Category Archives: Canada

Off-duty Peel police officer dies after motorcycle crash – CTV.ca


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Off-duty Peel police officer dies after motorcycle crash
CTV.ca
A damage vehicle is seen after colliding with a motorcycle near Orangeville, Ont., Saturday, May 19, 2012. A Peel Regional Police officer has died following a weekend motorcycle crash near Orangeville, Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed. Const.
Peel police officer dead after motorcycle crashHamilton Spectator
Officer dies fter crashToronto Sun
Peel Regional police officer dies after collision in Orangeville680 News

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Goldstein: NDP green plan bad news – Toronto Sun


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Goldstein: NDP green plan bad news
Toronto Sun
Thomas Mulcair's so-called “solution” to the “problem” of the oil sands artificially inflating our dollar and gutting Canada's manufacturing sector is to take billions of dollars more out of the pockets of ordinary Canadians. That's because the federal ...
Mulcair's oilsands crackdown would put some operations out of business, says allyCanada.com
Mulcair stands behind contentious oilsands viewCTV.ca
Tim Harper: Tom Mulcair will not move, but Conservatives define oilsands debateToronto Star
Montreal Gazette -Vancouver Sun
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Cancer-causing asbestos discovered in 318 federal buildings across Canada – Vancouver Sun


National Post

Cancer-causing asbestos discovered in 318 federal buildings across Canada
Vancouver Sun
OTTAWA — The federal government says it doesn't actively keep track of projects to remove asbestos from infrastructure, despite owning 318 buildings that contain the cancer-causing substance, according to a recently compiled list from Public Works and ...
Cancer-causing asbestos in 318 federal buildings across CanadaThe Province

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Cancer-causing asbestos in 318 federal buildings across Canada – Canada.com


Cancer-causing asbestos in 318 federal buildings across Canada
Canada.com
OTTAWA — The federal government says it doesn't actively keep track of projects to remove asbestos from infrastructure, despite owning 318 buildings that contain the cancer-causing substance, according to a recently compiled list from Public Works and ...

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Politics, private sector new inspiration for Canada’s Olympic marketing efforts – Globe and Mail


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Politics, private sector new inspiration for Canada's Olympic marketing efforts
Globe and Mail
Marketing strategies that used to be a hallmark of the Stephen Harper government — like direct outreach to the ethnic media and scripted news conferences backed by lavish photo ops — are quickly becoming a mainstay of the Canadian Olympic Committee.
COC takes new approach to marketing OlympiansMetroNews Canada
COC borrows PM's playbookCastanet.net

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2 arrested after Bras d’Or hold-up – CBC.ca


Cape Breton Post

2 arrested after Bras d'Or hold-up
CBC.ca
Police arrested two people after an armed robbery at a gas station in Bras d'Or yesterday. Cape Breton Regional Police said a masked man with a knife robbed a Petro-Canada station at about 7:15 am Sunday. The thief left with an undisclosed amount of ...
Two arrested after gas station robberyTheChronicleHerald.ca
UPDATED: Second robbery suspect arrested in Sydney MinesCape Breton Post
2 arrested after armed robbery in Cape BretonMetroNews Canada

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Prince Charles and Camilla tour New Brunswick – CBC.ca


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Prince Charles and Camilla tour New Brunswick
CBC.ca
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, continue their tour of New Brunswick today with a visit to CFB Gagetown before travelling to Saint John. It's the second day in the province for the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, ...
Prince Charles, Camilla kick off Victoria Day in NBCTV.ca
Prince Charles recalls his military service at CFB GagetownGlobe and Mail
Prince Charles: Once swooned over and scorned, the king-in-waiting now carving ...Canada.com
680 News -Toronto Sun -TheChronicleHerald.ca
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Parachutist in critical condition after training fall – CTV.ca


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Parachutist in critical condition after training fall
CTV.ca
A skydiving instructor is in critical condition after something went wrong during his jump over Gatineau Sunday. A fellow jumper identified him as 35-year-old Steve Verner, a veteran who's made almost 1000 jumps. The co-owner of the Go Skydive school ...
Rough landing injures skydiverOttawa Citizen
Skydiver taken to hospitalOttawa Sun

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Parachutist in critical condition after training fall – CTV.ca


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Parachutist in critical condition after training fall
CTV.ca
A skydiving instructor is in critical condition after something went wrong during his jump over Gatineau Sunday. A fellow jumper identified him as 35-year-old Steve Verner, a veteran who's made almost 1000 jumps. The co-owner of the Go Skydive school ...
Rough landing injures skydiverOttawa Citizen
Skydiver taken to hospitalOttawa Sun

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Kirkland Lake, Ont. forest fire forces 300 from homes – CTV.ca


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Kirkland Lake, Ont. forest fire forces 300 from homes
CTV.ca
KIRKLAND LAKE, Ont. — About 300 people remain out of homes and cottages near Kirkland Lake, in northeastern Ontario, which has declared a state of emergency as crews battle a nearby forest fire. People were told to leave residential and cottage areas ...
13 New Fires StartedLOCAL2 Sault Ste. Marie
Forest fire forces 300 residents evacuated from Kirkland Lake areaBay Today
13 new fires. Wawa 4 consumes 3000 hectaresSooToday.com

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Quebec corruption inquiry could expose links between Mafia, politics and … – National Post


