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Death threats posted against crusading BC senior
CBC.ca
Police in BC are investigating death threats against a man who has complained about hate speech on Craigslist's Vancouver website, CBC News has learned Cran Campbell, of Delta, BC, says he regularly monitors the Rants and Raves section of the popular ...

Ask the Inspector: Shingle fatigue
Leader-Telegram
Duerkop is a licensed home inspector and serves as president and education director of the Wisconsin Association of Home Inspectors for the central and northern Wisconsin chapters. To submit a question to him, call 866-715-8222 or email ...

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Mystery bin belongs to Edmonton charity
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On Thursday, Bruce Uditsky, the CEO of the Alberta Association for Community Living, claimed ownership of the bin, the day after a story aired on CBC News. Uditsky says a sign identifying his organization either fell off or was removed from the bin.

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Dog lying in traffic rescued by passerby
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"People were driving over something and then I noticed, as I got closer, that it actually was a dog," Smith told CBC News on Friday. "I saw a couple of cars just drive over her, kind of make sure that their car — that she was in the middle of their ...

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Labrador death raises new doubts about search ability
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(CBC ) "I was shocked. I think we all were," St. John's East MP Jack Harris told CBC News on Friday, responding to revelations that the first calls for airborne help to find Burton Winters were made Sunday, two days before military aircraft joined the ...

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No charges in Serena Deng's death
CBC.ca
12 death of 17-year-old Serena Deng, Ottawa police told CBC News on Friday. Deng was killed while trying to walk across Eagleson Road in Kanata, apparently in an effort to catch an OC Transpo bus to the University of Ottawa with a friend.

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Mild winter weather could mean greater risk of Lyme disease
My Fox Boston
There is nowhere in the region that is free of deer, ticks, and Lyme disease. According to the CDC, symptoms of Lyme disease include a red, expanding rash as well as fatigue, chills, fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, and swollen lymph nodes.

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Rogers promises to end internet throttling
CBC.ca
The company successfully dealt with the issue of throttling last March, and the CRTC's "tests were of an issue that had nothing to do with gaming," Engelhart told CBC News in a phone interview Friday. "We're pretty confident we solved those problems ...

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Westpark Developments takes aim at city over Grace
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(CBC News) The man whose company holds the first mortgage on the site of the former Grace Hospital has sent a letter and 'inspection rebuttal' to the city in hopes of not losing control of the property. Tony Battaglia said he is close to cleaning up ...

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Why job growth in US is outpacing Canada
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"Our economy is at a higher level," Derek Burleton, deputy chief economist at TD Bank, told CBC News. "One would expect the US to grow more quickly than Canada at this stage of the cycle because we have less room for growth." MAP Unemployment rates in ...
Unemployment rises as just 2300 jobs created in JanuaryCTV.ca

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Accused Gadhafi plotter met with SNC-Lavalin exec
CBC.ca
One of the people accused in an alleged plot to smuggle members of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's family to Mexico was with an SNC-Lavalin executive when police took her into custody, CBC News has learned. According to a spokeswoman for the Canadian ...

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Pulling STEM out of compartments and into students' everyday lives
MinnPost.com
Weather? A Minnesota obsession that never fails to yield insights about nature. Professor Gillian Roehrig is on a drive to engage kids in that real-world science. MinnPost photo by Sharon SchmickleU of M STEM Education Center Co-Director Gillian ...

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Darien Home Inspector Finds Little Problems Before They Become Big Problems
Patch.com
Jeff Prince worked for 15 years as a bookbinder. He didn't plan to change careers. But as the printing industry shrunk, his job disappeared. Prince used this opportunity to take his career in a different direction, starting his own business in Darien ...

Seminar will introduce first-time buyers to real estate investment
The Daily Citizen
“We'll have two lenders there — Alliance National Bank and First Bank of Dalton — and a home inspector, Precise Home Inspections,” said Mike Maret, principal broker at Coldwell Banker/Kinard Realty. “So if anybody has any questions about home ...

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Home repairs: Which jobs come first?
CNN
"There's no homeowner's manual that tells you when to do what," says Naperville, Ill., home inspector and structural engineer Mark Waldman. Emergencies aside, the project that could cause the most damage and expense if left unfixed is the priority.

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Column: How birds and animals survive bitter cold weather
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
Deer grow winter coats with hollow hair. It is not unusual to see deer in the winter with non-melting snow on their backs. When filling a feeder with black sunflower seeds during a bitterly cold day with blowing snow, I soon was surrounded by a number ...

Your Place: More about dampness in Shore home
Philadelphia Inquirer
Home inspector/engineer Harry Gross in Cherry Hill reminded me that we once talked about sealing off the crawl-space vents with vapor barrier and insulated walls as the best approach for this region. But when there is a lot of moisture, as there may be ...

Wildlife still waiting for an actual winter season
Worthington Daily Globe
Deer in southwest Minnesota usually have no winter problems. They consume browse as a large part of their diet. Browse is made up of a variety of sources. An example of one of a white tail deer's favorite browse menu items is the new growth on my red ...

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Transit strike hits Halifax
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(CBC)"Let's settle it quick," he said of the strike. "There's really no place for me to park and it's going to get trickier as time goes on." Gig McMullin, 62, said public transit should be an essential service. "What is happening to all these people ...
Halifax transit workers on strikeCanadian Labour Reporter
MorningFile: Transit talks stall, Council finalizes St. Pat's sale, No more ...Open File (blog)

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OUTDOORS REPORT: Outdoor activities take a hit with warm weather
Journal Times
Warm weather continues to hamper winter outdoor recreation in Wisconsin, with temperatures in the last week in the low 50s in the south and 40s in the north melting snow and making ice on southern lakes hazardous. Snow depths range from a high of 15 to ...