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Mooseheads manhandle Knights at Memorial Cup
Mooseheads right winger Stefan Fournier, left, and right-winger Darcy Ashley celebrate a goal as Knights defenceman Dakota Mermis looks on in the first period. Ashley scored twice and added an assist in a 9-2 Halifax victory. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...
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One dead as floatplane overturns in Bute Inlet
At least one person is dead after a plane came down in Bute Inlet on the South Coast of B.C., the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria ...
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Search for missing Canadian continues in Australian mountains
Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Snowy Mountains region.Prabhdeep Srawn, of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. For the last two years, the 25-year-old has been a law student at Bond ...
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Bruins take commanding 3-0 series lead over Rangers
NEW YORK (AP) Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night. Boston leads the best-of-seven series 3-0 and can advance to the conference finals as early as Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Only three teams in NHL ...
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Griffins rally to eliminate Marlies from AHL playoffs
Luke Glendening's goal at 15:57 of the third period spelled the end of Toronto's season as the Grand Rapids Griffins rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to beat the Marlies 4-3 on Tuesday, and win the AHL Western Conference semifinal 4-2. Grand Rapids will face the Oklahoma City Barons in the conference final. Glendening was in front of Toronto goalie Drew MacIntyre and had ...
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Cops sought info from Mulcair about ex-Laval mayor meeting
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he 'never saw cash,' and has no proof the ex-mayor of Laval, Que., Gilles Vaillancourt, offered him a bribe in 1994. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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Childrens mouths allegedly taped shut at N.S. school
An assistant instructor at a school in Bedford, N.S., is under investigation by police after allegedly taping shut the mouths of several students. The incident allegedly happened at Bedford South School on Thursday, May 16, during an after school program called Excel. One mother says her seven-year-old son was involved in the alleged incident. Her name is not being used to protect the identity ...
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Kamloops man skydives for 90th birthday
A Kamloops man has crossed another item off his bucket list by jumping out of a plane to mark his 90th birthday. "What a thrill," said Ken Legge, who went skydiving for the first time this weekend, as more than 100 well-wishers watched from below. "I had put bungee jumping on my bucket list, and someone warned me that with these old bones of mine they might come apart, so I ...
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B.C. teachers win fight over political posters in schools
(CBC) British Columbia's teachers are free to express their political opinions through buttons and posters in schools after a B.C. Appeal Court panel sided with the union in a constitutional challenge. The B.C. Teachers Federation battle began before the 2009 provincial election when teachers in Cranbook, B.C., launched the campaign critical of government education policies. The union ...
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Judge dismisses HD Mining court challenge by unions
(QMI Agency files) A Federal Court judge dismissed Tuesday a challenge by two unions to overturn temporary foreign worker permits granted to a China-backed mining company. Judge Russel Zinn ruled HD Mining properly applied for the 201 worker permits, according to the Labour Market Opinions process. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115 and BC Building Trades union said the ...
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Metro Vancouver man jailed for sex offences involving 3 minors
A former Tsawwassen resident will serve more than two years in prison for sex-related charges.Jamieson Richard (Rick) Glendinning was sentenced to 27 months in prison Friday afternoon after pleading guilty to three counts of indecent assault involving three minors - two males and a female. The incidents took place in Delta, Surrey and during two trips to the U.S. between 1969 and 1979. The ...
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Despite Stephen Harper’s rhetoric abolishing the Senate is practically impossible
When Prime Minister Stephen Harper told his caucus Tuesday that he ';did not get into politics to defend the Senate,'; and is keen for the Supreme Court of Canada ';to rule on options for abolishing the Senate completely,'; he elevated abolition from pipe dream to plausible ...
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U.S. tracked foreigners at the Canadian border in pilot project
Hundreds of thousands of foreigners passing into Canada from the United States have unwittingly taken part in a grand experiment by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to crack down on visitors who violate laws governing the length of their stay.Long demanded by lawmakers in Congress, it is considered a critical step to developing a coherent program to curb illegal immigration, as ...
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Relatives join search for Canadian missing in Australias Snowy Mountains
OTTAWA -- Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Snowy Mountains region. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. For the last two years, the 25-year-old has been a law ...
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Cavaliers leapfrog Magic to win NBA draft lottery
Draft prospects C.J. McCollum, left, and Michael Carter Williams, middle, chat with Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans at draft lottery in New York. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty ...
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Dozens tricked by fools gold scam
A scam of fools gold appears to be afoot in Edmonton. The set up: a white car pulls up next to you on the street. A passenger in the vehicle offers you the chance to purchase what appears to be gold rings and chains at a cut-rate. But when you buy the jewelry and take it into a story, the truth comes out. Kim Allers paid a little more than $300 for a small handful of what he thought were gold ...
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Senate debates expense audits amid greater scrutiny
The Senate is debating reports about the living and travel claims of three senators who have all been ordered to repay inappropriately claimed money. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ...
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Vancouver set to refocus bylaw on taxi limo driving permits
A spokesperson for the Vancouver Taxi Association says a new chauffeur permit bylaw and fair, clear safety guidelines will be welcomed by the companies she speaks ...
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Photos Fair makes life easier for Vancouver residents living in poverty
Les Nelson gets a haircut at the 2nd Annual Summer Connect event organized by the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver, May, 21, 2013. The Union Gospel Mission assmled 35 vital service providers under at one event to help eliminate barriers that prevent vulnerable community members from moving forward in ...
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Lack of interpreters in Ontario courts an ‘embarrassment’ judge says
An Ontario judge has blasted the province for failing to remedy a long-standing shortage of qualified interpreters in the courts.Frustrated over an impaired driving case he felt compelled to toss out, Ontario Court Justice Peter Tetley said the number of cases being adversely affected is at an intolerable level. "It is unfair to the public," Justice Tetley said. "It is unfair to ...
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Ontario budget deal with NDP will stave off spring election
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne capped her frenetic first 100 days in office by reaching a budget deal with the New Democrats that will avoid a spring election. The agreement, which, coincidentally, came on the Premier's 60th birthday Tuesday, buys her minority Liberals much-needed breathing space as they gird for what promises to be even more difficult work ...
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Merry Wives of Windsor leads the way in Vancouver’s Jessie theatre award nominations
- set in Windsor, Ont., - leads the nominations in the large-production category for the 31st annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards in Vancouver, with seven. The audience-pleasing country-and-western take on Shakespeare is up for outstanding production, direction (Johnna Wright), lead actor (Ashley Wright), supporting actor (David Marr), set design (Pam Johnson), costume design (Drew Facey) as ...
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Koevermans nearing return to Toronto FC lineup
After undergoing off-season knee surgery, Toronto FC's Danny Koevermans is confident of a return to action on June 1. (file photo) (MIKE ...
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Guest Say no to a U.S.-Canada border-crossing fee
THE U.S. government has expressed interest in possibly instituting a new border-crossing fee at land borders. At this stage, the proposal is just a request by President Obama’s administration to study the effect of collecting a crossing fee for pedestrians and passenger vehicles along the Canadian and Mexican land borders. A fee would help recover the costs of upgrades on the northern and ...
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Christie Blatchford Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s refusal to deny crack allegations is doing him no favours
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits during a City council meeting at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday May 21, 2013. Ford ignored a crush of reporters waiting outside his city hall office this morning in the hopes he would address allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan ...
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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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