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Kroy Biermann realizes that four children may be too many for a beach day
Kroy Biermann met Kim on the show while he was competing in a charity dancing competition, dancing directly against Sheree Whitfield. He ended up winning the competition, where Sheree wasn't even close at that point. Now, three years later, he has married Kim and the two have ...
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Brandi Glanville to LeAnn Rimes over Eddie ‘Mind your business’
LeAnn Rimes isn't too pleased with how people are reacting to Brandi's book. She has been giving some interviews in the press recently, and she even replied to a tweet Brandi wrote to her ex-husband about their children. And it sounds like Brandi is tired of LeAnn always getting involved in the drama. And now, she wants her to stay out of it. According to a new Radar Online report ...
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‘RHOA’ star Kim Zolciak and husband talk about oiling each other up on Twitter
Kim Zolciak loves watching her own show, "Don't Be Tardy," on Tuesday nights as she gets to interact with her fans who are watching along with her. But because she has been so busy filming the shows she has been on over the past couple of years, she hasn't had time to take a vacation with her family. And now that Kash Kade is growing older, the family is ready to spend some ...
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Kendall Jenner attacked for complaining about having a hard life
Kendall Jenner is a famous model these days with her own clothing line. She is also the younger sister of the famous Kardashian sisters, Kim, Khloe and Kourtney. And if she is concerned about making money, she need not worry. Her mother is the infamous "momager," who can easily find work for her children. In fact, Kendall is probably worth millions already even though she is only a ...
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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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Saskatoon home set on fire second time this week
For the second time in less than one week, Saskatoon firefighters responded to a suspicious blaze in the same home on Avenue Q South.Fire crews received a call Thursday at 4:18 a.m. about smoke and flames coming from a house at 417 Ave. Q South. An aggressive interior attack brought the fire under control in 10 minutes, according to Saskatoon Fire and Protective Services.The house appeared to be ...
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Stanley Cup Playoffs Thursdays Need To Know
It's throwback night in the second round of the NHL playoffs on Thursday. Well, throwback to the first round in terms of activity, as it is a rare night with three games on the docket. We will not see three or more games in a night again until the 2013-14 season! Ahead of the trio of important games, here's a list of things you need to know, to be updated throughout the ...
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Rangers scratch Brad Richards from must-win game
Struggling Rangers centre Brad Richards said he will be a healthy scratch when New York faces elimination in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins on Thursday night. Richards, a star player earning $12 million US this season, stayed on the ice with the extras Thursday during the morning skate. He then confirmed that Rangers coach John Tortorella had called to tell him he would be sitting out. ...
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Mike Krzyzewski will again coach U.S. mens Olympic basketball team
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is back as the U.S. men's national team coach and ready for another run at Olympic gold. During a news conference at Duke on Thursday, Krzyzewski called it the "ultimate honour" to represent his country. "I really thought I wasn't going to do it," Krzyzewski said. "But now that I am doing it, I can tell you I am doing it with 100 ...
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Vermont enacts 1st U.S. law against patent trolling
Vermont governor Peter Shumlin, centre, has signed into law what's believed to be America's first law targeting patent trolls. (Brian ...
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Vincenzo Nabali extends Giro dItalia lead into races final weekend
Italy's Vincenzo Nibali celebrates on the podium after winning the individual mountain time trial during the 18th stage, from Mori to Polsa, on Thursday. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/Associated ...
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Separated bike lane could be coming to Point Grey
(Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) The City of Vancouver is considering a separated bike path along Cornwall Avenue and Point Grey Road in the city's Point Grey neighbourhood. The first of three open houses to discuss the plan takes place tonight. "I would love to see both lanes of traffic taken off Point Grey Road," said former Vancouver city councillor and avid cyclist Peter ...
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New Brunswick fishermans funeral draws hundreds
More than 300 people packed the small Catholic church in Brantville on Thursday for the funeral of one of the fishermen killed in Tabusintac last weekend. An honour guard and fishermen stool in the aisle of St. Louis as the casket bearing Alfred Rousselle, 32, was slowly wheeled to the front. Rousselle's partner, Erica LeClerc, followed in tears. Men with weathered faces and strong hands ...
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Strathcona County fire held but wind poses concern
A wildfire in Strathcona County is now considered to be held. While the grass fire is still not considered to be under control, fire crews are getting the upper hand, says Carmen Herbers, who's with the county. "The affected area's completed surrounded by plowed fire guard. It's maintained in one area. Today they'll be working to actually go from held to putting the ...
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Edmonton police recognize Whyte Avenue bouncer as hero
Edmonton police honoured some of the city's bravest Wednesday, those who placed the safety of others above their own. One of them, Kent Ashbey, rises above the rest -- standing 6'10" tall -- an unwelcome sight for one trouble maker on Whyte Avenue last year. The CBC's Laura Osman spoke with the Pawn Shop bouncer about his hero's award in the ...
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1st-degree murder charge laid in 2012 Calgary killing
(CBC) Police have charged a man with first-degree murder in connection with a killing outside a southwest Calgary strip mall one year ago. Graham Mark Sear, ...
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Two girls die at same hospital after tonsillectomies
Laurie Boulanger. (Submitted photo) MONTREAL - Two young girls have died following tonsillectomies performed by the same surgeon at the same hospital south of Quebec City, QMI Agency has learned. A third girl is in serious condition but it's not clear if she was treated by the surgeon at the Centre hospitalier de Beauce-Etchemins in Saint-Georges, about 100 km south of Quebec City. ...
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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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Woman run over 3 times by own car
(Fotolia.com) TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - A newspaper deliverywoman was somehow run over three times by her own car during a botched parking job Wednesday morning. It happened in Trois-Rivieres, Que., about halfway between Montreal and Quebec City, her newspaper said on its website. The woman confused "park" and "reverse" on her gear shifter prior to exiting the car, according ...
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Ex Lt.-Gov. of Quebec will face trial for fraud
Lise Thibault. (STEVENS LEBLANC/QMI Agency) OTTAWA - It appears that former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault isn't above the law after all. The Supreme Court refused Thursday to hear Thibault's petition to avoid trial for allegedly defrauding taxpayers of $700,000 through double-billing and lavish spending. Thibault, 73, said because she was the Queen's representative, ...
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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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Trudeau’s Liberals hit historic highs as senate scandal has ‘drastic effect’ on Tories poll
With the Conservatives ensnarled in the biggest political scandal in their seven years in government, a new poll suggests Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are en route to winning a massive majority in the next election. More than four in 10 Canadians, 44%, said they would vote Liberal in the next federal election, according to latest Forum Poll for ...
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‘Whoops’ moment during maintenance may be behind million-person Montreal boil-water warning
MONTREAL -- Over one million Montrealers were affected by a boil-water advisory Wednesday after an apparent malfunction at Canada's second-biggest filtration plant. The incident resulted in brownish water gushing from fire hydrants and an unpleasant aroma wafting, at least temporarily, over parts of the city. The boil-water advisory applied to most of the island and even some neighbouring ...
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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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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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