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Advocates call for fertility treatment coverage in B.C.
In vitro fertilization, seen above, is the process of fertilizing an egg before placing it back in a mother's womb as treatment for infertility. Some say the government should cover the costs. (SUBMITTED) Fertility awareness advocates are arguing infertility should be treated as a medical condition and covered by B.C. government health care, pointing to a recent online survey showing broad ...
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Alberta could be in for a summer of storms and hail
Calgary storm Just after it was revealed Alberta accounted for the majority of severe weather damage in Canada last year, forecasters are calling for one hail of a summer. While the southern and central parts of the province are expected to see hotter-than average temperatures, they’ll also be susceptible to more severe storms, said Jack Boston, a senior meteorologist with ...
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Douglas Todd Ecstatic Christian charismatic movement is powerful in Metro Vancouver around world
"God's movin' in this place. I am undone. I've got tears flowin.' I've got snot comin' out of my nose. God, we can be undignified with you. Knowin' our indignity is all for you."Pastor Rico Galindez is shaking in front of about 500 people who are praying and swaying in the near-dark sanctuary of Cedar Grove Baptist Church in north Surrey.It's ...
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Senator Mike Duffy returns to the hot seat in Ottawa
Senator Mike Duffy arrived back in Ottawa Monday afternoon amid renewed scrutiny of his expense claims and questions about his future in the Senate.Mr. Duffy spent the past several days at his cottage in Cavendish, PEI, and has not spoken publicly since he announced last week that he would resign from the Conservative caucus and sit as an independent. Asked what he planned to tell the Senate ...
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Top hockeynight tweets from Monday
Pavel Datsyuk, left, of the Detroit Red Wings looks to drive around Chicago Blackhawks defender Johnny Oduya during the first period in Game 3 at Joe Louis Arena on Monday in Detroit. (Gregory Shamus/Getty ...
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Winterhawks chase Knights goalie in Memorial Cup win
From left, Winterhawks' Oliver Bjorkstrand, Tyler Wotherspoon, Taylor Leier and Chase De Leo celebrate a goal against the Knights in the first period Monday at the Memorial Cup in Saskatoon. Portland won 6-3 to even its record at 1-1. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...
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Hundreds pay respects as Elijah Harper laid to rest
Former MLA, MP, and aboriginal leader Elijah Harper has died. Elijah Harper - The Man Who Said No, to many Canadians - was remembered as much more by friends and family at funeral events Monday. Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key figure in shutting down the failed Meech Lake Accord, died Friday as a result of heart failure stemming from diabetes ...
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Sex-tape soldier hopes for closure
Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge is seen in this QMI Agency file photo. MONTREAL - The Quebec soldier whose stolen sex tape ruined her military career said she hoped to reach an "accommodation" with army officials. Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge said the Canadian army will present her with an offer on Tuesday at CFB Valcartier, just north of Quebec City. In 2010, while on a 12-month ...
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South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit
South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...
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Quebec area where cancer rates are 80 times higher to be studied
It's been more than 15 years since her husband died of a brain tumour, but Candide Blanger feels she may finally get some answers about why he died.Jacques Trottier died in 1995 at the age of 62. The couple had lived for 17 years next to the Valcartier military base in Shannon, where many experts believe the drinking water was laced with trichloroethylene or TCE. The solvent, which strips ...
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Green businesses balk at Vancouver bike lane
Cyclists on a tandem bike and pedestrians are silhouetted while using the seawall along False Creek in Vancouver, B.C., in March, 2013. A proposal to create a separated lane on the edge of Chinatown has generated anxiety among the kinds of green, local businesses that Mayor Gregor Robertson frequently touts as the future of the city. (DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN ...
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Did You See That Gustav Nyquists patience pays off
Detroit Red Wings players celebrate centre Gustav Nyquist's goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period in Detroit on Monday. (Paul Sancya/Associated ...
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Blackhawks in 2-1 series hole
DETROIT (AP) Gustav Nyquist and Drew Miller scored 31 seconds apart midway through the second period and Pavel Datsyuk restored a two-goal lead in the third to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second round series. Patrick Kane scored 4:35 into the third period to pull Chicago within one. The Blackhawks celebrated as if they tied ...
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Summer to rank among Canadas warmest on record typical temperatures predicted for Metro Vancouver
Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...
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Titanium implants in spine give Canadian freediver Jill Yoneda second chance to pursue her passion
Jill Yoneda, 38, of Langley, is a freediver who has had surgery on her neck to repair three ruptured discs. She has 6 titanium end plates on 3 vertebrae from 2 separate operations, and the latest small scar is visible on the right side of her ...
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‘He’s not a grizzly bear he’s a cuddly bear’ Mulcair takes a softer approach in new ad as Trudeau’s popularity grows
On Monday, the federal New Democratic Party released a new advertisement touting the "Leadership [and] Experience" of Thomas Mulcair. The 30-second clip opens with home-movie images of the bearded-even-back-then NDP leader holding his wife Catherine Pinhas in his lap, then cradling a baby, then skiing. His never-really-before-seen adult sons talk about what a great hockey coach he was. ...
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Canadian Press NewsAlert 51 killed in Oklahoma tornado children among the dead
MOORE, Okla. - The state medical examiner's office says at least 51 people, including children, have been killed in the tornado that hit Oklahoma City`s suburbs and the death toll is expected to rise. The tornado which was as much as 1.6 kilometres wide has flattened entire neighbourhoods, set buildings on fire and landed a direct blow on an elementary school. More to ...
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Canada called ‘a natural fit’ for Pacific Alliance
On the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trip to Latin America, Mexico - keen on putting some new zip into its relations with Ottawa - sees Canada as an ideal fit for the new Pacific Alliance trading bloc that is rapidly emerging.Mexico's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Sergio Alcocer, says Canada would see benefits in Latin America and Asia - if it's willing to do ...
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In photos Winter ends with a splash in Banff
A skier takes to the roof to celebrate the last day at the 85th Annual Splash Cup at Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard resort on Monday, May 20, 2013.(Chris Bolin for The Globe and ...
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In Banff a whiff of warmth brings spring fever
Brown takes a breather Very few make it, but winning isn't everything. The point of the Slush Cup, held Monday, is to simultaneously pay one's respects to the end of winter and the beginning of spring.While the rest of the country was lining up to buy geraniums over Victoria Day weekend, Banff was waving goodbye to nine months of winter and feverishly embracing two short months of ...
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Bylaw review could put wind in sails of Vancouver kitesurfers
Stephen Codrington, at Spanish Banks Beach in Vancouver on Sunday, lets the air out of the kite he uses when kitesurfing. (DARRYL DYCK For the Globe and ...
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb kills 37
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary ...
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House fire destroys Saskatoon man’s possessions
Edwin Quewezance visits the home he rents at 417 Ave. Q South on Monday after it was destroyed by a fire that investigators say was likely the work of an ...
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Craig Andersons confidence spreads through team
Craig Anderson made 49 saves in Game 3 agaiinst Pittsburgh, prompting Senators teammate Jason Spezza to say the goalie is playing the way he did in the regular season. "He's a guy that has a good edge to him and I think that suits our team well." (Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty ...
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Bobcats owner Michael Jordan changing team name to Hornets report
Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation. The person said Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a press conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly ...
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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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