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Nature Conservancy recommends a better fate for your Christmas tree
Canada’s Christmas tree farms produce over three million pine, spruce and fir trees each year - and most of them are simply abandoned at the curb soon after Santa makes his annual visit. Now, th...
Dec 26, 2018
Back to Back: Henderson repeats as Canadian Press female athlete of the year
There was a quiet poise to Brooke Henderson on that Sunday morning last summer in Regina ahead of her final round at the CP Women’s Open. She had experienced big moments before: her first LPGA T...
Dec 26, 2018
Saskatchewan premier unsure if visiting protest camp would have helped
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he’s never met with anyone protesting outside the legislature and didn’t see a need to make an exception when Indigenous protesters set up a ca...
Dec 26, 2018
Moe uses fight against carbon tax to define first year as Saskatchewan premier
REGINA - Scott Moe is almost one year into his tenure as Saskatchewan premier and he has used his opposition against a federal carbon tax as a major front in the early battle to define his leadership....
Dec 26, 2018
US home price growth slowed in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. home price growth slowed in October, a likely consequence of higher mortgage rates having worsened affordability and causing sales to fall. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city...
Dec 26, 2018
Habs prospect Nick Suzuki brings flexibility to Canadian junior team roster
VANCOUVER - He has yet to play an NHL game, but Canadian national junior team forward Nick Suzuki already has experienced quite a journey in the pro ranks. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., was selec...
Dec 26, 2018
Making Adorably Small Origami Paper Cranes
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! David Kawai, of Ottwa, Ontario, Canada, uses just his fingers to make teeny tiny origami cranes. After a friend taught him how to make full-sized paper cra...
Dec 26, 2018
Some Animals That Are Much Blinder Than Bats
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...
Dec 26, 2018
Deer Poacher Sentenced To Watch Bambi While In Prison
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! This Week [December 16-22nd, 2018] Nunchucks for everyone, some really smelly socks, and a prison sentence that fits the crime. Smelly Socks Send Man To Ho...
Dec 26, 2018
The First Odditorium And Ripley’s Legacy Of Wonder
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! While Ripley's Believe It or Not! operates 30 odditoriums today, it all started with a temporary show at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair in Chica...
Dec 26, 2018