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Teen joyriding ring targeted Calgary airport parking lots
A covert police operation into an organized group of car thieves at the long-stay parking lots at the Calgary International Airport ended with six teenage boys facing over 40 charges.Police say they made the arrests of the boys, aged 15 and 16, last week after identifying their suspects with help from airport security and using police bait cars to catch some of the culprits in the act.Since ...
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Video Montreal a human rights hot spot
Equitas' International Human Rights Training program participants talk about their experiences with the program and as human rights advocates in their home countries. Video shot on Wednesday, June 12, ...
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UPDATE 3-New Bank of Canada chief signals hands-off stance
Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:14pm EDT * Poloz says nothing more BoC can do to spur growth * Declines to comment on bank's 14-month tightening bias * Says business confidence crucial, urges patience * Analysts see no sign of policy shift By Euan Rocha and Peter Henderson BURLINGTON, Ontario, June 19 (Reuters) - Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz signaled a hands-off approach to monetary policy on ...
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Germany register narrow win against Canada
Germany 1-0 CanadaLeonie Maier scored in the second half as the European champions followed up their weekend win against Scotland with another ...
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Don’t post photos of alleged assault Kamloops RCMP warn
Kamloops RCMP are investigating an alleged sexual assault that occurred at an outdoor party in a semi-rural area near Kamloops, and are encouraging anyone who may have witnessed and photographed the incident to turn any images over to police."As this event strongly resembles recent cases that have been largely publicized, RCMP investigators believe there are individuals who witnessed what ...
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Quebec corruption inquiry breaks for summer
After months of digging through corruption and sleaze, Quebec's Charbonneau inquiry is taking a break for the summer.While the inquiry will continue to conduct investigations and prepare for the fall sitting, the public testimony is done until after Labour Day.The inquiry's spring session tackled everything from illegal political party financing, to engineering firms colluding on ...
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Canadian Natural Resources poised for natural gas sales
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., which recently joined the slew of companies trying to offload some of their natural gas plays, has picked out its bankers to help it find a buyer - a potential deal that could influence the company's liquefied natural gas plans.CNRL hired BMO to help market the 243,000 acres of its Montney holdings the oil and gas outfit recently put on the auction block, ...
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Canadian Natural chairman says high costs hurt Canada oil sector
Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:51pm EDT * Canada oil stocks underperforming * Weak productivity, costs seen as issue * Canadian Natural to look at property acquisitions * May also consider corporate purchases CALGARY, Alberta, June 19 (Reuters) - Murray Edwards, chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, the country's No. 2 oil company, said on Wednesday Canada's oil exploration and production ...
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Field of Play Pan Am pool potential
First you have to build it. Then if it's big enough and long enough, maybe you can find some great swimmers willing to take the plunge. First you have to build it.Then if it's big enough and long enough, maybe you can find some great swimmers willing to take the plunge.That's the theory behind the evolving Pan American Games Aquatics Centre which is well underway at the ...
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Worlds wealthy richer than ever
The investable wealth of the world's richest people reached a record high of $46.2 trillion US in 2012, a report by RBC Wealth Management and the consulting firm Capgemini has found. The ...
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Flyers reportedly set to cut Danny Briere loose
A person familiar with discussions confirms Danny Briere is set to become a free agent after the Philadelphia Flyers informed the veteran forward they intend to buy out the final two years of his contract. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity Wednesday because the Flyers have not announced their decision. ESPN.com first reported Briere's pending buyout Tuesday evening. The ...
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Holocaust survivors celebrate senior prom in Toronto
To Holocaust survivors, the phrase "never forget" is about remembering a time of tremendous human tragedy. But last night, a group of 400 Toronto seniors had another kind of night to remember, celebrating their lives with dinner, dancing and dandy outfits at a senior prom for those who escaped death at the hands of Hitler's regime. The event continues to gain popularity each ...
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Bald and beautiful women host fashion fundraiser
in Vancouver From hats, to bandanas and wigs, for years Huang tried everything to cover her hair loss. But this year, the 30-year-old fashion designer decided the wig needed to go. The 'Aha!' ...
