Ontario: Sisters stole $1,600 worth of baby formula from Walmart

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Three sisters are accused of stealing more than $1,600 worth of baby formula from a Walmart store on Valentine's Day and police allege they attempted to take more of the product from other locations.

Durham Regional Police say the alleged incidents began at a Walmart on Baldwin Street South in Whitby, where two women tried to leave the store without paying for more than $1,200 worth of baby formula on Saturday. An alarm went off and they fled to a car, which was being driven by a third woman. The formula was left behind, police say.

Lorena Rojas Telemundo/Second Chance star actress dies of cancer at 44

If you're a telenovela fan and watched Second Chance, then you should know Lorena Rojas. The Mexican actress and singer played the lead role in the popular 2005 telemundo series, “El Cuerpo del Deseo.” - aka 'Second Chance'.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 but recovered only for it to come back in 2012. This time in her bones. She dealt with the cancer the best way she could until in November 2014 when she was diagnosed yet again. This time the disease had gone to her liver.

She died yesterday February 16th at her home in Miami surrounded by her family, daughter, and her boyfriend. She was just 44 years old. May her soul rest in peace, amen.

Ebola Update: Liberia Re-Opens Schools Closed for 6 Months due to Crisis

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – President of Liberia

The Liberia Education Ministry has announced the re-opening of schools which had been closed down for more than six months due to Ebola outbreak.

Benjamin Jacobs, National School Superintendent, said on Monday in Monrovia, that the re-opening which was initially planned for February 2, was postponed by two weeks.

He said this was to allow adequate distribution of more than 7,000 health and sanitation kits, including hand-washing buckets and thermometers to public and private schools.

Ramses Kumbuyahm, Deputy Education Minister, said the ministry has trained 15,000 teachers and school administrators on how to implement health and safety protocols to prevent further Ebola infection.

Egypt court orders release of Canadian Egyptian journalist Mohammed Fahmy on bail

A court in Egypt has ordered the release on bail of two al-Jazeera English journalists, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed who were arrested in December 2013 and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in June 2014 on allegations of helping banned Muslim Brotherhood and spreading false information about the Egyptian government.

Mohammed Fahmy, a Canadian/Egyptian journalist must pay 250,000 Egyptian pounds (around £21,000) for his freedom while his colleague, Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian, will not pay anything.

The two journalist were arrested and tried alongside their Australian colleague, Peter Greste, who was deported back to his home country Australia on February 1st after the Egyptian government came up with a law allowing the deportation of foreign nationals to their home countries

Congress set to pass bill approving Keystone

Dina Cappiello The Associated PressThe United States Congress approved a bill Wednesday to construct the privately funded Canadian Keystone XL oil pipeline project, setting up a confrontation with President Barack Obama, who has threatened to veto the measure.

The House voted 270-152 to send the bill to the president, endorsing changes made by the Senate that stated climate change was real and not a hoax, and oilsands should no longer be exempt from a tax used to cleanup oil spills. Only one Republican voted against the measure.

But neither chamber has enough support to overcome a veto, and supporters were already strategizing on how to secure the pipeline’s approval using other legislative means.

‘The Daily Show’ Host Jon Stewart Announces Retirement

Frazier Moore The Associated PressJon Stewart’s fans were gobsmacked by the sad news he delivered on Tuesday’s edition of “The Daily Show”: He’s leaving his phoney anchor desk and ending his reign as phoney newsman, and the loss is to real news.

“This show doesn’t deserve an even slightly restless host and neither do you,” he told his audience. He said he might depart in July, September or maybe December. He didn’t say what he means to do next.

To appreciate the impact of his 16-year Comedy Central reign, and the loss his impending exit represents, the distraught viewer need only consider Monday’s broadcast.

It was then that Stewart turned his attention to what was the biggest story in the journalism biosphere that night: the scandal surrounding NBC News’ Brian Williams.

Wearing a woeful expression, he summed up everyone’s befuddlement with crystalline efficiency: “Bri! Why? Why, Bri? Why lie? Sigh.”

Wow! British Family Welcome Baby Girl After 200 Years Of Having Only Male Children

It was joy galore for the family of Lawrie when they welcomed a baby girl four months ago, after about 200 years of not having one. The last time they had a baby girl in their family was in 1809. 

“When little Myla Lawrie was brought home from hospital four months ago, a veritable sea of pink greeted her, with clouds of balloons filling the sitting room, along with cards, bunting and ribbons in every shade of girliness.

