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Thief robs injures woman in wheelchair
Police in Agassiz are searching for a purse-snatcher who robbed a woman in an electric wheelchair. The woman was travelling on Morrow Road around 4:00 p.m. Friday, when the thief grabbed her purse from behind. "As a result of [her purse] being over her shoulder, she was dragged out of her wheelchair and onto the ground," said Cpl. Dwayne Farlin of Agassiz RCMP. "The suspect ...
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Pigeon Lake businesses look forward to full season of camping
Business owners in Pigeon Lake are looking forward to this year's season after most of the provincial campground closed early last year for renovations. About 200 sites were closed after the August long weekend so the province could upgrade power systems, roads and access for recreational ...
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Mooseheads expect better effort against Saskatoon
The Halifax Mooseheads endured a fast-paced, shoot-out style game against the WHL-champion Portland Winterhawks last night, but head coach Dominique Ducharme doesn’t expect any drop off ...
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Rob Ford should resign if allegations true councillors say
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, seen speaking with members of the media on Friday, has said allegations that there is a video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine are 'ridiculous.' (Frank Gunn/Canadian ...
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Montreal’s ‘Gandhi of hip hop’ takes on the musical
A telling thing happens as Josh Dolgin, the Montreal musical performance artist who goes by the moniker "Socalled," sits down to talk about his two latest projects. Dolgin spent the winter creating a soundtrack album ...
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Prominent Canadians back petition to rename holiday Victoria and First Peoples Day
A television presenter watches a monitor which shows Prince Charles and his wife Camilla as they wait to watch the Victoria Day firework celebrations at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto on May 21, 2012. A group of certain Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Victoria Day. The group - which includes author Margaret Atwood, Green Party ...
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Police search for missing southwest Calgary teen
(Courtesy: Calgary Police Service) Calgary police are seeking the public's assistance to locate a missing 15-year-old boy who disappeared on his way to a mall in southwest Calgary. Trey Kayseas was last seen leaving his home in southwest Calgary at about 4 p.m. Saturday. He was reported missing by a family member at 2 a.m. Sunday morning after he did not return home. Kayseas has a medical ...
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RCMP looking for man who robbed wheelchair-bound woman in Agassiz
5/19/2013 The RCMP in Agassiz is asking for the public's help in locating a thief who knocked a woman out of her wheelchair and dragged her on the ground by her purse on Friday afternoon. Corporal Dwayne Farlin says the attack happened on Morrow Road east of Highway 9 in Agassiz. "The female in her wheelchair was grabbed from behind and pulled to the ground after the strap on ...
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Rolling Stones joined by Dave Grohl in Anaheim
also joined the band for his token two songs "Midnight Rambler" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and the University Of Southern California Thornton Chamber ...
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Canadian military gear stranded in Afghanistan
Canadians soldiers load baggage at Kandahar airbase in 2011. Hundreds of shipping containers filled with military supplies remain stranded in Afghanistan. (Rafiq Maqbool/Associated ...
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Seniors targeted by Edmonton jewellery thieves
After receiving reports about two recent daytime robberies, Edmonton Police are warning about jewellery thieves who appear to be targeting seniors. On Thursday, a man and a woman approached a 97-year-old man who was sitting outside a long-term care home near 110th Avenue and 76th Street around 6:30 p.m. One of the suspects forcibly removed a gold ring worth $1,000 from the man's finger. ...
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Six campers rescued after getting lost in Kananaskis Country
(Lauren Krugel/Canadian Press) A group of six campers was rescued Sunday morning after becoming lost when they wandered away from their campsite near Gorge Creek Trail. The group was able to take shelter at an old hunting site overnight before climbing a ridge and getting cell service. One of the campers is a diabetic but rescuers say no one was seriously injured. "That Elbow area of ...
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RCMP ‘relieved’ to see charges in Baby Taylor case
A 30-year-old New Brunswick woman has been charged in connection with the discovery of the body of a newborn boy found on Taylor Road near Monteagle, N.B. in 2009. ...
