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Mashable: Is Total Gadget Immersion Good or Bad for Kids? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:55:30 -0700

Gadgets such as smartphones and tablets are becoming more and more embedded in kids’ lives. From middle schoolers with smartphones to babies who are comfortable with an iPad but can’t work a magazine, many children today grow up as true digital natives. And parents are catching on that gadgets can help control and distract their little rugrats.

CBC Canadian News: Arrests made in Nova Scotia teen's 2011 homicide

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:40:32 -0700

Two adults have been arrested in the homicide investigation of New Glasgow teenager Amber Kirwan, Nova Scotia RCMP say.

CBC Canadian News: Masked student protesters storm Montreal classrooms

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:39:10 -0700

Administrators at the University of Quebec in Montreal are suspending classes in the undergraduate law program, after an attempt to resume classes Wednesday morning ended in chaos.

CBC Canadian News: Quebec to table special law in student tuition crisis

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:33:37 -0700

Quebec's Liberal government responds forcefully to the student crisis, after groups appeal against any special law.

CBC Canadian News: Coyote attacks teenager in Cape Breton

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:33:14 -0700

A 14-year-old Nova Scotia boy is recovering from coyote bites to his leg and buttock after he was attacked by an aggressive animal while on a Cape Breton trail on Tuesday night.

Mashable: NFL Prospect Ignites Controversy With Concussion Tweet

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:26:30 -0700

CBC Canadian News: Suspect arrested in SkyTrain iPad robbery

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:25:08 -0700

A suspect has been arrested in the beating of a woman in a wheelchair and the theft of her iPad at a SkyTrain station last week, Vancouver police say.

CBC World News: Shops revive Irish pound amid economic woes

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:17:45 -0700

Shop owners in Clones, a small town in Ireland, are embracing a currency that's been out of circulation for a decade in a bid to boost business.

CBC Canadian News: G20 report slams police for 'excessive' force

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:47 -0700

Poor planning by various levels of police, along with orders by a Toronto deputy police chief to "take back the streets," are to blame for the more than 1,100 arrests during the 2010 summit, says the province's top civilian police watchdog.

CBC World News: Assad claims Syria has captured foreign mercenaries

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:03:55 -0700

In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising.