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One-billion-year-old water saltier than seawater
University of Toronto scientists have found pockets of water that had been sitting 2.4 kilometres underneath the Earth's surface for more than a billion years. Earth sciences professor Barbara Sherwood, who admitted that she had tasted it from time to time, revealed that the water has the consistency of maple syrup and is much saltier than seawater, News.com.au reported. She told the LA ...
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Canada’s women’s soccer team loses to Germany in friendly
Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan, left, and Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan challenge for the ball during the international friendly women's soccer match between Germany and Canada in Paderborn, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Martin ...
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Five reasons to pay attention to Canadas new open data portal
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper attends a news conference after a G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...
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Theft of design data of F-35 jet Canada is considering is helping adversaries Pentagon
An F-35 fighter jet prepares for landing with its lift fan cover deployed over Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., in this undated handout file image. Lockheed Martin, the U.S. manufacturer of the stealth fighter, has signed a deal with a leading Canadian maker of flight simulators in anticipation of the federal government choosing to stick with the controversial program. (Lockheed ...
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NHU Canada College Partner on B.A. in Child Development
The National Hispanic University and Canada College are partnering up to offer a four-year degree aimed at early childhood professionals who want to strengthen their knowledge and skills while working in the ...
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Media Alert The Scion City Chase invades Toronto
Winning team, The Chase is on, top fundraisers, costume contest and ChasePoint challenges. Past challenges include a rappel off of City Hall, giant slip and slides, reptile handing/insect food challenges, obstacle courses and canoeing. SOURCE: Scion City Chase For further information: MEDIA ...
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Bank of Canada will raise interest rate in July 2014 BMO economist
TORONTO -- The Bank of Canada is likely to start raising its benchmark interest rate in July 2014, a full year before the U.S. Federal Reserve, BMO's chief economist Douglas Porter said Wednesday.Porter predicts the overnight rate will go up by half a percentage point, which could put upward pressure on the Canadian dollar until the U.S. raises its interest rates the following ...
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Mayor Ford sees final nail in the coffin of bag ban
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he took part in a public works and infrastructure vote on Wednesday in hopes of seeing the final nail in the coffin of a previously proposed plastic bag ban. (Jae C. Hong/Associated ...
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Twin lions in Barrhaven park a ‘monument’ to Chinese-Canada relations
OTTAWA -- Two Chinese guardian lion sculptures were "awoken" Wednesday morning in a Barrhaven park as a symbol of the neighbourhood's large Chinese community, and Ottawa's close ties to the Asian country.The two, 2,000-kilogram white marble statues stand at the entrance of the recently renamed Water Dragon Park on Chapman Mills Drive. They were met by about 100 people from ...
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Bank of Canada in uncharted territory Poloz
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz prepares to speak before a parliamentary committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this June 6, 2013 file photo. (REUTERS/Blair ...
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Canadas insulin discovery enshrined in UNESCOs Memory of World register
A woman fills a syringe as she prepares to give herself an injection of insulin in a file photo. The Discovery of Insulin collection from the University of Toronto Libraries records one of the most significant medical discoveries of the 20th ...
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Raptors bringing back head coach Dwane Casey
Toronto Raptors president and general manager Masai Ujiri announced Wednesday that head coach Dwane Casey will return for the 2013-14 season."I'm excited about moving forward and growing this team with Coach Casey," said Ujiri.Casey is in the final year of a contract extension signed following the 2011-12 ...
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Hamilton police arrest seven people after shots fired at elementary school
Police arrested seven people after receiving a gun call from St. Joseph's Catholic Elementary School in Hamilton on June 19, 2013. (Rafal Gerszak For The Globe and ...
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Ai Weiwei the artist is not present
Among Canadians, China's Ai Weiwei is likely better known for his dissidence than his art. This country has had little opportunity to see firsthand much of the vast and varied output he's produced in the last 25 years, and every opportunity to hear of his many travails at the hands of China's Communist government, including an 81-day incarceration in 2011 for alleged ...
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Report Montreal Toronto to share world junior tournaments
Team USA poses for their team photo after defeating Sweden during third period gold medal hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. (Nathan Denette/THE CANADIAN ...
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Half of Canadas aboriginal children are poor
TORONTO -; Half of Canada's aboriginal children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census ...
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First woman to take the helm of the Mining Association of Canada
Canada (IOC), has been elected as Chair of MAC for a two-year term. She is the association's first female Chair in its 78-year history. Effective ...
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Raptors add salary cap hand Bobby Webster to front office
Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment President and CEO Tim Leiweke, left, listens to Toronto Raptors team president and general manager Masai Ujiri, right, speak during his introductory presser earlier this month. (Nathan Denette/Canadian ...
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Ontario NDP seeking BlackBerry messages discussing Liberal gas plant cancellations
New Democratic Party MPP Peter Tabuns answers questions from the media following the announcement that additional documents were uncovered by the OPA related to the controversial cancellation of gas plants in Toronto on Thursday, February 21, 2013. (Michelle Siu/THE CANADIAN ...
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Toronto’s plastic bag debate is ‘dead’ committee says
Customers receive plastic biodegradable plastic bags when shopping at Noah's Natural Foods on Yonge St., Toronto on November 26, 2008. Toronto's public works committee voted in favour of abandoning the issue once and for all on June 19, 2013. (Fernando Morales/The Globe and ...
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Canada Raises Liability for Offshore Atlantic Arctic Operators
The Canadian government will raise the absolute liability for oil and gas companies operating in the Atlantic Basin offshore eastern Canada from $1 billion to $30 billion and for companies working on the Canadian Arctic from $40 million to $1 billion. Officials said the changes would incentivize spill prevention by companies operating in the Atlantic offshore and support job and economic ...
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Worrying Reports on Poverty in Canada
Ottawa, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) At least 200,000 Canadians live in poverty in the streets of the northern country or seek shelter in friends' houses because they do not have their own, informed today non-governmental organizations. The research also brought about that nearly 1.5 million family groups, part of the low-income sector, are in danger of falling into extreme poverty conditions. ...
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Canada deploying 34 peacekeepers to serve with Brazilians in Haiti
Canada is sending 34 troops to Haiti to serve as a peacekeepers with a Brazilian battalion, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday. MacKay announced the deployment in Ottawa alongside Calgary MP Diane Ablonczy and Gen. Tom Lawson, Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff. They will deploy from June 21 until December 2013, MacKay said. "Members of the Canadian Armed ...
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Transport Canada - Media Advisory - North Bay Airport
Mr. Severino will be available for a photo opportunity and to answer questions from the media following the announcement. Please note that all details are subject to change. All times are ...
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Thunder Bay pub to be 1st in Canada to offer pregnancy tests
An organization dedicated to preventing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder hopes to install pregnancy test dispensers in bars across the country -- starting in Thunder Bay, ...
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Toronto's historical hospital due for upgrade
Toronto East General Hospital is undergoing a massive redevelopment and expansion plan that aims to update the tired facility, which is one of the oldest in the city.
Toronto East General Hospital was opened in 1929 and has been in continual operation ever since, located at 825 Coxwell Avenue in the capital of Ontario, the hospital is a community teaching hospital and has a bed capacity of 470. It treated over 60,000 people in its emergency room last year and provided in-patient care to over 19,000 people. Read more
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