"The first direct detection of gravitational waves is聽now widely expected to be announced on 11 February聽by the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Using LIGO's twin giant detectors 鈥� one in Livingston, Louisiana, and the other in Hanford, Washington 鈥� researchers are said to have measured ripples in space-time produced by a collision between two black holes." ()
芦聽Pope Francis and the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in a historic step to heal the 1,000-year-old schism that divided Christianity between East and West, both churches announced Friday.聽The Feb. 12 meeting between Francis and Patriarch Kirill will be the first ever between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Churches, which is the largest in Orthodoxy.聽禄 ()
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Published on: 5 Feb 2016
"A UN panel will conclude Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being "arbitrarily detained" in the UK, the Swedish foreign ministry has said." ()
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Published on: 4 Feb 2016
Phillipe Couillard mandated Fran莽ois Blais, the minister of Employment and聽Social Solidarity, to set up guaranteed minimum income in Quebec.聽(Source: )
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Published on: 1 Feb 2016
"On Monday, Iowa will kick off the 2016 race for the White House, a contest in which two fiery, fringe candidates from the left and right have hijacked the national imagination and undercut the political establishment." (Source: )
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Published on: 1 Feb 2016
"In a surprise move, the Bank of Japan has introduced a negative interest rate.聽The benchmark rate of -0.1% means that commercial banks will be charged by the central bank for some deposits." (Source: )
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Published on: 29 Jan 2016
"A new virus invading parts of Central and South America and now the Caribbean is causing concern among people living in and travelling to infected countries. Transmitted by the aggressive Aedes mosquito, the Zika virus has spread to at least 23 countries and will likely infect tens of millions of people in a few short years." ()
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Published on: 27 Jan 2016
"The federal government discriminates against First Nation children on reserves by failing to provide the same level of child welfare services that exist elsewhere, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled." (Source: )
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Published on: 26 Jan 2016
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the new federal government wants to oversee a full and fair national debate over controversial energy issues such as pipelines and will act as a 鈥渞esponsible mediator.鈥�" (Source: )
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Published on: 26 Jan 2016
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Professor Pieter Sijpkes鈥� students in the 鈥淧hilosophy of Structures鈥� course are building a catenary dome made out of snow and ice on the 看片视频 campus.
He has been doing on the 看片视频 Campus since he was a student in Architecture in 1972.
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Published on: 25 Jan 2016
"Loto-Qu茅bec is now taking bets on the U.S. presidential race." (Source: )
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Published on: 25 Jan 2016
"Toronto-based Corus Entertainment is聽buying Shaw Media from Shaw Communications in a $2.65-billion deal. The move shuffles ownership of 19 specialty TV channels including Global, Food Network Canada, HGTV Canada, HISTORY, Slice, National Geographic Channel and Showcase聽between two companies that are controlled by the Shaw family. Corus also owns聽a network of radio stations and the聽Nelvana聽animation studio." (Source: )
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Published on: 14 Jan 2016
The Canadian dollar has dropped below the 70-cent US level for the first time since May 2003 yesterday. It's still worth below 70-cent today. (Source: and )
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Published on: 13 Jan 2016
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF) presents a Caf茅 scientifique titled "" Wednesday January 13th that will explore questions of trans politics, health, and history.
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Published on: 11 Jan 2016
"Singer David Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his era, has died of cancer at the age of 69." (Source: )
, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, 看片视频 University
鈥淔or too much of its history, rock music has been about masculinity. Bowie kept it about masculinity (his contributions with women seem to be few), but he upset dominant ideas about masculinity more than anyone else in rock.鈥�
鈥擶ill Straw
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Published on: 11 Jan 2016
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