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Toronto Coun. Doug Ford denies allegations against Rob Ford
Councillor Doug Ford addresses crack cocaine video allegations against his brother at Toronto City Hall Wednesday, May 22, 2013. (VERONICA HENRI/QMI ...
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Harper denies prior knowledge of chief of staffs cheque for Sen. Mike Duffy
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Peru's President Ollanta Humala upon his arrival to the government palace in Lima May 22, 2013. Prime Minister Harper is on a one day official visit to Peru. REUTERS/Mariana ...
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NDP kicks off ‘roll-up-the-red-carpet’ campaign to abolish Senate
"roll-up-the-red-carpet" campaign to abolish the Senate. On Wednesday, leader Tom Mulcair announced a new website on the spending controversy that has prompted several senators to leave the Conservative caucus and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's top adviser to resign over a personal cheque he cut to bail one of them out. Mulcair said he will also consult with the provinces, ...
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Sears Canada sinks to first-quarter loss
Sears Canada Inc. reported a loss in its first quarter, dragged down by lower sales of home products and major appliances. Sears Canada, which is 51 percent owned by Sears Holdings Corp., said it had a loss of C$31.2 million (US$30.3 million), or 31 Canadian cents per share, during the quarter ended April 28, compared with a profit of C$93.1 million, or 91 Canadian cents a share, a year ...
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Obama to view Oklahoma tornado damage Sunday
President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday. White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also plans to meet with victims and first responders. The monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday afternoon, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of rubble. State ...
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Man shot to death while questioned in Boston probe
A Chechen immigrant has been shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down at his Orlando home during a meeting with the agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. The agent was ...
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Hey Jon Stewart heres 10 things you should know about Canada
I just think that there are 10 or so things Jon Stewart should know (and probably does) when he jokingly refers to smoking crack as our "national pastime," as he did last night.I'm setting aside things like hockey and Justin Bieber here, and the fact that our beer is better, and putting the focus more on business:1. ...
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Canadian bank stocks ‘remain under-appreciated” BMO
Canadians are deep into debt and the housing market is slowing, but investors shouldn't assume that will translate into a poor outlook for Canadian bank stocks, says BMO Nesbitt ...
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Slowdown Nearly half of Canadian homeowners eager to buy property
Undeterred by record-high housing prices and bolstered by low borrowing costs, nearly half of Canadian home owners plan to buy a property in the next five years, although intentions vary sharply from city to city, a poll released Wednesday has found.According to a Bank of Montreal survey, 45 per cent of Canadian homeowners surveyed this spring are looking to buy a place in the next five years, a ...
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First lady lauds effort to preserve DC slave house
First lady Michelle Obama reacts as she surprises schoolchildren from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Va., before they performed part of a play at the Decatur House, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Site and home to the David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History, in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The events were part of an announcement of a major ...
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House takes up GOP bill to speed pipeline approval
WASHINGTON -; The House has taken up a Republican-sponsored bill that would speed approval of the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to ...
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Train service back on track after Conn. derailment
Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to buses Monday, May 20, 2012, after a train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. (AP ...
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NJ Bars swapped cheap booze for premium liquor
TRENTON, N.J. -; New Jersey officials have seized inventory and demanded records from 29 bars and restaurants that allegedly sold low-quality liquor to patrons who thought they were buying premium ...
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Fact sheet 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS
BASE PRICE: $14,785 for LS hatchback with manual transmission; $15,880 for LS automatic; $16,240 for LT manual; $17,525 for LT automatic; $17,850 for LTZ manual; $19,185 for LTZ automatic; $20,185 for RS ...
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New Chevy Sonic is RS hatchback
The newest Chevrolet Sonic is a peppy, stylish, versatile and good handling RS hatchback with standard turbo engine, leather-trimmed seats and smartphone infotainment link - all for a starting price tag of less ...
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One block How neighbors saw twisters deadly path
A brick mailbox lies flattened in front of what used to be Dan and Rebecca Garland's home in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Nearly a dozen neighbors and relatives took refuge in the family's storm shelter during Monday's deadly EF5 tornado. (AP Photo/Allen ...
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President Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Moore on Sunday report
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday.That's according to a White House official, who wasn't authorized to publicly discuss the trip ahead of the official announcement and requested anonymity.A monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday afternoon, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles ...
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Where Islam Meet America
A good teacher is hard to find, but it’s easier when there are good institutions where you can look for one. Back in 2000, a Catholic nun named Marianne Farina noticed a gap in the world of religious higher education. She issued a challenge to her friend, a forty-two-year-old Muslim teacher named Sheikh Hamza Yusuf. ';You’re one-fourth of the world’s population. Where are ...
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Christie Okla. tornado victims deserve aid
Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion ...
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Okla. City mayor Up to 13K homes hit by tornado
MOORE, Okla. -- Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb.At least 24 people died when the tornado laid waste to Moore on Monday afternoon.The Oklahoma Insurance Department says the financial cost of the tornado could exceed $2 billion, because of the size and duration of the storm. The disaster zone stretches more ...
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College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds
SWARTHMORE, Pa. -- In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.The Fossil Free campaign argues that if it's wrong to pour pollution into the air and contribute to climate change, it's also wrong to profit from it. The strategy, modeled after anti-apartheid campaigns of the ...
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The next steps in Jodi Arias case
When Jodi Arias addresses the jury in her murder trial one more time, the big question will be whether she pleads for mercy or repeats what she told a TV reporter minutes after her conviction: She would rather be executed than spend the rest of her life in ...
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Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will travel to tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Sunday.White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also plans to meet with victims and first responders.The monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday afternoon, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of rubble. ...
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MOL Enters Canadian Liner Market
will expire on July 31. Montship has represented MOL's Canadian liner services for more than 53 years.All other agent agreements between MOL's non-liner divisions and Montship will continue without interruption. MOL will maintain its four existing weekly liner services to and from Vancouver, British Columbia, and will start an Asia-Halifax, Nova Scotia, service on June ...
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Nigel Williams-Goss makes Parade All-America team
Parade Magazine’s 57th annual All-America team . Williams-Goss was one of six Pac-12 players chosen to the team along with Bothell High ...
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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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