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By Nicole Liebermann - The Free Press Published: May 23, 2013 1:00 PM Updated: May 23, 2013 1:59 PM Whether you're looking for a snowboard, skateboard, wakeboard, or paddleboard, there's only one place in Fernie to go - Boardstiff.

Flights from South Florida to Toronto take just over three hours. American, WestJet and Air Canada fly nonstop from Miami; WestJet and Air Canada fly nonstop from Fort Lauderdale.

One of the last surviving CN railway stations in Toronto sat vacant in a waterfront community of Etobicoke for years.

Canadian and Mexican officials over the past few months have been trying to downplay the significance of Canada's decision to slap visa requirements on visitors from Mexico in 2009, saying the impact has been negligible and that they will be removed in due course.

A wealthy Conservative party fundraiser named to the Senate by Stephen Harper collected more than $290,000 in directors fees on top of his Senate salary while attending dozens of corporate board meetings in 2012.

Saadi Gadhafi is shown in an undated photo, apparently during a shopping trip for fighter jets produced by French defence company Dassault Aviation.

Sales declines in its key furniture, mattress and major appliance businesses led to a 6.6% drop in total revenue at Sears Canada in the fiscal first quarter, the retailer reported.

Glee super fan James Clifford proudly posed for a photograph with actress Lauren Potter who is visiting Vancouver to meet some of her fans and to attend a fundraiser tonight for the Down syndrome Research Foundation.

The Cloverdale Rodeo protester who filmed another woman in the throes of a racist rant before she was allegedly beaten up and then posted it on YouTube has done this sort of thing before.

The 64-year-old has bags and trunks full of fabric at her Guelph home and has more quilting ideas than she'll ever have time to complete.

Earlier this week, The Canadian Taxpayers Federation called on the federal government to adopt online, in-depth expense reporting for all parliamentarians.

An open house will be held next Wednesday where people can ask questions and give their feedback to the proposed new business licence category for driving instructors operating in Guelph.

NDP leader Tom Mulcair speaks with the media in the Foyer of the Senate following caucus meetings on Parliament Hill Wednesday May 22, 2013 in Ottawa.

Aquatic Invasive Species Inspector Cori Kulbaba sprays a boat in demonstration of project outside the Manitoba Legislative Building on Wednesday.

A novel coronavirus particle is pictured in negative stain electron microscopy in this image from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Randy Nelson Oliver, 56 of Monroe, died unexpectedly in his home May 16. Randy was born October 25, 1956, in Alberton, Prince Edward Island , Canada, son of Jean Oliver Pavia, and adopted and raised by his loving Grandparents Georgie and Henry Oliver.

A look at the performers for this year's TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which takes place June 21-July 1. The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival is looking to take last year's successful move to downtown to new heights.

Thomas Ostermeier, artistic director of Berlin's famed Schaubuhne theatre company, has made a name for himself internationally over the past decade with his productions of Henrik Ibsen's plays.

More and more Canada-based Filipinos are coming out with complaints against the Vancouver-based Philippine Consul Jose Ampeso, the most recent of which is a case of sexual harassment filed by a Filipina, reports Bulalat.com. Although an investigation has been proposed following the filing of formal complaints, Filipinos in Canada, who have ... (more)

First, perhaps - it's not really a scandal until there's a TV movie about it. Second - possible title for the movie about ongoing events in Canada is this: Is Everybody High? The meaning of the term "mind-boggling" is beggared by events as they unfold.