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Yes buoy! A piece of ocean science history caught off Newfoundland's south coast
A drifting buoy was recently recovered by a fish harvester south of St. Jacques Island, in Newfoundland's Fortune Bay. Adrift for 64 years, it was determined that the buoy was released on Oct. 3, 1960, in the Bay of Fundy and has been travelling the ocean ever since.Why it was hard to find Annapolis Valley apple pickers in 1986
Picking apples may not have been an easy job in 1986. At wages of $10 a bin, finding pickers wasn't easy either.Pete Rose, MLB hits leader who was caught betting on baseball games, dies at 83
Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83.The day 400 Quebec grocery stores defied Sunday shopping law
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Masterful, scene-stealing actor Maggie Smith dead at 89