For this was a very special event in the Lawrie family. When Myla was born in October, she was the first girl to be born in her family since 1809. The last time a midwife announced ‘It’s a girl’, the Napoleonic war was still being fought, the motorcar was yet to be invented, and ‘mad’ King George III was on the English throne.

Chicago Jackie Robinson West Vacates Little League World Series 2014 Wins

Chicago-based Little League program Jackie Robinson West has reportedly been forced to vacate its wins from the 2014 Little League World Series due to the use of players from outside its designated region. It also notes the title will be handed to Mountain Ridge Little League as a result.

Jackie Robinson West had defeated Mountain Ridge (Las Vegas) in the U.S. finals before losing to South Korea in the championship.

ESPN adds that team manager Darold Butler is suspended from Little League activity, and Illinois District 4 Administrator Michael Kelly is no longer in that position.

Quebec reports 10 new measles cases linked to outbreak at Disneyland parks

Visitors follow Mickey Mouse for photos at Disneyland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. Testing shows there is no link between four recent measles cases in Toronto and a large outbreak linked to the Disneyland theme parks in California. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Jae C. Hong

Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press
Health officials in Joliette, Que., have confirmed they have an outbreak of measles linked to the Disneyland theme part outbreak in the California.

A statement from the Lanaudiere health authority says so far 10 cases have been identified.
None of the 10 were vaccinated.

The statement says that the 10 are known to be contacts of one another and all reside in the Lanaudiere region.

Aww! Student agrees to marry disabled man 3 DAYS after they met online

Sarah Ridley | Mirror
Attractive Xiao Dan, 22, has decided to leave college and now hopes to get a job so she can look after her husband-to-be.

A love-struck student is giving up her studies to marry a disabled man she met online - despite only knowing him for three days.

Pretty Xiao Dan, 22, started chatting to Kong Chuang, 23, on the messaging app service, WeChat.

And she was so impressed with his zest for life that she decided to leave college so she can look after him.

She said: "Talking to him was not like talking to anybody else I met online.

"He seemed to be a really amazing person and we stayed up long into the night chatting.

"The next day we talked again and I decided that even though it meant missing lecturers, I was going to go and see him.

Chinese Woman Beaten To Nonsense For Not Looking Like Her Social Media Profile Photo

                   
When you turn up for a date, don’t take a leaf out of this guy’s book if your potential suitor isn’t what you imagined. This is Xiaojin Tuan, 32, in her profile picture left and this is what she looked like after her first date, right picture above.

Many people don’t look like their dating profile pictures, beating them up as a result is not the norm.

That’s what happened to Xiaojin Tuan, 32, when she met up with Huang Mao after meeting on social network WeChat.

He was so excited about the date that he spent £5,300 on flights to her home city of Suzhou in east China.

ISIS Beheads Man For Practicing Witchcraft

ISIS militants  publicly beheaded an elderly man in Raqqa, Syria, after accusing him of practicing witchcraft.

The unknown man was photographed as he was being executed, while a large crowd watched, Daily Mail reports.

Sources state that the barbaric execution comes just days after ISIS threw a man off a seven-storey building in Raqqa, after accusing him of engaging in a “homosexual affair.”

Located on the north bank of the Euphrates River, Raqqa is a city in Syria that has become the ISIS militants’ stronghold and de facto capital.

University of Harvard Bans Romantic Relationships Between Undergraduate Students & Teachers

Harvard University has officially banned romantic and sexual relationships between undergraduate students and their teachers.

Faculty members are also prohibited from having relationships with graduate students who are under their supervision, The Guardian reports. In addition, graduate students are banned from engaging in relationships with undergraduates “if the graduate student is in a position to grade, evaluate, or supervise the undergraduate”.

A spokesperson for Harvard stated that the policy was instituted:

British woman commits suicide after finding herself unmarried & childless by age 30

A few days before her 30th birthday, Rachel Gow (pictured above) killed herself at home by drinking poison after she struggled with the fact she was unmarried and had no children by the age of 30.

Unbelievable story! UK Telegraph reports;

Hospital administrator Rachel Gow, 29, had wanted to walk up the aisle and have a family of her own but became "troubled" that she achieved neither. As her 30th birthday approached the self confessed "dizzy blonde" she said felt other members of her family were "doing better than her."

Grammy 2015 Complete List Of Winners, Drake Miss Out

Sam Smith took the first trophy of the 57th Annual Grammy Awards tonight, winning the highly-coveted award for best new artist. This year's early show included great one-liners and a handful of performances. Madonna, Sia, Kanye West, Beyonce and Ed Sheeran put in spectacular performances.

