Free house up for grabs in Ottawa's Manor Park — but there's a catch

A house that's being given away in the upscale neighbourhood of Manor Park is generating a lot of buzz, but there's a catch. Jacqueline Shinniman, a friend of the homeowners who helped them organize the sale, says she'd hate to see the house bulldozed...

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Scratch-and-sniff cards help N. Ireland police nose in on grow-ops

Northern Ireland police are distributing marijuana-smelling scratch-and-sniff cards to help people recognize the smell of weed being grown illegally. When scratched, the cards produce  the scent of cannabis in its "growing state," says the Guardian...

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White-sided dolphins make rare appearance near Victoria, B.C.

The Pacific Whale Watch Association says whale-watching boats have been reporting rare sightings of white-sided dolphins off the coast of Vancouver Island and the San Juan islands. The PWWA says the species had mostly disappeared from the area more...

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Man who raised $55K for potato salad throws party

An Ohio man who raised $55,000 in a joking crowdfunding appeal to pay for his first attempt at making potato salad threw a huge public party Saturday that promised "peace, love and potato salad." PotatoStock 2014 was held in downtown Columbus and featured...

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Picaroon's new Tabulator Ale pokes fun at N.B. election

A New Brunswick beer company is having a bit of brewing fun with the delays in receiving election results on Monday. Picaroons says it has released a new Tabulator Ale in honour of the electronic voting machines voters used for the first time in the...

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Killer whale thrills group in rare Bay of Fundy sighting

A whale watching tour group in the Bay of Fundy got a rare treat during the last trip of the season Friday. A male killer whale swam right up to the boat. Orcas are a rare sighting in Atlantic Canadian waters.  Durlan Ingersoll has...

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Windsor man charged with hiding 51 turtles on body in bizarre smuggling case

A Windsor man is facing smuggling charges in Canada and the United States after he was found with 51 turtles strapped to his body trying to enter Canada through the Detroit-Windsor tunnel in early August. The man was found with a variety of Eastern...

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Montana city cleaning up rotten chicken juice from abandoned truck

A truck containing 37,000 pounds of now-rotten chicken may have sat in a western Montana truck stop for more than a month while its driver texted and called his employer demanding money, police said. The driver abandoned the trailer at some point after...

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U.K.'s David Cameron to apologize to Queen for unguarded remark

Mic catches Cameron telling Michael Bloomberg that Queen 'purred down the line' on hearing No result The Associated Press Posted: Sep 25, 2014 8:23 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 25, 2014 8:31 AM ET Scotland says No to independence from U.K....

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Drone to deliver medicine to remote German island

Daily flights guided by auto-pilot The Associated Press Posted: Sep 25, 2014 11:03 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 25, 2014 11:03 AM ET Deutsche Post DHL says it is starting Germany's first drone package delivery service, a test program transporting...

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No child's play: Hospital planners use Lego to design new building

A set of Lego bricks was used to inspire planning for a new health centre in Leader, Sask., an unorthodox approach that was initially viewed as 'kind of silly' and then embraced. Officials with the Cypress Health Region, in Saskatchewan's southwest,...

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One toad over the line at St. John's airport runway

A wayward toad that bounded onto the main runway at St. John's airport on Monday morning had officials hopping after a pilot reported a "foreign object" on the airstrip. While it was an unusual situation – and was noted in an incident report filed with...

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Crab versus crab, 'Blue Cavalry' numbers increasing

Invasive green crab in Atlantic Canada may have met their match in a naturally occurring blue crab that is increasing in waters off Nova Scotia. The alien green crab, which likely originated in the Mediterranean, were first introduced to New Jersey in...

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Vancouver Aquarium uses drone to track killer whales

Vancouver Aquarium killer whale experts have teamed up with American researchers to monitor and record images of Northern Resident killer whales using a drone. Hovering 30 metres above pods of orcas, the drone's camera allowed scientists to see the...

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Explorer finally makes it to world's largest beaver dam

The world's largest beaver dam, buried in the thick wildness of northern Alberta and once thought to be inaccessible, has been reached by an amateur explorer from the United States. "The scope of it, you can just feel the immensity of it," said Rob...

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Bald eagle rescue 101: how to hitch a ride on a fishing boat

On mobile? Watch the YouTube video here A Vancouver Island fisherman gave a very tired looking bald eagle a lift to shore, after finding the exhausted bird floundering in the ocean near Nanoose Bay recently. In the video posted on YouTube, the exhausted...

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'Nearly empty' Picasso museum reopens in Paris

Paris' Picasso museum is reopening for two days this weekend after five years of closure over a renovation fraught with setbacks, accusations and sackings. But if the public expects art they'll be disappointed: it's practically empty. "I will first...

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Oktoberfest begins in Munich

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U.S. explorer first person to reach massive beaver dam in Alberta

The world's largest beaver dam, buried in the thick wildness of northern Alberta and once thought to be inaccessible, has been reached by an amateur explorer from the United States. "The scope of it, you can just feel the immensity of it," said Rob...

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'Nearly empty' Picasso museum reopens in Paris

Paris' Picasso museum is reopening for two days this weekend after five years of closure over a renovation fraught with setbacks, accusations and sackings. But if the public expects art they'll be disappointed: it's practically empty. "I will first...

