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U.S. envoy to Canada dismisses concerns over NSA data mining disclosure
U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson delivers a speech on December 4, 2012 in Montreal. The U.S. envoy to Canada says his country is not spying on Canadian citizens.U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson is commenting on the intense debate over the U.S. National Security Agency collecting large swaths of data on its citizens from major Internet companies.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan ...
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford needs security brother says
A weekend incident in which a drink was thrown at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford highlights the need for him to have a security detail at public events, his councillor brother says. Ford was attending an annual street party in Toronto's Little Italy neighbourhood when a woman walked up and threw a drink at him on Saturday afternoon. The mayor was unharmed in the incident. A 27-year-old Toronto ...
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1100 wines compete in National Wine Awards of Canada
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO - From the heart of Wine Country Ontario, 17 Canadian wine experts will blind taste and judge 1,100 wines from across the country at the first annual National Wine Awards of Canada (#NWAC13 on Twitter). Judging for the competition - which is hosted by WineAlign, Canada's largest online wine site - is exhaustive and will take place over 5 days through June 21 in ...
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Canada to provide $98.4M in aid to help Jordan cope
Jordan to help the Arab country cope with the costly fallout from the worsening crisis next door in Syria, its foreign affairs minister said in a statement Monday. The pledge followed a visit by John Baird, who held talks on Syria's more than 2-year civil war with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, late Sunday in the capital, Amman."Compassion for Syrians fleeing death and ...
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Verizon eyes expanding wireless business to Canada Reports
Photo credit: (Getty Images) Verizon Communications Inc is looking to enter Canada's cellular telephone business, potentially fulfilling the government's hopes of having a fourth major wireless company, the Globe and Mail reported on Monday. Verizon could look at taking over a smaller player in Canada, such as Wind Mobile, and participating in a new wireless spectrum auction, the ...
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Kia Canada Builds Giant Arcade Machine for Luminato with Original Music by Kid Koala
Kia Canada Inc. has built one of the world's largest arcade machines for their partnership of Luminato Festival 2013, international premier arts and cultural festival. Dubbed an "arcade-stallation," the 14-foot tall arcade machine was conceived by Kia Canada's creative agency of record, Innocean ...
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Media Advisory - Canadian Gaming Industry Leaders Call on Senate of Canada to Pass Bill C290
June 17, 2013 /CNW/ - The Canadian Gaming Association together with senior representatives from Canada's provincial lottery and gaming corporations will be calling on the Senate ...
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F-35 maker signs training deal with Canadas CAE
Canada is still considering whether to choose the F-35 Lightning II or another aircraft to replace its fleet of CF-18s. (Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin ...
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Supreme Court to decide this week if it will hear appeal in Rob Ford case
The Supreme Court of Canada will announce Thursday whether it will hear an appeal in Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's conflict-of-interest case.Clayton Ruby, the lawyer who led the charge against Mr. Ford in the case that nearly ousted him from office, filed his leave to appeal in mid-March, arguing that a lower-court ruling hinged on a technicality and the matter is of "national ...
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Canada A global haven for cybercriminals
Hackers steal thousands from Vancouver church The Ladysmith First United Church on Vancouver Island in Canada is missing $40,000 after a persistent cyber-attack on the ...
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LCBO sales up 4 thanks to new stores efficiencies
Sales were up across the board at Ontario liquor stores in the 2012-13 fiscal year, with Ontario craft beer and wine seeing some of the biggest increases. (Aaron Harris/Canadian ...
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Tax fraud nets Ontario man $1M fine prison sentence
An Ontario man has been handed a fine of nearly $1 million and a prison sentence of more than seven years after he filed falsified tax returns for five straight years and netted millions in refunds he shouldn't have received. The Canada Revenue Agency issued a news release on Monday announcing that Roy Francis Smith, of Markham, Ont., had been sentenced to 92 months in prison and a fine of ...
