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CANADA STOCKS-TSX slips as BlackBerry Fed apprehension weigh
* TSX falls 23.31 points, or 0.19 percent, to 12,344.12 * Five of 10 main index sectors decline * BlackBerry slips 3.2 percent after downgrade By John Tilak TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index retreated on Wednesday morning on market foreboding about what the U.S. Federal Reserve might say about its easy-money policy in a statement to be issued later in the day. Financial ...
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Popular Saveonenergy Program Key To Lowering Ontarios Summer Peak Demand
June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - The Ontario Power Authority, in collaboration with Ontario's Local Distribution Companies (LDCs), today launched the saveONenergy AND BE REWARDED campaign. This campaign builds on the OPA's highly successful conservation efforts by helping Ontarians manage electricity costs through three key OPA-funded programs: peaksaver ...
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Canadas Walk of Fame reveals winners of Emerging Artist Music Mentorship Prize presented in partnership with RBC
, studio time and mentorship from members of The Tragically Hip and Triumph Competition Winners to perform during Canada's Walk of Fame Festival in ...
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Meet Canada’s underused poet laureate Wordsmith bemoans lack of meaningful work
Canada's national poet has warned that the taxpayer-funded position risks becoming "homogenized and diluted" and expressed frustration that during his two-year term in Ottawa he's been asked to produce just one work -- a "mediocre" poem about Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee -- while many more serious, controversial subjects have escaped the official attention ...
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Arrest made after 2 armed robberies in Cabbagetown area
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with at least two armed robberies targeting women near the Cabbagetown neighbourhood early Wednesday morning. Investigators say the victim's presence of mind to remember the man's licence plate number and vehicle model helped them to detain him within a matter of hours. A staff sergeant at 51 Division said the man arrested has been ...
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Bob Rae stepping down as MP
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Bob Rae, who has represented the Toronto Centre riding for the Liberals since 2008 and served as interim Liberal leader following the party's disastrous showing in the 2011 election, is stepping down as an MP, CBC News has learned. Rae told his Liberal colleagues of his decision during Wednesday's party caucus meeting, an announcement that was met with ...
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Tory MP fined $155 for driving through Hill security stop
Conservative MP Eve Adams admitted on Twitter late Tuesday that she had been fined by Parliament Hill security officers for driving through a security checkpoint 'without coming to a complete stop.' Media reports said she was ticketed for talking on her cellphone. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian ...
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30000 Canadians are homeless every night
A homeless man keeps warm in his blankets in a park in downtown Toronto. On any given day, about 30,000 Canadians are homeless, a new report says. (Kevin Frayer/Canadian ...
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Japan beat Canada in Pacific Nations Cup
Ayumu Goromaru (centre) plays for Japan against the Barbarians in Le Havre, November 25, 2012. The full back scored all the points to lead Asian champions Japan to a 16-13 victory over Canada in the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament in Nagoya on ...
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Netflix Is Getting Some New Features In Canada
news came out that U.K. users will also be getting user profiles sometime this year, along with a ';watchlist'; feature, which is apparently just like the queue we have here in the U.S. (the feature has not been available in other countries). Now we learn, once again from Yahoo, that Canada is also set to get user profiles and the watchlist/queue feature. But that’s not all ...
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Eastlink and the AIR MILES Reward Program join forces in Atlantic Canada
June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Eastlink and the AIR MILES Reward Program, Canada's premiere coalition loyalty program, announced a new full-service telecommunications partnership that provides Eastlink customers in ...
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Off the Snap JaMarcus headed north to Canada
heading north to the CFL . The remade Russell has dropped upwards of 30 pounds in an effort to get back into the NFL (though he’s still reportedly at 280). He’s had talks with a couple of teams, too, including the Chicago Bears, who wouldn’t mind another option behind Jay Cutler. Russell has not thrown a regular-season pass since 2009, so Canada might provide a backup plan, ...
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Blue Jays pitch for 2nd straight series sweep
Mark Buehrle's first season with the Toronto Blue Jays has mirrored that of his team. It was mostly very disappointing until recently. The 14-year veteran could improve to .500 and help the Blue Jays get within a game of that mark if their longest winning streak in nearly five years continues Wednesday night against the Colorado Rockies. Buehrle (3-4, 4.66 ERA), who hasn't finished ...
