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According to a new study, nearly a third of Canadians diagnosed with asthma may not actually have it. The CBC reports:

In Monday’s online issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Dr. Shawn Aaron of the Ottawa Health Research Institute and his colleagues looked at 496 adults from eight Canadian cities — Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, […]

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What? Why was a moose in a helicopter? Why did he fall out? And what the heck does “DNR” mean?
The CBC reports:

An endangered moose died as a result of a fall from a helicopter sling, the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources says.
Department spokesman Dan Davis said veterinarians have confirmed the […]

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If you’re a regular reader around these parts, you may know that I can sometimes be a little harsh when it comes to the fine city of Toronto. So to restore a bit of balance here at flickeringpictures, and as evidence of my journalistic integrity, here’s a positive post for a change — one […]

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British Columbians have been fishing human right feet out of the ocean since February — four of them altogether, all still in socks and running shoes and severed at the ankle. Two days ago the pattern changed when a left foot washed ashore.
No one knows who the feet belonged to, or how they ended […]

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Canada, already home to many thousands of former U.S. soldiers who wanted no part of the Vietnam War, may continue its tradition of harbouring conscientious objectors by allowing Iraq War opponents to settle north of the border. The three opposition parties in Canada’s four-party minority government joined forces today to pass a non-binding motion […]

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On October 26, 2007, the CBC ran a story on the ZENN, a clean, silent, fully electric car made in Quebec. The award-winning car was being sold in the U.S., Mexico and Europe, but had been waiting a staggering 18 months for Canadian safety approvals to come through. Two weeks after the CBC […]

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