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Home Depot profit up 18 as renovation rebounds
Home Depot Inc. earned $1.23 billion, or 83 cents per share in the three months up to the start of May. That's up from $1.04 billion, or 68 cents per share, a year earlier. (Jim ...
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Children driven around too much Canadian report suggests
A crossing guard guides children in Winnipeg in 2009. While 58 per cent of parents walked to school when they were children, only 28 per cent of their own kids were doing the same today, a new survey suggests. (Phil Hossack/Canadian ...
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JP Morgan shareholders vote to keep Diman as chairman CEO
Jamie Dimon was at the head of JP Morgan Chase when it suffered a series of embarrassing losses after a notorious trader at its London office made a series of risky transactions involving credit default swaps. (Yuri ...
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Grizzlies look to claw back in Game 2
SAN ANTONIO (AP) Zach Randolph's miserable Western Conference finals debut led to a sleepless night and a long film session. The All-Star power forward and his Memphis Grizzlies are hardly down and out, though. In both rounds of the playoffs so far, Memphis has lost Game 1 before rallying back to knock out the Los Angeles Clippers and then the Oklahoma City Thunder. This time, Randolph ...
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Departing U.S. ambassador to Canada hired as BMO vice-chair
David Jacobson was appointed ambassador to Canada in 2009. Prior to that, he had worked as the special assistant to President Barack Obama for presidential personnel. he spent 30 years working as a lawyer in Chicago, where he will again be based once he takes up his new post as vice-chairman of BMO Financial Group. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian ...
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Toronto councillors urge Rob Ford to address sad allegations
Mayor Rob Ford is seen Tuesday morning at the start of a much-anticipated casino debate at city hall. It remains unclear if the mayor will make a statement regarding allegations by the Toronto Star and Gawker that he was filmed smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. (Patrick ...
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Mountie sues 13 ex-colleagues for sex assault harassment
An RCMP staff sergeant has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against 13 former colleagues in the force's travelling equestrian show the Musical Ride, claiming she was sexually assaulted and harassed in the 1980s. Staff Sgt. Caroline O'Farrell, 52, who works in Ottawa, claims she was sexually assaulted, assaulted and harassed from 1986 to 1987 while working as a constable. Her ...
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Dellen Millard farm remains under police watch
A floral memorial continues to grow for Ancaster, Ont., man Tim Bosma, left, at the Waterloo Region farm of Dellen Millard, who is charged with first-degree murder. Police believe remains found on the farm belong to Bosma. (Colin ...
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Rare baby monkey dies at Saint John zoo
Saint John's Cherry Brook Zoo is mourning the death of a rare Callimico goeldii monkey, born just two months ago. It is the third baby monkey death at the zoo since 2008. The female monkey's body was discovered by a zoo attendant on the morning of May 12, as the zoo was preparing Mother's Day celebrations for its mother, April. The cause of death of the baby, which still ...
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B.C. co-op fights federal local food guideline changes
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is changing the definition of local food to any food grown within that particular province or 50 kilometres from the ...
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Business conference draws creative minds to Montreal
A three day business conference that begins Tuesday in Montreal is expected to help boost the city's international reputation. From 'Pastagate' to corruption allegations, recent headlines may have drawn negative attention to Montreal. But behind the scenes at C2-Montreal, promoters say they won't let negative attention put a damper on the event. The event will welcome some ...
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Man in his 50s hit by truck in Laval
Laval police are investigating after a 55-year-old man was hit by a large truck in the Chomedy district this morning. Const. Franco Di Genova said the pedestrian was rushed to the hospital after he was hit by a truck on De l'Avenir Boulevard at about 9:45 a.m. Di Genova said investigators are still in the early stages of piecing together what happened. "He was transported ...
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Motorcyclist dead after head-on crash on Lions Gate Bridge
A 27-year-old motorcyclist is dead after a head-on crash on Vancouver's Lions Gate Bridge. The crash happened just before 6 p.m. PT Monday when the southbound motorcycle hit a northbound SUV. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. No one in the SUV was injured and Vancouver police say the driver is co-operating with the investigation. The crash closed the bridge for about ...
