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 Ryerson hosts international conference on Mad Studies
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 Newfoundland's disappearing outports documented in photo exhibit
Coastal, by Johann Hallberg-Campbell, examines a vanishing way of life by photographing three outports, two of which have now been abandoned.
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 Newfoundland cod fishery sees glimmer of hope
Twenty years after a moratorium was imposed on fishing for Northern cod off Newfoundland, there's "light in the tunnel"
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 Tale of vengeful Polish dentist pulling lover's teeth came out of etherViral item from website of British tabloid the Daily Mail about a Polish dentist who pulled out her traitorous lover's teeth was a hoax.
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 A Toronto mom reflects on motherhood now that her boys are men
The Toronto Star's Jennifer Wells reflects on the meaning of motherhood now that her three sons are all young men.
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 Songbird 'superhighway' runs through Toronto as 50 million will fly over in spring migration
At the height of the spring bird migration, five million to 10 million birds pass over Toronto in a single night.
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 Analyzing Beatles' "I am the Walrus" lyrics a tricky proposition
An acid trip may have inspired John Lennon to write the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus," but there really was an egg man, The Animals' Eric Burdon.
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Russian jeweller Peter Carl Fabergé created the first one in 1885. And each “was more impressive than the last,” says a curator at the Royal Ontario Museum.
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 Quebec chocolatiers bring Laura Secord home
In the 1980s, Laura Secord fell into American hands, but Jean and Jacques Leclerc have repatriated her.
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 Talking Points: Will Ontario court's brothel ruling really protect prostitutes?
Proponents of the decision hail it as a move to get women off the streets. Others, including the prime minister, have different ideas.
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 Author Hanne Blank examines the history of heterosexuality
She shows "homosexuality" and "heterosexuality" are words that limit, shape and constrain the world as much as they describe it.
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 Canadian penny to join ranks of shinplasters, half-crowns
The government may have lowered the retirement age of Canadian pennies with extreme prejudice, but they haven't killed them in any real sense.
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 The James Bay Winter Road links Attawapiskat and Moosonee in Northern Ontario
It requires much flooding, freezing and snow-hauling, but the James Bay Winter Road is a boon to isolated communities in Ontario's north.
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 Arthur Owens: A Canadian became one of MI5's first double agents
A one-time Toronto battery salesman emerges as a key MI5 spy figure of World War II
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 War of 1812 fighting vessel HMS General Hunter came to rest in Southampton, Ont.
Archeological sleuthing helped determine that the wreck off Southampton, Ont. was that of War of 1812 fighting vessel HMS General Hunter.
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 Contemporary violins upstage a Stradivarius in an unprecedented musical experimentThe project and its outcome challenge a deeply entrenched belief that the best instruments were made by a trio of Italians about three centuries ago.
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 Climate change coverage by the media diminishing as Earth continues to heat up
In 2007, Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth got media to pay attention to climate change. But even amid 2011’s extreme weather, media coverage of the issue waned.
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 Genealogist unearths contribution made by local militia in the War of 1812
Her work — to be published in a book titled York’s Sacrifice, which will profile 39 men who lost their lives — has filled in some historical gaps.
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 Rewind: The week in review
Defence minister weds; Canada's juniors lose to Russia in hockey semifinals; Hollywood breakups take centre stage; architect Roderick Robbie dies.
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 Twitter's veracity falls short of the markThere's a problem when an authentication process fails
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 The War of 1812, from A to Z
As both Canada and the U.S. embark on bicentennial celebrations of the war, an alphabetical guide to just some of the people, places and events.
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 UN to investigate missing aboriginal women
Nearly 600 aboriginal women and girls have gone missing in the last two decades. The United Nations wants to know why.
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 Nanny nation: From the Philippines, with love
Thousands of GTA nannies hail from the Philippines, providing vital low-paying care for vulnerable Canadians as their own families wait at home
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 Grinch Issue: Yes, Virginia, we have ruined Christmas
These are charmless times, making it a challenge to believe in miracles
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 The forgotten malaria
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