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Interleague play may be perfect timing for Blue Jays
From left, Blue Jays Adam Lind, Colby Rasmus and Edwin Encarnacion hit the ball well on the team's just-completed road trip and have fared well over the years during interleague play. Colorado visits Toronto for three games, starting Monday. (Tom Pennington/Getty ...
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Masonic Temple in Toronto sold to IT firm for $12.5M
Toronto's historic Masonic Temple, which was built in 1918 and hosted international music acts as a concert venue, has been sold to an Ontario consultancy firm. (Google Street ...
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Complaint lodged over Tory MP Dean Del Mastro slander
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro has been accused of abusing his parliamentary privilege to slander a former consultant who has provided evidence to Elections Canada. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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Refugee advocates say health cuts having brutal effects
Demonstrators on Parliament Hill Monday call on the government to reverse cuts to refugee health care, a policy that was announced almost one year ago. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian ...
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CANADA STOCKS-Fed hopes buoy TSX as bank energy shares climb
* TSX rises 101.54 points, or 0.83 percent, to 12,288.90 * All 10 main index sectors advance * Brookfield climbs after asset sales announced By John Tilak TORONTO, June 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index jumped on Monday as hopes that this week's Federal Reserve meeting would reaffirm support for the U.S. central bank's easy monetary policy spurred sharp gains in shares of ...
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Threats to Canada’s banks have dimished BoC
Streetwise gives you the full scoop on business deals and Canada's finance and capital market sectors. Through daily updates, our dedicated team of award-winning Globe and Mail journalists set the agenda and ensure you get exclusive and must-have business intelligence and analysis every day. The most informed Globe and Mail readers access Streetwise every day. Why don't ...
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Lowe’s bid for California chain could be used as model in Canada analyst
The addition of a California chain of hardware stores could be a model for how Lowe's Cos. Inc. tackles the Canadian market, an industry observer said Monday.Lowe's is offering $205-million (U.S.) for the assets of Orchard Supply Hardware Stores, which has locations about one-third the size of Lowe's typical big box ...
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U.S. ambassador ‘proud’ he helped convince Canada to stay in Afghanistan
The behind-the-scenes role that U.S. ambassador David Jacobson played in convincing the Harper government not to quit Afghanistan remains a point of pride for the American envoy as he prepares to leave his post.His intervention came in 2010, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper was preparing to pull Canadian combat troops out of Kandahar. Mr. Jacobson played a major role in convincing the Harper ...
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Canada Mayor Accused of Corruption
Ottawa, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) A Canadian judge accused the Mayor of Montreal, Michael Applebaum, of corruption, for being involved in a scandal in the sector of construction in the southern province of Quebec. Applebaum faces 14 charges related to a complot, abuse of trust and fraud to the Canadian government, by means of the delivery of illegal permissions to build two real estate works in the ...
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Elections Canada witness complains that Del Mastro gratuitously slandered him in Commons
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro is followed by a pack of media through the Foyer of the House of Commons following Question Period on Parliament Hill in Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, September 17, ...
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PC attack ad links Wynne McGuinty in power plant affair
The Ontario legislature may have adjourned for the summer holidays, but the Progressive Conservatives aren't taking any breaks from hammering the Liberals, rolling out a new attack ad this ...
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Perth driver fined for carting 54 people in horse trailer
A 48-year-old man from Perth East Township has been fined for pulling a double horse trailer packed with 54 people. A Perth County OPP officer pulled over a Ford pickup truck pulling the trailer Saturday around 11 p.m. The trailer looked like it was filled with people. "It didn't look like horses," media Constable Kees Wijnands said. When the driver opened the trailer doors, 54 ...
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Great real estate crash postponed Calgary house price growth leads Canada
CALGARY -- Calgary's housing market continued in May to shine compared with the rest of the country as the city's year-over-year price growth was the best in Canada and the increase in MLS sales activity topped all other major ...
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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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