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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 ...
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Vancouver Airport Authority appoints new President and CEO
RICHMOND, British Columbia - Vancouver Airport Authority Board of Directors Chair Mary Jordan today announced the appointment of Craig Richmond to the role of President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority. Under Richmond's leadership, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) will continue to grow as a global gateway, community contributor and North America's best airport. A dedicated ...
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Montreals mayor resigns one day after arrest on fraud charges
MONTREAL Montreal's interim mayor resigned Tuesday, a day after his arrest on fraud charges. Michael Applebaum denied the charges and said he needs to focus on fighting them. The first Anglophone mayor of Canada's second-largest city in a century once vowed to clean up its corruption scandals. He took over as interim mayor in November, after former mayor Gerald Tremblay resigned amid ...
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CANADA STOCKS-Fed optimism Tim Hortons lift TSX to 1-week high
* TSX rises 78.56 points, or 0.64 percent, at 12,367.46 * Nine of 10 main sectors advance * Tim Hortons up 4 percent after investor exerts pressure * Gold-mining shares slip with price of bullion By John Tilak TORONTO, June 18 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index climbed to a one-week high on Tuesday as positive economic data and hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will stick to its ...
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5-time champion Venus Williams withdraws from Wimbledon citing lower back injury
WIMBLEDON, England -- Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has pulled out of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament because of a lower back injury. Williams' agent, Carlos Fleming, says Wimbledon was told of her decision Tuesday. Williams, who turned 33 on Monday, was bothered by her back during a first-round loss at the French Open last month, then cited that injury when she and ...
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Canada Deploys 900 Military Personnel to Afghanistan
Ottawa, June 18 (Prensa Latina) Canada started sending 900 soldiers to Afghanistan to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to train and advise the Army and Police of that Asian country, occupied by NATO since 2001. Major Craig Butl confirmed to journalists that a first batch of 100 troops left yesterday, another 350 will leave for Afghanistan this week and the rest will do it in the next ...
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New Canada-Indiana Intermodal Service to Offer Matchback Options
west coast ports of Prince Rupert and Vancouver to Indianapolis. INRD is building a more than $2 million intermodal ramp and container yard at its Senate Avenue Intermodal Terminal to complement the service.The matchback process will include finding export loads to fill import containers that would otherwise go back to the port empty. Midwest Commodities, which specializes in loading containers ...
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Hundreds attend Toronto memorial for crew killed in Ornge crash
TORONTO -- Hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial service Tuesday for the two pilots and two paramedics who died late last month in an air ambulance crash. Capt. Don Filliter, First Officer Jacques Dupuy, and flight paramedics Dustin Dagenais and Chris Snowball were killed when an Ornge helicopter crashed after takeoff from Moosonee, Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Health Minister Deb ...
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Montreals mayor resigns calls allegations unfounded
Montreal's interim mayor Michael Applebaum has announced his resignation, a move that comes just one day after he was arrested on corruption and conspiracy charges. Applebaum announced he is stepping down during a brief news conference on Tuesday, where he maintained the accusations against him are false. "I have a profound conviction that I have always worked in the best ...
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Another Montreal mayor resigns in scandal
MONTREAL - Montreal has its second mayoral resignation in less than a year. Interim mayor Michael Applebaum stepped down Tuesday, a day after he was slapped with a series of criminal charges. He made the announcement in a two-minute statement at city hall. He did not take questions. Applebaum said he's innocent of the charges against him and will work to prove his innocence. "I will ...
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Tory MP bows to Elections Canada in fight over expenses
Shelly Glover was one of three Conservative MPs who had been fighting Elections Canada in court over their 2011 election spending. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ...
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Chrysler agrees to recall 3 million Jeep SUVs in U.S. Canada
Chrysler at first staunchly refused the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's request to recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee, above, and Liberty SUV models because it did not agree with its assessment that the position of the fuel tank made the vehicles susceptible to catching fire in a collision. It eventually bowed to customer pressure and agreed to the recall. (Carlos ...
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Business jets dominate Bombardiers $2B in sales at air show
Bombardier announced Tuesday that VistaJet has put in an order for 40 of its Challenger 350 business jets, above. The sale would be worth $1.035 billion at current list prices, although customers usually get a discount. ...
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Wharnsby Daniel Paille a favourite of Bruins teammates
Boston Bruins forward Daniel Paille has always been about the team, but he certainly has drawn attention to himself in the past few days for his goal-scoring prowess in the Stanley Cup ...
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Colin Miller to guide Canadian mens soccer team at Gold Cup
Colin Miller will be on the bench with Canada's men's soccer team at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Miller returned as interim head coach after leading the squad in a game against Costa Rica last month in Edmonton. He was also Canada's coach at a camp in the U.S. earlier this year, and was Canada's interim head coach for part of 2003-04. "I feel very privileged and ...
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Crowdfunding websites trying to cash in on crowded field
crowd-funding website . "I'm an entrepreneur," he says. "I love the idea of helping entrepreneurs." Hatton wants to raise the profile of his site -- but good luck with that. The crowd-funding scene is exploding at the moment. The most famous ones, Kickstarter and Indiegogo, have been in the news for both good reasons and bad. Indiegogo is the home of the so-called ...
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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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