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High court rules Quebec legislature guards fired for voyeurism can grieve
OTTAWA - Three former security guards at the Quebec legislature who were fired after they were caught using a camera to spy on guests at a neighbouring hotel can grieve their dismissals, the Supreme C...
Oct 05, 2018
Mysterious Origins Of The Ekoi Skin Mask
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Skin Masks The inhabitants of southeast Nigeria and western Cameroon-largely known as the Ekoi for their shared spoken language-carved intricate wooden mas...
Oct 05, 2018
Smokejumpers: The People Who Skydive Into Wildfires
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Smokejumpers Many people think skydiving is already crazy enough, but for another brand of thrillseeker, they have to up the ante and skydive into the remo...
Oct 05, 2018
Can Contact With A Toad Really Cause Warts?
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Or Not In today's world many misconceptions have been perpetuated-becoming modern day "facts"-when, in reality, myths and hearsay have taken over. Sorry to...
Oct 05, 2018
Aquasonic: The Haunting Sounds Of Underwater Music
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Aquasonic Using specially designed instruments, Danish group Aquasonic is the first ensemble to perform music underwater and does so without using breathin...
Oct 05, 2018
Ohio man says rescued cow is a regular backseat passenger
DAYTON, Ohio - An Ohio man driving home from work Tuesday says he did a double-take before firing up his cellphone to record a cow poking her head out the back window of a pickup truck. WKEF-TV report...
Oct 05, 2018
China attacks provision of new USMCA deal said to be aimed at Beijing
OTTAWA - China says it deplores a controversial new clause in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that calls on the countries to notify each other if they enter into trade talks with a “no...
Oct 05, 2018
Red Deer area unemployment rate rises in September
RED DEER- The Red Deer area unemployment rate rose to 7.2% in September. That is a rise of half a percentage point from 6.7% in August. The Alberta rate also climbed from 6.7% to 7.0%. The latest nati...
Oct 05, 2018
Ronaldo ready to play for Juventus amid rape allegation
MILAN - Cristiano Ronaldo is available to play for his Italian soccer team on Saturday. Ronaldo, who is facing a rape allegation in the United States, could play when Juventus faces Udinese in the Ita...
Oct 05, 2018
Tokyo to 'screen off' bacteria for Olympic swimming in bay
Tokyo Olympic organizers said Friday that a system of layered screens would be used to keep bacteria levels within “agreed limits” for triathlon and marathon swimming in heavily trafficked...
Oct 05, 2018