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Why the next Canadian TV movie should be called Is Everybody High
Where to start after watching TV - the news and the fiction - over the last few days?First, perhaps - it's not really a scandal until there's a TV movie about it. Second - possible title for the movie about ongoing events in Canada is ...
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Sears Canada posts loss says transformation taking hold
Sears Canada Inc. posted a $31.2-million loss as well as lower revenue in its latest quarter but says its transformation program is showing positive results that have improved margins and boosted some categories.Calvin McDonald, Sear Canada's president and chief executive officer, said the company had growth in its apparel and accessories segment for the second quarter in a row - the first ...
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By branding the Taliban ‘terrorists’ Canada gave up on Afghan peace
addition of the Afghan Taliban to Canada's list of terrorist entities came as a surprise. More than a surprise, it was disheartening. After more than a decade of engagement in Afghanistan, the Harper government has indicated it is no longer interested in finding a path to ...
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One-third of Canadian households living paycheque to paycheque
One-third of Canadian households over the past year never or almost never had enough money left over after paying essential expenses, says a new report.A survey conducted for the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada indicates that 29 per cent - or three in 10 - households found it difficult to sock away any money once key bills were ...
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Iceland forms new center-right government
Icelanders voted April 27 to return power to the conservative Independent Party and rural-based Progressive Party, who governed Iceland for decades before the 2008 economic ...
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Marathon bombing victims urged to apply for funds
The administrator of a fund created to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings has released final guidelines for distributing the ...
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Im living happily Cannibal victim who had face chewed off describes life after horrific attack
John Hall - 22 May 2013 THE homeless victim of last year's Miami cannibal attack is now "living happily" in hospital, where he is learning to play the guitar while continuing treatment for the shocking facial injuries he ...
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FBI kills Florida man with suspected ties to Boston bomb suspect -NBC
FBI spokesman Dave Couvertier could not confirm the dead man's identity nor the potential link to the Boston bombings."We are currently responding to a shooting incident involving an FBI special agent," he told Reuters by email. "The incident occurred in Orlando, Florida. The agent encountered the suspect while conducting official duties. The suspect is deceased. We do not ...
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Chelseas three England players to leave United States tour early
Gary Cahill confirmed that Chelsea's England players will leave the club's US tour early and join the international squad. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty ...
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Family of B.C. man missing in Mexico frustrated with police probe
The family of a Canadian man who went missing in Mexico two weeks ago fear they are unable to trust the local police who are leading the investigation. Diego Hernandez, a 22-year-old martial arts instructor from British Columbia, and his American friend Craig Silva, disappeared from the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta on May 8. The two were in the country to organize a mixed martial ...
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Search for Canadian missing in Australia enters 3rd day
By Reuters The search for a Canadian man, 25, missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains for more than a week went into a third day on Wednesday. Prabhdeep Srawn, of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. The car was found on May 13 on the slopes of Mount Kosciuszko, and police believe he ...
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Senate committee accused of whitewashing initial report decides to reopen Mike Duffy’s expense audit
OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy will have his audit reopened by the same committee under a cloud of suspicion that it whitewashed the senator's final report -- even after a last-minute attempt to have the RCMP review the audit and final ...
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Obama Visits Ellicott Dredges Delivers Policy Speech on Infrastructure
On Friday, May 17, President Barack Obama spent several hours at Ellicott’s headquarters and factory in Baltimore, MD, USA, meeting with workers, inspecting dredge machinery, and making a policy speech on U.S. Government plans to accelerate infrastructure ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX may open higher ahead of Fed minutes Bernanke
Wed May 22, 2013 8:43am EDT May 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index looked set to open higher on Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue with its monetary easing policy, ahead of the release of minutes of its May meeting and testimony from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. TOP STORIES * Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the ...
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Boy Scouts of America to vote on gay scout resolution
Scouts from Troop 793 of Glenelg, Maryland fold a flag during the Star-Spangled Camporee and celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America at Fort McHenry in Baltimore on October 2, 2010. UPI/Kevin ...
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Op-Ed Contributor When America Stops Importing Energy
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White House Press Obama Aides Square Off
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is under considerable criticism for his failure to straightforwardly and fully answer questions at his daily briefings, which have frequently descended into testy exchanges with reporters. And Dan Pfeiffer, a senior White House adviser who helps to shape the president's message, is taking hits for his combative and dismissive approach to answering ...
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World How bad is Americas tornado
Dr Fujita's goal was to come up with a robust, quantitative scale for categorising both the intensity and the area of a given tornado, and deriving an after-the-fact estimate of the wind speeds present within ...
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Technip Wins Canada LNG Project
French oilfield services firm Technip announced Wednesday that it has been awarded a contract for an LNG project in Canada, along with Samsung and Huanqiu. The contract has been awarded by Pacific Northwest LNG and involves the front-end engineering design (FEED) and early detailed engineering services for an LNG project on Lelu Island, British Columbia. The project includes: Two six-million ...
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Highway patrol 29 hurt in Ohio bus car crash
A woman who fell asleep while driving after midnight Thursday plowed into a highway trooper’s patrol car that had its lights flashing at an Interstate 95 exit ramp, police ...
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Oklahoma tornado family pictured round the world identified
Oklahoma , which was hit by the EF5 tornado. The image was so powerful it was carried by multiple news organisations, featuring on the front page of this morning's Daily Telegraph.Steve Cobb can be seen carrying his ...
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Is South America’s latest strongman a woman
LIMA, Peru - High heels and mascara may be the last things that spring to mind when talking about Latin America’s pantheon of authoritarian strongmen. Yet for her opponents, the latest controversial move of Argentina’s immaculately made-up president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has cemented her place in the region’s ...
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DOJ RECORDS GRAB Agency Seized Phone Records Tied to Fox News
Newly uncovered court documents show the Justice Department seized phone records associated with several Fox News lines as part of a leak investigation -- a revelation that comes as the White House Correspondents' Association spoke out against the administration's monitoring of reporters. Documents from October 2011 appear to show exchanges that match the specific locations of Fox ...
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Son Catch Star Was No Angel
In 2010 millions of viewers mourned the untimely death of Captain Phil Harris, the star of "Deadliest Catch" who died at age 53 of a stroke and heart failure. Now his two sons Josh and Jake Harris have written a biography of their dad. Even though Josh Harris told FOX 411 they adored their father, the pair don't paint a purely angelic portrait of him. His womanizing, hard drinking ...
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Tim Bosma public memorial set for today in Hamilton
Tim Bosma and his wife Sharlene, parents of a two-year-old daughter, celebrated their wedding at Carmen's Banquet Hall in Hamilton on Feb. 13, 2010. On Wednesday, the public will honour the Ancaster man in a public memorial at the same banquet hall. ...
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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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