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Suspicious powder found in downtown Vancouver building
Stanley Cup-winning (Tampa Bay Lightning, ’04), ultimately fired (New York Rangers, ’13) head coach John Tortorella is getting the second-over from the Vancouver Canucks in their search for a new bench boss. ‘Torts’ does have a way with words, particularly of the @!#$%^ variety (‘expletive deleted,’ for the tender-eared). And what are some of the juiciest ...
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Gatineau MP denounces Ontario government’s ‘cavalier’ attitude on Kettle Island bridge
OTTAWA -- The Ontario government's announcement that it would not support a bridge spanning the Ottawa River at Kettle Island demonstrates self-centred thinking, Gatineau MP Franoise Boivin said Tuesday."Is the Ontario side just saying, 'We actually don't care about the Quebecers,'?" asked Boivin.She said the announcement Monday came as a surprise since ...
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Vancouver Chinatown groups support tearing down viaducts
Stanley Cup-winning (Tampa Bay Lightning, ’04), ultimately fired (New York Rangers, ’13) head coach John Tortorella is getting the second-over from the Vancouver Canucks in their search for a new bench boss. ‘Torts’ does have a way with words, particularly of the @!#$%^ variety (‘expletive deleted,’ for the tender-eared). And what are some of the juiciest ...
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A poet without poems Canada’s taxpayer-funded wordsmith laments scarcity of assignments from Ottawa
Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate, wondering aloud why the government never asks him to write poems, has inadvertently answered his own question. "I wish that my government had asked me to write poetry about immigration policy, about Idle No More, about Canada's complicity in the Middle East, the Enbridge pipeline," Fred Wah, a Saskatchewan-born poet now living in ...
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Wolf that chased motorcyle on B.C. highway likely ‘accustomed’ to being fed by humans park officials
The mysterious grey wolf that gained international attention for chasing a Banff, Alta., motorcyclist along a B.C. highway seems to have appeared at least two other times, leading wolf-watchers to the grim conclusion the animal's days are likely numbered. "This is not normal behaviour for a natural wild wolf," said Shelley Black, co-founder of the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf ...
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Ottawa names former Conservatives to Canada-U.S. water agency
The federal government has appointed two former Conservative politicians to fill vacancies at the International Joint Commission, a key bilateral institution that oversees water that Canada shares with the United States.Benot Bouchard and Gordon Walker were each appointed to four-year terms, which began earlier this month. The Commission's current chair, Joseph Comuzzi, remains in that role ...
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Michael Applebaum Montreal mayor resigns
Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum arrives at the provincial police headquarters shortly after his arrest on June 17, 2013. (Jrmie Battaglia /AFP/Getty Images) Michael Applebaum, Montreal’s beleaguered interim ...
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Bruins Gregory Campbell speaks for 1st time since breaking leg
Boston Bruins forward Gregory Campbell attempts to get up and back into the play after suffering his playoff-ending injury in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final against the Pittsburgh Penguins. (Bruce Bennett/Getty ...
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Blackhawks Marian Hossa likely to play Game 4 Quenneville
Chicago Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa skates during the warmup bahead of Game 3 of their Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins. Hossa was a late scratch after the pre-game skate with an upper-body injury. (Brian ...
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Assault charges dropped against former NHL star Vincent Dampousse
Former NHL star Vincent Damphousse speaks during his retirement announcement as his now-estranged wife Allana listens, during a news conference on Sept. 7, 2005 in Laval, Que. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul ...
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Kings sign D-man Slava Voynov to 6-year deal
Defenceman Slava Voynov, who signed a six-year contract Tuesday, was tied for the Kings' ead in goals (six) and points (13) in the post-season, and led the team with a plus-9 rating. (Jeff Gross/Getty ...
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Montreal council must pick new mayor after Applebaum resignation
Applebaum resigned in the wake of corruption charges being laid against him, though he maintains he is innocent. Legally, Montreal's 62 councillors have 30 days to chose an interim mayor, though Quebec's Minister of Municipal Affairs Sylvain Gaudreault said he hopes they make the decision soon. "We would like the interim mayor to be a candidate that has stayed above the ...
