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Harper escapes to South America
More allegations of questionable accounting from Duffy as critics step up attack OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper darts off to South America Tuesday as his party and office attempt to put a lid on an explosive Senate firestorm at home. Harper will dodge the direct ire of opposition parties this week, which will demand answers after his chief of staff Nigel Wright resigned and Senators ...
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Man shot dead at Toronto barbecue
Toronto police are investigating the killing of a man in the Dundas St.-Ossington Ave. area. (JACK BOLAND, Toronto Sun) TORONTO - A long weekend barbecue turned bloody after a 35-year-old man was shot dead at an apartment building in the Ossington Ave.-Dundas St. W. area. Quincy Ramirez was fatally shot at least once in the chest around 7:40 p.m. on Sunday. A 67-year-old building resident, ...
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Freak snowstorm hits Gander N.F on Victoria Day weekend
Slushy southern Ontario storm causes closures, cancellations While Ontarians were lounging on beaches and barbecuing on the Victoria Day weekend, Newfoundlanders were digging out after a freak snowstorm buried parts of the province under about two feet of snow. According ...
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Canadian mine may host 2.6-billion-year-old ecosystem
"IT'S BEEN called the Galapagos of the subsurface." Barbara Sherwood Lollar's enthusiasm for the fertile watery world her team has found 2.5 kilometres beneath Earth's surface is palpable. The water circulates through fractures in the rocks of a Canadian copper mine. Dating techniques indicate it has been isolated from the rest of the planet for up to 2.64 billion years ...
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Canadian singer apologizes for U.S. anthem botch
A Canadian jazz singer apologized for botching the U.S. national anthem at the Memorial Cup junior ice hockey game in Saskatchewan. Alexis Normand said she had been asked the day before the Saturday game to learn the Star-Spangled Banner to perform at the Western Hockey League game ...
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Canada pitches startups with lower taxes instant residency
Canada's new immigration-centric pitch to Silicon Valley's many foreign-born entrepreneurs. Canada is pitching Silicon Valley entrepreneurs on northern migration. The gist: Easier access to visas for foreign-born entrepreneurs, a growing base of engineering talent, R&D tax credits and lower corporate taxes. Low-tax U.S. states like Arizona, Nevada and Washington have pitched financial ...
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Canadian and American believed kidnapped in Mexico report
Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8.The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the men's disappearance until five ...
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RHOA star Porsha Stewart reveals she is happy even though she is homeless
divorce without her knowing. She learned of the news on Twitter and was completely heartbroken. He filed for divorce as the show was airing and fans were watching their marriage falling apart, as he couldn't see how Porsha could balance both a career and a baby. While fans don't know what went wrong in their marriage, it sounds like she is thrilled that it is over considering how he ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Maci Bookout is shocked by New York City
Maci Bookout introduced her world to the show on "16 & Pregnant" as she invited everyone to share her adventures. She was 16 and pregnant at the time, living at home with her parents in Chattanooga at the time. ...
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‘RHOOC’ star Gretchen Rossi works as Tamra celebrates with friends
Tamra Barney on the first episode of the previous season, but it sounds like she hasn't been there for Tamra lately. Over the weekend, Tamra and Eddie headed to Las Vegas to celebrate their bachelor and bachelorette parties as their wedding is just weeks away. And according to some pictures from the weekend, Gretchen was not there to support Tamra at her party. Instead, Heather was there ...
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Bryan Colangelo out as Raptors GM offered corporate role reports
It appears Bryan Colangelo is out as president and general manager of the Toronto Raptors, but he could be staying with the team in another capacity. According to multiple media reports, the Raptors are negotiating with Colangelo to take on a corporate, non-basketball role with the team. The reports did not specify what Colangelo's new duties with the team would be. Colangelo joined the ...
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Poisonous algae germinating N.B. lakes say researchers
Algae feed on phosphorous -- and that phosphorous comes from fertilizers and detergents that wash down driveways, onto streets and into streams and creeks. ...