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Former B.C. politician Garde Gardom dead at 88
(Government of B.C.) Gardom was born in Banff in 1924, studied law at UBC and practiced in Vancouver before turning to a career in politics. He was first elected as a Liberal MLA in 1966, and joined the Social Credit party in 1974. He was appointed to cabinet by then-premier Bill Bennett in 1975, and held several positions including attorney general and government house leader. In 1995 he was ...
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Christy Clark reverses pay hikes for B.C. political aides
B.C. Premier Christy Clark has reversed a move to increase the pay scales of many political staffers, labelling the hikes a "mistake." The pay raises were made earlier this month, but only came to light last ...
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Security cameras for Calgary taxis could soon be mandatory
A new measure approved by a city committee Wednesday is taking a step towards making security cameras mandatory for Calgary taxis. While 95 per cent of taxis in the city already have security cameras on board, the move is meant to improve safety and ease driver fears about working at night. "Our statistics are telling us that we have an increase in drivers that are coming out at night so ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX slumps as Fed mulls stimulus exit
* TSX falls 99.17 points, or 0.80 percent, at 12,268.29 * Seven of 10 main sectors decline * BlackBerry slips 3.6 percent after downgrade By John Tilak TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index slipped on Wednesday after comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve that it could begin rolling back its stimulus program this year weighed on investor sentiment and caused declines across ...
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This pizza is found only in Canada–and now in PH
RESTAURANT interiors There's this chap from Britain, Gordon Ramsay, a superchef who went on to create the fanciest and most expensive pizza in the world, loaded with caviar, lobster etc. And he made it to the Guinness Book of World Records. And there he reigned for some time. Not so fast. Now comes Nader Hatami from Canada (originally from Israel), another chef of chefs, who outdid Ramsay, ...
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Dawson City set to hit 28 degrees as Yukon suffers through far-north heat wave
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A heat wave hitting the Yukon and Alaska may not rival the blazing heat of Phoenix or Las Vegas, but to residents of these normally chilly regions, the days of hot weather feel like a stifling oven -- or a tropical paradise. The temperature was expected to hit 28 degrees Celsius in Dawson City on Wednesday and the balmy weather is supposed to continue until Thursday. In ...
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MPs’ summer break kills bill that would strip terrorists of Canadian citizenship
OTTAWA -- The last legislative fight of the spring session in the Commons appears to have been won by the New Democrats. The decision by the House to adjourn for the summer a few days early nixed Conservative efforts to amend a private member’s bill to strip Canadian citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorist acts. The bill originally sought to remove citizenship only from ...
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Rare early maps of Toronto Montreal part of 1812 cache that fetches almost $700000 in U.K. bidding war
A one-of-a-kind collection of Canadian history from the War of 1812 -- along with a spectacular set of hand-drawn maps from the early days of Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and other future urban hubs -- were sold at a British auction on Wednesday for almost $700,000, triple the expected price. The huge cache of letters, maps and other original artifacts left to posterity by Sir John Coape ...
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Bank of Montreal sells C$1.25 bln of floating rate notes-term sheet
June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:36pm EDT June 19 (Reuters) - Bank Of Montreal on Wednesday sold C$1.25 billion ($1.23 billion) of monthly floating-rate deposit notes, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. The notes, due June 20, 2014, were sold at 17 basis points over the one-month Canadian Dealer Offered Rate. The investment dealer arm of Bank of Montreal was the lead manager of the ...
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Half of Canadas First Nations children live in poverty study says
Half of Canada's First Nations children live in poverty, a report by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives indicates. "The poverty rate is staggering," said report co-author David Macdonald of the indigenous population of Canada. "A 50 percent poverty rate is unlike any poverty rate or any other disadvantaged group in the country, by a long shot the worst." The ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX ends lower as Fed comments drag
TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Wednesday, led by declines in most major sectors, as the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could slow the pace of its bond buying program later this year. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed down 99.17 points, or 0.80 percent, at 12,268.29. Seven of the 10 main sectors on the index were ...
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Canadian high school seniors at risk of chronic disease study
18-year-old Mark Begin smokes a cigarette while his friend April Donovan, left, looks on in downtown Ottawa on Monday June 14, 2004. A new survey says 17.8 per cent of Canadians smoke, compared to 24.3 per cent who smoked 10 years ago. It's the second time in as many days that a federal study suggests a drop in youth smoking. (Tobin ...
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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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