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Police release video of suspect vehicle in Toronto homicide
Three weeks after the afternoon slaying of a Scarborough father working in his backyard, homicide investigators have released more video of the suspected gunman's car passing by the victim as he carts away bricks on his driveway. The footage, which was taken from neighbours' security cameras and released as four different clips, shows a dark four-door sedan, possibly a 1999-2003 Mazda ...
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Pioneering report suggests homelessness costs Canada $7 billion affects 200000 people a year
OTTAWA - Homelessness in Canada affects about 200,000 people every year and comes with a $7 billion price tag, the first-ever national report on the issue has found. The results paint a picture of a disaster in communities across the country, said Tim Richter, one of the report's authors and the president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. "In a natural disaster, the loss ...
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UPDATE 1-Bank of Canada says business confidence crucial urges patience
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:56pm EDT * Poloz says BoC will watch business sector closely * Does not repeat BoC language on eventual rate hikes * Speech and news conference overshadowed by Fed By Euan Rocha and Peter Henderson BURLINGTON, Ontario, June 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada is relying on a rebound in businesses confidence to drive the economy's return to health, the central bank's new ...
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Alice Munro wins Ontario’s Trillium Book Award
Video: Check out this summer's best books for the beach The winner for the Trillium Book Award for Children's Literature in French-language is Claude Forand for "Un moine trop bavard."The winners of Ontario's foremost prize for literary excellence, were announced Tuesday evening in Toronto.The Trillium Book Award English-language and French-language winners receive ...
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Samsung Canada Releases the Hottest Series of the Summer
Samsung's latest line of next-generation GALAXY tablets, the GALAXY Tab 3, keeps you entertained, connected and productive all summer ...
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Conference Board of Canada Study reveals that the knowledge of both official languages is an asset to the Canadian Economy
Canada Bilingualism and Trade, bilingualism leads definitively to important economic advantages. In effect, thanks to this research, produced for the Rseau de dveloppement conomique et ...
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Ontario municipalities and communities invited to help improve Ontarios energy planning and siting processes
June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) and Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) invite Ontarians to join the conversation and share their views about Ontario's regional energy planning and siting processes. ...
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UPDATE 1-Vimpelcom unit drops bid to buy Canadas Wind Mobile
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:08pm EDT By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of European telecoms company Vimpelcom Ltd has withdrawn its bid to acquire control of Canada's Wind Mobile, a surprise move that creates further uncertainty about the future of the upstart Canadian wireless company. Orascom Telecom, an Egyptian company that is majority-owned by Vimpelcom, said on ...
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2 men jailed in Dominican wedding fight back in Canada
Two Canadian men who were detained in the Dominican Republic for nearly three weeks after a post-wedding fight broke out at a resort have returned to Toronto, the latest step in a drama that the wife of one of the men said was "like a scene from the movies." Nick Miele, 34, and his cousin, Ben Constantini, 18, were taken into custody on May 28 after a fight at the Bahia Principe ...
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Free the MPs Canada needs rules to restrict party whips
The educational foundation Your Canada, Your Constitution recently released the results of a national survey that shows a large majority of Canadians (71 per cent) support legal restrictions on federal party leader powers to give more freedom and power to MPs, while only 20 per cent are opposed to such ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as BlackBerry Fed apprehension weigh
* TSX falls 23.31 points, or 0.19 percent, to 12,344.12 * Five of 10 main index sectors decline * BlackBerry slips 3.2 percent after downgrade By John Tilak TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Wednesday morning on market foreboding about what the U.S. Federal Reserve might say about its easy-money policy in a statement to be issued later in the day. Financial ...
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Popular Saveonenergy Program Key To Lowering Ontarios Summer Peak Demand
June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - The Ontario Power Authority, in collaboration with Ontario's Local Distribution Companies (LDCs), today launched the saveONenergy AND BE REWARDED campaign. This campaign builds on the OPA's highly successful conservation efforts by helping Ontarians manage electricity costs through three key OPA-funded programs: peaksaver ...
