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Former interim Liberal leader Bob Rae resigns as MP
Former interim Liberal leader and one-time NDP premier of Ontario Bob Rae has resigned as a Member of Parliament.
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UPDATED Teen girl airlifted to hospital after Hwy. 9 crash
ORANGEVILLE, Ont. – A 17-year-old girl was airlifted to the Hospital for Sick Children with life-threatening injuries after a three-vehicle crash on Hwy. 9 near Orangeville.
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Plastic bag debate dead, incineration debate refueled at City Hall
It may be the end of the plastic bag debate at City Hall but a debate on burning Toronto’s garbage has started.
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7 arrested after shots fired at Catholic school in Hamilton
Police have arrested seven people after shots were fired at St. Joseph’s Catholic Elementary School in Hamilton Wednesday morning.
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Anti-Keystone billionaire to launch a social media campaign against the pipeline
WASHINGTON – San Francisco billionaire Tom Steyer, a friend to Barack Obama and a major Democratic financier, is unveiling a social media campaign on Thursday that aims to rally the president’s formidable online army of supporters against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Steyer and a coalition of environmental and social justice groups will be in
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Ashley Smith’s self-strangulation not always dangerous, manager tells inquest
TORONTO – Senior managers agreed that intervening every time a teen inmate tied a ligature around her neck was unnecessary because she was not always in immediate danger, an inquest into her death heard Wednesday.
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Saudi MERS outbreak showed SARS-like features, including possible superspreader
TORONTO – A long-awaited report on a large and possibly still ongoing outbreak of MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia reveals the virus spreads easily within hospitals, at one point passing in a person-to-person chain that encompassed at least five generations of spread. The study, co-written by Toronto SARS expert Dr. Allison McGeer, also hints there
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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Quake shakes Chile, buildings sway in capital
SANTIAGO, Chile – Quake shakes Chile, buildings sway in capital of Santiago. More to come.
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Brits obsessed and worry more in their daily lives
British adults are more self-obsessed and worry more about their daily lives now than people who lived through the Second World War, according to a new book.
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From Loren to Pavarotti, some of Italy’s best-heeled and most-beloved have gone awry of taxman
MILAN – Sophia Loren wore green silk and sunglasses for her date with the taxman, Luciano Pavarotti a suit and sneakers. Diego Maradona gave up his diamond stud earring to pay off a tax debt. Some of Italy’s most well-heeled residents have come under the glare of successive governments who have declared wars on tax
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Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (12,268.29 down 99.17 points): Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Plane and train maker. Up seven cents, or 1.54 per cent, at $4.63 on 8.97 million shares. Bombardier won an order from Nigerian carrier Arik
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Hudson’s Bay says it’s not just a retailer, it’s in the entertainment business
TORONTO – Hudson’s Bay Co. says the only way its business will continue to thrive is for it to move away from being seen as just a department store. “We believe we need to be in more than the business of selling commodity items,” chief executive Richard Baker said at the company’s annual general meeting
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Fed sticks with bond purchases but offers brighter outlook for the economy
WASHINGTON — Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program later this year and end it next year if the economy continues to improve.
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Team Quebec says soccer, not politics, the goal at international tournament
MONTREAL – Quebec has found a place to play soccer on the international stage, but it is not in a World Cup or any other event with national teams. A group of 18 players patched together and coached by former Montreal Impact player Patrick Leduc will begin play Sunday in the International Tournament of Peoples
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Gretzky memorabilia sold for thousands
A collector of Wayne Gretzky memorabilia put some collector items up for sale making thousands of dollars.
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Red Wings, Detroit officials plan new $650 million home for NHL team in downtown sports zone
DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings and city officials on Wednesday announced a $650 million plan for a new arena development for the NHL team in Detroit’s downtown entertainment and sports district. Plans for the 18,000-seat arena were announced Wednesday at a meeting of economic development officials to approve the deal. Red Wings owner Mike
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Faith Prince to play evil Miss Hannigan in Broadway revival of ‘Annie,’ replacing Jane Lynch
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Faith Prince will soon be getting in touch with her mean side — she’s about to play Miss Hannigan in the “Annie” revival on Broadway. Prince, who will begin performances on July 19, won a Tony Award in 1992 for “Guys and Dolls” and was nominated three other times for “A
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Up to 115,000 expected each night for dusk-to-dawn Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Up to 115,000 ravers are expected each night this weekend for a dusk-to-dawn sensory overload of electronic dance music, partying and mingling at a sprawling racing complex outside Las Vegas. Electric Daisy Carnival organizers said Wednesday that all 345,000 available tickets have been sold for the event being held Friday, Saturday
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Paula Deen says in lawsuit questioning that she has used racial slur but doesn’t tolerate hate
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of racial and sexual discrimination in a lawsuit by a former manager of their restaurant, don’t tolerate hateful behaviour. In a court deposition filed Monday in federal court, an attorney
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