'Tacky' Easter decorator back with Canada Day colours

A Dartmouth, N.S., woman whose Easter decorations drew a snub asking her to not degrade the neighbourhood has decked her home in red and white for Canada Day — and she says most of the community is backing her. Lori Perron converted red-and-white Christmas...

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Public pianos are 'keys to the street' in Vancouver

A Vancouver group is setting up pianos in the city's public spaces and inviting the public to sit down and tickle the ivories as they are passing by this summer. The "Keys to the Street" program which runs to Aug. 24, has already placed three pianos...

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Canadian superhero Captain Canuck rises again

Related External Links Captain Canuck web series (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) Comic book fans can easily rhyme off names like Superman and The Avengers, but a Canadian team is hoping...

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Dancers to rock to ‘silent disco' at Folly Fest in Gagetown

Related External Links Folly Fest 2013 (Note:CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) People in Gagetown will be rocking out to the sound of silence in Gagetown this weekend during Folly Fest. So-called...

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Body-heat powered flashlight takes teen to Google Science Fair

A hollow flashlight powered by the heat from a user's hand, designed by a 15-year-old girl from Victoria, has been picked for the finals of the Google Science Fair. Ann Makosinski, a Grade 10 student at St. Michaels University School in Victoria, is...

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Calgary's kids create adorable thank-you notes for flood volunteers

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Body Break duo snags Amazing Race Canada spot

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Try Coke soft drinks for breakfast, Coca-Cola's U.K. sales pitch says

Get people to drink swap tea or coffee for soft drinks with breakfast — that's one of the strategies Coca-Cola's main bottler in Europe is targeting to boost sales in the United Kingdom. Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. issued a report last week that identifies...

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Racing pigeon travels from Japan to Vancouver Island

No one is sure exactly how a Japanese racing pigeon ended up on Vancouver Island. The bird was found near Comox, and has been recovering at a rescue centre in Courtenay for the past two weeks. An electronic tag clasped on the pigeon's foot is proof...

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Coffin for sale comes with unexpected occupant

An Iowa man's online classified ad offering an oak coffin for sale neglected to mention the full skeleton inside, so police interrupted the deal and seized the bones. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reported that the coffin belonged to the now-defunct...

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'Purse dude' makes girlfriend's bag internet famous

[View the story "'Purse dude' takes girlfriend's bag on an adventure" on Storify] Storified by CBC News Community· Fri, Jun 21 2013 17:41:24 Imgur When it comes to holding a woman's purse for her, some men are more reluctant than others. There...

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Pigeon travels from Japan to Vancouver Island

No one is sure exactly how a Japanese racing pigeon ended up on Vancouver Island. The bird was found near Comox, and has been recovering at a rescue centre in Courtenay for the past two weeks. An electronic tag clasped on the pigeon's foot is proof...

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Scientists fool veggies into being more nutritious

Researchers have found they can boost levels of nutritious, cancer-fighting compounds in vegetables such as cabbage by fooling the vegetables into thinking it's a certain time of day. Janet Braam, a biologist at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and...

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New brain map makes neurosurgeons, biologists 'ecstatic'

A new human brain model offers neurosurgeons and researchers a sophisticated and detailed three-dimensional tool, experts say. Current reference brains just look at the visible parts of the brain based on simple drawings. Thursday's new online atlas,...

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Airport worker's sloppy loading goes viral

An airplane passenger who captured a freight handler's carelessness on camera has seen his year-old YouTube video rack up millions of fresh views in the past few days.In the roughly four minute video, which went viral after resurfacing on Reddit, Mark...

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Albino python found slithering near Chilliwack, B.C.

An illegal albino Burmese python has been caught in the wilderness near Chilliwack, B.C., after the owner apparently dumped him to avoid getting into trouble. The two-metre snake, which is native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, didn't take well to...

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4 Vancouver men aim to row the Northwest Passage

Four Vancouver adventurers say they hope to spark discussion about climate change by attempting to become the first people to row the Northwest Passage this summer. On July 1, the four men will begin their journey in a specially designed 25-foot boat,...

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'Tweet' gets new entries in Oxford dictionary

Tweeting in the social-networking sense has become so pervasive that the Oxford English Dictionary has broken one of its own rules to add new meanings for "tweet" as both a noun and a verb. "It seems to be catching on," wrote John Simpson, chief editor...

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Huge ancient city at Angkor Wat revealed by lasers

Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex. The discovery was announced late Monday in a peer-reviewed paper released early by the...

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Has the lost bell of Batoche been found in Manitoba?

A decades-old mystery of the whereabouts of the bell of Batoche may be solved later this week. The bell was taken from Batoche, Sask., to Millbrook, Ont., by soldiers during the Louis Riel-led North West Rebellion in 1885. Batoche served as the capital...

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