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Can the Senate fire a senator
An expert on parliamentary rules says the Senate has the power to turf a senator from the chamber, as long as a majority approves the expulsion. Ned Franks, an emeritus political science professor at Queen's university, said, "The Senate is master of its own house." Franks cautioned that the removal of a senator cannot be done without cause, but, "If the Senate considers ...
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Anthony Gose back with Blue Jays despite average Triple-A stats
Given his numbers at triple-A Buffalo, Anthony Gose wasn't expecting a call from the Blue Jays. When it came, he still didn't quite believe it. "Definitely surprised," he said of the call-up. "I didn't even know what to think. They called me this morning, told me I was going up. I kept asking was it real? I didn't know what was happening. I just ...
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Harpers constituents react to chief of staffs resignation
Nigel Wright has resigned as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, following revelations he wrote a $90,000 cheque to repay improperly claimed housing expenses for Senator Mike Duffy. In a statement issued Sunday, Wright said Harper has accepted his resignation "in light of the controversy surrounding my handling of matters involving Senator ...
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4-year-old girl attacked by dog in lAssomption
A 4-year-old girl is in stable condition at Ste-Justine hospital after being attacked by a dog around 9:30 a.m. Monday morning. According to Alain Benot, an officer with the l'Assomption/St-Sulpice police force, the girl was walking down Mariani Street in l'Assomption with her cousin when a dog attacked her. "For a still unknown reason, the dog jumped on her and bit her ...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford greatest hits The politician who makes London Mayor Boris look like John Major in comparison
Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto, is so ridiculous that even London's zip-wiring, pond-falling, wiff-waffing Mayor Boris Johnson looks like John Major in ...
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Warm weather with cool breaks forecast for Canada this summer
Get ready to break out the sunscreen Canada, but don't worry about sizzling all season.Meteorologists at AccuWeather.com say the majority of Canadians can look forward to a more "typical" summer this year, when hot spells will be interspersed with cooler periods."The biggest takeaway from this forecast is it's not going to resemble last year's summer, which was the ...
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Search under way for missing Canadian man in Mexico report
Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8.The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the men's disappearance until five ...
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Canadian PM’s top aide quits
The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper abruptly resigned on Sunday over his role in a mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government.Nigel Wright, Harper's chief of staff, quit after secretly giving a $87,000 check in February to Mike Duffy, a member of the upper Senate chamber, to help him cover living expenses he had improperly ...
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‘RHOA’ star Kenya Moore denies dating Jay-Z during pregnancy rumors
Kenya Moore may be fabulous in her own little world, but she has proof that she has played with some big people earlier in her career. Sure, she owns a production company, but she has filmed several music videos and movies before starring on the Bravo show. Apparently, Kenya was in one ...
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Kate Gosselin interested in getting involved with horses
Kate Gosselin may be a very busy mother taking care of her children, meaning she has very little time for herself, but she is finding the time during the summer months to hit the pavement and run for a couple of hours. And while she has been running a couple of marathons several times, it sounds like she may have some other hobbies she would like to find time for. After this weekend, it sounds ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Kailyn Lowry’s baby shower hidden from the press
Kailyn Lowry has denied that she was pregnant with her second child as her husband Javi has been in air force training. Of course, she has been trying to keep her life more private after she wrapped up the show last year, only sharing random thoughts on Twitter and few pictures from her life. And she has been bashing people who don't support her. But it sounds like she is ready to start a ...
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‘RHONY’ star Ramona Singer works with cops to catch a thief
Ramona Singer may be confident in who she is, as she works hard for the money she earns. She has always prided herself on being a hard-working individual and she isn't one to flaunt her wealth. But just because she doesn't flaunt her wealth doesn't mean she doesn't have any expensive items she wants to protect. So, when she learned that someone from her Park Avenue ...
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Canadian missing for nearly two weeks in Mexico
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico -- Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8. The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the ...
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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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