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Chris Hadfield reveals how to overcome your fears

 

Astronaut Chris Hadfield describes what he learned from the most terrifying experience of his life - the moment he nearly went blind during a spacewalk

21 Mar 2014

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Meteor illuminates sky in Canada

 

Video CCTV captures the moment a giant fireball, thought to be a meteor, illuminates Canada's skyline

19 Mar 2014

Ice climber survives ice pillar collapse on him

 

Ice climber John Freeman was around 60 feet up a free-hanging pillar of ice when it detached from the cliff face and collapsed on top of him

08 Mar 2014

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Canada ruling means condom piercing constitutes sexual assault

 

Supreme Court upholds sexual assault conviction for man who poked holes in condom he wore during sex with girlfriend

07 Mar 2014

A little girl give up her hair to stop children with cancer from 'feeling sad'

 

This three-year-old decided to have her long hair cut off to help "sick kids" who have lost their hair through treatment for cancer is a lesson for us all

06 Mar 2014

Canadian man given 26 month sentence for killing police dog

Canadian man who stabbed a police dog to death while under the influence of drugs handed over two years in jail and banned from owning a pet for 25 years

01 Mar 2014

Humpback whale 'performs' for fishermen

Fishermen encounter a curious humpback whale just feet away from their boat in Canada

28 Feb 2014

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96 vehicle pile-up in Canada

Bad driving conditions cause a 96-vehicle pile-up north of Toronto on Highway 400

27 Feb 2014

Barack Obama bets beer on US-Canada hockey matches

President bets Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper as their teams face up in Sochi

21 Feb 2014

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Rob Ford launches YouTube channel

Troubled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's unusual behaviour continues as he launches his own YouTube channel called Ford Nation

11 Feb 2014

Real life superhero runs across Canada

A British adventurer speaks of his joy at completing a gruelling 12-month charity run across Canada dressed as superhero Flash

04 Feb 2014

Justin Bieber's private jet searched for marijuana

The teen pop star Justin Bieber has yet another brush with authority when he returns from Canada to have his jet searched for marijuana

01 Feb 2014

Bieber turns himself in to police in Toronto

Pop sensation Justin Bieber arrives at a police station in Toronto to hand himself in to be charged with assaulting a limo driver

30 Jan 2014

Justin Bieber turns himself in over limo assault

Troubled popstar is due to appear in court on March 10 over the alleged incident involving a limousine driver

30 Jan 2014

Toronto mayor Rob Ford accused of organising jailhouse assault

The mayor acknowledged last year that he had smoked crack, but he has rebuffed pressure to resign

30 Jan 2014

Bieber 'faces assault charges in Toronto'

Reports claim Bieber was coming back from watching a hockey game when police were called to intervene in an altercation

29 Jan 2014

Toronto mayor gets stuck in a lift

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford got stuck in a lift for nearly an hour on Thursday as the city's business elite waited for him to deliver a speech.

24 Jan 2014

Canada bans Irn Bru and Marmite

British specialty food shop in Canada ordered to stop selling famous UK goods because they contain unapproved ingredients

24 Jan 2014

Canada elderly home blaze 'kills more than 30'

Fire chief describes ‘night from hell’ after ‘ball of fire’ engulfs Quebec old people’s home, leaving more than 30 residents feared dead

23 Jan 2014

When Atwood met Munro: 'Nice books are boring'

Books Literary legends Alice Munro and Margaret Atwood had a live video chat. Here are some of the things they said

23 Jan 2014

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Canadian PM plays Beatles to Netanyahu

Your eyes are not deceiving you...the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper serenades Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu with the Beatles' hit Hey Jude during a visit to the country

22 Jan 2014

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Toronto Mayor's chicken shop rant

A new video has emerged of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford swearing and ranting incoherently in a Jamaican accent at staff in a fast-food restaurant

21 Jan 2014

Lost child of Titanic and fraud that haunted her family

DNA tests have helped solve what has been called the Titanic's last mystery

19 Jan 2014

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Flooding in Britain: Anatomy of a storm

Britain's stormiest December since 1969 came from somewhere south of Newfoundland, according to the Met Office - and there’s more bad news to come...

12 Jan 2014

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It’s colder than a Joan Crawford kiss in Chicago

What’s it like when the Polar Vortex comes to town and it’s 30 degrees below zero? Joseph Epstein reports from the frozen streets of the Windy City

10 Jan 2014

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