National Post

Quebec corruption inquiry could expose links between Mafia, politics and ...
National Post
MONTREAL — A public inquiry endowed with wide-ranging powers will begin hearings on Tuesday into the inner workings of Quebec's construction industry, and experts are warning the contents may not be pretty. The long-awaited inquiry threatens to ...
Montreal protests result in chaos, mass arrestsCalgary Herald
Quebec construction inquiry begins TuesdayCTV.ca
Quebec's emergency law, high-profile supporters emboldens protest movementWinnipeg Free Press
680 News -TheChronicleHerald.ca -CBC.ca
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Peel police officer dead after motorcycle crash – Toronto Star


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Peel police officer dead after motorcycle crash
Toronto Star
Graham Slaughter Staff Reporter Const. Ewa Domagalaska, the police officer critically injured in an Orangeville motorcycle crash Saturday night, has died of her injuries. Domagalaska, 30, was surrounded by family and friends when she died early Monday ...
Off-duty Peel police officer dies after motorcycle crashCTV.ca
Off-duty officer dies of her injuries following crashCBC.ca
Peel police officer dies after off-duty motorcycle crashCityNews
680 News -Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre -Toronto Sun
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Mayor Ford says he won’t try to outsource garbage east of Yonge this council term – 680 News


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Mayor Ford says he won't try to outsource garbage east of Yonge this council term
680 News
TORONTO, Ont. - A note to Toronto residents living east of Yonge Street: Mayor Rob Ford does not plan to outsource your garbage collection during the current term of council. During his weekly radio show on NewsTalk 1010, Ford said he will wait two ...
Mayor Rob Ford won't outsource garbage collection east of Yonge this termToronto Star
Ford makes trash collection promiseToronto Sun
East-end garbage collection won't be privatized this term: FordCTV.ca
Newstalk 1010
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Ottawa puts $17.6 million price tag on Kingston Penitentiary – Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

Ottawa puts $17.6 million price tag on Kingston Penitentiary
Globe and Mail
Ottawa has put a price on Canada's oldest prison, the 177-year-old Kingston Penitentiary that will be closed down in the next two to three years. The estimated value of its structures and land is being pegged at roughly $17.6-million.

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Car smashes into Starbucks at Glenmore Landing – Calgary Herald


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Car smashes into Starbucks at Glenmore Landing
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — Customers out for a coffee at a southwest Starbucks had their Sunday afternoon interrupted when a Honda Civic crashed through the store window. “All of a sudden there was a car, you could hear the noise of the car hitting the window,” said ...
Now with drive-thru windowCalgary Sun
Car crashes into busy Calgary StarbucksCBC.ca
Car slams into Glenmore Landing coffee shopCTV.ca
660 News
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Car smashes into Starbucks at Glenmore Landing – Calgary Herald


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Car smashes into Starbucks at Glenmore Landing
Calgary Herald
CALGARY — Customers out for a coffee at a southwest Starbucks had their Sunday afternoon interrupted when a Honda Civic crashed through the store window. “All of a sudden there was a car, you could hear the noise of the car hitting the window,” said ...
Car crashes into busy Calgary StarbucksCBC.ca
Now with drive-thru windowCalgary Sun
Car slams into Glenmore Landing coffee shopCTV.ca
660 News
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Two young men go missing in Coal Lake – iNews880.com


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Two young men go missing in Coal Lake
iNews880.com
Two young fishermen headed out for a routine fishing trip this weekend in the area of Coal Lake, South East of Edmonton, but haven't been seen since. RCMP says the case is now being deemed a recover mission, after they located an overturned boat which ...
Search for boaters on central Alberta lake becomes recovery missionEdmonton Journal
Search for missing boaters on Coal Lake 'a recovery mission': RCMPCBC.ca
RCMP search for boaters in Coal LakeEdmonton Sun
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Alleged diamond swallower passes precious gem – CTV.ca


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Alleged diamond swallower passes precious gem
CTV.ca
It's been nearly a week since Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is alleged to have switched a diamond at Precision Jewellers and swallowed the real one. A diamond that was swallowed has been returned to its rightful owners. Police in Windsor, Ont., ...
Diamond swallower finally passes rockToronto Sun
Man accused of swallowing diamond passes gemTheChronicleHerald.ca
Alleged Windsor diamond thief still sitting on the evidence (With Video)Windsor Star
Toronto Star -CBC.ca
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Monday ferry waits averted by repairs to Queen of New Westminster – Vancouver Sun


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Monday ferry waits averted by repairs to Queen of New Westminster
Vancouver Sun
Good news for BC Ferries travellers. The Queen of New Westminster has been repaired and the long sailing waits between the Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen terminals that had been feared for Monday likely have been averted. BC Ferries spokeswoman Deborah ...
Broken ferry fixed for the last day of the long weekendNews1130
BC Ferries cancels several sailings again on SundayVictoria Times Colonist
BC Ferries cancels more sailings SundayCTV.ca
CBC.ca -Global BC -HQ Comox Valley
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Goodbye live interpreters, hello smart-phone apps – Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

Goodbye live interpreters, hello smart-phone apps
Globe and Mail
At Long Beach in British Columbia's Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, a small team of surf guards will no longer watch the waves in summer months. In Alberta's Jasper National Park, visitor centre hours will be scaled back during slower times of the ...

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