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    Norm Foley outside of Foley's Shed in Tilting (@joelandjustyna)

    The most Irish island in the world is in Canada

    A Newfoundland community dubbed ‘Canada’s Emerald Isle’ is struggling to save its identity

    (Illustration by LeeAndra Cianci)

    This Canadian teenager wrote your favourite Frida Kahlo quote

    The web has wrongly credited the brooding meditations of a Canadian teen to the artist Frida Kahlo. Is that necessarily a bad thing?

    Far-fetched tales of woe are falling victim to new technologies, as insurers learn how to better fight insurance fraud (Mikkel William/Getty Images; Photo illustration by Drew Maynard)

    Trying to lie to your insurance company? Your car will betray you.

    Car tech is exposing the nose-stretchers told by drivers trying to scam their insurers

    Ruth Hamilton's dog, Toby, assesses the space rock after it has been returned by the Western University team (Photograph by Amy Barrett)

    A meteorite nearly killed this B.C. woman in her sleep. Scientists say it could be 470 million years old.

    The cosmic rock hurtled through space and time and landed in Ruth Hamilton’s bed, just beside her head. It could be worth thousands.