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Major storm knocks out power to thousands in Ontario for second time in two days
OTTAWA -- Power has been restored in some areas around Ottawa after thousands of people were left without electricity following a night of thunderstorms. More than 2,600 Hydro One customers to the west of Ottawa lost power due to Wednesday night’s storms. Areas affected at the peak of the outage included Almonte, Clayton Lake, Mississippi Mills and ...
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Second man facing first-degree murder charge in death of Tim Bosma as 1500 mourners gather to remember Hamilton father
More than 1,500 mourners were leaving a Hamilton hall at the end of an emotional public funeral for Tim Bosma Wednesday when the mood was lifted, just a little, by news that a second man was arrested in his shocking murder ...
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Canada businessman involved in Cuba corruption probe apparently on trial 2 years after arrest
HAVANA - The trial of a Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba is apparently under way nearly two years after he was detained. Sarkis Yacoubian was president of import company Tri-Star Caribbean, which was shuttered in July 2011. He was seen entering a courthouse in Havana on Thursday morning after arriving in a black sedan with tinted windows. Canadian Ambassador Matthew ...
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CANADA STOCKS-Stimulus rollback fears TD trigger TSX slump
* TSX down 102.12 points, or 0.80 percent, at 12,650.38 * Energy producers off 1.3 percent * TD falls 1 percent after results By John Tilak TORONTO, May 23 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index stumbled on Thursday, with every major sector in the red on concerns about a quicker-than-expected end to the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus program and sluggish economic data from China and ...
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Quebecs separatist government highly unpopular -poll
Thu May 23, 2013 11:21am EDT * Separatists would lose power in election now, poll says * Quebec government had to dilute plans for new mining tax May 23 (Reuters) - Quebec's separatist government is highly unpopular in the wake of several missteps since taking power last September and would be swept from office if an election were held now, a poll published on Thursday found. The Parti ...
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Two ex-Revenue Canada auditors face charges in tax-evasion scheme
Two former federal fiscal bureaucrats face charges on allegations that they received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in a Montreal-based tax-evasion scheme that deprived the government of $4.5-million in tax revenue.Also being charged is Francesco Fiorino, 54, a chartered accountant who had been charged last year on allegations that he conspired with two construction bosses to evade ...
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Search continues for Canadian hiker missing in Australia for more than one week
Kosciuszko National Park is seen in this undated handout photo. The Canberra Times reports that an air search for Prabhdeep Srawn is focusing on a specific location within the Kosciuszko National Park, about 350 kilometres southwest of Sydney. Srawn, a 25-year-old Brampton, Ont., man hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass. (Westpac Life ...
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‘RHOA’ star NeNe Leakes’ wedding will include ‘plenty of housewives
wedding spin-off after getting engaged to Gregg over the holidays. The two had worked on their relationship off camera and it sounds like NeNe trusts Gregg once again to the point where she would like to get married to him again. While apart, NeNe went to Hollywood to grow her career and she landed herself two shows, "Glee" and "The New Normal." And since her contact list is ...
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‘Real Housewives’ star Jacqueline Laurita regrets bashing Teresa’s husband
husband while filming the reunion special last year. She skipped out on the third season reunion, but she was ready for battle for the fourth season reunion. And she accused Joe of cheating on Teresa with his receptionist straight to his face. However, it sounds like she may be back peddling a little bit these days According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on May ...
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Khloe Kardashian is losing weight using Bethenny Frankel’s golden rule
Khloe Kardashian has been working out and hiking lots lately in hopes of getting in shape. She learned last year that her sister Kim was pregnant with her first child and people thought that she would be heartbroken over the news because she and Lamar had been trying to get pregnant for quite some time. Apparently, she decided to get into shape instead as Kim deals with her pregnancy and she has ...
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LeAnn Rimes thinks people should forgive her for affair as she makes mistakes
LeAnn Rimes is currently promoting her newest album, Spitfire, which will be out later this spring. It has been several years since LeAnn and Eddie had their ...
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‘RHOA’ star Kim Zolciak’s ex-publicist claims she never took responsibility
Kim Zolciak may be happily married to Kroy now, but she hasn't had the easiest road while filming the show. She has been a single mother, who was chain-smoking during the first couple of seasons. In addition, she was dating a married man and bragging about it. However things have changed and now, her ...
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New Porsche Boxster an exquisite evolution
Porsche 's Boxster two seat ragtop is a definite joy to drive. And with its new set of clothes, new technology and features, it's an even more compelling vehicle than it was already. And that's saying ...
