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  1. A Cambodian scavenger (L) collects empty cans of soft drink and bottles of drinking water as a school child (R) sits next to her drinking a soft drink in 2008. People who drink at least two sugary soft drinks a day have an increased risk of contracting cancer of the pancreas, a study published Monday shows. Photo:Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP
    Sugary soft drinks linked to pancreatic cancer: study AFP - Mon Feb 8, 10:35 PM Sent 583 times

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - People who drink at least two sugary sodas a week have an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, and researchers suspect the culprit is sugar, a new study shows.

  2. Tim Hortons is defending a New Brunswick store owner's decision to ban a customer who complained repeatedly about its decaffeinated coffee.
    Tim Hortons bans complaining customer CBC - Mon Feb 8, 5:46 AM Sent 336 times

    A coffee enthusiast in St. Andrews, N.B., has learned the customer may not always be right after being banned from Tim Hortons for complaining about burnt coffee.

  3. Gerber toddler meal given 'Salt Lick' award for high sodium content The Canadian Press - Wed Feb 3, 7:10 AM Sent 292 times

    TORONTO - Gerber, one of the best-known names in baby food, has been named this year's recipient of the "Salt Lick Award" due to the high sodium content in one of its prepared meals for toddlers.

  4. Jessica Elizabeth Lloyd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Belleville Police Service
    Russell Williams to appear in court on 1st-degree murder charge in death of Jessica Lloyd: source The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 1:06 PM Sent 206 times

    BELLEVILLE, Ont. - A source says Russell Williams will appear in bail court in Belleville, Ont., this afternoon on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Jessica Lloyd of Belleville.

  5. Travellers post Cdn hotel horror stories, give advice: 'Bring your own sheets' The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 1, 12:44 PM Sent 193 times

    TORONTO - A clean room is something most hotel guests expect. Mouldy carpets, dirt on the walls and blood-sucking insects in bed, not so much.

  6. Police guard the home of Jessica Lloyd near Belleville Ontario February 9, 2010. Lloyd, who went missing ten days ago, was found near Tweed, Ontario. Canadian police said on Tuesday they are looking at reopening cold cases of slain women after having laid murder charges against Col. Russell Williams the commanding officer of the country's largest military air base. Williams was charged on Sunday with the murder of Lloyd and another woman, Marie-France Comeau, who was a corporal at the Trenton base. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA - Tags: MILITARY CRIME LAW)
    Murder charges against top CFB Trenton officer leave military community reeling The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 8:53 PM Sent 160 times

    BELLEVILLE, Ont. - The Canadian military was rocked to its core Monday following the bombshell allegation that the colonel in command of the country's largest air force base had killed two women and sexually assaulted two others.

  7. Scotch whisky meant to warm Antarctic explorers retrieved after century locked in ice The Canadian Press - Fri Feb 5, 7:16 AM Sent 102 times

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - This Scotch has been on the rocks for a century.

  8. Calgary is the best place in Canada to suffer a heart attack, a study carried out by scientists at the University of Calgary faculty of medicine suggests.
    Calgary best place to have heart attack: study CBC - Fri Feb 5, 6:14 PM Sent 95 times

    Calgary is the best place in Canada to suffer a heart attack, a study carried out by scientists at the University of Calgary faculty of medicine suggests.

  9. Drunken pub fights in Britain are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers. The traditional pint glass has been redesigned so it is harder to smash, says Design Bridge, the company behind two prototypes. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP
    British pub fights get safer with new design glasses AFP - Fri Feb 5, 4:24 AM Sent 65 times

    LONDON (AFP) - Drunken pub fights in Britain are set to get safer with the invention of a strengthened beer glass that health authorities hope will cut the huge bill for treating inebriated brawlers.

  10. Two people go for a walk on the beach by the Wadden Sea near the northern German town of Dorum-Neufeld in 2009. A German man who lost his way in the dark while wandering around on sea ice off the coast was saved by a woman 500 kilometres (300 miles) away who spotted him on a webcam, police said Wednesday. Photo:David Hecker/AFP
    German lost at night on sea ice saved by webcam AFP - Wed Feb 3, 12:37 PM Sent 57 times

    BERLIN (AFP) - A German man who lost his way in the dark while wandering around on sea ice off the coast was saved by a woman 500 kilometres (300 miles) away who spotted him on a webcam, police said Wednesday.

  11. Kite surfer dies after being surrounded, bitten by sharks in rare fatal attack in US waters The Canadian Press - Thu Feb 4, 8:22 AM Sent 39 times

    STUART, Fla. - Sharks are being blamed after a man kite surfing off a Florida beach was surrounded and attacked so badly that he died.

  12. File photo shows pregnant women taking part in a yoga lesson in a Maternity Hospital. Australian researchers said on Friday they had debunked the myth that a women's ability to think was impaired by pregnancy and mothering a newborn -- a condition commonly referred to as 'baby brain'. Photo:Alexander Drozdov/AFP
    Australian researchers put paid to "baby brain" myth AFP - Fri Feb 5, 4:23 AM Sent 33 times

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian researchers said on Friday they had debunked the myth that a women's ability to think was impaired by pregnancy and mothering a newborn -- a condition commonly referred to as "baby brain".

  13. 12-year-old New York City middle school student handcuffed, arrested for doodling on desk The Canadian Press - Fri Feb 5, 11:06 AM Sent 19 times

    NEW YORK - A New York City middle school student has been arrested for doodling on her desk with a marker.

  14. The world's tallest tower, Buj Khalifa is seen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Kamran Jebreili)
    World's tallest tower in Dubai shut down after visitors were trapped in elevator 124 floors up The Canadian Press - Tue Feb 9, 4:49 PM Sent 17 times

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.

  15. Italy agriculture minister defends support of McDonald's new burger amid sell-out criticism The Canadian Press - Mon Feb 8, 7:54 PM Sent 15 times

    ROME - Italy's agriculture minister is defending his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process.