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• Canadian passenger jumps off cruise ship at it sails to Puerto Rican capital
• Cruise ship passenger jumps off Royal Caribbean vessel at it sails to Puerto Rican capital
• Crew rescued from container ship off coast of eastern Newfoundland
• Choose your own Fordventure
• Weather warning revamp to protect Canadians against extreme cold
• Toronto ice storm repairs in home stretch while storm threatens New Brunswick
• UN expert praises Canada's focus on fighting forced marriage of girls
• Small-town B.C. chamber slams provincial business group over proposed pipeline
• Mourners line up for funeral visitation of reputed Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto
• Video: Homeless advocate says Toronto's response 'pitiful, dismal'
• Dramatic Que. helicopter jailbreak temporarily grounded pilot's dream
• I’m with stupid: The year’s top twits
• Video: Storm Hits Southern Manitoba
• Video: Ontario residents cope with blackouts
• Devastated Lac-Megantic library eyes 2014 reopening thanks to donations
• London, Ont., police charge man in $20K holiday ham heist

Canadian passenger jumps off cruise ship at it sails to Puerto Rican capital Posted: 29 Dec 2013 02:25 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Sunday for a Canadian passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean Cruises ship as it motored off a remote Puerto Rican island toward the U.S. territory's mainland. In a Sunday statement, the Coast Guard identified the missing man as Tien Phuoc Nguyen, a 26-year-old Canadian citizen who was on the final night of a seven-night Caribbean cruise with his family. He was last seen jumping overboard by other ship passengers late Saturday as the Adventures of the Seas was transiting east of Mona Island, a rugged, uninhabited island in a rough sea passage between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Sunday that the captain immediately stopped the cruise ship, turned around and alerted local authorities after a passenger reported seeing a man going overboard late Saturday.

Cruise ship passenger jumps off Royal Caribbean vessel at it sails to Puerto Rican capital Posted: 29 Dec 2013 09:48 PM PST SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Sunday for a Canadian passenger who jumped off a Royal Caribbean Cruises ship as it motored off a remote Puerto Rican island toward the U.S. territory's mainland. In a Sunday statement, the Coast Guard identified the missing man as Tien Phuoc Nguyen, a 26-year-old Canadian citizen who was on the final night of a seven-night Caribbean cruise with his family. He was last seen jumping overboard by other ship passengers late Saturday as the Adventures of the Seas was transiting east of Mona Island, a rugged, uninhabited island in a rough sea passage between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Sunday that the captain immediately stopped the cruise ship, turned around and alerted local authorities after a passenger reported seeing a man going overboard late Saturday.

Crew rescued from container ship off coast of eastern Newfoundland Posted: 29 Dec 2013 07:50 PM PST PORTUGAL COVE SOUTH, N.L. - The joint rescue co-ordination centre in Halifax says four people were rescued Sunday from a container ship about 60 kilometres south of Portugal Cove South, N.L. Spokesman Maj. Martell Thompson says the ship is at anchor with a Canadian Coast Guard vessel standing by, but requires no further assistance from the joint rescue co-ordination centre. Thompson says the centre received a call around 11:30 a.m. local time Sunday that the vessel was having issues with its hull. He says four non-essential crew members were hoisted into a helicopter and taken to Portugal Cove South, while about 20 others remain on the ship working to resolve the issue.

Choose your own Fordventure Posted: 29 Dec 2013 01:14 PM PST Ford outdid himself in 2013, prompting the entire world to unite in a collective "what next?" We have least-likely and most-likely scenarios

Weather warning revamp to protect Canadians against extreme cold Posted: 29 Dec 2013 12:17 PM PST Environment Canada and Health Canada are teaming up to provide Canadians with better protection against severe winter cold. Continue reading →

Toronto ice storm repairs in home stretch while storm threatens New Brunswick Posted: 29 Dec 2013 07:46 PM PST TORONTO - Hydro crews in Toronto were close to crossing the "finish line" Sunday in bringing power back to those still in the dark eight days after a massive ice storm. Toronto Hydro said late Sunday night that power had been restored to all but 3,000 customers, and work on those outages would continue through the night. Toronto Hydro CEO Anthony Haines said earlier Sunday he expected the remaining homes and businesses would be back on the grid by Monday. Toronto Hydro said crews were focusing on restoring localized problems affecting apartment and condominium buildings, and individual homes.

