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Dominican officials arrest 4 accused of smuggling migrants into US Canada
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Dominican authorities have arrested four men from Sri Lanka accused of smuggling at least 60 migrants from India and the Middle East into the U.S. and Canada using fake passports. The suspects would smuggle the migrants from Europe to Haiti and then cross them into the Dominican Republic, Maximo Munoz, spokesman for the National Investigations Department, ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX dips on stimulus fears sluggish data
* TSX down 94.41 points, or 0.74 percent, at 12,658.09 * All 10 main sectors decline * TD Bank falls after results By John Tilak TORONTO, May 23 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index dipped on Thursday as fears the U.S. Federal Reserve will dial back its bond-buying program and pessimism following sluggish economic data from China and Europe fueled declines in all major sectors. Weakness in ...
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Canada terror suspect says attorney must use holy book
TORONTO (AP) — A man accused of plotting to derail a train in Canada with support from al-Qaida is asking to be represented by a defense attorney willing to use the "holy book" as a reference in his case.During a hearing Thursday Chiheb Esseghaier requested a court-appointed lawyer who will use the "holy book" as a reference. The Tunisian-born Muslim was apparently ...
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On Site Contemporary design for a new Toronto hub
redpathcondos.com Peter Freed, the pioneer developer behind a string of popular King West condominiums, is now planting the flag in midtown Toronto with a plan to develop a series of contemporary high-rises in the Yonge-Eglinton ...
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Finally signs of progress at Sears Canada
There's still a long and difficult road ahead - especially given Target's arrival this year in the Canadian retail scene - but there are early signs that the turnaround efforts ...
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Ontarios LCBO goes casual as union wins right to ditch the ties
They also bargained for the right to ditch their ties."The employer agreed to discontinue use of ties and cross-over ties," the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says in the highlights of the tentative deal.(There's also now a $200-a-year clothing allowance for seasonal workers, but presumably that money won't be spent on ties.)The opt-out-of-the-tie provision of the ...
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Boards Of Canada Share New Video Song
Scottish brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin -- known almost exclusively as Boards of Canada -- have had the electronic music world ...
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Coors Light teams up with Reebok Spartan Race in Canada
May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Coors Light has partnered with Reebok Spartan Race to continue providing consumers with unique experiences like Mystery Mansion, Maxim Golf Tournaments and Silver Bullet Express. Reebok Spartan Race is the world's leading obstacle race series of "pure primitive craziness" featuring courses combining endurance running and unique obstacles to test ...
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Toronto Port Authority to Open Its Doors for Citywide Event
September 22, 1920: Photograph of steam yachts CLEOPATRA, BETHALMA and SEMARAMUS and R.C.Y.C. tenders KWASIND (nearest camera) and HIAWATHA tied up at Toronto Harbour Commission dock and east side of York Street Slip, in view looking north-east showing Canada St (CNW Group/Toronto Port ...
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Ottawa wins award for Canada’s most boring city
The Boring Awards committee has awarded Ottawa the title of most boring city in Canada, but it isn’t the city they mind so much as the ...
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Canada Peru in military trade deal
The Canadian government and the government of Peru have agreed to cooperate on military equipment and services procurement. The office of the Prime Minister of Canada said Thursday the Memorandum of Understanding was signed Wednesday by the Canadian Commercial Corp. and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Peru. "Under this agreement, the CCC will work with the Ministry of Defense ...
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Hello Canada Amazon finally ships Kindle Fire tablet north
Kindle eReaders: Not all Kindles are available in Canada. The models that are available north of the 49th are six-inch electronic ink readers, and include the basic device ($89), the Kindle Keyboard ($189) and the Kindle Touch ($139). If you ship to a U.S. address you can get a Kindle Paperwhite, which illuminates for nighttime reading. The 3G isn't supported in Canada, so opt for the ...
