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Pre-trial hearing adjourned for Kiwi in Canada
A pre-trial hearing for an ex pat New Zealander accused of murdering his wife in Canada has been adjourned. Former Napier city councillor Peter Beckett, 56, was due to stand trial at Salmon Arm Provincial Court for the murder of his wife Laura Letts-Beckett by allegedly pushing her off a boat in 2010. The pre-trial opened yesterday in Canada [Tuesday local time] but was adjourned ...
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Maine pipeline eyes plan to ship Canada oil sands crude
Wed May 22, 2013 1:12pm EDT * Maine pipeline plan hinges on flows to Montreal * Recent spills inflame Canadian oil debate * Towns oppose oil sands, line passes through tourist zone By Dave Sherwood SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, May 22 (Reuters) - The little-known operator of a pipeline linking Montreal and Maine is studying how to make the line the first route to get Canadian oil sands crude to an ...
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Video The problem with Rob Fords silence strategy over drug allegations
Five days after allegations surfaced, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has not specifically addressed reports of a video that allegedly shows him smoking what looks to be crack cocaine. Toronto columnist Marcus Gee joins Hannah Sung to discuss how Ford's near silence on the issue is ...
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Lawyers want Ford to limit comments on video Holyday says
Mayor Rob Ford, seen leaving Toronto City Hall on Wednesday, has yet to yield to pressure to give a more substantive statement on allegations raised by the Toronto Star and the U.S. gossip website Gawker. (Nathan Denette/Canadian ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX jumps more than 1 percent on Fed comments
TORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose more than 1 percent on Wednesday, led by gains across all major sectors, as investors cheered comments from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke suggesting continued monetary stimulus. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 138.73 points, or 1.09 percent, at 12,881.16 in early afternoon ...
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Hundreds attend memorial service for Ontario man slain after test drive
HAMILTON, Ont. -- Hundreds of people have gathered to pay tribute to Tim Bosma, the Hamilton, Ont., man found dead after he took two men on a test drive. Bosma's disappearance and death captured national attention and all seats are filled at the banquet hall where a memorial service is being held today, with dozens more standing in the ...
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys a team of investigators to the site of a float plane accident north of Campbell River British Columbia
May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada(TSB) is deploying a team of investigators to the site of a float plane accident, a de ...
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H-Energy to proceed with feasibility study for LNG Export Project in Nova Scotia Canada
Canada that the company will be proceeding with a feasibility study for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export project, after evaluating several sites in North America. H-Energy has signed an option agreement on two 300-acre parcels of land adjoining seashore in Melford, Nova Scotia. Promoter and Managing Director Darshan Hiranandani of H-Energy has been working closely with Nova Scotia ...
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Chick Time for Raptors to kill the dinosaur
The Raptors teams of the Vince Carter and Chris Bosh era were relevant and almost overcame the stupidity of naming the franchise based on the early-1990s dinosaur craze. But it's time to rebrand, as incoming MLSE CEO Tim Leiweke alluded to on Tuesday. If you've spent any time at all paying attention to ...
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Tims passing is our wake-up call pastor says
Pastor Bernard H. De Jonge welcomed more than 1,000 people to the public memorial service for slain Hamilton, Ont., man Tim Bosma saying, "Tim's passing is our wake-up call." He spoke before the crowd at the same banquet hall in Hamilton where Bosma celebrated his wedding just three years ago. Bosma went missing earlier this month after taking two strangers on a test drive of a ...
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Canadas Eugenie Bouchard rolls into 3rd round in Strasbourg
Canada's Eugenie Bouchard smiles as she looks over at her coach while facing Bouchard Shahar Peer from Israel during first round of play at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament Wednesday, August 8, 2012 in Montreal. Bouchard beat Peer 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian ...
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Christie Blatchford Toronto mayor needs to start talking
As Don Peat, the Toronto Sun's excellent City Hall bureau chief, asked wryly, "Do you suppose he's going to do the football thing and just run out the clock?"And that, it appears, is what Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is trying to do.As all around him the storm of serious allegations - that he has been caught on video smoking crack cocaine and consorting with drug dealers - ...
