Young woman turned away from club for being 'too big'
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VIDEO: Hurricane Matthew rips roof off Nassau house
The storm hit the Bahamas this week bringing winds of well over 100m/ph, and one resident witnessed the destructive power first hand.
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Poop Café debuts this weekend, hopes to make a big stink in Toronto
The poop-themed Poop Café, has chairs and dishes shaped like toilets, and even the ever-popular poop emoji makes an appearance throughout the restaurant on cushions and on the walls. Lien Nguyen, owner of Poop Café, said she got the unusual idea for the restaurant from travelling abroad.
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Brampton man filmed plying woman with vodka guilty of sex assault
Moazzam Tariq of Brampton, who was filmed plying a woman with alcohol at a club just over a year ago, has been found guilty of sexual assault. The complainant reported to police that she had no memory of consenting to sex during an encounter at the Thompson Hotel after an evening at the Everleigh nightclub .
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Blue Jays beer-thrower hit with criminal charges
The man allegedly responsible for throwing a beer can on the field during the American League wild-card game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Baltimore Orioles has been charged. Ken Pagan, who police identified in pictures following the incident, has been charged with one count of mischief for his actions, according to the Toronto Sun. Blue Jays outfielder Melvin Upton hit a ball deep to left field, and as Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim went to make a catch, a can of beer landed just a few feet away from him.
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'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales': Why was Johnny Depp axed from the trailer?
Where the heck is Captain Jack Sparrow? The new trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales does not show the louche pirate with the hair charms, slurry line delivery and excessive eyeliner. Instead it features spooky Captain Salazar, a scenery-chewing villain played by Javier Bardem. Having Bardem around as the bad guy is always a good thing. Jack Sparrow is present in spirit, mind you. He turns up on a wanted poster and the ghostly Captain Salazar (you can tell he’s a ghost because his hair moves in slow motion) threatens that, “Death will come straight for him!” Salazar then adds a “please” in a way that suggests some of Salazar’s shtick might be played for laughs. Or not.
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16 Genius Mashed Potato Recipes That Will Blow Your Taste Buds Away (33 photos)
Potatoes have never looked so good. From Country Living
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Toronto café charges women more for coffee for a day, angers customers
For one day, Tokyo Smoke added additional prices in pink lettering to their menu, to inform women they were paying more for their drinks. In a video montage, customers are told about the rule. “So you mean women pay more?” asks one female customer.
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Trump apologizes, but also calls crude remarks a distraction
Caught on tape making shockingly crude comments about a married woman he tried to seduce, Donald Trump declared in a midnight video, "I was wrong and I apologize." Yet even as he did so, he claimed the astonishing recording was "nothing more than a distraction" and argued his words were not nearly as egregious as former President Bill Clinton's marital affairs. House Speaker Paul Ryan said he was sickened by Trump's comments, while a one-sentence response from GOP's chairman was devastating.
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B.C. parents troll kids by making them learn about lottery win from the news
Winning the lottery is quite a secret to keep, but when Daniel and Kelly Schulli of Abbotsford, B.C. won a Lotto 6/49 jackpot on Monday, they chose to keep their lips sealed about the $9.7 million prize to surprise their kids. According to CTV News Vancouver, the Schullis have four kids, with three under the age of 10, and their three youngest learned about the win from the news like everyone else. Schulli and his wife said they don’t have any plans for the money at the moment, but Daniel will likely make his first splurge on a new pickup truck.
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Venezuela's well-paid oil workers are selling their uniforms for food
For decades, jobs at Venezuela's state-run oil giant PDVSA were coveted for above average salaries, generous benefits and cheap credit that brought home ownership and vacationing abroad within reach for many workers. Now, in Venezuela's asphyxiating economy, even PDVSA employees are struggling to pay for everything from food and bus rides to school fees as triple-digit inflation eats away incomes. They are pawning goods, maxing out credit cards, taking side jobs, and even selling PDVSA uniforms to buy food, according to Reuters' interviews with two dozen workers, family members, and union leaders. "Every day a PDVSA worker comes to sell his overall," said Elmer, a hawker at the biggest market in the oil city of Maracaibo, as shoppers eyed pricey rice and flour imported from neighboring Colombia.
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'Alberta is struggling': Notley defends carbon tax ultimatum
Premier Rachel Notley is defending her ultimatum to Ottawa, in face of the federal government's threat to impose a national carbon price. "We're just not prepared to accept that big of a jump in the prices until we get more progress on the matter of the pipeline," Notley said in a Tuesday morning interview on CBC Radio's Edmonton AM. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said provinces must establish a minimum carbon price of $10 per tonne by 2018, which must rise by $10 each year to $50 per tonne by 2022, or the federal government will do it for them.
