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Finally signs of progress at Sears Canada
There's still a long and difficult road ahead - especially given Target's arrival this year in the Canadian retail scene - but there are early signs that the turnaround efforts ...
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Read the letter that the RCMP sent the Senate
Senator Marjory LeBreton talks to media in Senate Foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, May 9, 2013 regarding an audit on Senators housing expenses. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...
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TV importers accuse Ottawa of misleading tariff rulings
Importers of popular electronics such as big-screen TVs and MP3 players are ramping up their fight against federal tariff changes, accusing the government of misleading them by offering tariff breaks that it planned to claw back later.Importers of televisions are already on the hook for about $16-million in retroactive duties from 2011 after last year's crackdown on a particular tariff ...
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RCMP now looking into Senate expenses scandal
The RCMP has come calling at Canada's beleaguered Senate, asking for documents that it says will help determine "whether there are grounds to launch a criminal investigation" of expense claims filed by Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Mac Harb. ...
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Ontarios LCBO goes casual as union wins right to ditch the ties
They also bargained for the right to ditch their ties."The employer agreed to discontinue use of ties and cross-over ties," the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says in the highlights of the tentative deal.(There's also now a $200-a-year clothing allowance for seasonal workers, but presumably that money won't be spent on ties.)The opt-out-of-the-tie provision of the ...
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Boards Of Canada Share New Video Song
Scottish brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin -- known almost exclusively as Boards of Canada -- have had the electronic music world ...
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Andy Cohen reveals popular housewives are returning to ‘Real Housewives’
Andy Cohen has been the driving force behind "The Real Housewives" franchise, as he has interviewed them on "Watch What Happens Live" and hosted all of the reunion shows from the very beginning. He knows how to mediate the women when they all get together to rehash the drama of the previous seasons and he knows all of the housewives personally. So, one can imagine that Andy ...
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‘RHOA’ star Kim Zolciak to share dramatic moment on her reality show
Kim Zolciak has gotten her own reality show because Bravo thought her life was interesting. Sure, her wedding to Kroy Biermann resulted in a fight with her mother, because she caused ...
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Kathy Wakile wanted out of ‘Real Housewives’ because of family drama
"The Real Housewives of New Jersey" star Kathy Wakile reveals that the previous season of the show was a little intense and she was ready to leave the show behind for ...
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Kim Kardashian to dish gender details on ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’
Kim Kardashian is no stranger to the cameras and she isn't ashamed when it comes to sharing everything from the petty details of a fight to an intimate proposal with Kris Humphries. And while she may not be filming the birth like Kourtney Kardashian, she will allow cameras into the doctor's office for an ultrasound as shown in a new preview. If that wasn't enough, fans of the show ...
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Hockeys Memorial Cup still up for grabs
Saskatoon Blades could, if all the pucks fall properly into place, find themselves playing on Sunday, May 26th, for a chance to hoist the famous ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Jenelle Evans and Kieffer joke about her supposed pregnancy
Jenelle Evans has announced that she is done with her estranged husband Courtland Rogers, since she claimed he betrayed her during their marriage. Courtland is currently sitting in jail and it sounds like she is moving on with her life, even though they are legally married. She can't divorce him until December, since the laws in North Carolina claim that she can't file for divorce ...
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Regehr Tiny Gibraltar hopes to join UEFA
On Friday, Gibraltar hopes to become an official member of UEFA. Right now it has only provisional membership. The barricade to its admittance has been Spain. On a recent trip to Gibraltar I couldn't help but marvel at the view.From the top of its massive granite ridge line, you can see the hazy mountaintops of Morocco, the competing blues of the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
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Ottawa wins award for Canada’s most boring city
The Boring Awards committee has awarded Ottawa the title of most boring city in Canada, but it isn’t the city they mind so much as the ...
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Ron MacLean Brad Richards deserved better from Tortorella
Brad Richards sits out tonight. I'm his friend, so of course no one in New York could get a fair hearing from me. But for the record, here's my take. In 2011, Brad chose to sign with the Rangers against the advice of his agency. They certainly did not argue against New York, but they had laid out what they felt was a better fit with more money on the table. In the end Brad wanted to ...
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Jonathan Osorio gets 1st crack with Canadian soccer team
Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio has earned his first call-up to the Canadian national team. The 20-year-old from Toronto is one of 18 players summoned by interim coach Colin Miller for a May 28 friendly against Costa Rica at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium. The game, the first for the Canadian men in Edmonton since 2008, will feature Edmonton natives Tosaint Ricketts and Randy ...
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Stampeders Jon Cornish motivated by Grey Cup loss
Star Canadian running back Jon Cornish wants to work on his pass routes this season but his coach will be smiling if he just continues doing what he did last year. Cornish helped get the Calgary Stampeders to the Grey Cup, although both he and the team stumbled in the championship game. The Stampeders dropped a 35-22 decision to the Argonauts in Toronto. Speaking today on a conference call, ...
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Rafael Nadal Serena Williams prohibitive French Open favourites
Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions. Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There's Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta. Not so much a "Who's Who." More like a "Who's He?" The women's list features fewer out-of-nowhere names, yet ...
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Mobilicity debtholders approve sale to Telus
Mobilicity came into the Canadian market after the 2009 auction of wireless spectrum. Under the rules of that auction, small operators cannot be sold to established carriers for five years, which has led some analysts to predict that Mobilicity will lose its licence to use the spectrum if the sale to Telus is approved. (Mobilicity/Canadian ...
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Boil-water advisory delay questioned by Montreal councillor
Updated Boil-water advisory to last until at least 10 p.m. Residents advised to boil water for at least 1 min. Largest boil-water advisory in Montreal's ...
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Tiger-Cats Roughriders swing trade
Montreal Alouettes Anthony Calvillo is sacked by Hamilton Tiger-Cats Jermaine McElveen during the second half of a September 2012 game. (Geoff Robins/Canadian ...
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CBCs Top Tweets Boil-water advisory
Most of Montreal has been under a boil-water advisory for more than 24-hours after dust sitting at the bottom of a resevoir mixed in with the water supply. ...
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Men found dead in B.C. lake wore over-sized lifejackets
A rescue official says two men found dead in Kalamalka Lake, south of Vernon, B.C. on Wednesday, were wearing life jackets that didn't fit properly. (LN?/Wikimedia ...
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Supporters protest bail in boys patio death
About 60 people protest at a bail hearing for the man accused of driving onto an Edmonton patio and killing two-year-old Geo Mounsef last weekend. (Janice Johnston/CBC ...
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PQ polling woes continue
latest CROP survey in Thursday's La Presse. On the provincial side, it places support for Phillippe Couillard's Liberals at 38 per cent. That's 14 points ahead of the Parti Qubcois which is down to 24 per cent, only two points ahead of the Coalition Avenir Qubec which is polling at 22 per cent. Quebec Solidaire is at 10 per cent and Option Nationale up from three per cent to ...
Montreal Digest
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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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