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Mike Trout hits for cycle drives in 5 L.A. Angels rout Seattle Mariners
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Aaron Harang (39) is lifted in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Anaheim. (AP Photo/Alex ...
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Bruins depth crushing Rangers
Boston Bruins winger Daniel Paille celebrates his game-winning goal against the New York Rangers Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. (Frank Granklin ...
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Sharks squeeze out win to square series
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) Joe Thornton set the tone for the San Jose Sharks with a dominant first period. After that, the Sharks did their best to hang on and tie up their playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings. Thornton set up Brent Burns' first-period goal and Logan Couture added a power-play goal early in the second to give the Sharks just enough offense to beat the Kings 2-1 Tuesday ...
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Canadians advised to prepare against tornadoes despite lower risk than U.S.
TORONTO - Canadians face a significantly lower risk than their American neighbours of finding themselves in the path of a tornado, but should still be prepared to face the worst if mother nature decides to defy the odds, experts said Tuesday. The perils of tornado season were tragically demonstrated Monday when a massive twister flattened homes and demolished an elementary school in Moore, ...
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Conservatives demand Thomas Mulcair ‘come clean’ on 1994 bribe probe
OTTAWA -- Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he was contacted by the provincial police anti-corruption squad in Quebec to discuss a suspected 17-year-old bribe offered to him. Mulcair says he never reached out to the police himself because he had no proof a bribe was actually being offered at a 1994 meeting with the now-controversial ex-mayor of Laval, Que. Mulcair, who back then was a ...
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Canada NDP suffers debacle in British Columbia election
Opinion polls and media pundits notwithstanding, the trade union-backed New Democratic Party (NDP) suffered a debacle in the May 14 British Columbia election, failing to unseat an unpopular twelve year-old Liberal government.The Liberals, who have held office in Canada's third-most populous province since 2001, will use their fourth successive majority government to intensify big ...
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Nepali-Canadian 1st double amputee on Everest
A Nepali-Canadian has become the first double amputee to climb the world's highest mountain.According to Khim Lal Gautam, liaison officer at Nepal's Tourism Ministry, Sudarshan Gautam, the Nepali-Canadian, reached atop Mt Everest at 9:00 am on Monday. Gautam, 30, lost both his hands at the age of 14 in an accident. He was on a mission to spread the message that "disability is not ...
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Ottawa Police seek help in locating missing male
OTTAWA --The Ottawa Police Service is seeking the assistance of the public in locating Rheo Ouellette, 52. He is described as a white male, 5'11", 235 LBS, short salt and pepper hair, clean shaven, wearing a white tee shirt under a green and white checkered long sleeved collared shirt, black leather vest, blue jeans, brown leather belt and brown cowboy boots. He was last seen in the ...
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Senate sends Duffy expense audit for 2nd internal review
The Senate is debating reports about the living and travel claims of three senators who have all been ordered to repay inappropriately claimed money. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ...
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Woman diagnosed with ALS helps fundraise for a cure
Distance wasn't the only difficulty Susann and Hajime Sakaguchi have had to overcome in the course of their own love story. Susann was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, last fall. She says the disease now prevents her from doing many of the activities she once loved -- like cooking or playing baseball with her two children. But as CBC's Marion Warnica ...
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Oklahoma tornado brings back memories of Black Friday
Following the devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma on Monday, many Albertans are thinking back to July 31, 1987. On that date, also known as Black Friday, a powerful tornado ripped through parts of Edmonton, leaving 27 dead and injuring an additional ...
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Canadian killed in escalating violence in Iraq
Residents stand amid rubble at blast scene in Tuz Khormatu town in northern Iraq May 21, 2013. Three persons were killed and 52 others were injured after two car bombs were set off in Tuz Khormatu on Tuesday, according to the police. REUTERS/Stringer A Canadian has been killed amidst rising violence in Iraq. "I have grown increasingly concerned in recent days as a spate of deadly sectarian ...
