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CW Looking For Other Partners After Deal With Netflix Expires
Warner Bros. partnered with CBS to launch CW in 2006, upon the expiration of an affiliation deal with Tribune to carry the lightly watched WB Network.

Ontario to squeeze more life out of Pickering nuclear station
OPG has put together a project management team with extensive experience from previous Candu refurbishment projects, including some team members seconded to work on the refurbishment of the Point Lepreau reactor in New Brunswick.

Toronto bakery gave 500 Powerball tickets to customers in promotion
In February 1992, an Australian consortium tried to corner a $24 million Virginia Lotto jackpot, but the group was only able to purchase 2.4 million of the 7 million combinations before time ran out.

Oil prices rebound after falling below $30
China exported 250,000 tons of crude in December, up 4.2% from a year earlier.

Human Carrying Drone Displayed By Ehang Inc., Chinese Drone Company
EHang has revealed an electric autonomous aerial vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, the first of its kind. “You are going in there (the drone) and sit in there and enjoy the flight”, said Derrick Xiong, co-founder of Chinese UAV company Ehang.

Oil falls again after gains from Saudi-Iran row
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran – two Middle Eastern powerhouses who are both founding members of the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) despite the fact that global bans have, until recently, limited Iranian oil exports – have deteriorated following Riyadh’s execution of Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday.
David Bowie bid me farewell before death, says longtime friend
“My entire career, I’ve only really worked with the same subject matter, ” Bowie told The Associated Press in a 2002 interview.

Canadian helicopter pilot dies after falling into crevasse in Antarctica
Wood was employed by a helicopter firm working with Australia’s Antarctic programme.

Michael McCarthy Held Without Bail for Bella Bond Murder
Michael McCarthy on Monday pleads not guilty to first-degree murder in the killing of 2-year-old Bella Bond.

Oil drops to 11-year low amid Middle East turmoil
Saudi Arabia won’t limit production and will seek to supply any demand from the market, Ali Al-Naimi, the country’s oil minister, said December 30 on state television.