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Canada-U.S. team develops promising sharp-shooter anti-cancer drug
Dr. Tak Mak, Director of The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, speaks during a press conference regarding the new breakthrough Cancer CFI-400945 drug that will enter clinical trials next month at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto on Tuesday, June 18, ...
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Tory MP Shelly Glover bows to Election Canada probe files new expense claim
OTTAWA — Manitoba Conservative MP Shelly Glover has changed her mind and decided to file a new expense claim with Elections Canada for the 2011 federal election. House Speaker Andrew Scheer announced the decision by the MP for St. Boniface on Tuesday as he handed a committee the tricky question of whether Glover and James Bezan, the Tory MP for Selkirk-Interlake, should be suspended over ...
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CANADA STOCKS-TSX opens lower as investors eye Fed decision
TORONTO, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Wednesday, led by lower financial and energy stocks, as investors were nervous ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve statement which is expected to clarify the central bank's easy monetary policy stance. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 21.14 points, or 0.17 percent, at 12,346.32 shortly after the ...
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Indiegogo defends campaign for Toronto Mayor Rob Fords alleged crack video
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford answers questions at a press conference at city hall in Toronto on Friday, May 31, 2013. A campaign that raised $200,000 dollars to purchase an alleged video appearing to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack was a "beautiful example" of the fundraising power of the Internet, says the website that hosted the controversial crusade. "That campaign really ...
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Japan edge out Canada
Japan backed up last weekend's impressive victory over Wales with a 16-13 success over Pacific Nations Cup leaders Canada on Wednesday. The loss is Canada's first in the 2013 competition and means that either Fiji or Tonga, who face each other on Sunday, June 23, can win the title.It was Japan's first win in the five-nation tournament after two defeats.After full-back James ...
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Half of Canadas First Nations kids living in poverty study finds
A group of First Nations protesters hold hands and dance in a circle during a demonstration in Surrey, B.C., in January 2013. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN ...
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UPDATE 1-Canada net foreign debt drops almost 25 percent in 1st qtr
Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:39am EDT * Higher foreign stock markets behind drop in net debt * Drop in value of Canadian dlr also boosts asset value OTTAWA, June 19 (Reuters) - Canada's net foreign debt dropped almost 25 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as higher foreign stock markets boosted the value of Canadian assets abroad, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday. Net foreign debt fell to C$231.3 ...
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Pari Beauty opens first inline store in Ontario
June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - As part of its expansion strategy, Pari Beauty, the prestige cosmetics and skin care brand, has opened its first ever storefront location in a local Ontario mall, Scarborough Town Centre. This store is the third of three recent openings that include two mall boutique kiosks in Oakville Place and Vaughan Mills showcasing its extensive line of professonal performing ...
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Torontos Annual Summerlicous Prix Fixe Dining Event Returns to Torontos Entertainment District
Thursday, June 20, 2013 Toronto's culinary neighbourhoods will open their reservation lines to patrons seeking the best menu values during the city's annual "Summerlicious" dining promotion. Exclusive "Summerlicious" prix fixe menus will be available at twenty-three of ...
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Wynne sets sights on long-term goals
Premier Kathleen Wynne is looking at reforms to the province's school system as a way to help future generations find employment. In an interview with CBC News, Wynne said she wants to work with her education minister on improving what kids are taught in class. Now that her minority government has another year of life in it, with the budget passed, Wynne is setting to tackle ...
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TDSB to vote on $2M in cuts to music program
The part-time jobs of two dozen music instructors are on the line at Wednesday night's meeting of the Toronto District School Board. The proposed cuts would save the public school board approximately $2-million of the $27-million deficit it needs to wipe from next year's budget. As part of the music program on the chopping block, part-time instructors train elementary teachers who ...
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Record-high heat scorches parts of Canada strains power grids
by Mark BourrieA heat dome that has been hovering over parts of Canada several days are setting record highs across Eastern and Central Canada on Thursday, which could be the hottest day of the year.Environment Canada, the federal government agency that monitors weather, released a special weather statement for the region, warning residents that a "sultry tropical air mass" will make ...
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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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