The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution authorizing cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to Syrians in rebel-held areas in desperate need of food and medicine, without government approval.
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Leaders from several B.C. First Nations are expected to lay out their legal plans to fight Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, at a news conference this morning in Vancouver.
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Andrew Wiggins’s 360 behind-the-back dunk
Canadian No. 1 NBA draft pick pulled off a ridiculous 360 behind-the-back dunk during warm-ups for an NBA Summer League game.
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‘Apes’ Goes Bananas
With strong reviews and goodwill from its well-liked predecessor, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes easily ruled the domestic box office this weekend.Overall, though, it was another slow weekend at U.S. movie theaters: the Top 12 earned $139.7 million, which is down 26 percent from the same weekend last year.Debuting at 3,967 theaters, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes earned an estimated $73 million this weekend. That’s a 33 percent improvement over the last movie’s $54.8 million opening, and is… …read more
The family of Nadine Gordimer says the Nobel Prize-winning author and powerful anti-apartheid voice has died in South Africa at age 90.
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Health Canada is proposing changes to nutrition labels on food that would make them easier to read.
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