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Two Canadian sites in running for World Heritage status
A Basque whaling station that dates to the 1500s and a largely unspoiled expanse of boreal forest where five First Nations have existed for six millenniums are among the international sites being considered this week for coveted World Heritage designation.Canadian officials are in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, hoping to convince UNESCO's World Heritage Committee that the Red Bay National Historic ...
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Blackhawks pull even in Stanley Cup final with OT win over Bruins
The Chicago Blackhawks mob Brent Seabrook, after his game-winning goal against the Boston Bruins during the first overtime period in Game 4 on Wednesday in Boston. (Charles Krupa/Associated ...
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Richmond widow racks up $1800 hospital parking bill
A Richmond widow -- furious at racking up nearly $1,800 in hospital parking fees while visiting her dying son and husband -- says hospital parking should be free. But the health authority says that money is needed to pay for operating costs. Anne Graham lost her son Bruce to lymphoma, in October. Then her husband Don died from bone cancer in March. The 82-year old would visit every day for ...
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Kids removed from Canadian Mennonite community
(38 mins ago) Children have been removed from an orthodox Mennonite community in Canada where adults have been charged with assaulting youngsters using items such as cattle prods and leather straps. Manitoba Family Services would not say Wednesday how many children had been taken into its care and would not reveal any other details about the case. The department said child protection ...
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Designation of obesity as disease spurs Canadian debate
A decision in the United States to recognize obesity as a disease has prompted soul-searching within Canada's medical establishment on whether to follow suit.The dramatic move by the American Medical Association on Tuesday, which is expected to spur doctors and insurers to pay more attention to obesity, could also prompt action in Canada. Although no provincial government recognizes ...
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Children taken from Canadian Mennonite community
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Children have been removed from an orthodox Mennonite community in Canada where adults have been charged with assaulting youngsters using items such as cattle prods and leather straps.Manitoba Family Services would not say Wednesday how many children had been taken into care and would not reveal any other details about the case. The department says child protection ...
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Scientology facing documentary expose by Texan Bert Leahy
Narconon Arrowhead protest in Oklahoma, and I know Bert as a man with a caring heart a man who seeks truth and justice for those who cannot help themselves. Now he will be filming a multi-State, multi-city documentary across the United States, exposing the horrors of Scientology. Bert feels he was duped and misled by both Scientology and then Marty Rathbun -- viewing Rathbun as the ...
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‘Million Dollar Listing’ stars Fredrik Eklund and Luis Ortiz get into a fight
Fredrik Eklund may have been labeled the listing machine of New York because he is a hardworking broker in the big city who never stops working. He is successful because of his hardworking personality, so it is a big shock that he gets into a fight with a new broker. This season, fans have ...
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Sotheby’s stakes claim in Ottawa’s real estate market
OTTAWA -- Eyebrows rose when a blue and white For Sale sign appeared in front of houses in Hintonburg and Greely, not at the properties but the seller: luxury real estate brokerage Sotheby's International Realty Canada has landed in Ottawa.The great comfort and extravagance associated with luxury is not a trait generally attributed to a city with housing prices which, according to the ...
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Rycroft Brazilian protesters wont be silenced by FIFA boss
Despite FIFA President Sepp Blatter's rosy view of things, there is a clear divide growing between what is going on at the Confederations Cup, and what is actually taking place in the streets of Brazil. (Vincenzo Pinto/Getty ...
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NHLers tweet during Game 4 of Stanley Cup final
Linesman Pierre Racicot (65) tries to separate Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith, left, and Boston Bruins centre Chris Kelly during the first period in Game 4 on Wednesday. (Charles Krupa/Associated ...
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Impact remain unbeaten at home with win over Dynamo
Felipe Martins and Marco Di Vaio scored in the first half Wednesday as the Montreal Impact remained undefeated at home with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Dynamo. The Eastern Conference-leading Impact (9-3-2) improved to 6-0-1 at Saputo Stadium and won a fourth in a row at home in Major League Soccer play. Houston (6-5-4) are winless in their last five (0-3-2). The crowd of 17,694 saw the ...
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Great-grandmother graduates high school in B.C.
