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July 27, 2010

Two brothers held in stabbing; one charged

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July 27, 2010

Suspect arrested in Scarborough stabbing death

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July 27, 2010

Murder-suicide dad did 'everything' for family

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July 27, 2010

Gang leader heading to prison for drug role

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July 27, 2010

Hackers to flock to Black Hat, Defcon this week

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July 27, 2010

Play Pac-Man in HTML5

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July 27, 2010

Rihanna to make film debut

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July 26, 2010

Tougher driving measures lauded

Barring drivers under 22 from having any alcohol in their blood will reduce deaths and injuries, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers says.

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July 26, 2010

Bankruptcies drop in Canada

Bankruptcies in Canada fell 9.2% in May from the month before, the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcies reported Monday.

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July 26, 2010

Woman suing Toronto police for G20 injuries: report

A 20-year-old Maple Ridge, B.C. woman who claims she was shot twice with a rubber bullet while protesting in Toronto last month is suing the Toronto police, according to reports.

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July 26, 2010

Semrau's expulsion urged by former commander

A military court should kick a Canadian soldier out of the forces after he was found guilty of shooting a wounded and unarmed Afghan insurgent, says the former top Canadian commander in Kandahar.

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July 26, 2010

TSX up as foreign news encourages investors

The Toronto Stock Exchange was moving toward a third straight day of gains Monday as positive economic news came from the United States and Europe.

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July 26, 2010

Canada toughens sanctions against Iran

The federal government announced Monday further tightening of Canadian sanctions against Iran, accusing that country of moving a step closer to building nuclear weapons in continued defiance of...

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July 26, 2010

Senator who fought for employment equity defends Tories

Progress has been made, Donald Oliver says, but we still haven’t done enough to help visible minorities achieve equality in the workplace

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July 26, 2010

Young drivers in Ont. to face stiffer rules

The Ontario government is set to announce rules for young and novice drivers that include tougher restrictions on blood-alcohol levels.

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July 26, 2010

Earthquake recorded off B.C. coast

Magnitude of 4.6 not enough to be felt on land, say officials

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July 26, 2010

$16B fighter jets purchase up in the air

Canada won't be required to sign a contract committing it to purchasing new multi-billion-dollar stealth fighters until 2013, opening the door for any future government to back away from the proposed...

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July 26, 2010

REYNOLDS: The anachronistic, coercive, unnecessary census

Canada’s government should have been defending its decision as liberal and progressive

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July 26, 2010

Grits awake to 'racist' fallout and prescription drug advice

Tories rip into Ignatieff's refusal to dump Calgary candidate over cop quip and Liberal president tells doubters to 'take a Valium'

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July 26, 2010

Fire officials investigating N.S. university fire

Fire officials were investigating Sunday as staff at Dalhousie University were cleaning up following a fire Saturday evening.

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July 26, 2010

Try Michael Ignatieff, anti-politician

The Liberal Leader’s core ideas aren’t the problem. It’s his inability to connect with Canadians

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July 26, 2010

Harper’s census push months in the making

Scrapping the mandatory long form stems from libertarian convictions, insiders say

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July 26, 2010

MCKNIGHT: Census should clearly reflect Canadian values

If you really want to know about a country, consult its census. Oh, I don't mean you ought to look at the answers people provide to census questions, however meaningful they may be.

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July 26, 2010

SIMPSON: Treaty-making in B.C.: Noble sentiments, difficult realities

In June of 1991, a new dawn was supposed to begin breaking over relations between aboriginals and other British Columbians.

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July 26, 2010

SOLBERG: Forms, damn forms and statistics

I am not a census guy. If it was just the long-form census, maybe Canadians would be OK with being forced to answer a bazillion questions or else go to prison.

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July 26, 2010

WORTHINGTON: Don’t abandon vets

With minimum public attention, there seems a plan afoot to curb, cut or even eliminate Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC), which has been sort of a comfort blanket — even umbilical cord — for many...

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July 26, 2010

GURNEY: Tony Clement finds answer to census critics: “I’m a hero!”

Tony Clement, the Minister of Industry, sure knows how to change the channel on a news story: “Don’t like my census changes? Or that palatial gazebo in my riding? Or my copyright law proposals?...

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July 26, 2010

MANNING: Making our national capital, well, national

A Canadian Confederation Theme Park would be a first step in portraying a clear picture of our country

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July 26, 2010

Woman throws urine at cops

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July 26, 2010

Churchill's Choppers on the Auction Block

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July 26, 2010

Idaho Police Dog Back To Work After Suspension

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July 26, 2010

Melville murder shocks town

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July 26, 2010

Two men sought in kidnapping

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July 26, 2010

Teen charged with murder

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July 26, 2010

Double-murder suicide leaves man, two young sons dead

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July 26, 2010

Chrome dev too stable? Try new Chrome Canary

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July 26, 2010

HTC Desire Display to Move to SLCD Tech

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July 26, 2010

Firefox 4 second beta hits minor delay

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July 26, 2010

Facebook: Can't love it, can't live without it

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July 25, 2010

NASA Twitter account hacked

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July 25, 2010

Investigators probe Quebec plane crash that killed two

Two people — the pilot and a passenger — died and three people were injured when a DHC-2 Beaver crashed Saturday in a swamp two kilometres from the La Grande Riviere airport, not far from James...

