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Ottawa man makes life sweeter with vegan marshmallows
OTTAWA -- An Ottawa man is making the world a little bit sweeter for vegetarians and vegans by creating a marshmallow free of animal products.Fluffy, sugary marshmallows conjure nostalgia for James Bain, an Ottawa IT consultant and the maker of Charmallows."We all have memories of campfires and rice crisp treats, and marshmallows were kind of a part of that," he explains.But ...
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‘Something needs to be done’ Federal judge urges Ottawa to legislate ‘clearer’ citizenship rules
The Chief Justice of the Federal Court has made a highly unusual plea to the government, asking it to fix unclear citizenship requirements that kick some applicants out while welcoming others in, depending on which assessment is used. "This case is yet another example of why something needs to be done to address the unacceptable state of affairs concerning the test for citizenship in this ...
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Ontario egg case continues on
The state of the dispute between Canada's second largest egg grader and a former employee is still unclear months after the case was dismissed. The Ontario egg company was suing the employee for breach of contract and confidentiality while the employee was suing based on wrongful dismissal, a ...
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UPDATE 2-Vimpelcom unit drops bid to control Canadas Wind Mobile
Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:38pm EDT By Alastair Sharp TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of European telecoms company Vimpelcom Ltd has withdrawn its bid to take control of Canada's Wind Mobile from its founder and chief executive, Anthony Lacavera, a surprise move that creates further uncertainty about the future of the upstart Canadian wireless company. Orascom Telecom, an Egyptian company ...
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Max Gartner longtime Alpine Canada official to leave post
Max Gartner lists his career highlights as the back-to-back world downhill titles captured by Canadian skiers John Kucera and Erik Guay. But there's also been drawbacks to being president and CEO of Alpine Canada -- with potentially more on the horizon. And on Wednesday, Gartner announced he was leaving Canada's national skiing organization after more than three decades. "An ...
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Soggy start to summer for B.C.
Johanna Wagstaffe . The showers will become more steady early Thursday morning, before the rain tapers back down to showers in the evening. In total, Vancouver can expect between 15 mm to 30 mm of rain. Temperatures at the Vancouver International Airport will also come down on Thursday to a high of just 16 C. It will be one of the coolest days in a while and, just in time for the start of ...
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ITEX Toronto wins award for outstanding performance
Toronto, Ontario – June 19, 2013 ITEX in Toronto, Canada'se leading business bartering network, announced Wednesday it has earned three awards for outstanding performance, leadership ...
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RCMP identify remains found at Enoch Cree Nation
(Facebook) Rain, a Stony Plain resident, went missing March 12. An extensive search for Rain didn't turn up anything at the time, despite a social-media campaign and the involvement of Rain's family, who RCMP say were strong advocates in the search effort. Spruce Grove/Stony Plain RCMP were called to the reserve early Sunday after a resident reported animals had found human remains. ...
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10 Trump tweets what the man behind the hair has to say
U.S billionaire Donald Trump was in Vancouver today to lend his name to the city's first Trump Tower on West Georgia Street in the city's downtown core. Since he was renting out his name, CBC ...
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Obesity now recognized as a disease
In order to fight what it described as an "obesity epidemic," the American Medical Association has voted to recognize obesity as a disease and recommended a number of measures to fight it. The association voted on the measure Tuesday at its annual meeting in Chicago. The AMA noted that obesity rates in the United States have "doubled among adults in the last 20 years and tripled ...
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Jennifer Lawrence Nicholas Hoult Reuniting Former Couple Spends Time Together in Montreal
Actress Jennifer Lawrence from the film "Silver Linings Playbook" poses on arrival at the 2013 Critics' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California January 10, ...
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Canadian Olympic Committee in Sochi plotting strategy for 2014 Games
The Olympic rings are seen in front of the airport of Sochi, the host city for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 18, 2013. (KAI ...
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Ottawa’s Shopify partners with Singapore telecom firm
The Next Web reports . Co-founder and CEO Tobias Ltke launched the e-commerce platform in 2006, enabling other companies to use it to create their own online stores. Shopify now has tens of thousands of customers in more than 80 countries. The deal with SingTel covers four countries: Singapore, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. Services in the first two are already online, with the latter two ...