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One dead in floatplane crash in B.C.
An aerial map shows Bute Inlet, 250k m northwest of Vancouver. One person is dead after a floatplane crashed in the area. Google/QMI Agency One person is dead after a floatplane crashed in British Columbia Tuesday evening. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria received a report just after 5 p.m. and deployed a search-and-rescue team in a Cormorant helicopter, a spokesman said. The ...
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Documents show Eritrea defying Canadian government by using Toronto consulate to raise money for regime
TORONTO -- Canada is investigating allegations that Eritrea's diplomatic mission in Toronto has continued soliciting money for the East African regime's military despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop. The RCMP and Foreign Affairs are reviewing new evidence that appears to show the Consulate General of Eritrea has been imposing a fee of up to $500 on ...
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SNC-Lavalin paid $6M in kickbacks to Tunisian president’s son-in-law RCMP
MONTREAL --Newly unsealed information in an RCMP search warrant document alleges that SNC-Lavalin paid nearly $6-million to the son-in-law of Tunisia's president between 2001 and 2010 to win contracts in the North African country. "The payments were destined for offshore companies belonging to Slim Chiboub," the police affidavit says. "According to public-source information, ...
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Orioles to call up Kevin Gausman to start Thursday in Toronto source says
Just last week, Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette said pitching prospect Kevin Gausman was a starting rotation option for the future, but not the immediate present. But the 22-year-old right-hander will join the Orioles this week and is expected to make his major league debut Thursday night against the Toronto Blue Jays, according to multiple industry sources. The Orioles' ...
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Float-plane crash off Vancouver Island claims one life
A Harbour Air float plane flies through low cloud after taking off from Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday February 16, 2012. (DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and ...
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RCMP being asked to help officers with PTSD
Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years - a quirky, funny, chatty guy she met on a blind date.Thirty-year-old Martin Bouchard was an RCMP officer in Manitoba and had a French accent and plenty of friends.But three years into the marriage, Krista Bouchard started noticing symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder - apparently related to her husband's posting in Shamattawa, a ...
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How prepared for disasters are Portland and Vancouver schools
PORTLAND, Ore. – Unlike hundreds of schools in Oklahoma, the two schools hit by the tornado Monday did not have safe rooms. Seven students of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., were killed in the monstrous tornado. We checked into what measures that schools locally have in place in the case of a natural disaster. Tornadoes are uncommon in Oregon and Washington, but they ...
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Mooseheads manhandle Knights at Memorial Cup
Mooseheads right winger Stefan Fournier, left, and right-winger Darcy Ashley celebrate a goal as Knights defenceman Dakota Mermis looks on in the first period. Ashley scored twice and added an assist in a 9-2 Halifax victory. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...
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One dead as floatplane overturns in Bute Inlet
At least one person is dead after a plane came down in Bute Inlet on the South Coast of B.C., the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria ...
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Search for missing Canadian continues in Australian mountains
Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Snowy Mountains region.Prabhdeep Srawn, of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. For the last two years, the 25-year-old has been a law student at Bond ...
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Bruins take commanding 3-0 series lead over Rangers
NEW YORK (AP) Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night. Boston leads the best-of-seven series 3-0 and can advance to the conference finals as early as Thursday at Madison Square Garden. Only three teams in NHL ...
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Griffins rally to eliminate Marlies from AHL playoffs
Luke Glendening's goal at 15:57 of the third period spelled the end of Toronto's season as the Grand Rapids Griffins rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to beat the Marlies 4-3 on Tuesday, and win the AHL Western Conference semifinal 4-2. Grand Rapids will face the Oklahoma City Barons in the conference final. Glendening was in front of Toronto goalie Drew MacIntyre and had ...
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Cops sought info from Mulcair about ex-Laval mayor meeting
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he 'never saw cash,' and has no proof the ex-mayor of Laval, Que., Gilles Vaillancourt, offered him a bribe in 1994. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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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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