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Vancouver weather 2013 top-10 warmest summers on record
"The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it's not going to resemble last year's summer, which was the warmest summer on record for Canada," Brett Anderson, lead forecaster for Canada, told The Canadian ...
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Cancer surgery wait times longest in Montreal
MONTREAL -- More than 500 cancer patients in Montreal have been waiting nearly two months -- and counting -- for urgent surgery to remove tumours, newly-released provincial statistics show. The wait times in Montreal are higher than in any other region in the province, contradicting government claims that access to health care is more of a problem in outlying areas. Patient-rights advocate ...
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Hidden camera catches abuse at Ontario seniors facility
The Ontario government and police are investigating a long-term care facility after a hidden video camera captured an elderly woman with dementia being abused by her caregivers. Camille Parent first became concerned last year when his 85-year-old mother, who lives at St. Joseph's at Fleming in Peterborough, Ont., appeared with scratches and bruises. He complained to the facility, but ...
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Will alleged Ford video overshadow Toronto casino debate
supposed to take centre stage at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, but it seems a safe bet that a still-unseen video of Mayor Rob Ford will continue to be a topic of conversation. The Toronto Star and the U.S.-based gossip website Gawker have both reported seeing a video that allegedly shows Ford smoking what appears to be a crack pipe. Both media outlets say that someone has been shopping the ...
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Tornado strikes school in Oklahoma City suburb
A more than one-kilometre wide tornado hit an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, say authorities, as twisters churned through the city's suburbs for the second day in a row. The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread in other parts of the U.S. Plains and ...
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Dickey Encarnacion lead Blue Jays over Rays
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey works against Tampa Bay Rays during first inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Monday. (Chris Young/Canadian ...
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Campers pack up after long weekend
Victoria Day marks the end of the first major camping weekend of the season and campsites were busy despite a gloomy forecast for southern Alberta. Conservation officers walked from one campsite to another at McLean Creek Provincial Recreation Area on Monday, encouraging everyone to clean up and take home their belongings. "At the end of the weekend, sometimes we'll have half a dozen ...
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Quebec’s private daycares to close Wednesday
Protesters demonstrated last week against the provincial government’s planned budget cuts in the private daycare system. They will continue protesting this week and ...
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Canadas Harper under cloud after chief of staff resigns
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seen through a television camera scope while speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, May 16, ...
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Family of missing Coquitlam man disappointed by Canadian Consulate
5/20/2013 The family of a missing Coquitlam man is hitting out at how Canadian officials in Mexico have handled his suspected kidnapping. Diego Hernandez went missing on May 8th -- his aunt Amanda Morales says her family's dealings with Canadian officials in Puerta Vallarta -- where Hernandez was last seen -- have been a nightmare -- saying one consulate official told Hernandez's ...
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Video NDP asks RCMP to investigate Senate scandal
The New Democrats are asking the RCMP to investigate whether the prime minister's recently resigned chief of staff broke any laws when he wrote a personal cheque to cover Senator Mike Duffy's improper housing ...
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Senator Mike Duffy returns to Ottawa amid expenses scandal
Senator Mike Duffy arrived back in Ottawa Monday afternoon amid questions about his future in the Red Chamber.Mr. Duffy spent the past several days at his cottage in Cavendish, P.E.I. and has not spoken publicly since he announced last week that he would resign from the Conservative caucus and sit as an ...
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Torontos Tumblrs New Crop Of Start-Ups Await The Big Time
was for. And before that, MySpace. It doesn't matter. David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, is smiling all the way to the bank. He cashed in with his web creation from his offices in Silicon Alley in Midtown. In the Americas, there's Silicon Alley in New York, the much bigger and more famous Silicon Valley in California and further north, and getting bigger, there's Toronto. ...
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Rangers John Tortorella staying positive
New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella is searching for encouraging signs from his team's two losses in Boston ahead of Game 3 in New York on Tuesday. (Nick Wass/Associated ...
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Russell 2000 small-company index surpasses 1000
Small companies took the limelight Monday on a slow but choppy start to the week. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, rose above 1,000 for the first time. The index is outpacing the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index this year. Small stocks are doing well because they are more focused on the U.S., which is recovering, and are less exposed ...
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Manitobans line up to pay respects to Elijah Harper
Hundreds of Manitobans are lining up at the Manitoba legislature to pay their respects to Elijah Harper as his body lies in state Monday afternoon. The former member of the legislative assembly and member of Parliament played a key role in defeating the Meech Lake accord. He died early Friday morning at the age of 64. According to a statement released by his family, Harper died in Ottawa from ...
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Unlicenced girl 15 caught driving 77 kmh over limit
CALGARY -- Police say an unlicensed 15-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a car driving 77 km/h over the posted speed limit down the Queen Elizabeth II Highway on Monday. "We've got this very young and inexperienced driver behind the wheel travelling down the highway like a rocket," alleged Sheriff Jason Graw with the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit. "That's a ...
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Canadian boy 2 killed when car smashes into patio restaurant table
Police in Edmonton, Alberta, said they arrested the driver of a car that ran into a patio restaurant table, killing a 2-year-old boy. The boy's parents and younger sibling were injured when they were hit during the Sunday night accident in the patio of Ric's Grill, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The 62-year-old driver had not yet been charged but police said alcohol may ...
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MLB Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 5
Tampa Bay Rays . Dickey (4-5) allowed four hits and walked four in eight innings. Tampa Bay managed three runs -- two earned -- in the first three innings but didn't score off Dickey again. He struck out five Toronto reached Rays' starter Jake Odorizzi for three runs in the first two innings and, ...
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Ontario Man Charged with Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Sexual Activity
BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Allen Vickers, 49, of Stanley, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $250,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is ...
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Toronto mayor urged to step down if crack allegations true
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends a gay rights flag raising event at Toronto City Hall May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Brett ...
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D-Day beaches wind turbine proposal seeks Canadian comments
Canadian veterans walk on Juno Beach on June 6, 2004. The view from some of those sites could change if a plan to build wind turbines some 10 kilometres off the shore succeeds. (Tom Hanson/Canadian ...
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NDP wants RCMP inquiry into $90K payment to Duffy
The NDP is calling on the RCMP to investigate the actions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, who resigned recently after news emerged of a secret $90,000 payment he made to Senator Mike Duffy in relation to the Senate expense scandal. NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus announced Monday that a letter had been sent to the commissioner of the RCMP, Robert ...
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Elijah Harpers body will lie in state at Manitoba legislature
Manitobans will get a chance to pay their respects to Elijah Harper at the provincial legislature, where his body will lie in state Monday afternoon. The former member of the legislative assembly and member of Parliament played a key role in defeating the Meech Lake accord. He died early Friday morning at the age of 64. According to a statement released by his family, Harper died in Ottawa ...
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Nanaimo Facebook group takes aim at thieves
Residents fed up with petty crime in Nanaimo have turned to social media to try to prevent theft. The Facebook group 'Stealing Nanaimo' -- with close to 900 members -- allows people to list property that has been stolen in the hope that second-hand stores and pawn shops will check the site. "When someone steals something, it either gets pawned off or shipped out somewhere," ...
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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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