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Alberta new school construction comes with condition
Premier Alison Redford was in Calgary and Edmonton to announce new school projects. Now a letter says the Calgary Board of Education needs to help find space for charter schools if they want new buildings. ...
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Canadas eavesdropping agency helped spy on G20 documents suggest
OTTAWA - Leaked documents suggest Canada helped the United States and Britain spy on participants at the London G20 summit four years ago. Britain's Guardian newspaper says spies monitored the computers and intercepted the phone calls of foreign politicians and officials at two G20 meetings in London in 2009. The newspaper says the effort included penetration of delegates' BlackBerry ...
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Suspicious package triggers evacuation at BMO building
(Jason Proctor/CBC) A suspicious package that triggered a partial evacuation at the Bank of Montreal building on West Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver is not dangerous, emergency officials say. Fire crews had briefly evacuated the 15th floor of the BMO building at Georgia and Homer just after 4:00 p.m. after an employee called the fire department with a report of a suspicious package. ...
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New EPSB budget to cut 339 jobs
The Edmonton Public School Board voted unanimously Tuesday in favour of its new budget for the upcoming year. The budget will see the reduction of 339 full-time staff positions, of which 182 are teaching posts. A report says 70 per cent of the teacher reductions will be achieved through staff retirement or resignations. Trustees said the $30-million from its budget that was cut by the province ...
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Skagit bridge to reopen Wednesday with temporary span
The Skagit River bridge on the I-5 will open on Wednesday with a temporary span replacing the collapsed section, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee announced on Tuesday. The bridge, which connects Vancouver and Seattle along Interstate 5 collapsed on May 23 after a truck carrying a wide load struck part of the structure. Three cars ended up in the river, but nobody was seriously injured in ...
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Canadian Women’s Open organizers hunt for new title sponsor for 2014 event
EDMONTON - Canada's national women's golf championship is set to get a new name in 2014.With CN ready to pull its sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Open into the station for a final time Aug. 19-25 at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Golf Canada and tournament director Brent McLaughlin are putting the finishing touches on securing a new sponsor for the first time in ...
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Vancouver food vendors take it to the streets
This 6,018-sq-ft penthouse condo at 1139 W. Cordova St. in Vancouver features three bedrooms with private sundecks, five bathrooms, rooftop deck with patio and 360-degree views of the North Shore, Burrard Inlet, Stanley Park and downtown Vancouver. Take a ...
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Up to 150 mm of heavy rain expected for areas west and northwest of Calgary
Pedestrians hustle across 5th Avenue S.W. in this file photo from May. Environment Canada issued the severe thunderstorm watch this morning for Calgary and surrounding ...
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Competition Bureau raids Quebec light manufacturers
Armed with search warrants from the Quebec Superior Court, the federal Competition Bureau launched a seried of raids Tuesday morning as part of a probe into the activities of firms that sell highway light poles, lighting towers, signs and other such products."We are investigating with respect to the sale of street lighting and highway traffic signs," said Bureau spokeswoman Gabrielle ...
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A city’s sad tale Montreal out-scandals T.O.
It's a twisted contest between The Globe's Montreal bureau and the Toronto newsroom: Who gets the front page with the most insanely crazy municipal politics? So on Monday Montreal came from behind and won. Hands down.News that Mayor Michael Applebaum, the city's self professed Mr. Clean, was arrested and accused of offering political favours to real estate promoters to pocket or ...
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Quebec to spend $500000 to examine wasteful federal services
The Quebec government is spending $500,000 to create a committee to examine wasteful spending by the federal government.The pro-independence Parti Qubcois government wants to examine how much it costs to have federal services that duplicate ones already offered by the province or that encroach on provincial ...
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The justice system needs to confront Canada’s cultural acceptance of assault in hockey
Dan Maloney of the Detroit Red Wings tries to pick a fight with an unconscious Brian Glennie of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Glennie was hospitalized with a concussion. Maloney was charged with assault causing bodily harm for which he was acquitted on June 30, 1976. (John Maiola For The Globe and ...
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Gretzky firmly believes NHL will return to Quebec City someday
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky puffs on a cigar as he grabs the pin on the second green of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Pebble Beach, Calif. (Ben ...
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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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