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Transgender bride files human rights complaint
A transgender woman has filed a human rights complaint against a Saskatoon bridal shop. Rohit Singh was at the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission's office in Saskatoon Wednesday morning to file the complaint. Earlier this month, Singh asked to try on an outfit at Jenny's Bridal Boutique. The store owner refused, she felt other people in the store would be uncomfortable with Singh ...
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RCMP responds to female Mounties sex abuse lawsuit
RCMP Staff Sgt. Caroline O'Farrell, pictured above as a constable working for the Musical Ride, claims she was sexually assaulted and harrassed by her former colleagues. (Provided ...
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Cottage where killer ex-colonel Russell Williams murdered woman is sold
Canadian network nixes Russell Williams movie BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- A Tweed, Ont., couple who live next door to the house convicted sex killer Russell Williams once called home -- and where he murdered one of his victims -- have bought the small bungalow. The land deal, selling the property for $165,000 to Ron and Monique Murdoch, was finalized Tuesday. The deal was made through lawyers with ...
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Duffy says his ‘expenses do not merit criticism’
OTTAWA -- Mike Duffy says he’s pleased that his expenses will again be reviewed by the same Senate committee that gave him the green light last month. The Conservative-dominated upper chamber has decided that its secretive internal economy committee will re-examine Duffy’s controversial housing and expense claims in light of new information gleaned from recent media reports. ...
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Can Obama End the Forever War
Workers prepare an MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle for static display at Michael Army Airfield, Dugway Proving Ground in Utah on September 15, 2011. (Reuters) In what is being billed as a major speech Thursday, President Obama is expected to lay out the "next phase" in America's nearly 12-year-old war against al-Qaida, possibly including a plan to clear out the ...
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Fitch ratifica la calificacion de Atizapan de Zaragoza Estado de Mexico en BBB-
Fitch: Recession Concern Dampens European Investor Sentiment An increasing number of investors expect fundamental credit conditions will deteriorate across sectors, according to a Fitch Ratings investor survey. The more circumspect sentiment was most notable for the sovereign segment, where the proportion of survey respondents anticipating worsening conditions more than doubled to 55%, from 24% ...
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Entrenched Mexico drug mafia vigilantes battle for control of agricultural Michoacan state
In this May 20, 2013 photo, a man on a motorcycle drives past the burnt-out hulks of two trucks and a passenger bus, allegedly torched by the Knights Templar drug cartel as a warning to anyone who tries to bring reinforcements, near the town of Buenavista, Mexico. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in ...
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Americas Energy Advantage statement on LNG export decision
America's Energy Advantage (AEA) is pleased with the Department of Energy's (DOE) decision to approve one export permit and consider other permits on a case-by-case basis. As a result of this decision, the United States will be able to retain the natural gas advantage that is helping American manufacturing grow jobs and spur investment. This responsible process will decrease the ...
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Home health aids keep watchful wait on Obama
Critics say federal wage protections for these workers will drive elderly and disabled people into institutionalized settings. Advocates say that hasn't happened in states that currently extend the minimum wage to home care ...
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No more drug war in Latin America Report explores new ways to fight drugs
A new OAS report looks at alternatives to prohibiting the drug trade, including legal market regulation, reform of the UN drug convention, and smarter ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX edges up as Fed talk buoys golds drags banks
* TSX rises 10.07 points, or 0.08 percent, at 12,752.50 * Seven of 10 main sectors decline * Gold shares add more than 2 percent By John Tilak TORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index climbed on Wednesday, led by gold miners, after a day of choppy trading as optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep its easy money policy in place for now was tempered by fears of a ...
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Political participation by indigenous peoples in Latin America still low - UN report
Print 22 May 2013 – Indigenous peoples in Latin America have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past 20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is still low, the United Nations said in a new report released today. Intercultural Citizenship – Contributions from the political participation of indigenous peoples in Latin America, released by the UN ...
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An irreverence for classics plays well in Berlin. Why not in Canada
Thomas Ostermeier, artistic director of Berlin's famed Schaubuhne theatre company, has made a name for himself internationally over the past decade with his productions of Henrik Ibsen's plays.But what does the German director really think of the 19th-century Norwegian playwright who penned such classics ...
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Boy achieves family dream with geography bee win
The games paid off when Karthik, now 15, made the finals of the National Geographic Bee in 2011 and 2012. But it was 12-year-old Sathwik, of Plainville, Mass., who finished the job, calmly answering questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture to win the 25th annual geography bee ...
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Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going ...
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Judge apologizes for lag in unsealing documents
WASHINGTON -; A federal judge is apologizing for an 18-month delay in unsealing documents in a case involving an alleged leak of classified information to a ...
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Hitchhikers dad stands by son in NJ killing
NEWARK, N.J. -; The Canadian father of the man who gained Internet fame as "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker" says he hasn't had much contact with his son over the ...
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Obama to honor Carole King at White House concert
Singer-songwriter Carole King, performs during an event to honor her with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, at the Library of Congress, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in ...
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Containerized Exports From Europe to North America at Eight-Month High
Containerized export volume from Europe to North America reached 322,300 20-foot-equivalent units in March, its highest volume since July 2012 and the second highest volume in this lane since the JOC began collecting this data in January 2011, according to data from Container Trades Statistics, ...
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I wasnt religious before I am now Tornado victims reveal survival stories
Nick Balen holds his daughter Kinley while visiting the destroyed doctor's office where his wife worked and survived Monday's tornado, along with 13 other people, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Moore, ...
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Larry Ellisons Ahab-Like Quest For The Americas Cup
The America's Cup is in the news lately, and not for the right reasons. Earlier this month, Olympic medalist Andrew "Bart" Simpson died after being trapped in the wreckage of the ...
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Nigeria In Olive Branch To Boko Haram Frees Their Women Obama Skips Kenya On Africa Trip Museveni At Center Of Media Crisis African Union Locks Out Activist Groups
By Global Information Network (GIN) May 21 (GIN) – Fulfilling a demand by the insurgent Boko Haram rebel organization, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to release from jail some suspects and all women "held in connection with terrorist activity." The decision was aimed at enhancing peace efforts in Nigeria, according to the defense ministry. Talk of an ...
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Dog dog goose Border collies shoo Canada geese away from Central Experimental Farm
Border Control Bird Dogs are home-raised pure bred Border Collies. The dogs have an instinct to herd, not retrieve. Using their eye and hazing skills the geese perceive them as a predator and are encouraged to move away from the Central Experimental ...
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Republicans aim to take Keystone XL decision out of Obamas hands
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass the Northern Route Approval Act, which may make it easier for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to gain ...
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Appeals court allows capital retrial of Wolfe
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A federal appeals court will allow Virginia to pursue a capital murder case against an alleged drug kingpin from northern ...
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North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
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