UN expert praises Canada's focus on fighting forced marriage of girls Posted: 29 Dec 2013 10:36 AM PST OTTAWA - A top United Nations official is praising the Harper government's foreign policy initiative to end forced marriage of young girls, even if Canada won't fund projects that would allow victims access to an abortion. The Conservative government's practice of not allowing aid dollars to go towards organizations that offer abortions to victimized girls or war-rape victims has sparked heated criticism in some quarters. But a seasoned expert on international child protection said that doesn't diminish Canada's emerging international leadership on the issue because there are other ways for the government to make a difference in helping young girls. "We're trying to leave that off the table … we're talking about everything but that, frankly," Susan Bissell, associate director of the child protection branch of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), said in an interview from New York.

Small-town B.C. chamber slams provincial business group over proposed pipeline Posted: 29 Dec 2013 03:46 PM PST VANCOUVER - As far as business groups go, the Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce isn't the biggest or most powerful organization in British Columbia, but its members are still taking a very vocal and public stand against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. "Our business community can't afford any spills," said Gord Johns, executive director of organization that represents about 300 businesses in the tourism mecca on Vancouver Island. Johns said the Tofino chamber decided to speak out against the pipeline after its provincial counterpart released the results of a pipeline poll earlier this month. The joint-review panel endorsed the proposed pipeline Dec. 19, but with 209 conditions.

Mourners line up for funeral visitation of reputed Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto Posted: 29 Dec 2013 04:28 PM PST MONTREAL - Hundreds of people filed into a Montreal funeral home on Sunday to pay their respects to reputed Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto. Men and women both young and old, many dressed in black from head to toe, were on hand for the funeral visitation. Antonio Nicaso, an author and expert on organized crime, said the strong turnout was a reflection of Rizzuto's considerable power and reach. Nicaso said Rizzuto was "very entrenched" in his Montreal community and had a strong impact on many people outside the realm of organized crime.

Video: Homeless advocate says Toronto's response 'pitiful, dismal' Posted: 28 Dec 2013 01:17 PM PST City not doing enough for those at risk, says Cathy Crowe

Dramatic Que. helicopter jailbreak temporarily grounded pilot's dream Posted: 29 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST Sebastien Foray may not have been physically injured when he was turned into an unwitting tool in a dramatic airborne prison escape, but his time behind the controls of the helicopter that briefly spirited two prisoners to freedom wound up temporarily grounding his career. This came as a blow to Foray, who had relocated to Canada specifically to pursue the career he described as a childhood dream.

I’m with stupid: The year’s top twits Posted: 29 Dec 2013 01:52 PM PST Paula Deen, 'Carlos Danger' and U of T prof. David Gilmour share a spot on this list of shame

Video: Storm Hits Southern Manitoba Posted: 28 Dec 2013 10:27 AM PST The snowfall and blowing snow begun overnight, but intensified Saturday morning. Southern Manitoba is expected to get about 10 to 15 cm of snow.

Video: Ontario residents cope with blackouts Posted: 28 Dec 2013 02:38 PM PST Toronto Hydro working slowly from house to house

Devastated Lac-Megantic library eyes 2014 reopening thanks to donations Posted: 29 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. - The public library incinerated in Lac-Megantic is aiming for a 2014 renaissance after receiving so many donations it politely pleaded that people stop sending books. The institution and its treasured archives were consumed by flames in July after a runaway tanker train derailed, exploded and destroyed part of the Quebec town, killing 47 people. Lac-Megantic's only library lost a one-of-a-kind trove, which included original local artwork, heirlooms donated by families, the oldest-known photos of the town and the negatives. Diane Roy added that as the derailment obliterated part of the downtown core, many popular gathering spots like the library disappeared with it.

London, Ont., police charge man in $20K holiday ham heist Posted: 28 Dec 2013 01:21 PM PST A man has been charged after allegedly stealing $20,000 worth of ham from a refrigeration truck last week in southwestern Ontario.

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