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July 25, 2010

Sask.-born pilot recovering after plane crashes

Brian Bews, the Saskatchewan-born pilot involved in a near deadly crash Friday in Lethbridge, is being considered a hometown hero in his hometown of Eatonia, Sask.

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July 25, 2010

Industry minister helps rescue swimmer

Canada's industry minister says he hopes a tweeted tale about a dramatic rescue outside his Port Sydney home Saturday will serve as a lesson in water safety.

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July 24, 2010

Funeral held for Jack Irving

Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to say farewell to John E. (Jack) Irving, a man remembered as a business titan, philanthropist and conservationist.

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July 24, 2010

'Bouquet bandit' a perfect gent

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July 24, 2010

Relatives leap at birthday skydive

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July 24, 2010

Pope coins given as change in Vatican City

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July 24, 2010

A night of violence in T.O.

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July 24, 2010

Murder charge in Facebook feud

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July 24, 2010

Montreal double-murder suicide leaves 3 dead

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July 24, 2010

Apple attacks Droid X antenna

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July 24, 2010

Tom Cruise wants stage role

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July 24, 2010

Admit It: You Want These Tron Legacy Sneakers

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July 24, 2010

Rogers shrinks consumers’ download limits

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July 23, 2010

Census spat turns tyrannical

After listening to opposition forces spend most of the week bashing the government’s decision to scrap the mandatory long-form census, the Conservatives are fighting back in a message to their...

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July 23, 2010

Group fights to save prison farms

Farmers and activists set up a blockade outside the Correctional Service Canada office in Kingston, Ont., in a bid to keep Canada's prison farms open.

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July 23, 2010

CSIS' reliance on torture evidence subject of ruling

The Federal Court says CSIS does not have an "effective mechanism" for ensuring they do not rely on evidence obtained by torture.

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July 23, 2010

Clement called to committee over census

A parliamentary committee has invited Industry Minister Tony Clement and the former head of Statistics Canada to a meeting to discuss the plan to scrap the mandatory long-form census.

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July 23, 2010

Deficit shrinks to $4.4B

Canada whittled down its budget deficit in the first two months of the fiscal year to $4.43 billion from a $7.53 billion shortfall in the same period a year earlier, helped by a greater tax intake...

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July 23, 2010

Strange brew: Exploding beer vat douses B.C. street in suds

The Okanagan Springs brewery is in clean-up mode after fermenting vat exploded

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July 23, 2010

Harper, Aglukkaq singled out for stinging rebuke at AIDS conference

Their 'incredible ability to take credit where none is due' leaves Canadian MD who heads up international group 'ashamed'

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July 23, 2010

Lawrence Cannon doubts Korean 'gunboat diplomacy' will escalate to war

In Hanoi for Asian summit, Foreign Affairs Minister weighs in on latest threats from Pyongyang over nearby U.S. military exercises

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July 23, 2010

Why we're census-obsessed

Scrapping long form will help blind us to structural inequalities in society, professor argues

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July 23, 2010

Bombardier downplays CSeries turbulence

Bombardier expresses confidence in the viability of its CSeries aircraft even though it failed to record a single order for the plane during the Farnborough Airshow.

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July 23, 2010

Canadians rage at Cuba over trapped teen

Canadians from coast to coast have been voicing their outrage after learning of 19-year-old Cody LeCompte's plight in Cuba.

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July 23, 2010

Supreme Court rules police violated Vancouver man's rights

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Vancouver man's charter rights were violated when police arrested him and seized his automobile.

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July 23, 2010

Office workers warming to Lazy Fridays

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July 23, 2010

Candidate's ballot statement pulled

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July 23, 2010

Police: Man broke into bar, served patrons

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July 23, 2010

Canada joins crackdown on radical Muslim cleric

The RCMP’s senior counterterrorism officer singled out radical preacher Anwar Al-Awlaki yesterday as a common thread among young Canadian extremists. Assistant Commissioner Gilles Michaud said...

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July 23, 2010

MOORE: Vindication for Taliban Jack

So now it’s time to talk to the Taliban. Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon told reporters on Tuesday that the Taliban has an important role to play in laying the foundations of...

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July 23, 2010

Watchdog will investigate G20 police

Ontario police forces that took part in the G20 security operation in Toronto will be subject to an investigation by the province's Office of the Independent Police Review Director.

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July 23, 2010

Federal affirmative action policy faces review

The federal government has ordered a review of its affirmative action policy one day after a woman complained that she couldn't apply for a public service position because she's Caucasian.

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July 23, 2010

Guergis wants to meet PM 'face-to-face'

MP Helena Guergis calls for a 'face-to-face' meeting with Stephen Harper after the RCMP cleared the former Tory cabinet minister of allegations the prime minister forwarded to the force in April.

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July 23, 2010

Environment watchdog to issue eco fees report

Another Ontario watchdog is wading into the recent controversy over the province's eco fees.

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July 23, 2010

Inflation rate slips to 1.0 per cent

Statistics Canada says Canada's annual inflation rate slid to one per cent in June as gasoline prices dropped from where they were a year ago.

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July 23, 2010

Hand over StatsCan records on census advice: Liberals

The Liberals are demanding for the release of records involving Statistics Canada and the advice it gave to the Harper government, in the wake of the extraordinary resignation of the agency's head...

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July 23, 2010

G20 cops accused of sexual abuse

Sexual comments, threats and strip searches by male officers were among the allegations G20 detainees made against police Thursday.

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