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Retail Council of Canada Inducts John Williams and John Torella into Canadian Retail Hall of Fame
John Williams founder and senior partner at the J.C. Williams Group, and John Torella, senior partner at the J.C. Williams Group will be inducted into the Canadian Retail Hall of Fame at ...
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Ontarios Doctors Respond to Conference Board of Canada Report
May 23, 2013 /CNW/ - The Conference Board of Canada's report, Paving the Road to Higher Performance, shows that Ontario is on the right track working toward a high-quality, sustainable health care system. Ontario's doctors have played an important role in improving and strengthening patient care and access to services by working harder, delivering more services and providing more ...
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Vancouver Foundation UBC and United Church of Canada receive one of the largest personal bequests in BC history
) was bequeathed to Foundation, to create a permanent endowment that supports the Foundation and the BC Conference of the United Church. In total, the donation amounts to ...
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Canada threatens retaliation as meat labelling deadline passes
Canada is threatening possible retaliatory action after the U.S. Department of Agriculture changed its Country of Origin Labelling rules — Ottawa says the changes don’t address issues that led to a WTO ruling that the program is ...
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Ford could survive crack video allegations PR expert says
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford needs to quickly confess or aggressively deny allegations of him smoking crack in order to politically survive, says a political strategist. Two Toronto Star reporters, and the editor of U.S. gossip website Gawker, both say they've seen a video that shows the mayor of Canada's largest city smoking from what appears to be a crack pipe. CBC News has not seen the ...
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Two ex-Canada Revenue auditors face charges in tax-evasion scheme
Two former federal fiscal bureaucrats face charges on allegations that they received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in a Montreal-based tax-evasion scheme that deprived the government of $4.5-million in tax revenue.Also being charged is Francesco Fiorino, 54, a chartered accountant who had been charged last year on allegations that he conspired with two construction bosses to evade ...
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Three charged in Canada Revenue Agency fraud investigation
MONTREAL -- Three people have been arrested and charged in an ongoing RCMP investigation into a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme at the Canada Revenue Agency. The charges are being laid against a chartered accountant and two former employees at the federal agency's Montreal office. The RCMP announced Thursday that the accused are suspected of participating in a scam where the ...
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Canadas privacy watchdog wants power to impose 8-figure fines on offenders
Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart appears at a Senate banking, trade and commerce committee in this 2012 file photo. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...
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Calgary listed as one of Canadas more affordable housing markets
CALGARY -- Calgary's housing market renaissance has not been a steady process, as the overall improving trend in resale activity was inconsistent last year, says a report released today by RBC Economics Research.But the city remains one of the more affordable housing markets in Canada.The latest Housing Trends and Affordability Report said recent statistics, however, show that resales in ...
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‘Canada taking a step backwards’ Decriminalize hard drugs to fight addiction B.C. report says
OTTAWA -- The personal use of illicit drugs, from heroin to crack cocaine, should be decriminalized as part of a federal-provincial strategy to tackle drug abuse, a B.C.-based national coalition of drug policy experts argue in a report to be released Thursday. The report denounces the Harper government's aggressive war on drugs that has put the emphasis on law enforcement while steering ...
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Canada’s digital privacy laws in bad need of updating watchdog
With her mandate nearing its end at the end of the year, Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart is again calling for stronger enforcement powers to help keep companies from straying from or disregarding Canadian privacy law.She released a position paper Thursday suggesting the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act is not able to adequately deal with privacy ...
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Ontario Liberals set aside $900-million for cancelled gas plants
Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty appears before the Justice Policy committee hearing as he testifies about the power plants the Government axed in Oakville and Mississauga for the 2011 election, at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Tuesday May 7, 2013. (Chris Young For The Globe and ...
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Canada’s political scandals Widening cracks
AS FAMILIES fired up their barbecues to celebrate the Victoria Day long weekend from May 18th-20th, a double helping of juicy political scandal was served along with the burgers and steaks. First came an extraordinary story in Toronto, where Rob Ford, the mayor, faced unproven allegations that he had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine. Next a long-simmering tale of senators fiddling ...
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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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