Canadian rap god, Drake failed to snitch any of the three awards he is being nominated for. May be he already made up for it. Back in October, long before awards season, Drake decided to liven up one weekend by hosting his own "Hood Grammys" on Instagram, handing out virtual gongs and the all-powerful Drake co-sign to the likes of Rae Sremmurd, Bobby Shmurda, and iLoveMakonnen. He prefaced his awards with a brief speech, in the form of a caption: "haaaaa Grammys need to have a rap year. Run it up.

See full list of nominees and winners after the cut

Supreme Court Canada rules for the right to die

The Canadian Press

The Supreme Court of Canada shifted the goalposts Friday on one of the most fundamental of human laws.

In a charter precedent that will go down in the history books as Carter vs. Canada, the court unanimously struck down the ban on providing a doctor-assisted death to mentally competent but suffering and "irremediable" patients.

The emphatic, unanimous ruling prompted tears of joy and frustration on both sides of the debate, reverberated through provincial health ministries and doctor's offices across Canada, and left skittish federal parliamentarians groping for time to digest the implications.

Hottie Felon Jeremy Meeks Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison

Remember the ridiculously handsome California felon, Jeremy Meeks a.k.a #HottieThug, whose mugshot went viral last year?

Thousands of women all around the world fell for him, and he even landed a Hollywood agent, and was offered $100,000 to star in an adult film.

However, his brief moments of fame couldn't save him from jail time. A Sacramento judge on Thursday sentenced Meeks to 27 months in prison and ordered him to partake in a substance abuse treatment program while in prison, NBC News reports.

According to reports, he was arrested in June 2014 during a gang crackdown in Stockton, CA. He then pleaded guilty to “one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

World Famous Cristiano Ronaldo To Now Be Studied As A Course In Canadian University

A Canadian University has introduced a programme that will see World Footballer of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo being studied by their students.

The University of British Columbia Okanagan says the sociology degree will focus on the cultural importance of Ronaldo’s fame and its effects on the society.

A professor at the University Professor Luis Aguiar told the Telegraph in an interview ‘Ronaldo is the centre and every discussion, class meeting revolves around Ronaldo initially. And then we explore, we broaden out to larger themes.

Canadian CF-18s hits back at ISIS bomb factory and staging area

 Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets depart after refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Thursday, Â Oct. 30, 2014, over Iraq

The Canadian Press 

Canadian warplanes have gone into action again in Iraq, bombing a militant compound and bomb-making factory in separate raids over the last few days.

Defence Minister Rob Nicholson announced the news in a conference call on Thursday, following a NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels.

Nicholson said one mission took place Wednesday and involved CF-18s hitting a compound that was used as a staging area for extremists who've been launching guerilla-style raids into Baghdad.

Immigration Scam Alert! Toronto woman charged in $1.5M fraud scheme

CBC

A Toronto woman has been charged in connection with a scheme that defrauded would-be immigrant workers of more than $1.5 million, police say.

The investigation into GoWest Jobs International, an employment recruiting agency on Finch Avenue West that specializes in immigrant workers, began in October last year.

According to police, the company took payments from foreign applicants, many of Filipino descent, to produce fraudulent documents, references and employment contracts. These materials were then submitted to foreign government agencies to create the appearance that all the necessary paperwork was in order.

When the applicants tried to follow up, however, they were denied entry to Canada because of the false documentation submitted on their behalf.

Busted! New Brunswick man who owned python that killed two boys arrested

Noah Barthe, left, and Connor Barthe pose in this undated photo posted on the Facebook page of Mandy Trecartin.

The Canadian Press

The man who owned the python that killed two young boys in New Brunswick in August 2013 has been arrested in the case, his lawyer said Thursday.

Leslie Matchim said Jean-Claude Savoie was arrested Thursday by police in the Montreal area, but he doesn't know what charge or charges his client may face.

Savoie moved from Campbellton, N.B., where the boys died to live in the Montreal area, Matchim said.

"It certainly by no means was any attempt to evade anything," Matchim said in an interview. "I've mentioned on several occasions in my dealings with the police where he is located."

Celebrity Mean Tweets Pt 2

It’s another edition of Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Mean Tweets’ and this time the he is focusing on the music stars.

This is the second time that the 47-year-old TV host is focusing on musicians, who were asked to read nasty tweets about themselves.

7yrs After, Singer Nicole Scherzinger Dumps Her Boyfriend Because ‘He Had No Plans to Marry Her’

Singer Nicole Scherzinger has revealed that her relationship with her Formula One champion boyfriend of 7 years, Lewis Hamilton is over.