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Ellie Goulding fields question about whether she's pregnant with Prince Harry's child
Ellie Goulding and Prince Harry are no strangers to romance rumours, which they've faced on more than one occasion, but this week she was shocked when an interviewer took the questioning one step further by asking if she is expecting the royal's baby. The 29-year-old singer appeared on Australian show The Project via video link on Wednesday (Oct. 5) to talk about the movie Bridget Jones' Baby – her song "Still Falling For You" appears on the soundtrack – but the conversation quickly turned to her relationship with Harry. It began when presenter Carrie Bickmore asked Ellie if she is more like Fifty Shades of Grey character Anastasia or Bridget Jones, having appeared on both film's soundtracks.
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Should Toronto rethink its priorities in wake of beer-throwing incident at Jays playoff game?
Thu, Oct 6: The beer-throwing incident at the Toronto Blue Jays American League wild-card game has dominated the headlines for days, but should Toronto be rethinking its priorities? Farah Nasser has more.
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This picture of a cop consoling a little boy will give you all the feels
(CNN)It happens. Every once in a while, a bad day creeps up. And when you're a little guy, you just want to lie down and cry. That's how Sgt. Precious Cornner-Jones found a little boy at the Indiana State Capitol the other day. He was on the ground, deep in a funk. His mother said that's how he expresses himself. So, Cornner-Jones laid down next to him. And that image, of a police officer trying to console a little boy, is now everywhere online. "I decided to get on his level and talk to him," Cornner-Jones wrote in a Facebook post. "He started to cry so I wiped his tears and told him it will be ok." "As an adult sometimes all we want is one person to stop, get on our level and maybe wipe our
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Investigation of 1997 missing-man case leads Regina police to grow-op bust
Police in Regina say an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a man in 1997 recently led them to uncover a large marijuana grow operation. It was not immediately clear how the discovery of the alleged grow-op was associated with a missing person file, but police said they obtained a search warrant to gain access to land in the rural area near Indian Head, Sask., east of Regina. The missing person is Patrick Cyril Thauberger who, according to one database, was 53 years old when he vanished after visiting family in Regina.
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Milton woman dies in Halton Hills car crash
The driver, a 25-year-old Halton Hills man, only received minor injuries and has been released from hospital. Police say they arrived on scene around 1:30 p.m. to find a silver 2001 Nissan Sentra upside down on the side of the road at Sixth Line between Steeles Avenue and 5 Side Road. The police investigation closed the Sixth Line between Halton Hills and Milton for several hours.
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Joe Buck's addiction to hair plugs nearly cost him his voice
Joe Buck is one of the NFL’s signature voices, his weekly stint with Troy Aikman headlining NFL on Fox’s top game a signal that you’re watching the day’s biggest (or at least most-promoted) game. In his upcoming memoir, quoted in Sports Illustrated, Buck indicated that he had been obsessed with avoiding baldness ever since his early 20s. Buck initially lied to his bosses and the public about the injury, claiming a virus while working to recover the use of his voice.
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Dr. Erica Gilliatt's licence to practise medicine suspended
A Halifax doctor has had her licence suspended while the Nova Scotia College of Physicians and Surgeons investigates her practice. The suspension notice against Dr. Erica Gilliatt was issued by the college Friday, pending any decision that comes out of further investigation or a formal hearing. This is not the first time Gilliatt has been in trouble with the body that regulates doctors.
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Effort to free excavator from covered bridge extends into next week
It could be late next week before an overweight excavator that crashed through the deck of a covered bridge in Quispamsis on Wednesday morning can be safely removed, according to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. The excavator, which remains suspended between the deck of the Hammond River No. 2 bridge and the embankment below, has been secured to a service truck to mitigate the possibility of it falling or slipping further until it can be freed, DTI spokesman Shawn Berry said in a statement. "A design is being prepared for additional support to stabilize the bridge so that the excavator can be removed.
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Texas officers find dozens of people held captive in homes
The treatment of captives, who were Hispanic and spoke little or no English, was "medieval and barbaric," Fort Worth police said in a statement. Nine men have been charged with aggravated kidnapping in the case, though the investigation is in its very early stages, Officer James McLellan of the police department in suburban Irving said. Some captives had been taken to the facilities by family members for rehabilitation, but others had been kidnapped and held against their will, the Fort Worth police statement said.
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Short supply, bad infrastructure blamed for Canada housing bubble
By Andrea Hopkins OTTAWA (Reuters) - A shortage of land for development and inadequate infrastructure are fueling the massive spike in Canada's house prices and may undercut the government's efforts to stabilize the market, according to developers and realtors. Supply is especially acute in the frothiest markets of Toronto and Vancouver, where strict greenbelt rules and limited transit beyond protected land hamper development. While Canada has plenty of land and not that many people, most of its 36 million population lives along the U.S. border, and 81 percent live in an urban area.
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