While the real Chris Hadfield reacclimates to Earth gravity and performs experiments in Houston, a parody of the Canadian astronaut is recreating some of his famous space moments, but with decidedly terrestrial results. 
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'Hadfield at Home' parodies astronaut's return to 'normal' life
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While the real Chris Hadfield reacclimates to Earth gravity and performs experiments in Houston, a parody of the Canadian astronaut is recreating some of his famous space moments, but with decidedly terrestrial results. 
Charles Ramsey, the Cleveland man who helped three women escape from his neighbour's house earlier this month, will get free burgers for life from more than a dozen local restaurants. 
Google Canada has marked the 140th anniversary of the founding of the North-West Mounted Police, the force that would later merge with the Dominion Police to become the RCMP. 
It's not foolproof or without its critics, but U.S. judges are increasingly turning to UrbanDictionary.com - a web-based, crowdsourced dictionary with more than 7 million entries - to decipher street slang for court cases.
Passinho is a new dance craze coming out of Brazil. Fueled by social media, it could also mean a way out of the country's notorious slums for some Brazilian youth.
Seven years after what was thought to be the end of Arrested Development, the cult television comedy is coming back to screens of all sizes this Sunday in a first-of-its-kind Netflix resurrection.Will Smith's anti-girlfriend advice 'great,' says teen son
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Will Smith and his son Jaden, who have been touring together to promote their upcoming father-son adventure movie, agree that the 14-year-old shouldn't be dating yet.
"Blending with another person is very difficult, and a lot of times you can lose yourself in that process," explained dad. Do you agree?
The Federal Court of Canada yesterday dismissed a challenge launched by two unions against HD Mining, a firm that hired more than 200 temporary workers from China for its B.C. coal mine.The CBC Community criticized the ruling and made reference to other recent controversies over the temporary foreign workers program.
Ladies, gentlemen, kids, cats, and Canadian creatures of all different kinds -- CBC News wants your mug for this month's photo contest.
GIF inventor tries, fails to settle pronunciation question
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The Webby Awards gave its lifetime achievement award to GIF inventor Steve Wilhite Tuesday night. For his five-word acceptance speech, Wilhite had the words "It's pronounced 'jif' not 'gif" projected in huge block letters on a screen above the stage, reigniting one of the internet's oldest "holy wars."
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