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Ontario man lost in Australian mountains
Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, from Brampton, Ont., went missing May 13 while hiking in Australia's Snowy Mountains. (FACEBOOK PHOTO/QMI AGENCY) The third day of searching for a Brampton, Ont., man who went missing while hiking in Australia wrapped up because of poor lighting, local media ...
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Retail Council of Canada announces 2013 Retail as a Career Scholarship Recipients
$1,000 as part of Retail Council of Canada's Retail as a Career Scholarship program. The scholarships are awarded to students working in retail who are entering or currently enrolled in a retail-related program at a Canadian post-secondary institution. The top applicant will also receive ...
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Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood but they can only donate if celibate for five years
TORONTO -- Canada is lifting the lifetime ban on blood donation by gay men, though serious restrictions will remain in place. Canadian Blood Services says men who have not had sex with other men within the last five years will be allowed to donate blood when the new policy comes into effect this summer. Agency executive Dr. Dana Devine acknowledges some people will feel that the deferral ...
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3000 plus left without electricity in central Ontario after thunderstorms
TORONTO -- More than 3,000 Ontario Hydro customers in central Ontario spent the night without electricity after a powerful storm ripped through the area. The utility expects repairs in the affected areas from cottage country north of Toronto east through the Bobcaygeon area to be completed by this evening. A line of severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds, hail and heavy rain to the area ...
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Why this global fascination with the Toronto mayors alleged cocaine use | Colin Horgan
seen a video in which Toronto mayor Rob Ford was filmed inhaling crack cocaine and uttering homophobic slurs about the leader of Canada's Liberal party. The story became an instant online hit, not least for the fact that Gawker had apparently refused to pay the video's owner the six-figure bounty he or she requested to hand it over and instead decided to crowdsource the payment. As of ...
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Lloyd on roster for US womens game vs Canada
CHICAGO - Carli Lloyd will make her first appearance with the U.S. women's soccer team since breaking her left shoulder in a June 2 exhibition against Canada.Lloyd was among 21 players on the roster released Tuesday by coach Tom Sermanni. The sold-out game in Toronto will be a rematch of last summer's contentious semifinal at the London Olympics, which the U.S. won 4-3 in extra time. ...
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UPDATE 2-Canada retail sales flat but higher volumes spur optimism
Wed May 22, 2013 11:03am EDT * Market operators had expected a 0.1 percent rise * Sales rose by 0.7 percent in volume terms By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, May 22 (Reuters) - Falling gasoline prices kept the value of Canadian retail sales unchanged in March from February, but analysts said a sharp rise in volumes signals the economy was more robust than expected in the first quarter. Canada's ...
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Canada’s boreal forests are the ‘Amazon of the north’ report
As resource companies look to northern forests in search of untapped minerals and energy, scientists and conservancy groups say too little heed is being paid to the environmental wealth created by Canada's boreal regions.The Boreal Songbird Initiative and Ducks Unlimited are marking the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on Wednesday with the release of a report that ...
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Globe Editorial Canada should lift outdated visa restrictions on ANC members
In this photo supplied by the Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS) South African President Jacob Zuma, right, and Governor General of Canada, David Johnston attend a welcoming ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Elmond ...
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Canada not all it’s cracked up to be says Daily Show’s Jon Stewart about Rob Ford scandal
Jon Stewart took aim at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and ongoing allegations of drug use Tuesday night, in a Daily Show segment that detailed some of the Mayor's most outrageous gaffes and jokingly referred to crack-smoking as 'Canada's national pastime' (The Daily Show with Jon ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX opens higher in broad gains led by gold miners
TORONTO, May 22 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index opened sharply higher on Wednesday, led by Barrick Gold Corp and Goldcorp, as the bullion price rose on physical demand from China and comments from some U.S. Federal Reserve officials suggesting policy will remain stimulative. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 61.64 points, or 0.5 percent at 12,804.07. All ...
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Canada losing ground in global science race report
Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons Monday February 4, 2013 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN ...
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Sears Canada posts loss says transformation taking hold
Sears Canada Inc. posted a $31.2-million loss as well as lower revenue in its latest quarter but says its transformation program is showing positive results that have improved margins and boosted some categories.Calvin McDonald, Sear Canada's president and chief executive officer, said the company had growth in its apparel and accessories segment for the second quarter in a row - the first ...
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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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