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AHS to reverse controversial home care decisions
AHS president and CEO Chris Eagle announced Tuesday the decision to lay off staff at three Edmonton home-care facilities has been reversed. (Janice ...
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Police probe Mohinder graffiti in East Vancouver
Complaints are flooding into police from the public about graffiti of the word Mohinder that has appeared throughout East Vancouver. "It has been brought to our attention as spreading and gaining a little bit of notoriety throughout the city," said Sgt. Randy Fincham of the Vancouver Police Department. Fincham said it is hard to establish if the vandalism is the work of one person or ...
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Vancouver airport CEO takes aim at cross-border travellers
The incoming CEO of the Vancouver International Airport says his biggest challenge is to stem the flow of B.C. travellers heading across the border for cheaper flights. Craig Richmond, who takes over control of YVR on July 2, says he is concerned the airport is losing too many travellers to U.S. airports such as Bellingham and Seattle. "It does concern me, I want people to fly out of this ...
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CFIA shuts down Aliya’s Foods over meat concerns
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended the licence for an Edmonton food company for non-compliance with meat inspection regulations. In a statement released Tuesday afternoon the CFIA said Aliya's Foods -- a privately owned East Indian food company on Roper Road -- failed to "document and address product cooling issues during pre-shipment review, and failed to ...
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Meet Canada’s underused poet laureate Vancouver-based Fred Wah 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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Memo to Stephen Harper in 2007 downplayed a Canadian casualty rate in Afghanistan up to 10 times higher than allies
A newly declassified memo that was sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper during the height of the Afghanistan mission downplayed statistics showing Canadian troops were suffering significantly higher casualty rates than their allies. After a roadside bomb killed six Canadians in 2007, the prime minister was advised in a briefing note that 2% of Canadians serving in Afghanistan had been killed ...
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Vancouver School Board adds Student Trustee to its board
6/17/2013 The Vancouver School Board has voted unanimously for a student trustee to join its board. Trustee Mike Lombardi thinks it is a good decision. "It's all about bringing a student voice to decision making to make our schools a better place for kids, and to promote student success." The student trustee won't have a vote, but can contribute to discussion. With ...
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Readout of Meeting Between Secretary Chuck Hagel and Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: "Secretary Hagel hosted Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay today at the Pentagon for their second meeting here since Secretary Hagel took office earlier this spring. "The leaders discussed a wide range of topics related to their mutual interest in some of the world's ongoing security ...
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New Parkdale bylaw would restrict bars nighclubs
Many Toronto city councillors say a bylaw passed by the Toronto and East York City Community Council could be exactly what they need to restrict the expansion of bars and nightclubs in their neighbourhoods. On Tuesday, TEYCC unanimously ...
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Former Ottawa mayor becomes top Clarence-Rockland staffer
Former Ottawa city counciller Michel Bellemare, who filled in as acting mayor when Larry O’Brien was defending himself against criminal charges in 2009, has been named chief administrative officer of the City of ...
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Black bear killed in Yoho park highway collision
An adult male black bear was struck and killed on the Trans-Canada Highway in Yoho National Park on Monday evening. Parks Canada says it dispatched a staff member after receiving a call about the incident. The bear was found near the Yoho Ranch. "We are very saddened by the loss of this animal," said Parks Canada spokesperson Omar McDadi in a release. "Although black bears are ...
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Couple baffled over burger franchise lockout
A couple are baffled as to why they have been locked out a Toronto burger franchise that they have been running for more than a year, given that they have made their rent payments each month. Marufa Ahmed and her husband, Mohammad Hashen, say that when they arrived at a Lick's burger franchise on The Queensway last week, they learned they had been locked out of the building. A note from ...
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Rain returns to Vancouver Wednesday to Friday
Showers are back on tap for Vancouver starting Wednesday morning, as our spinning low pressure system begins to slowly move inland, says CBC ...
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Conservatives closer to selling government airplane
New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government is a step closer to fulfilling a promise to sell the government-owned airplane used by Premier David Alward and members of cabinet. The government has received one bid from a broker to co-ordinate the sale of the King Air B200 aircraft and deliver it to a new buyer. Meanwhile, three companies have submitted bids on a five-year contract ...
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Man charged in connection with 2 Edmonton homicides
Melvin Simon John Mitchell has been charged in connection with the death of Curtis Raymond Dugray, whose body was found near in a park near 99th Avenue and 111th Street in May. ...
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Canada-U.S. team develops promising sharp-shooter drug aimed at several cancers
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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Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum has resigned
MONTREAL - Seven months and two days after he was elected interim mayor of Montreal, Michael Applebaum stood behind a podium in the marble Hall of Honour and said he is relinquishing his post and stepping down on Tuesday afternoon. "I'm going to put all my energy into my defence and my family, so resigning as mayor of Montreal is the responsible thing to do," Applebaum said of his ...
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Ex-Playboy Playmate admits helping Canadian boyfriend enter U.S. illegally
Many key sectors of the Canadian economy have job openings, but no people to fill them. Here are 25 occupations with a future, according to a report by ...
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SPCA overwhelmed by public response to Vancouver poodles plight
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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Saskatchewan artists garner 12 Western Canadian Music Awards nominations
It is perhaps fitting that, as Premier Brad Wall was making his way to a Western Premiers' meeting in Winnipeg this weekend to talk about the evils of bullying, some of his cabinet ministers were ...
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Anti-corruption unit sweeps Quebec municipal offices
Montreal interim mayor Michael Applebaum makes his way into a taxi as he is surrounded by press after leaving Sûreté du Québec headquarters after being arrested by UPAC, the city's anti-corruption police. Monday, June 17, ...
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RCMP pay N.S. man $248K to settle lawsuit over unprovoked beating
In 2002, having just been paid for his job at a fish and chip shop, Brendan Clarke tried to buy cigarettes and gum with a $100 bill at a Warwick Street convenience store in Digby, N.S. The clerks asked him to show identification and then refused to take his money over apparent concern it was counterfeit or from an illegitimate source. Protestation from Mr. Clarke, a black man who was 19 at the ...
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Montreal mayor resigns over graft claims
THE mayor of Montreal, Canada's second largest city, has resigned following his arrest on corruption charges but he insists he's innocent of ...
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Montreal interim mayor resigns as city reels from corruption scandals
Canada 's second-largest city.A day after being arrested on fraud charges, interim mayor Michael Applebaum announced that he was stepping down. Applebaum, who had come into office vowing to clean up city politics ...
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Why catastrophe bonds could be coming to Canada
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