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'Seeing Jesus in Toast' study among winners of Ig Nobel prizes

There's some truth to the effectiveness of folk remedies and old wives' tales when it comes to serious medical issues, according to findings by a team from Detroit Medical Center. Dr. Sonal Saraiya and her colleagues in Michigan found that packing strips...

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World's longest dog tail honours go to Calgary canine

There's something extraordinary about Finnegan, an Irish wolfhound from Calgary. The dog has the world's longest tail — officially listed in the Guinness World Records 2015 Book at 72.29 centimetres. Finnegan's co-owner Evangeline...

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Watch scientists examine a minibus-sized colossal squid

It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface. A colossal...

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Boeing's 'space taxi' includes seat for a tourist

Boeing Co's proposal to develop a so-called space taxi for NASA astronauts includes a seat for paying tourists to fly to the International Space Station, the company's program manager said on Wednesday, a first for a U.S. space program. The $4.2 billion...

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Watch scientists examine a minibus-sized colossal squid

It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface. A colossal...

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Robot bridge cleaner is Canadarm of highways

A robotic bridge cleaner, invented in New Brunswick, is generating interest from across the country. The robotic arm, which is like a Canadarm of highways, has a series of cameras that allow the operator to direct three different nozzles, including...

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Apple's one-click tool deletes unwanted U2 tracks

Company says 33 million iTunes users have accessed the free album The Associated Press Posted: Sep 15, 2014 10:52 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 16, 2014 8:21 AM ET External Links (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for...

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Colossal squid the size of a minibus examined by scientists

It was a calm morning in Antarctica's remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface. A colossal...

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Dutch stage tomato fight against Russian sanctions

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5-tonne, world-record polenta made by Windsor Italian club

The world's biggest polenta was made in Windsor, Ont., on the weekend. The membership of the Fogolar Furlan club in Windsor is comprised of people who can trace their heritage to northern Italy's Friuli region. According to club president Cesare...

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Paris Hilton buys tiny Pomeranian worth $13K from Calgary dog breeder

Joanne Pauze of Betty's Tea Cup Yorkies in Calgary has sold what she says is one of the world's smallest Pomeranians to Paris Hilton. The male puppy was delivered to the former reality TV star at the Bowery Hotel in New York Friday night....

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Miss America hopefuls take part in the 'Show Us Your Shoes' parade

David Haines beheading: British PM vows to 'hunt down those responsible' New Quebec sovereigntists look to Scotland for independence hope New Central Huron residents told to lock doors for police probe Live Halifax fire under control,...

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Rory McIlroy hits tee shot into fan's pocket

Video No. 1 golfer gets free drop, makes par By Jesse Campigotto, CBC Sports Posted: Sep 12, 2014 3:35 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 13, 2014 10:30 AM ET Teeing off on the 14th hole at the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta on Friday,...

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Paris Hilton buys tiny Pomeranian worth $13K from Calgary dog breeder

Joanne Pauze of Betty's Tea Cup Yorkies in Calgary has sold what she says is one of the world's smallest Pomeranians to Paris Hilton. The male puppy was delivered to the former reality TV star at the Bowery Hotel in New York Friday night....

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'Freckles' the calico lobster caught off Maine

The owner of a Maine bait and tackle shop says she found a rare calico-colored lobster that was caught off the state's coast. In this photo provided by Owls Head Lobster Company, two albino lobsters sit in a crate with other lobsters at Owls Head Lobster...

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Farewell to Zeus: World's tallest dog stood over 7 feet tall

A Great Dane from Michigan that held the title of world's tallest dog has died at age 5. Owner Kevin Doorlag told the Kalamazoo Gazette that Zeus made his debut in the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records as the tallest living dog. Zeus was 112 cm,...

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Baby bear dances with flag, makes off with ball on B.C. golf course

Golfers playing a round at the Fairmont Hot Springs resort in the Kootenays were surprised to find a bear cub firmly ensconced on the putting green and having all sorts of fun with the hole pole. The black bear's pole dancing efforts were caught on...

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Ford car makers wear 'age suits' to design for older drivers

Among the many new innovations in computerized vehicles, including driverless cars, displayed at the Intelligent Transport Systems conference in Detroit this week, Ford Motor Company is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its "age suit." Age suit...

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'Superhero' tow truck driver catches thief in daring confrontation

Cochrane RCMP are comparing a tow truck driver to a superhero after a daring, high-speed confrontation with a thief. Brody Leimer, 23, was hooking up a vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway three kilometres east of the Stoney Nakoda Casino early...

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Devilishly naked statue erected near Vancouver Skytrain line

A statue of the devil erected along the Grandview Highway at Clark Drive near the Skytrain line early Tuesday was turning heads all day. Skytrain riders couldn't miss it.  After the sightings blew up on Twitter, dozens of people came by to...

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1,500-year-old arrowhead found by N.S. boy

A 10-year-old Bedford boy has a cool show-and-tell story after finding a piece of Nova Scotia history, believed to be about 1,500 years old. Neither Jack Milloy nor the Museum of Natural History would disclose where the arrowhead was found...

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Okra slime tested to keep ice cream creamy

It may be one of the more polarizing vegetables, thanks to its slimy texture. But okra, the pod-like green vegetable popular in the Southern U.S. and South Asia, may soon be more commonly eaten in Canada — in one of our favourite treats.Okra...

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