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Crown argues woman who stabbed teen girl to death at Vancouver house party should serve eight years
Kamloops RCMP continue to investigate an alleged sexual assault they believe may have been caught on video camera during a wild high school grad party attended by more than 1,000 ...
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Kamloops RCMP fear witnesses photographed sex assault of teen at grad party
KAMLOOPS -- Mounties in Kamloops are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a teenager at a bush party attended by as many as 1,000 high school graduates.Police say the 17-year-old girl became separated from her friends, was approached by a male she didn't know and was taken into a wooded area where she was sexually assaulted on Tuesday night.When the teen arrived home from the party, ...
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Vancouver city council to get latest report on future of viaducts next week
If you’re young and hoping to work your way up into a high-paid position, here are 10 jobs you’ll probably want to avoid. People in these jobs work at the bottom strata of the labour market, according to the latest survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage ...
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West Vancouver kids find discarded guns
WEST VANCOUVER -- Children playing in the woods near Rockridge secondary in West Vancouver found two pistols late Tuesday afternoon, according to police.The children stumbled on a starter pistol and an antique Webley .455 from the seldom-travelled area, according to West Vancouver Police Department spokesman Const. Jeff Palmer."(They) picked it up, had a look at them, and then realized, ...
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Cross-Canada bike stolen in break-in returned to Burnaby man 85
Cornelis Dykstra speaks to reporter at his home in Burnaby on Tuesday, a day before his bicycle was returned to him by a woman had read about his loss and found the bike in a back ...
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Joni Mitchell puts in rare public performance singing three songs in Toronto
As the captain from the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke might describe it, the decade-old discussion of a Saskatoon centre to honour Joni Mitchell is a good example of a failure to ...
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MLBs next wave of potential superstars
Zack Wheeler of the New York Mets had a tough assignment for his major league debut on Tuesday night. Not only was the 23-year-old pitcher facing Atlanta, the National League's sixth-highest scoring team this season, but he had a tough act to follow in the back end of a day/night doubleheader. Earlier in the day, fellow hurler Matt Harvey flirted with a no-hitter in a 4-3 Mets victory, ...
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Neymar shines again as Brazil downs Mexico
Neymar made the difference for Brazil again on Wednesday, scoring in the ninth minute and making one for Jo to give the hosts a 2-0 win over Mexico and virtually secure a spot in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup. The Brazilian striker scored his second goal of the tournament with a left-footed volley from just inside the penalty box after Mexican defenders failed to clear a cross. ...
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Caregiving dads stigmatized at work suggests UofT study
Traditional fathers -- those who focus on being "breadwinners" and leave the caregiving to someone else -- are still held up as the ideal, suggests a new study. ...
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Fredericton SPCA under cat quarantine
The Fredericton SPCA is under a cat quarantine for the next two weeks after a fostered kitten died from the contagious virus panleukopenia. Although the infection happened off-site, at a foster home, the centre isn't taking chances, said director of operations Annett James. The Fredericton SPCA is no longer taking in strays or allowing adoptions until early June. Stray cats are now being ...
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6 youth charged in airport car theft ring
Six youth have been charged in connection to a string of car thefts at the Calgary airport. Calgary police say more than 20 vehicles were stolen by the ring of offenders -- some of whom are known to police. "The investigation was able to identify a group of individuals that were all working together to conduct these types of thefts," said acting Insp. Mike Bossley. "That was ...
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Lavals corrupt image scares off choral festival sponsors
Mondial Loto-Qubec de Laval festival founder Gregory Charles cancelled his own tribute concert to Elton John because of a shortfall in funding from corporate sponsors. (CBC/Pierre ...
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New offer to save Eamons would turn it into a 1950s diner
A new group has stepped forward to help the city save the former Eamon's gas station and possibly turn it into a 1950s diner. The Bearspaw Historical Society says it has at least two businesses interested in working with them to save the building -- but first, they have to raise the money. "The Bearspaw Historical Society has offered to raise the funds necessary to restore this ...
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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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