Visitors look over masses of ice formed around the Canadian 'Horseshoe' Falls in Niagara Falls, Ont.,The Canadian Press
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Spoiler alert: Niagara Falls isn't really frozen
The frozen face of Niagara Falls has been drawing in a steady flow of tourists this winter, not to mention a pair of Canadian ice climbers, Will Gadd and Sarah Hueniken, who scaled the ice waterfall last month.
But in actuality, the water never stops flowing underneath.
The Niagara River is an important source of hydro power - a long ice boom made of steel catches any icebergs, while ice cutters work around the clock to prevent the falls from jamming up.
Frozen or not, it's still a stunning sight.
Bloomberg: time for a U.S.-Canada Keystone agreement
After Obama's veto, the timing is right for talks between Ottawa and the White House to negotiate a broader, climate-friendly pipeline deal that benefits the Democrats, Republicans, and Canadians, Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg writes.
"Last year, President Obama reached a breakthrough climate change agreement with China ... Reaching climate agreements with both [China and Canada] would be no small feather in his cap. And the flight to Ottawa is a lot shorter," he writes.
An expensive bite out of Apple
The most valuable company in the world has been ordered to fork over $533-million for patent infringement.
A federal jury found that Apple willfully used three patents owned by Texas-based patent licensing company Smartflash LLC without permission for its iTunes software.
Apple immediately announced plans to appeal.
Retirement anxiety
Not every baby boomer feels secure in their retirement plans, Jennifer Lewington found out.
A report last year from the Conference Board of Canada revealed:
- Almost one-third of those surveyed ( 31.9 per cent) have put off their retirement date in the past five years, citing affordability concerns.
- Almost one in five Canadians (19 per cent) say they will never retire.
- Only 40 per cent view retirement planning as a priority; women, younger Canadians and those with lower levels of household income are particularly at risk of not preparing for their senior years.
As one financial planner points out, retirement planning "is so much more complex today than years ago."
Pink shirts from coast to coast
Canadians were proudly sporting pink on Wednesday, a day of protest against bullying.
The tradition of wearing pink shirts emerged in September, 2007, after a Nova Scotia high-school student was targeted with homophobic insults for wearing a pink shirt to school.
As part of the event, kids and parents shared some adorable photos on social media.
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