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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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• Harper on CPP: it’s about individual responsibility
• Concerns rising temperatures and gusty winds could cause more power outages
• Holiday hangover arrives with credit card bills
• Blowing snow, extreme wind chills blast across southern Manitoba
• Ice storm aftermath: 25,000 customers still without power
• Montreal Mob boss Rizzuto's funeral set for Monday
• NB Power warns of outages into new year as storm threatens
• Online glitch gives Brick customers 50% discount; price cut won't be honoured
• Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders named CP Team of the Year
• Weird! Strangest science stories of 2013
• Ex-astronaut Hadfield says co-operation with China in space a logical step
• Oscar watch: Will Quebec directors' films get Academy Awards nods?
• Canadian tennis stars Raonic, Bouchard win opening matches at Hopman Cup
• Hadfield started growing his moustache when he was 18
• Reopened Alta. flu clinics busy as H1N1 cases rise
• Search-and-rescue crews busy a B.C. ski resort with two simultaneous searches

Harper on CPP: it’s about individual responsibility Posted: 28 Dec 2013 12:51 PM PST Prime Minister goes a long way toward explaining why the CPP meeting was so unproductive

Concerns rising temperatures and gusty winds could cause more power outages Posted: 28 Dec 2013 09:51 PM PST TORONTO - Notes of optimism were sounded Saturday that weeklong power outages from a massive ice storm could finally end within days, as hydro crews made steadfast progress getting lights back on despite shifting weather conditions. Utilities warn that's slowing repairs and even causing new outages as ice breaks off of trees and other structures onto power lines below. Toronto — hardest hit by the storm — had 16,000 hydro customers still waiting for the lights and heat to be restored on Saturday night, seven days after the power went out.

Holiday hangover arrives with credit card bills Posted: 28 Dec 2013 04:45 PM PST With post-holiday bills piling up even faster than food on Christmas dinner plates, experts say now is the time to stash credit cards away.

Blowing snow, extreme wind chills blast across southern Manitoba Posted: 28 Dec 2013 01:44 PM PST For anyone in southern Manitoba, the best bits of advice that can be given for this weekend are 'stay home' and 'bundle up'. A fast-moving Alberta clipper storm is spreading dangerous winter conditions through southern parts of Manitoba today. Roughly … Continue reading →

Ice storm aftermath: 25,000 customers still without power Posted: 28 Dec 2013 03:49 PM PST About 25,000 customers in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick remain in the dark one week after a major ice storm blanketed Central and Atlantic Canada, and warming temperatures have caused new power outages in Toronto.

Montreal Mob boss Rizzuto's funeral set for Monday Posted: 28 Dec 2013 09:25 AM PST A funeral for Montreal Mob boss Vito Rizzuto will be held Monday at the same church in Little Italy where both Mafia-linked his father and 42-year-old son were mourned in the past four years.

NB Power warns of outages into new year as storm threatens Posted: 28 Dec 2013 09:17 AM PST NB Power says some customers will be without power into the new year as another winter storm threatens to batter the province overnight Sunday, hindering efforts to restore electricity to thousands of homes.

Online glitch gives Brick customers 50% discount; price cut won't be honoured Posted: 27 Dec 2013 02:55 PM PST If the deal on The Brick website seemed too good to be true, that's because it was.

Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders named CP Team of the Year Posted: 28 Dec 2013 07:21 AM PST TORONTO - Corey Chamblin could win another 10 football championships and never duplicate the one he earned this year with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Roughriders successfully shouldered the weight of heavy expectations and overcame adversity in 2013, capping the year with a dominant 45-23 Grey Cup win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Nov. 24. The title was Saskatchewan's fourth but first on home soil before a rabid Mosaic Stadium gathering of 44,710. The Riders were rewarded for that accomplishment by sports editors and broadcasters across the country, who voted them The Canadian Press Team of the Year for 2013.

Weird! Strangest science stories of 2013 Posted: 28 Dec 2013 08:03 AM PST A new type of tissue was found in the eye, and was dubbed Dua's layer after its discoverer, Harminder Singh Dua, a professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Nottingham. The structure sits at the back of the cornea, the structure in the eye that helps focus light.

Ex-astronaut Hadfield says co-operation with China in space a logical step Posted: 28 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST MONTREAL - Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is calling for more co-operation with China in space and he wants it to be part of any international effort to return to the moon. "I think right now a lot of people see it as kind of crazy to co-operate with the Chinese, but I think it's the next logical step," Hadfield recently told The Canadian Press. China sent its first astronaut into space in 2003 and Hadfield noted the country's ambitious space program aims to eventually put an astronaut on the moon. On Dec. 15, a Chinese Chang'e 3 rocket landed a rover on the lunar surface, making China the third country to do so after the United States and the former Soviet Union.

Oscar watch: Will Quebec directors' films get Academy Awards nods? Posted: 28 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST Jean-Marc Vallee and Denis Villeneuve both had cross-border cinematic success in 2013, with "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Prisoners" respectively, and it seems likely their projects will get some attention from Oscar. "Dallas Buyers Club": Matthew McConaughey surrendered himself to the role of Ron Woodroof, a Dallas rodeo cowboy who embarked on a medicine-smuggling mission after finding out he'd contracted HIV in the mid-'80s. Like McConaughey, who lost an extreme amount of weight for the role, Jared Leto also transformed himself to play a transgender HIV-positive patient.

Canadian tennis stars Raonic, Bouchard win opening matches at Hopman Cup Posted: 28 Dec 2013 07:51 AM PST PERTH, Australia - Canada made a winning start Saturday at the Hopman Cup, with Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard both posting victories to set up an unbeatable 2-0 scoreline over Australia in the eight-nation team competition. Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., defeated Bernard Tomic 7-6 (8-6), 6-1. Montreal's Bouchard gave Canada the evening's winning point as she beat a grand slam champion for the third time in her career with a defeat of 2011 U.S. Open winner Samantha Stosur 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. It was a promising start to the season for Raonic and Bouchard, who were respectively named The Canadian Press male and female athletes of the year earlier this week.

Hadfield started growing his moustache when he was 18 Posted: 28 Dec 2013 05:00 AM PST Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says he started working on his trademark growth when he turned 18 while taking a train to Turkey. "For whatever reason, I decided: 'I'm 18, I'm a man, I'm going to grow a moustache' — and it was pathetic for years— it was awful," he told The Canadian Press. Hadfield, 54, says he shaved it off only once — when he was at test pilot school. "In the U.S. air force, if you want to get promoted you can't have a moustache, for whatever reason,'' he said.

Reopened Alta. flu clinics busy as H1N1 cases rise Posted: 27 Dec 2013 11:50 AM PST Flu clinics in Edmonton say they are seeing a steady stream of people taking advantage of free vaccinations after cases of H1N1 doubled last week.

Search-and-rescue crews busy a B.C. ski resort with two simultaneous searches Posted: 28 Dec 2013 04:07 PM PST SUN PEAKS, B.C. - An American snowboarder who spent a cold night lost on a British Columbia mountain was found safe Saturday morning, following an evening that saw two simultaneous searches outside the boundaries of the same ski resort. A woman in her 40s from Washington state became separated from her partner after the pair went out-of-bounds at Sun Peaks Ski Resort, northeast of Kamloops, on Friday afternoon. Alan Hobler of Kamloops Search and Rescue said searchers faced challenging conditions looking for the women.

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