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Kim Kardashian’s family call her selfish to bringing her baby on tour
birth this summer and it sounds like Kanye isn't slowing down with his career, despite taking on the role of parenting. While he plans to be a good father, he is also going on tour to promote his new album just months after Kim gives birth. Kim isn't planning on staying behind with her family as Kanye is on tour, so she wants to go with him and bring ...
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World stocks slump as Japans Nikkei loses 7
Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago. Several reasons have been blamed for the 7.3 percent fall in the Nikkei index to 14,483.98, including a spike in Japanese government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing figures. Mixed messages ...
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Eugenie Bouchard advances to Strasbourg International semifinals
Quebec teenager Eugenie Bouchard continued her impressive week in Strasbourg, France with a straight sets quarter-final win on Thursday against her Georgian opponent. The 19-year-old Westmount, Que. native beat Anna Tatishvili 6-3, 6-2 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, a claycourt tune-up for the French Open. While most of the top players are either in training mode for the French Open or ...
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UEFA hopes to clamp down on racism with minimum 10-match penalty
UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino speaks to members of the media during a press conference in central London on Thursday. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty ...
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RCMP moving to freeze assets in widening SNC-Lavalin probe
The RCMP asked a court in Montreal to freeze several bank accounts and a family trust belonging to former SNC executive vice-president of construction Sami Bebawi, as well as properties bought by his children, according to a 114-page affidavit sworn by Cpl. Alexandre Beaulieu. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian ...
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Senior gets wrong meds ends up on life support
She was shocked when Winzoski ended up on life support. "They explained to me at the ICU unit that the machine was breathing for her," Panciera said. "They didn't believe she would surviveWe were crying and holding her hand." Panciera said hospital staff encouraged the family to take her grandmother off life support. But after four days in intensive care, the ...
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Stephen Harper attends Pacific Alliance trade talks
The leaders of Canada and the Pacific Alliance will be sizing each other up today to see if Canada might be a good fit with the nascent Latin American trade bloc. Stephen Harper wants to see if it's worthwhile engaging in yet another round of talks to free up trade and investment. And the leaders of the Pacific Alliance -- which groups Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico -- want to know if ...
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Rothesay man charged with 2nd-degree murder
A 39-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his common-law wife in Rothesay on Wednesday. Adam Lee Steven Prest is accused of killing Tanya Marie Shand, 33. Prest made a brief appearance in Saint John provincial court on Thursday, wearing jeans, a blue windbreaker and sneakers. He frowned at his shackled feet as the charge was read. Prest has been remanded in ...
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Provincial stats on repeat EI users needed analyst says
David Campbell, an economic development consultant, said the federal government should release statistics on how many people in each industry claim EI benefits ...
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2nd suspect in Tim Bosma case charged with 1st-degree murder
Mark Smich of Oakville, Ont., today became the second person formally charged with first-degree murder in the death of Tim Bosma, the Hamilton man who disappeared earlier this month after taking two men on a test drive of his truck. CBC's Adam Carter, who was in the Hamilton courtroom Thursday morning as Smich was charged, reported that Smich appeared to be nervous and said little during ...
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Coal terminal expansion vital argues Fraser Surrey Docks
Coal would be loaded onto barges on the Fraser River and towed to ships waiting on Texada Island, then loaded onto freighters travelling to Asia. (Fraser Surrey ...
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New West parkade a blight on revitalized waterfront
There's a growing movement in New Westminster, B.C., to tear down a parkade that stretches across the city's waterfront. The raised structure was built in the late 1950s to combat the trend of shoppers driving to bigger malls in the suburbs. It now sits half empty, and residents complain it blocks access to the revitalized waterfront. "Anyone who's seen it knows it's ...
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Montreal Metro still trying to replace ageing fleet
The Montreal Metro is ageing, or its trains are at least, with some of them over 60 years old this year, it’s high time for massive investment in an overhaul of the fleet, but the bidding process has been controversial and highly competitive, leading to delays, which it is hoped will provide a lower cost.
Montreal’s metro system is operated by the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) and was first opened back in 1966, since then it has grown into one of the largest subways in the country and is the busiest in Canada with over 290 million trips taken on the system last year. The 759 trains that operate on the network are ageing and tired, having each carried an estimated 7900 people and plans are afoot to replace them. Read more
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