According to the 36-year-old entertainer, the pressures of a long distance relationship and the fact that he had no plans to marry her helped them make a mutual decision to separate.

Daily Mail reports that Nicole Scherzigner is said to be ‘heartbroken and devastated’ at seeing the couple’s seven-year on-off romance come to an end once again.

Actor Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are reportedly married

After 2 years together, Johnny Depp, 51, has reportedly married his girlfriend, actress Amber Heard, 28. According to People magazine, the pair got married at their home in LA on Tuesday Feb. 3rd and will hold another ceremony at Johnny's private island - Little Hall's Pond Cay in the Bahamas this weekend. 

Battle Ready! King of Jordan planning to lead airstrike against ISIS himself?

The king of Jordan, Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein is a trained pilot and there are now reports that he's planning to personally take part and lead revenge airstrikes on ISIS after the brutal killing of one of their pilots, 27 year old military pilot, Moaz al-Kassasbeh.

According to Mail Online, an Arabic-language newspaper said King Abdullah is considering taking part in the bombings  after he reportedly quoted a Clint Eastwood character;

'Any man I see out there, I'm gonna kill him. Any son of a bitch takes a shot at me, I'm not only going to kill him, I'm going to kill his wife and all his friends and burn his damn house down.,' Eastwood's William Munny says in 'Unforgiven.'

Bizarre! Minnesota woman ties boyfriend to SUV and drags him until he dies

33 year old Jessica Kilde, of Ogema, Minnesota, has been charged with murder after she admitted killing her boyfriend by tying him to a truck and dragging him along a rural road.

Jessica pleaded guilty at the Becker County District Court, to second-degree intentional murder for the death of her boyfriend, 41-year-old Richard Baity. According to prosecutors, sheriff's deputies found the body of Baity on the road about 50 yards from his driveway, which is located on E. 370th Street in Maple Grove Township. Police discovered a piece of rope around his neck.

Egypt Finally Freed Al Jazeera Journalist After Spending 400 Days in Jail

Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste was released on Sunday and deported after 400 days in jail on charges of faked reporting and collaborating with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

The veteran television reporter was driven to Cairo Airport in the afternoon and put on a flight for Cyprus, officials told dpa.

The Qatar-based network called on Egyptian authorities to free his colleagues; Baher Mohammed and Mohammed Fahmy as well, calling Greste’s release as good news, but not enough.

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi ordered Greste’s deportation under a November decree allowing him to expel foreign defendants and convicts “in the supreme national interest”.

The imprisonment of the three journalists has been condemned by human rights and media freedom groups, with Amnesty International saying no concrete evidence in support of the charges had been presented in court.

The journalists along with the three students, thought to be Muslim Brotherhood activists were convicted in June of providing material support to the Brotherhood and “producing fabricated coverage of events in Egypt.

Mohammed received an additional three-year jail term for possessing a round of ammunition.

The World's 20 Most Admired Men And Women

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Hillary Clinton is not only America's most admired woman, but is the third most admired woman around the world

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The two towering figures of Democratic Party politics are also the most admired man and woman in the United States. In a massive study conducted by YouGov in the United States and around the world, the American public have said that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the most admired public figures alive today. Though Hillary has not officially declared her candidacy for the 2016 presidential elections, she is widely considered a favorite to follow Barack Obama into the White House. As this year's Most Admired survey shows, she enjoys widespread public esteem, both here and abroad.

Nova Scotia | Maritime storm could dump 40cm of snow in some areas

CBC
Nova Scotia's famous groundhog prognosticator Shubenacadie Sam is waiting to make his annual prediction Monday morning, but there's no shadow of a doubt that the Maritimes will be hit with another major storm.

CBC meteorologist Peter Coade said this storm is expected to be Nova Scotia's worst of the season so far.

"It will be moving into the Maritimes early Monday afternoon in southwestern Nova Scotia and southeast New Brunswick. Then, it will spread throughout the entire area by the evening hours," he said.

Western Nova Scotia will be hardest hit, Coade said, with between 20 and 30 centimetres of snow. The storm could track inland over Nova Scotia, which will temper snowfalls slightly.

New England Patriots Wins Super Bowl XLIX

The New England Patriots wins this year NFL Super Bowl XLIX. It was 14-14 with previous winner Seattle Seahawks at half-time but dugged  the winner in the last quarter by 4 points. The game ended 28-24. See top player performer index below;