Caroline Menzies
Digital Journalist based in Owen Sound, ON, Canada.
Joined on Jan 8, 2010
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Vancouver -
The Olympic party continues in Vancouver, as the Paralympic Games - the Olympics for physically disabled athletes - is set to begin a week tomorrow, and the event will be nationally televised in Canada for the first time ever.
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Canadian actress and director, Sarah Polley, has asked to have her name removed from a short film she made for the Heart and Stroke Foundation when she found out it had a corporate sponsor.
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The Harlequin style outfits worn by the Norwegian Men's Curling Team at the Olympics raised many eyebrows. Now they are raising money for an American charity.
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As the Olympics reach the finale, Canada has certainly racked up the gold medals, fourteen in total, and broken the all time record for most gold medals won at the Winter Olympics.
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Charlottetown -
Conservative MP, Helena Guergis, blew a gasket when things didn't go her way at the airport in Charlottetown, PEI, calling the province of PEI "a hellhole." Liberals responded by calling for her resignation. Meanwhile, she has apologized.
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After three decades of receiving CIDA funding, KAIROS was suddenly cut off. With one MP accusing them of antisemitism and another stating they are no longer a good fit despite glowing reviews from CIDA to the contrary, KAIROS now wants Harper to explain.
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Vancouver -
For the first time in Olympic history, a North American ice dancing team has won a gold medal, and they are Canadian. Tessa Virtue from London and Scott Moir from Ilderton, Ontario, soared to new heights tonight at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.
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Panic attacks are so terrifying, many sufferers go to the hospital believing they are having a heart attack. They can happen suddenly, and for no apparent reason, unless you are at the dentist. In that case, blame the epinephrine in the anesthetic.
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In a recent study, the antidepressant, paroxitine (Paxil), was found to nullify the benefits of the breast cancer drug, Tamoxifen. Other antidepressants found to have no effect on Tamoxifen in the study may be suspect anyway, lead researcher says.
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A new study has determined the antidepressant Paxil, taken while being treated for estrogen sensitive breast cancer with tamoxifen, increased the risk of death by blocking the beneficial effects of tamoxifen.
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Sydney -
The members of former musical group, "Men at Work," have lost a lawsuit in Australia citing plagiarism of a flute riff in their song "Down Under." The riff was said to have been lifted from the children's song, “Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.”
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Elephants do not belong in Canadian zoos, according to PETA and other animal rights groups. As a last resort to try to have Lucy, the sole elephant at Edmonton Valley Zoo, moved to a sanctuary, PETA has initiated a lawsuit against the City of Edmonton.
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A new song, "We Are All One Nation (in God's Eyes)," by Owen Sound-based singer-songwriter Brian Moniz, in collaboration with music producer Paul Farrow, to air across Canada to raise money for Haitian disaster relief.
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Not only can fans traveling to South Africa to see the World Cup this year purchase stab-resistant vests, they can also have them imprinted with a personalized message, or their country's flag.
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One International, a campaign and advocacy organization, co-founded by Irish U2 rocker, Bono, is petitioning The World Bank and other creditors to immediately cancel Haiti's 890 million debt.
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Although the popular television show "Dexter" lost out to "Mad Men" at tonight's Golden Globe Awards for best drama TV, two of the actors on the show, Michael C. Hall and John Lithgow, took home gold.
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Canadian Armed Services personnel, members of DART, are on the way to Haiti to provide emergency services, including food and water, shelter, medical services, as well as assistance rebuilding infrastructure and communications.
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Preliminary results indicate that 57% of the 9,000 full-time, Ontario college teachers have given their union a strike mandate.
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Over 200,000 students from 24 Ontario colleges are anxiously awaiting news that could affect their education, as their teachers, counsellors and librarians, vote today on whether or not to strike.
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Miep Gies, the Dutch woman who helped the Frank family hide from the Nazis and retrieved Anne Frank's diary, has died at 100.
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