North Korea's H-Bomb Claim
South Korea says it will resume cross-border propaganda broadcasts that Pyongyang considers an act of war.
This, after North Korea claimed yesterday that it carried out a successful hydrogen bomb test.
World powers are looking at ways to punish North Korea for what would be its fourth nuclear test, if confirmed.
The South's propaganda broadcasts are meant to raise questions in North Korean minds about the infallibility of the ruling Kim family.
South Korea has also begun talks with the US that could see the arrival of nuclear-powered US aircraft and submarines to the Korean Peninsula.
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One Year Since Charlie Hebdo Attack
French President Francois Hollande is making an address to police today, a year after Islamic extremists gunned down 11 staff members of a satirical newspaper and a Muslim police guard outside the Paris office.
Following last January's attack on Charlie Hebdo, an accomplice shot a policewoman to death, then stormed a kosher supermarket, killing four hostages.
All three gunmen were eventually killed.
France remains on high alert since an even deadlier attack in November in Paris that killed 130 people.
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Money Being Raised to Search for Buried Canadian Soldiers
Efforts are underway to give proper burials to over 40 Canadian soldiers killed at Vimy Ridge.
On April 9th, 1917, a unit of the Canadian Scottish Regiment attacked across a field in northern France.
Historian Norm Christie says during the heat of battle, 44 of the dead were buried in no-man's land -- in a crater marked C-A-40.
The remains were supposed to be moved to a permanent cemetery after the war but weren't.
Christie and his supporters are trying to raise money to find the exact location of the grave and properly bury these heroes.
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Grace Hospital Testing Software
Winnpeg's Grace Hospital is testing out a new software system that health officials say will dramatically improve patient care and reduce wait times.
Health Minister Sharon Blady says the Oculys computer system will provide patient information to staff in real time, which will streamline the way patients move through hospitals.
Lori Lamont of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says staff will have instant access to which beds are occupied, how long they'll be occupied and which are ready for more patients.
The Oculys system is now in its final testing phase and is tentatively scheduled to be launched in early February.
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Watch For Winter Cereals
Snowmobile tracks have begun to criss-cross rural Manitoba, but it's important those tracks don't cross winter cereal fields.
Winter Cereals Canada executive director Jake Davidson says the concern with this is snow compaction, as the layer over snow overtop of the soil is important to insulate the crown of the wintering plants from cold temperatures.
Davidson says the deeper the snow, the less concern there is, but snowmobilers should still check before they create a path through a field.
He says snowmobilers should look out for signs indicating if the field has a winter cereal sown into it and get permission before cutting across private property.