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Meet Ray Novak the PMs new chief of staff
: "Ray is really good, and trusted. He's quiet and handles lots of tough issues. And yes, he stays out of the limelight." -- Jason Lietaer, former head of the Conservative Resource ...
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Busy weekend for OPP at Wasaga Beach
The good weather has flooded the Wasaga Beach area with people seeking good times this weekend, though police say they are seeing some people enjoy themselves a little too much. In just the first few hours of the holiday weekend, the OPP reported that 14 people ended up behind bars, mostly for alcohol-related offences. OPP Const. Mark Kinney said a number of people were drinking too much and ...
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1 dead 6 injured in Edson crash
A 39-year-old man from Edson died early Sunday morning in a collision between a pickup truck and a minivan. The crash occurred around 12:50 a.m. where Range Road 184 meets the westbound lane of Highway 16. The man who was driving the minivan died at the scene. Six other people were injured. Two were flown to hospital in Edmonton. RCMP believe alcohol was a factor in the ...
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6 lost hikers rescued after cold night in Alberta wilderness
Area near Ware creek in Kananaskis Country. Photo courtesy Mike Koppang CALGARY -- Six lost hikers were rescued Sunday morning after a short stroll turned into an overnight stay in the Kananaskis Country wilderness. The group of friends from Black Diamond, Alta., were random camping along the Gorge Creek Trail and decided to go for a short walk about 11 a.m. Saturday, Kananaskis public safety ...
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Canadas Paul Henderson Danielle Goyette enter IIHF Hall of Fame
Paul Henderson, flanked by IIHF president Rene Fasel, left, and 1972 Soviet Union team goalkeeper Vladislav Tretiak, is inducted at the IIHF Hall of Fame at the world hockey championship in Stockholm Sweden, Sunday. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian ...
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Blue Jays washed out of the Bronx
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey will now start on Monday at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday after his scheduled start on Sunday at Yankee Stadium was postponed by rain. (Mike Carlson/Associated ...
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Jeep driver apologizes after stunt kills Edmonton woman
A man claiming to be the driver of a Jeep that struck and killed a spectator at a charity event in Edmonton Saturday says he is sorry for what happened. "I have never been so terrified in my life and I am soooooooooo sorry," he wrote on the site for a local Jeep drivers' group. "I know there will be a ton of hatred and speculation regarding what happened, and I accept that. ...
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East Vancouver residents in guerrilla gardening campaign
Frustrated Vancouver residents have spent the weekend "guerrilla gardening" after repeated calls to the city to clean up the area's green spaces have fallen on deaf ears. "This isn't a high traffic area for people coming into the city," says Sharole Tylor, who lives near the 4,300-block of Fraser Street. On Saturday, Tylor was joined by other residents of the East ...
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Group wants Victoria Day holiday to be renamed
Thousands of people witness a spectacular fireworks show to cap off the 11th annual Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks and Family Night on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Del Crary Park in Peterborough, Ont. (Clifford Skarstedt/QMI AGENCY) A group of prominent Canadians is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Canada’s national Victoria Day holiday to Victoria and First Peoples ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Maci Bookout ‘I really just want to be with Bentley’
Taylor . The two have been traveling back and forth to see each other and they even spend lots of time in FaceTime together to make things work. However, when Maci is visiting Taylor, she misses her son Bentley. In fact, whenever she is traveling, she is missing her son. And according to a new tweet released on May ...
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Hundreds of shipping containers with Canadian military supplies stuck in Afghanistan
Two Canadian soldiers walk into the Christmas Day sunset at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. (Colin Perkel / THE CANADIAN ...
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Chatter about crack allegations amid Fords radio silence
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, seen speaking with members of the media on Friday, has said allegations that there is a video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine are 'ridiculous.' (Frank Gunn/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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