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4-year-old girl attacked by dog in lAssomption
A 4-year-old girl is in stable condition at Ste-Justine hospital after being attacked by a dog around 9:30 a.m. Monday morning. According to Alain Benot, an officer with the l'Assomption/St-Sulpice police force, the girl was walking down Mariani Street in l'Assomption with her cousin when a dog attacked her. "For a still unknown reason, the dog jumped on her and bit her ...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford greatest hits The politician who makes London Mayor Boris look like John Major in comparison
Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, is so ridiculous that even London's zip-wiring, pond-falling, wiff-waffing Mayor Boris Johnson looks like John Major in ...
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Warm weather with cool breaks forecast for Canada this summer
Get ready to break out the sunscreen Canada, but don't worry about sizzling all season.Meteorologists at AccuWeather.com say the majority of Canadians can look forward to a more "typical" summer this year, when hot spells will be interspersed with cooler periods."The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it's not going to resemble last year's summer, which was the ...
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Search under way for missing Canadian man in Mexico report
Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8.The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the men's disappearance until five ...
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Canadian PM’s top aide quits
The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper abruptly resigned on Sunday over his role in a mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government.Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, quit after secretly giving a $87,000 check in February to Mike Duffy, a member of the upper Senate chamber, to help him cover living expenses he had improperly ...
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‘RHOA’ star Kenya Moore denies dating Jay-Z during pregnancy rumors
Kenya Moore may be fabulous in her own little world, but she has proof that she has played with some big people earlier in her career. Sure, she owns a production company, but she has filmed several music videos and movies before starring on the Bravo show. Apparently, Kenya was in one ...
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Kate Gosselin interested in getting involved with horses
Kate Gosselin may be a very busy mother taking care of her children, meaning she has very little time for herself, but she is finding the time during the summer months to hit the pavement and run for a couple of hours. And while she has been running a couple of marathons several times, it sounds like she may have some other hobbies she would like to find time for. After this weekend, it sounds ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Kailyn Lowry’s baby shower hidden from the press
Kailyn Lowry has denied that she was pregnant with her second child as her husband Javi has been in air force training. Of course, she has been trying to keep her life more private after she wrapped up the show last year, only sharing random thoughts on Twitter and few pictures from her life. And she has been bashing people who don't support her. But it sounds like she is ready to start a ...
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‘RHONY’ star Ramona Singer works with cops to catch a thief
Ramona Singer may be confident in who she is, as she works hard for the money she earns. She has always prided herself on being a hard-working individual and she isn't one to flaunt her wealth. But just because she doesn't flaunt her wealth doesn't mean she doesn't have any expensive items she wants to protect. So, when she learned that someone from her Park Avenue ...
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Canadian missing for nearly two weeks in Mexico
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico -- Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8. The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the ...
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Canadian Government Pursuing Aggressive Lobbying Push On Keystone XL
doubled its spending to promote the Keystone XL pipeline to $16.5 million, up from $9 million a year ago. This dramatic spending increase is a result of an increased lobbying effort the government is planning, which includes high-profile ad buys and dispatching a series of officials to reiterate talking points that the pipeline will increase U.S. energy security and provide us with thousands of ...
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Super Bowl L host to be determined Tuesday
Where the Super Bowl will celebrate a half-century of existence will be decided this week by NFL owners. They have two choices for the 50th anniversary game in 2016: the San Francisco Bay Area and South Florida. The 49ers' new stadium is being built and is scheduled to open for the 2014 season. With the NFL showing a penchant for bringing is championship game to new venues -- Dallas and ...
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Jack Nicklaus thrilled Chinese teen Tianlang will play Memorial
Guan Tianlang, seen last week at the Byron Nelson Championship, will play at Muirfield Village, the course Jack Nicklaus built. (Brad Looper/Dallas Morning ...
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Wheelchair rugby grows in popularity
Wheelchair rugby is seeing a rise in popularity across Alberta, with clubs in Calgary and Edmonton reporting new members. The sport, also known as murderball, is a contact sport featuring elements of wheelchair basketball, handball and rugby. While not as popular in Alberta as in other provinces, players say they are seeing new members looking to join in on the fun. "Then Calgary club ...
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Edmonton man runs into traffic killed by car
A 26-year-old man became the city's third traffic death on the long weekend early Monday morning after he was hit by car in southwest Edmonton. The man was hit at 178 Street and 64 Avenue at 1:15 a.m. Police believe the man ran onto the southbound lanes of 178 Street at 64th Avenue at 1:15 a.m., when he was hit by car. He was taken to hospital with severe head injuries, but died shortly ...
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Bid to re-open Langley Speedway
A Metro Vancouver committee is considering a proposal to re-open the Langley Speedway that closed almost three decades ago. The Langley Speedway was once a crown jewel of car racing in the area, hosting events as big as Nascar. But the track now sits empty, having closed in 1984 due to failing popularity. "We think that if we partnered with Metro Vancouver and the community, it could ...
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Edmonton boy 2 killed after car hits patio
The boy was with his family on the patio when a car pulling into a parking stall sped up and crashed into the patio, police said. (Gary Moore/CBC ...
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RCMP issue warning after attacks in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam
The cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam and local RCMP are asking the public to use caution around trails and parks in the two communities following a couple of recent ...
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Small Florida town run on $49-million budget anxious to learn who among them won $590-million Powerball lottery
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million. The lucky ticket was bought sometime Saturday or earlier at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, a city of about 13,000 people best known around the state for its brand of spring water with the ...
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Search teams recover bodies of two missing New Brunswick fishermen
TABUSINTAC NEW BRUNSWICK — The bodies of two fishermen who went missing off the coast of northeastern New Brunswick have been recovered. RCMP Const. Scott Messier says the body of a 35-year-old man from Tabusintac and a 32-year-old man from Brantville were located around 4 p.m. today. Messier says the men were found near the area where their boat hit a sandbar in rough seas and started ...
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Bethenny Frankel spends Sunday with her daughter Bryn
Bethenny Frankel has been keeping a low profile in New York over the past couple of weeks as she has been preparing for her upcoming talk show. She has been trying to come up ideas for her talk show, where she can talk about things with women that people rarely talk about. However, one can imagine she is also relaxing and spending time with loved ones before her hectic schedule stars as she is ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Jenelle Evans reveals all of the surgeries she has had
Jenelle Evans has been complaining about feeling sick for quite some time, including when she was with both Courtland Rogers and Gary Head. She has been hospitalized several times when it comes to her ovarian cysts and it seems like everything she is sick, it is very dramatic for everyone involved. Over the past couple of days, Jenelle has been complaining about feeling sick and having a sore ...
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‘RHOOC’ star Alexis Bellino spoils her children with lunch outside
Alexis Bellino may not be getting along with any of the women on the show, but she is loving the fact that she can spend lots of time with her family. On the show, she has only interacted with the women once, which was at Tamra Barney's dramatic dinner for her fitness studio, but the other women have hinted that there is more drama coming. Alexis' husband insists that she ...
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‘RHOA’ star Porsha Stewart gets locked out of their shared home
divorce shortly before the reunion special was being aired. The season had just come to an end and Porsha was often filmed in tears, defending her husband. However, in ...
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‘RHOA’ star Kim Zolciak shares how Kroy spoiled her on her birthday
Kroy Biermann back in 2011. The two have been inseparable ever since and the two have added two boys to their family. With four children and a mega mansion almost completed, these two have a bright future ahead of them. Even though Kim is getting a mega mansion for herself and her children, one can imagine that Kroy and her ...
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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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