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OK, Google: What were Canadians’ top search terms in 2017?

OK, Google: What were Canadians’ top search terms in 2017?

Everything from Harvey Weinstein to Bitcoin made the list
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Claire's cosmetics pulled from shelves over asbestos fears

Claire's cosmetics pulled from shelves over asbestos fears

Health Canada asks for company's testing data; product list made public
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Recording 2 km beneath the earth's surface a mystical experience, says composer

Recording 2 km beneath the earth's surface a mystical experience, says composer

He teamed up with a poet and saxophone duo to produce 'Fragments noirs,' which may be the world’s deepest artistic composition
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Possible meteorite strike called into question

Possible meteorite strike called into question

Members of the Thunder Bay Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada say it is unlikely a meteorite struck near Highway 61 last week, because one big, and bright, piece of the puzzle is still missing.
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Century-old Christmas tradition lives on in Schumacher, Ontario (8 photos)

Century-old Christmas tradition lives on in Schumacher, Ontario (8 photos)

'Seeing the community come together 102 years running is quite remarkable'
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Possible meteorite strike in Thunder Bay still a mystery

Possible meteorite strike in Thunder Bay still a mystery

A geologist with Lakehead University is hopeful fragments collected from a crater near Highway 61 are from a meteorite, but definitive answers are not available just yet.
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Police in Thunder Bay think explosion may have been caused by a meteor

Police in Thunder Bay think explosion may have been caused by a meteor

It left a large round hole in the snow on the side of a highway
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Labour Minister dismisses 'fear-mongering' over minimum wage increase

Labour Minister dismisses 'fear-mongering' over minimum wage increase

Kevin Flynn visits Barrie to discuss pay bump
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Thunder Bay police chief says he told 'unpredictable' mayor about investigation to manage risk

Thunder Bay police chief says he told 'unpredictable' mayor about investigation to manage risk

Suspended police chief on trial for obstruction describes mayor as sometimes 'difficult to deal with' and 'verbally volatile'
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Northern city loses out on nuclear waste. Mayor totally bummed

Northern city loses out on nuclear waste. Mayor totally bummed

They will get to share a $600,000 consolation fund
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