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On this day of Remembrance, we reflect on the Korean War, often called Canada's forgotten war.

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A lost Nanaimo hiker who called 911, sparking an extensive search, ended up catching a ride out of the bush with a truck driver.

EDMONTON - The Brick, a retailing giant that started in Edmonton with a single store, is being acquired by rival Leon’s Furniture in a stunning $700-million deal, the companies announced Sunday.

At least three Egyptians were killed and more than 30 people injured in a train crash in Fayoum on Saturday, when a train travelling south from Cairo hit another heading in the opposite direction, Fayoum's city governor, security and medical sources

Actor Bill Tarmey, who for 30 years played lovable rogue Jack Duckworth on the British soap opera Coronation Street, died Friday at the age of 71, the show's producers said. Tarmey died on the Spanish island of Tenerife.

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? Victoria - 10: 15 a.m., cenotaph on B.C. legislature grounds, off Government Street. ? Saanich - 11 a.m. at cenotaph in front of Saanich municipal hall, 770 Vernon Ave. ? Central Saanich - 10: 45 a.m., municipal hall, 1903 Mount Newton Cross Rd.

'Rudolph!" cried the child, throwing his arms around the reindeer's neck. "Maybe your mother would like a reindeer hug, too," replied Rudolph, leering over the boy's shoulder at a pretty woman laden with shopping bags.

The editor of Canadian Mennonite magazine thinks his publication has struck a nerve after the Canada Revenue Agency threatened its charitable status.