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Canada-U.S. team develops promising sharp-shooter drug aimed at several cancers
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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Ex-Playboy Playmate admits helping Canadian boyfriend enter U.S. illegally
Many key sectors of the Canadian economy have job openings, but no people to fill them. Here are 25 occupations with a future, according to a report by ...
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SPCA overwhelmed by public response to Vancouver poodles plight
This 6,018-sq-ft penthouse condo at 1139 W. Cordova St. in Vancouver features three bedrooms with private sundecks, five bathrooms, rooftop deck with patio and 360-degree views of the North Shore, Burrard Inlet, Stanley Park and downtown Vancouver. Take a ...
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Saskatchewan artists garner 12 Western Canadian Music Awards nominations
It is perhaps fitting that, as Premier Brad Wall was making his way to a Western Premiers' meeting in Winnipeg this weekend to talk about the evils of bullying, some of his cabinet ministers were ...
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Anti-corruption unit sweeps Quebec municipal offices
Montreal interim mayor Michael Applebaum makes his way into a taxi as he is surrounded by press after leaving Sûreté du Québec headquarters after being arrested by UPAC, the city's anti-corruption police. Monday, June 17, ...
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RCMP pay N.S. man $248K to settle lawsuit over unprovoked beating
In 2002, having just been paid for his job at a fish and chip shop, Brendan Clarke tried to buy cigarettes and gum with a $100 bill at a Warwick Street convenience store in Digby, N.S. The clerks asked him to show identification and then refused to take his money over apparent concern it was counterfeit or from an illegitimate source. Protestation from Mr. Clarke, a black man who was 19 at the ...
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Montreal mayor resigns over graft claims
THE mayor of Montreal, Canada's second largest city, has resigned following his arrest on corruption charges but he insists he's innocent of ...
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Montreal interim mayor resigns as city reels from corruption scandals
Canada 's second-largest city.A day after being arrested on fraud charges, interim mayor Michael Applebaum announced that he was stepping down. Applebaum, who had come into office vowing to clean up city politics ...
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Why catastrophe bonds could be coming to Canada
Streetwise gives you the full scoop on business deals and Canada's finance and capital market sectors. Through daily updates, our dedicated team of award-winning Globe and Mail journalists set the agenda and ensure you get exclusive and must-have business intelligence and analysis every day. The most informed Globe and Mail readers access Streetwise every day. Why don't ...
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Video Ive never taken a penny Montreal mayor maintains innocence
Montreal's interim mayor has resigned after being arrested and charged with 14 offences including fraud. Michael Applebaum maintains his innocence and says he will fight the ...
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Defence Minister dodges question from McCain about Canadian military intervention in Syria
Minister of Defence Peter MacKay responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...
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Bruins begin to look like Cup champs
hockey has been fast and furious, even though it is being played in June, and no-one we know has yet complained about the quality of the efforts being put forth by both teams. From our viewpoint, looks like the Bruins will take it in ...
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Leaders downplay reports of stalled Canada-EU trade talks
British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed Stephen Harper to the G8 talks in Northern Ireland on Monday. Despite suggestions the summit could yield a breakthrough in the Canada-EU trade talks, no deal has been reached amid hints of trouble at the table. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated ...
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Experimental drug shows promise in treating breast ovarian cancer
Canadian-U.S. team of researchers has developed a new "sharp-shooter" drug they hope will be a breakthrough in treating several types of cancer. The experimental drug is known for now as CFI-400945 and is a new class of cancer drug that targets a certain enzyme that gives rise to some malignancies. Those tumours include breast, ovarian, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers. ...
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Toronto man making his mark with safecracking skills
Toronto's Scott Gray has picked up the kind of skills that you often see used in a heist movie. He's a certified master safecracker, an expertise that he has developed through years of working as a safe and vault technician. Gray said his preferred strategy is beginning with the dial on the door. "The saying that I like to say is: 'The easiest way in is the easiest way ...
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MPs and senators side income provokes ethics debate
The debate over Justin Trudeau's speaking fees has raised questions about what MPs and senators should be allowed to earn on top of their parliamentary incomes. "It's certainly not legally wrong. But as we are re-examining our democratic institutions, should we, in fact, be putting in place higher ethical expectations?" says Penny Collenette, a law professor at the ...
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Police pepper-sprayed Abbotsford camp says homeless woman
A homeless woman in Abbotsford, B.C. has come forward to say she is behind allegations local police slashed and pepper-sprayed tents at a homeless ...
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Catastrophic drug plan coming by fall health minister says
New Brunswick's health minister says he expects to begin rolling out parts of a catastrophic drug program as early as this fall. Hugh Flemming said Tuesday a complete prescription and catastrophic drug program will be in place before the next election in September 2014. "I'll set my career on it," Flemming told the legislature. "We're going to have a prescription ...
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Grace Foundation dodges Trudeau questions
Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau says he'll compensate any charitable group that feels they didn't get their money's worth after paying him to speak at fundraising events. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian ...
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Thank you for saving my friends life man tells Canadian Tire manager who rescued homeless buddy from fire
Abbotsford resident James Cunningham is being hailed as a hero for saving a homeless man from a fire. Cunningham, a manager at the Canadian Tire on South Fraser Way, was doing a security check around ...
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Fast and curious Vancouver Island driver caught going 221 kmh loses car
This 6,018-sq-ft penthouse condo at 1139 W. Cordova St. in Vancouver features three bedrooms with private sundecks, five bathrooms, rooftop deck with patio and 360-degree views of the North Shore, Burrard Inlet, Stanley Park and downtown Vancouver. Take a ...
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Lawyer argues Ottawa’s move to expel Lai Tong Sang and family is based on information from corrupt police and sensationalist journalism
The federal government says a man allowed into Canada 17 years ago should be kicked out of the country because there is ample evidence that he was part of an Asian crime gang.But in newly released written arguments, Lai Tong Sang's lawyer said that Ottawa is basing its arguments on multiple layers of hearsay evidence that is unreliable.Lai's lawyer, Peter Chapman, claims the government ...
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Canada’s eavesdropping agency helped spy on G20 documents suggest
OTTAWA -- Leaked documents suggest Canada helped the United States and Britain spy on participants at the London G20 summit four years ago. ...
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Canadians illegally spirit squirrels away
RESIDENTS of an upscale Ottawa neighbourhood have been spiriting unwanted squirrels across a river into Quebec province and dumping them there, a local newspaper ...
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Robert Pattinson Moving to Canada Focused on Music After Kristen Stewart Split
Cast members Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart pose at the premiere of the movie "Twilight" at the Mann Village and Bruin theatres in Westwood, California November 17, 2008. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer and opens in the U.S. on November ...
Toronto Digest
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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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