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Abbotsford police seek hit-run witnesses
Investigators believe a 39-year-old man was hit while walking on the shoulder in the 1800 block of Peardonville Road at about 5 p.m. PT Monday. But the accident wasn't reported until half an hour later when another driver stopped to help the injured man. The victim is expected to survive and police are trying to figure out what happened. Investigators are looking to speak with anyone who ...
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Unlicensed girl 15 charged after car clocked at 187kmh near Calgary
A 15-year-old driver without a licence allegedly tried switching seats with her passenger after being pulled over on Highway 2 north of Calgary after her car was clocked at 187 km/h, say RCMP.While the 18-year-old passenger had a licence, she may have been drinking and was not in a condition to drive, said Airdrie integrated traffic unit Sheriff Jason Graw."Neither person should have been ...
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Family worries B.C. man kidnapped in Mexico
Diego Hernandez. (Handout) Family members of a Vancouver-area man living in Mexico have reached out to media after he went missing in Puerta Vallarta because they believe he's been kidnapped. Diego Hernandez, 22, and his American business partner Craig Silva, 31, disappeared on May 8 from the resort town, Vancouver media reported. Hernandez, a Canadian citizen, had recently staged a ...
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Oil leaking after train derails in Saskatchewan
A train derailed near Jansen, Sask. Tuesday morning and crude oil appears to be leaking from one of the cars, police say. (QMI Agency) CALGARY - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said five tankers containing oil derailed on Tuesday morning near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and one of the cars is leaking crude, the third spill for the company in two months. Ed Greenberg, a spokesman for ...
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Canadian man missing in Mexico previously charged with drug offences
5/21/2013 A Canadian man missing in Mexico had a troubled past. Diego Hernandez recently faced drug charges on Vancouver Island. Three years ago, the 22-year-old was arrested in Saanich and charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking. His trial was slated to start last October, but court officials in Victoria cannot yet be reached to confirm details of the outcome. Police say ...
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Toronto Mayor Ford stays mum on drug-tape allegations at casino meeting
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has no plans of addressing allegations that he was videotaped smoking crack cocaine Tuesday, the mayor's spokesperson said.The mayor attended a city council meeting Tuesday morning to formally kill the proposal for a downtown casino, which ends for good what was once a pet project for Mr. ...
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Pipeline delays ‘staggering’ blow for Canadian economy McKenna
Former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna is seen in this file photo. McKenna said Tuesday that Canada's entire economy is being damaged by delays in getting pipelines built. (JIM ...
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Amazon offers Canadians yet another free cloud storage service
Cloud computing firm Amazon.ca released a cloud storage service today to compete with a long list of competitors including Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive, Apple iCloud, Box.net, and more. Previously Cloud Drive was accessible to Canadians via the Amazon.com Web site, but now a localized version of the service is available. The Cloud service syncs a local folder from your computer to ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Chelsea Houska goes on hardcore raw cleanse diet
Chelsea Houska appeared to have lost her baby weight rather fast after she gave birth to Aubree and fans haven't seen her struggle with her weight while filming the four seasons of "Teen Mom." However, it sounds like Chelsea is finally trying to put her health first as she is trying out a ...
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‘RHOA’ star NeNe Leakes continues to shoot wedding despite sadness over victims
NeNe Leakes is supposed to be celebrating the happiest time of her life. She is engaged to her ex-husband Gregg, as they are planning on getting married once again after working on their issues. In addition, her career has grown from the Bravo show as she has been featured on "Glee" and "The New Normal" before it was cancelled. However, NeNe is like many celebrities as she ...
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‘Real Housewives’ star Gretchen Rossi defends Slade for spending money on car
Rolls Royce because it was only a couple hundred dollars more per month than what she was already paying. Slade thought it was an excellent deal, but Gretchen was worried about the payments. She wanted to make sure that it was only a couple of hundred dollars more per month, as she was shocked that she could afford it. This whole conversation was caught on tape. According to a new tweet released ...
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‘RHOOC’ star Gretchen Rossi slams website for giving her vocabulary lessons
Gretchen Rossi has been very controlling of her money since fans first met her on the show. She has been working her butt off launching her business, Gretchen Christine, and she is constantly working on finding colors, patterns and products for her newest products. So, when Slade Smiley shows up with a new car for her to rent, she was shocked - especially since it was ...
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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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