians can watch young falcon family live on falcon cams this spring By Megan Thomas, CBC News Posted: Mar 21, 2013 7:07 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 21, 2013 10:56 AM ET   Hamilton could soon have some new feathered residents. Peregrine...

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Ancaster man reels in 18-foot Great White shark on fishing holiday

new Warning: video contains foul language. By Flannery Dean, CBC News Posted: Mar 19, 2013 3:30 PM ET Last Updated: Mar 19, 2013 3:34 PM ET   Ancaster's Fab Marchese has an epic fishing tale to cherish for the rest of his life. Last...

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Grammarians rejoice as English town drops apostrophe ban

A district in England made headlines last week when it announced plans to drop the apostrophe on local street signs in order to "avoid confusion" on GPS systems. But after an outcry from grammar purists around the world, the Mid Devon council reversed...

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'Instasham' lets social media braggers fake fabulous lives

Instasham lets you "upgrade your Instagram game" with carefully selected images from a number of lifestyle categories. (Insasham.me)In an age where it's easy to learn volumes about one's friends, enemies and potential love interests with just a few mouse...

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Roll up the rim to wed: Ontario woman gets coffee cup proposal

[View the story "Roll up the rim for ring: Ontario woman gets coffee cup proposal" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Fri, Mar 15 2013 11:04:44 Like many Canadian coffee drinkers at this time of year,Jaimie Baisley religiously rolls up...

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Regina pub defending St. Patrick's Day beer-serving record

A pub owner in Regina is hoping to pull way ahead of the rest this St. Patrick's Day, with a goal of serving more pints of Guinness than any other bar in Canada. The pub won those bragging rights last year. Several beer lines have been hooked up, dedicated...

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Roll up the rim to wed: Ontario woman gets coffee cup proposal

[View the story "Roll up the rim for ring: Ontario woman gets coffee cup proposal" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Fri, Mar 15 2013 11:04:44 Like many Canadian coffee drinkers at this time of year,Jaimie Baisley religiously rolls up...

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Regina pub defending St. Patrick's Day beer-serving record

A pub owner in Regina is hoping to pull way ahead of the rest this St. Patrick's Day, with a goal of serving more pints of Guinness than any other bar in Canada. The pub won those bragging rights last year. Several beer lines have been hooked up, dedicated...

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Roll up the rim to wed: Ontario woman gets coffee cup proposal

[View the story "Roll up the rim for ring: Ontario woman gets coffee cup proposal" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Fri, Mar 15 2013 11:04:44 Like many Canadian coffee drinkers at this time of year,Jaimie Baisley religiously rolls up...

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Boy Scouts of America introduces video games badge

Teaching an adult how to play a video game is part of the new Cub Scouts award for games. (iStockphoto)Boy Scouts of America has introduced a new video games award for its Cub Scouts, boys 7 to 10 years of age - but it will take more than simply playing...

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Bluenoser makes it into the Oxford dictionary

Bluenoser, a moniker long used to describe Nova Scotians, has been added to the pages of the Oxford English Dictionary. According to the dictionary, the term defines a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia or occasionally New Brunswick. Bill Davey, a...

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B.C. piano prodigy, 5, plays Carnegie Hall

A five-year-old piano prodigy from West Vancouver is preparing for his debut at New York's Carnegie Hall. Ryan Wang will play as part of a showcase for young musicians by the organization American Protégé. It seeks to encourage more young musicians...

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Rare triplets born to cow on Melfort-area farm

A rare triple birth of calves was recorded on Wally and Kerry LaClare's farm near Melfort, Sask., this week. The calves were healthy and were walking around and nursing within about an hour, Wally LaClare told CBC News. The mother cow, an Angus cross,...

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Baby monkey welcomed in Saint John zoo

A baby Callimico Goeldii monkey was born in Saint John's Cherry Brook Zoo last week to a mother that was snatched from the facility five years ago. The baby monkey was born on March 9 and weighs barely more than one ounce, according to the zoo. Lynda...

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Bieber fans make dead hamster worldwide Twitter trend

CBC News Community team, from left to right: Andrew Yates, Lauren O'Neil, Andrea Bellamare, John Bowman (Not shown: Andrea Lee-Greenberg, on leave) If you're part of the CBC News community, you're likely to meet one of us: we're the folks working to...

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Vatican reveals smoke-signal components

The Vatican is revealing what the smoke signals emerging from the Sistine Chapel chimney are made of, after the stir caused by how much more distinct the black smoke in this conclave has been compared to the past. The Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico...

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Stonehenge started as giant graveyard, study suggests

British researchers have proposed a new theory for the origins of Stonehenge: It may have started as a giant burial ground for elite families around 3,000 B.C. New studies of cremated human remains excavated from the site suggest that about 500 years...

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Wrigley to sell caffeine chewing gum

One of the world's largest chewing gum companies plans to start selling a gum next month that has half the caffeine content of a cup of coffee. In April, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. will come to market with Alert Energy Caffeine Gum, a gum for adults that the...

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Program lets Twitter users tweet after death

More than 7,000 Twitter users have signed up for LivesOn. (iStock) Twitter fanatics can now rest in peace comfortably knowing that they can continue to tweet from beyond the grave. Drew Matthews, 35, an avid Twitter user from Toronto is one Canadian...

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Zombie trend driven by societal unhappiness, professor says

Zombies seem to be everywhere these days. In the popular TV series The Walking Dead, humans struggle to escape from a pack of zombies hungry for flesh. Prank alerts have warned of a zombie apocalypse on radio stations in a handful of states. And across...

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Man's Netflix tattoo scores free year's service

A man who permanently inked his body with the Netflix brandname has received a year-long free subscription to the online streaming service. A man using the Twitter account TheRealMyron, later identified by media reports as Myron Robinson of Kokomo,...

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