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BBC News   

Shanghai new year crush kills 35   
BBC News
A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report. The crush happened in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's historic Bund district overlooking the Huangpu river. Thousands of people ...

2015-01-01 Canada English Health

CBS Local   

As Feared, It's a Season of High Flu Intensity   
New York Times
At Nazareth Academy, a Catholic high school just outside Chicago, a full quarter of the 780 students were out with the flu in early December, along with more than a dozen teachers. Officials at the school closed it for two days and disinfected the property.
Teen's death shows horror of flu epidemic   Q13 FOX
Flu hits epidemic threshold   Canon City Daily Record
Influenza reaching epidemic levels this year   WKBT La Crosse
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The Guardian Nigeria   

'Bats are a possible source of Ebola epidemic in West Africa'   
The Guardian Nigeria
Bat THE outbreak of the Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa may have originated from contact between humans and virus-infected bats, suggests a study led by researchers from the Robert Koch-Institute in Berlin, Germany. The report, published in ...

2015-01-01 Canada English Science

Ottawa Citizen   

Snowy owl at Reagan National Airport refuses to take off   
Washington Post
A snowy owl has started hanging out at Reagan National Airport — and wildlife removal personnel haven't been able to get rid of it, despite the risk to aircraft and the owl. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which keeps biologists stationed at the airport to ...

2015-01-01 Canada English Sports

Toronto Star   

Leafs end year with shootout win over Bruins: DiManno   
Toronto Star
BOSTON—He blew it. Then he won it. Then they blew it. Then they won it. Then they didn't. It was that kind of 2014-and-out game for the Leafs and for Phil Kessel, in the arena where they curse his name and cheer lustily all his fumbles. For Toronto, fourth ...

2015-01-01 Canada English Entertainment

CTV News   

Netflix offers fake NYE countdown video to trick kids into going to bed early   
CTV News
In a bid to help beleaguered parents on New Year's Eve, Netflix has created a special "fake" countdown video that families can play at any time to trick their children into going into bed before the official start of 2015. The three-minute video features King Julien ...

2015-01-01 Canada English Technology

Sci-Tech Today   

Industrial Internet of Things Is On Its Way   
EE Times
While the consumer side of the IoT is still mostly hype, the industrial IoT is seeing solid growth. When looking at the consumer side of the Internet of Things (IoT), it is easy to conclude that the IoT is still mostly hype. There are many products being introduced ...

2015-01-01 Canada English Business

CTV News   

TSX ends 2014 with 7.4 percent again despite oil's fall   
Reuters Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index closed little changed after a choppy session on Wednesday, but it ended 2014 in positive territory despite a precipitous slide in oil prices that hit the resource-heavy index hard in the second half of the year.
Toronto stock market closes little changed, ends 2014 with 7% advance   Montreal Gazette
Canada Stocks Fall to Pare Third Straight Annual Advance   Businessweek

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Financial Post   

Most actively traded companies on the TSX   
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Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace. Up seven cents, or 1.72 per cent, to $4.15 on 3 million shares. The company says it has inked a deal to sell five Q400 NextGen aircraft for US$160 million. The buyer, airline leasing company GE Capital Aviation ...

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National Post   

Suspect in Edmonton killings was known to police, had criminal history   
The Globe and Mail
Edmonton police say their investigation “on the ground” is complete as new details emerge of the gunman behind the worst mass murder in the city's modern history. The probe into the gruesome slayings of eight people – including two children – centred on ...

2015-01-01 Canada English World

New York Times   

35 Killed, 46 Injured in Shanghai Stampede   
New York Times
SHANGHAI — Thirty-five people died in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in Shanghai's historic waterfront area, city officials said Thursday — the worst disaster to hit one of China's showcase cities in recent years. A Shanghai government statement ...