Credit card 'idiot tax' angers bar patron

A St. John's woman is angry that a George Street pub charged her a 25 per cent gratuity because she accidentally left her credit card at the bar.   "I can understand being charged a 15 per cent tip," Katie Jackson said.  "And the fact...

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Japan airing 156-part series on Green Gables translator

P.E.I. is hoping to draw more tourists from Canada in 2014, but it's also relying on a new TV series in Japan to help attract many more fans to Anne of Green Gables. The province released its Tourism PEI and PEI 2014 marketing plan Friday. While...

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Celebrity lookalikes to make you look twice

New Cpl. Ron Francis: 'I earned this uniform' GDP expands at 2.7% pace in 3rd quarter Black Friday shopping stampede starts early in U.S. Neil Macdonald America's growing plague of mass shootings Panama gunmen seized Canadian...

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$100 burger is 'like having a Thanksgiving dinner'

Would you pay $100 dollars for a high-end burger? The folks at Vagabond Brewery think so and now have one on their menu. "It's something people can eat and tell a story about, 'Hey, guess what I did last night. I didn't go the movie,...

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Spain court acquits concert pianist of 'noise pollution'

Prosecutors sought a sentence of seven years for pianist & her parents The Associated Press Posted: Nov 27, 2013 10:23 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 27, 2013 10:23 AM ET A Spanish court has acquitted a 28-year-old concert pianist on charges...

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Sriracha hot sauce factory ordered to partially shut down

A California judge has given a dose of cold water to the hot sauce Sriracha, ruling Tuesday that the factory that manufactures the trendy condiment must partially shut down after neighbours complained of the spicy smells it was producing. Judge Robert...

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Family Guy's Brian Griffin killed off

Family Guy fans reacted in shock, dismay and anger Sunday night after Brian, the Griffins' family dog and a fan-favourite regular character, was killed off and replaced with a new pet in short order. In the episode titled "Life of Brian," the talking...

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Phallic sculptor strikes again, but city strikes back

There won't be any more shrubs trimmed into phallic symbols in a small plot of land near the Windsor Sculpture Garden. John Miceli, Windsor's director of parks and facilities, said the city was made aware of the latest prank on Thursday. "Someone...

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Grey Cup fans camp out in freezing Regina parking lot

Video Ice fishing tent joins RVs to brave temperatures in -20 range CBC News Posted: Nov 23, 2013 9:42 AM CT Last Updated: Nov 23, 2013 5:55 PM CT Grey Cup fever in Regina 3:05 Grey Cup fever in Regina 3:05 Grey...

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Doctor describes delivering baby on KLM flight

Canadian family medicine resident Erin Sullivan credits her time as a Northern nurse for helping her deliver a baby on board a KLM flight before it made an emergency landing in Yellowknife earlier this month. The KLM Airbus 330 was...

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What election? Mayor retains post after town forgets to vote...again

A mountain town in the state of Utah had to skip an election after officials forgot to advertise or prepare for it. The Wasatch County town of Wallsburg, population 275, says it will just keep its mayor and council for two more years. The Salt Lake...

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Boeing 747 jumbo jet lands at wrong Kansas airport

A Boeing 747 jumbo jet mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport not far from the air force base where it was supposed to land to deliver parts for the company's famed new 787 Dreamliner. The 747 landed Wednesday evening at Col. James Jabara Airport,...

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Selfie named Oxford Dictionary's word of the year

By Oxford's definition, a selfie is a "photo one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website." And according to Oxford Dictionaries, the frequency of the term has increased 17,000 per cent since...

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Green comet bad Grey Cup omen for Ticats: Sask. astronomer

Soothsayers have long looked to the skies for signs and now Rider Nation has a doozy — a green-and-white comet that flared up just in time for the Grey Cup. To the naked eye, Comet Ison appears in the predawn sky as a dull smudge, but under...

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Camera-craving cat pounces on CBC crew

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N.B. couple makes it to altar 75 years after first kiss

A man and woman from Saint John married on the weekend, 75 years after their first kiss. George Raynes and Carol Harris, both 83, have known each other since they were in Grade 1, in 1936. In Grade 3, they played the lead roles...

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Feathers fly in London parakeet fight

Audio CBC News Posted: Nov 14, 2013 9:16 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 14, 2013 9:16 PM ET London's tough Isle of Dogs neighbourhood is not the monk parakeet's natural habitat. The bird is native to Latin America. But, nonetheless,...

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Ottawa man returns home after 23-year, 195-country trip

Like many other adventurous young people, Ottawa's Mike Bown set out to see the world when he was 21 years old. "At the start I was just travelling because I wanted to to find more wilderness areas and experience different animals and nature," he said....

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Feathers fly in London parakeet fight

Audio CBC News Posted: Nov 14, 2013 9:16 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 14, 2013 9:16 PM ET London's tough Isle of Dogs neighbourhood is not the monk parakeet's natural habitat. The bird is native to Latin America. But, nonetheless,...

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Ottawa man returns home after 23-year, 195-country trip

Like many other adventurous young people, Ottawa's Mike Bown set out to see the world when he was 21 years old. "At the start I was just travelling because I wanted to to find more wilderness areas and experience different animals and nature," he said....

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Ancient bird tracks in B.C. among oldest in the world

Click on the image above to enlarge it. (Tumbler Ridge Museum Foundation) Paleontologists hunting for dinosaur tracks in B.C.'s Peace Region have unexpectedly discovered tiny footprints that they believe could be among the oldest bird tracks...

