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Wine Council of Ontario elects new Chair President of Vineland Estates Winery to promote Ontario Wines
Allan Schmidt, President and Managing Partner of Vineland Estates Winery in Vineland - New Chair of the Wine Council of Ontario. (CNW Group/Wine Council of ...
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Public health approach to bullying and suicide prevention urged
Bullying is a public health problem that can be prevented to improve the health of young people, researchers say. In today's online supplement to the Journal of Adolescent Health, experts from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reviewed studies on the links between bullying, depression and suicide in ...
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Holocaust survivors celebrate senior prom in Toronto
To Holocaust survivors, the phrase "never forget" is about remembering a time of tremendous human tragedy. But last night, a group of 400 Toronto seniors had another kind of night to remember, celebrating their lives with dinner, dancing and dandy outfits at a senior prom for those who escaped death at the hands of Hitler's regime. The event continues to gain popularity each ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX slumps as Fed mulls stimulus exit
* TSX falls 99.17 points, or 0.80 percent, at 12,268.29 * Seven of 10 main sectors decline * BlackBerry slips 3.6 percent after downgrade By John Tilak TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index slipped on Wednesday after comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve that it could begin rolling back its stimulus program this year weighed on investor sentiment and caused declines across ...
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This pizza is found only in Canada–and now in PH
RESTAURANT interiors There's this chap from Britain, Gordon Ramsay, a superchef who went on to create the fanciest and most expensive pizza in the world, loaded with caviar, lobster etc. And he made it to the Guinness Book of World Records. And there he reigned for some time. Not so fast. Now comes Nader Hatami from Canada (originally from Israel), another chef of chefs, who outdid Ramsay, ...
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Rare early maps of Toronto Montreal part of 1812 cache that fetches almost $700000 in U.K. bidding war
A one-of-a-kind collection of Canadian history from the War of 1812 -- along with a spectacular set of hand-drawn maps from the early days of Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and other future urban hubs -- were sold at a British auction on Wednesday for almost $700,000, triple the expected price. The huge cache of letters, maps and other original artifacts left to posterity by Sir John Coape ...
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Half of Canadas First Nations children live in poverty study says
Half of Canada's First Nations children live in poverty, a report by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives indicates. "The poverty rate is staggering," said report co-author David Macdonald of the indigenous population of Canada. "A 50 percent poverty rate is unlike any poverty rate or any other disadvantaged group in the country, by a long shot the worst." The ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX ends lower as Fed comments drag
TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Wednesday, led by declines in most major sectors, as the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could slow the pace of its bond buying program later this year. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index unofficially closed down 99.17 points, or 0.80 percent, at 12,268.29. Seven of the 10 main sectors on the index were ...
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Canada’s women’s soccer team loses to Germany in friendly
Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan, left, and Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan challenge for the ball during the international friendly women's soccer match between Germany and Canada in Paderborn, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Martin ...
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Five reasons to pay attention to Canadas new open data portal
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper attends a news conference after a G8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 18, ...
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Theft of design data of F-35 jet Canada is considering is helping adversaries Pentagon
An F-35 fighter jet prepares for landing with its lift fan cover deployed over Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., in this undated handout file image. Lockheed Martin, the U.S. manufacturer of the stealth fighter, has signed a deal with a leading Canadian maker of flight simulators in anticipation of the federal government choosing to stick with the controversial program. (Lockheed ...
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NHU Canada College Partner on B.A. in Child Development
The National Hispanic University and Canada College are partnering up to offer a four-year degree aimed at early childhood professionals who want to strengthen their knowledge and skills while working in the ...
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Media Alert The Scion City Chase invades Toronto
Winning team, The Chase is on, top fundraisers, costume contest and ChasePoint challenges. Past challenges include a rappel off of City Hall, giant slip and slides, reptile handing/insect food challenges, obstacle courses and canoeing. SOURCE: Scion City Chase For further information: MEDIA ...
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Bank of Canada will raise interest rate in July 2014 BMO economist
TORONTO -- The Bank of Canada is likely to start raising its benchmark interest rate in July 2014, a full year before the U.S. Federal Reserve, BMO's chief economist Douglas Porter said Wednesday.Porter predicts the overnight rate will go up by half a percentage point, which could put upward pressure on the Canadian dollar until the U.S. raises its interest rates the following ...
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Mayor Ford sees final nail in the coffin of bag ban
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he took part in a public works and infrastructure vote on Wednesday in hopes of seeing the final nail in the coffin of a previously proposed plastic bag ban. (Jae C. Hong/Associated ...
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Twin lions in Barrhaven park a ‘monument’ to Chinese-Canada relations
OTTAWA -- Two Chinese guardian lion sculptures were "awoken" Wednesday morning in a Barrhaven park as a symbol of the neighbourhood's large Chinese community, and Ottawa's close ties to the Asian country.The two, 2,000-kilogram white marble statues stand at the entrance of the recently renamed Water Dragon Park on Chapman Mills Drive. They were met by about 100 people from ...
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Bank of Canada in uncharted territory Poloz
Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz prepares to speak before a parliamentary committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this June 6, 2013 file photo. (REUTERS/Blair ...
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Canadas insulin discovery enshrined in UNESCOs Memory of World register
A woman fills a syringe as she prepares to give herself an injection of insulin in a file photo. The Discovery of Insulin collection from the University of Toronto Libraries records one of the most significant medical discoveries of the 20th ...
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Raptors bringing back head coach Dwane Casey
Toronto Raptors president and general manager Masai Ujiri announced Wednesday that head coach Dwane Casey will return for the 2013-14 season."I'm excited about moving forward and growing this team with Coach Casey," said Ujiri.Casey is in the final year of a contract extension signed following the 2011-12 ...
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Hamilton police arrest seven people after shots fired at elementary school
Police arrested seven people after receiving a gun call from St. Joseph's Catholic Elementary School in Hamilton on June 19, 2013. (Rafal Gerszak For The Globe and ...
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Ai Weiwei the artist is not present
Among Canadians, China's Ai Weiwei is likely better known for his dissidence than his art. This country has had little opportunity to see firsthand much of the vast and varied output he's produced in the last 25 years, and every opportunity to hear of his many travails at the hands of China's Communist government, including an 81-day incarceration in 2011 for alleged ...
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Report Montreal Toronto to share world junior tournaments
Team USA poses for their team photo after defeating Sweden during third period gold medal hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia, on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. (Nathan Denette/THE CANADIAN ...
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Half of Canadas aboriginal children are poor
TORONTO -; Half of Canada's aboriginal children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census ...
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First woman to take the helm of the Mining Association of Canada
Canada (IOC), has been elected as Chair of MAC for a two-year term. She is the association's first female Chair in its 78-year history. Effective ...
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Raptors add salary cap hand Bobby Webster to front office
Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment President and CEO Tim Leiweke, left, listens to Toronto Raptors team president and general manager Masai Ujiri, right, speak during his introductory presser earlier this month. (Nathan Denette/Canadian ...
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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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