A great-grandmother who has waited 56 years to get her high school diploma can finally cross that dream off her bucket list. Maureen Baker has attended several high school reunions with her classmates from the 1950s, but felt like an outsider because she never finished school. On Wednesday, the 76-year-old Agassiz, B.C., resident finally walked across a stage with two other seniors who ...
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Vancouver rats carry disease that can infect humans
A Vancouver School Board survey has found the high cost of housing is the major reason parents are pulling their kids out of the city’s schools. Few homes are priced at less than $600,000 in Vancouver. Here’s a comparison, looking at detached homes for less than $600,000 in Vancouver and in four other B.C. ...
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MLS Montreal 2 Houston 0
Felipe Martins and Marco DiViao scored first-half goals Wednesday in sending Montreal to a 2-0 triumph over Houston. The Impact won for the fourth time in five outings to increase their lead in the Eastern Conference to four points over idle New York. Mertens took a through ball from Patrice Bernier in the 14th minute and beat goalkeeper Tally Hall. DiViao scored in the 32nd minute. It was ...
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MLB Toronto 5 Colorado 2
Adam Lind hit a three-run homer in the first inning Wednesday and Toronto remained the hottest team in baseball with a 5-2 decision over Colorado. It was the eighth straight victory for the Blue Jays, who climbed within a game of .500 after being 10 games below the breakeven mark as recently as June 4. Lind's first-inning homer was his ninth of the season and it was enough to make a ...
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Rockies swept away by Jays in forgettable three-game trip to Canada
TORONTO - The length of the schedule demands improvisation. The Rockies awoke Wednesday underneath the dome, feeling like they were crawling from underneath a rock. They needed a burst of sunlight. Or a jolt. But apparently that will have to wait until Roy Oswalt's first start.Juan Nicasio wore a different number, but his ordinary performance was exactly what the Rockies weren't ...
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Hot Ticket Vancouver International Jazz Festival
He was a member of the famed Miles Davis Quintet, a synth music trailblazer, an award-winning film composer, a genre-crossing collaborator, and even an interpreter of the music of Joni Mitchell. Now Herbie Hancock is returning to the coast for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival."He's a musical hero, and someone who has always been ahead of the curve," says festival ...
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Lamphier Canada needs economic pipeline to Asia
Protesters against Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline gather outside the joint review final argument hearings in Terrace on Monday. The joint review panel on the project sits through June ...
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Full steam ahead for Vancouvers cruise ship industry
Christine Duffy, president and CEO of Cruise Lines International Association, is in Vancouver this week for the industry’s largest annual ...
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Talking Keystone Redford says Canada and U.S. share energy values
Visting New York for the third time 18 months, Premier Alison Redford stressed that Canada and the U.S. share environmental and political values over Keystone XL pipeline. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian ...
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B.C. First Nation sets fires to save bison
A First Nation band is reviving the age-old practice of controlled burning in order to improve the health of forests and restore the population of the wood bison in a corner of northeastern ...
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Status of Women conference aims to stop web exploitation
Canada's ministers responsible for the Status of Women ended a two-day conference Wednesday in northern P.E.I. expressing concerns about internet luring, cyber bullying and child sexual exploitation. Valerie Docherty, P.E.I.'s minister responsible for the Status of Women, hosted the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers. The conference looked at ways to promote ...
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Couple plan to move business out of Ottawa after dispute with city
OTTAWA -- The Vaughan Side Road paintball saga is over. The city has won in court, meaning Dag and Allison Militky can't operate their paintball field any more."I'm not a child. I won't scream and cry," Dag Militky said after a court ruling.But he still can't help but feel that the city treated him unfairly.It was in the fall of 2007 that the couple, now in their ...
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Teachers disciplined for duct-taping mouths sex and gross stories
(Fotolia) VANCOUVER -- A Vancouver teacher is being reprimanded for having chatty ...
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Canada's Battle of the Museums?
Canada is set to have two air and space museums as the long-established Canada Aviation Museum expands its interests into the realm of space, and changes its name to one which seems to directly challenge another aviation museum, but closer examination suggests something else.
Canada has a rich and distinguished history in aviation, it was one of the leading countries in developing the then ambiguous and dangerous aviation industry and contributed in giving the world such iconic planes as the famous De Havilland range of aircraft, and played a major role in the development of aircraft through the Second World War and into the 1960’s. Read more
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