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Canadas Walk of Fame reveals winners of Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Prize presented in partnership with RBC
, studio time and mentorship from members of The Tragically Hip and Triumph Competition Winners to perform during Canada's Walk of Fame Festival in ...
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Meet Canada’s underused poet laureate Wordsmith bemoans lack of meaningful work
Canada's national poet has warned that the taxpayer-funded position risks becoming "homogenized and diluted" and expressed frustration that during his two-year term in Ottawa he's been asked to produce just one work -- a "mediocre" poem about Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee -- while many more serious, controversial subjects have escaped the official attention ...
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Arrest made after 2 armed robberies in Cabbagetown area
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with at least two armed robberies targeting women near the Cabbagetown neighbourhood early Wednesday morning. Investigators say the victim's presence of mind to remember the man's licence plate number and vehicle model helped them to detain him within a matter of hours. A staff sergeant at 51 Division said the man arrested has been ...
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Bob Rae stepping down as MP
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Bob Rae, who has represented the Toronto Centre riding for the Liberals since 2008 and served as interim Liberal leader following the party's disastrous showing in the 2011 election, is stepping down as an MP, CBC News has learned. Rae told his Liberal colleagues of his decision during Wednesday's party caucus meeting, an announcement that was met with ...
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Tory MP fined $155 for driving through Hill security stop
Conservative MP Eve Adams admitted on Twitter late Tuesday that she had been fined by Parliament Hill security officers for driving through a security checkpoint 'without coming to a complete stop.' Media reports said she was ticketed for talking on her cellphone. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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30000 Canadians are homeless every night
A homeless man keeps warm in his blankets in a park in downtown Toronto. On any given day, about 30,000 Canadians are homeless, a new report says. (Kevin Frayer/Canadian ...
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Japan beat Canada in Pacific Nations Cup
Ayumu Goromaru (centre) plays for Japan against the Barbarians in Le Havre, November 25, 2012. The full back scored all the points to lead Asian champions Japan to a 16-13 victory over Canada in the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament in Nagoya on ...
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Netflix Is Getting Some New Features In Canada
news came out that U.K. users will also be getting user profiles sometime this year, along with a ';watchlist'; feature, which is apparently just like the queue we have here in the U.S. (the feature has not been available in other countries). Now we learn, once again from Yahoo, that Canada is also set to get user profiles and the watchlist/queue feature. But that’s not all ...
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Eastlink and the AIR MILES Reward Program join forces in Atlantic Canada
June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Eastlink and the AIR MILES Reward Program, Canada's premiere coalition loyalty program, announced a new full-service telecommunications partnership that provides Eastlink customers in ...
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Off the Snap JaMarcus headed north to Canada
heading north to the CFL . The remade Russell has dropped upwards of 30 pounds in an effort to get back into the NFL (though he’s still reportedly at 280). He’s had talks with a couple of teams, too, including the Chicago Bears, who wouldn’t mind another option behind Jay Cutler. Russell has not thrown a regular-season pass since 2009, so Canada might provide a backup plan, ...
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Blue Jays pitch for 2nd straight series sweep
Mark Buehrle's first season with the Toronto Blue Jays has mirrored that of his team. It was mostly very disappointing until recently. The 14-year veteran could improve to .500 and help the Blue Jays get within a game of that mark if their longest winning streak in nearly five years continues Wednesday night against the Colorado Rockies. Buehrle (3-4, 4.66 ERA), who hasn't finished ...
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Canada-U.S. team develops promising sharp-shooter anti-cancer drug
Dr. Tak Mak, Director of The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, speaks during a press conference regarding the new breakthrough Cancer CFI-400945 drug that will enter clinical trials next month at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto on Tuesday, June 18, ...
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Tory MP Shelly Glover bows to Election Canada probe files new expense claim
OTTAWA — Manitoba Conservative MP Shelly Glover has changed her mind and decided to file a new expense claim with Elections Canada for the 2011 federal election. House Speaker Andrew Scheer announced the decision by the MP for St. Boniface on Tuesday as he handed a committee the tricky question of whether Glover and James Bezan, the Tory MP for Selkirk-Interlake, should be suspended over ...
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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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