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Feathers fly in London parakeet fight

Audio CBC News Posted: Nov 14, 2013 9:16 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 14, 2013 9:16 PM ET London's tough Isle of Dogs neighbourhood is not the monk parakeet's natural habitat. The bird is native to Latin America. But, nonetheless,...

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Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend'

Audio CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2013 4:34 PM CT Last Updated: Nov 09, 2013 4:37 PM CT Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Jim Sautner, who lives near Spruce Grove,...

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Rural Colorado voters want to form their own state

The nation's newest state, if rural Colorado residents had their way, would be about the size of Vermont but with the population of a small town spread across miles of farmland. There wouldn't be civil unions for gay couples, legal recreational marijuana,...

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Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend'

Audio CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2013 4:34 PM CT Last Updated: Nov 09, 2013 4:37 PM CT Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Jim Sautner, who lives near Spruce Grove,...

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Rural Colorado voters want to form their own state

The nation's newest state, if rural Colorado residents had their way, would be about the size of Vermont but with the population of a small town spread across miles of farmland. There wouldn't be civil unions for gay couples, legal recreational marijuana,...

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Pirate Joe's owner plans 'big M' fast food joint

The Vancouver entrepreneur who won a trademark infringement fight with Trader Joe's is now planning a fast food burger joint - with a big black letter M for a logo. Michael Hallatt currently makes a living shopping at Trader Joe's in the U.S....

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Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend'

Audio CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2013 4:34 PM CT Last Updated: Nov 09, 2013 4:37 PM CT Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Jim Sautner, who lives near Spruce Grove,...

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Pirate Joe's owner plans 'big M' fast food joint

The Vancouver entrepreneur who won a trademark infringement fight with Trader Joe's is now planning a fast food burger joint - with a big black letter M for a logo. Michael Hallatt currently makes a living shopping at Trader Joe's in the U.S....

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Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend'

Audio CBC News Posted: Nov 09, 2013 4:34 PM CT Last Updated: Nov 09, 2013 4:37 PM CT Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Bison is Alberta man's 'best friend' 10:04 Jim Sautner, who lives near Spruce Grove,...

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Asteroid with 6 comet tails puzzles astronomers

The strange multi-tailed space rock was imaged by the Hubble space telescope twice in September, and seemed to have rotated in-between the two dates. (NASA;ESA;D. Jewitt/UCLA et al.) A strange object with half a dozen comet-like tails has been spotted...

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World DJ Championships spotlight Canada's turntable scene

Despite myriad technological advances, "an iPod will never be able to replace a DJ" says DJ Jazzy Jeff — great news for Canadians since he also feels Canada is a hotbed of turntable talent. The music producer and performer — perhaps best known for his...

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Asteroid with 6 comet tails puzzles astronomers

The strange multi-tailed space rock was imaged by the Hubble space telescope twice in September, and seemed to have rotated in-between the two dates. (NASA;ESA;D. Jewitt/UCLA et al.) A strange object with half a dozen comet-like tails has been spotted...

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World DJ Championships spotlight Canada's turntable scene

Despite myriad technological advances, "an iPod will never be able to replace a DJ" says DJ Jazzy Jeff — great news for Canadians since he also feels Canada is a hotbed of turntable talent. The music producer and performer — perhaps best known for his...

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Justin Bieber under police investigation over graffiti in Rio

Police in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday said they were investigating whether Canadian teen singer Justin Bieber had illegally spray painted graffiti on an exterior wall of a beachside hotel. The 19-year-old singer, in Brazil as part of his ongoing South...

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WWE legend The Iron Sheik challenges Rob Ford

The city hall spectacle following Mayor Rob Ford's crack-smoking confession became an even more bizarre sideshow Wednesday, with the appearance of a 71-year-old WWE wrestler challenging the mayor to an arm wrestle, and Ford blowing kisses to media as...

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Justin Bieber, bad boy in Brazil, loses Twitter title to Katy Perry

Justin Bieber has just released a new track called Bad Day, a fitting title after a tumultuous weekend in Brazil capped by the Canadian pop star losing his Twitter crown to fellow pop star Katy Perry. After several weeks of laying relatively low, the...

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Napoleon's will to be auctioned off in Paris

The frail Napoleon knew he was near his end as he penned his will and asked that his ashes be scattered along the Seine among the French people he loved. This rare flash of emotion from the once-mighty French emperor is revealed in the only known copy...

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1,000 dolphins swim beside ferry off B.C. islands

Video Rob Maguire filmed the pod while on the ferry from the Gulf Islands to Tsawwassan CBC News Posted: Nov 01, 2013 5:29 PM PT Last Updated: Nov 01, 2013 5:31 PM PT Passengers aboard a BC Ferries vessel were treated to a rare sight...

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Unlicensed, uninsured driver racks up $45K in fines

A 23-year-old man was held in the lockup in St. John's on Saturday night, on a number of traffic offences — including owing $45,000 in fines. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary pulled over the driver around 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the New Gower...

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China's Canadian-designed, high-tech man cave

IMAX says it will begin installing luxury home theatres in China at a cost of $250,000 and up. (David Gray/Reuters) China's newly minted rich can now get up close and personal to the movies after mega-screen maker IMAX Corp signed a deal to produce...

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1,000 dolphins swim beside ferry off B.C. islands

Video Rob Maguire filmed the pod while on the ferry from the Gulf Islands to Tsawwassan CBC News Posted: Nov 01, 2013 5:29 PM PT Last Updated: Nov 01, 2013 5:31 PM PT Passengers aboard a BC Ferries vessel were treated to a rare sight...

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