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Yesterday | JAM! Showbiz

Cult frontman Astbury gets primal

The Cult's frontman Ian Astbury cuts an imposing -- some might say menacing -- figure on the cover of the veteran British rock band's just-released first album in five years, Choice of Weapon.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Cult, Canada, The Black

Friday | The Guelph Mercury

'Poetry is all about the journey'

"Poetry anxiety is the fear that the metaphysical will be inaccessible, that we will not get the poem," says Tanis MacDonald, an award-winning poet and an associate professor in the department of English and film studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Canada,

Wed May 23, 2012

Cambridge Times

Saying 'I do' could get a lot more expensive

Saying "I do" at city hall could cost a whole lot more come September. At Monday's general committee meeting, councillors rejected staff recommendations calling for the fees for weddings to be significantly increased and a request for proposals called.

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Related Topix: Wedding,

Mon May 21, 2012

The Hamilton Spectator

Dying cancer fundraiser can't get last-hope drug

Jim Walsh Walter Gretzky was on hand to give Jim a special gift from his son. Brantford Street party event to thank Jim Walsh for all of his work, raising money for sick kids.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Canada,

Sat May 19, 2012

The Winnipeg Free Press

A meditation on missing role models

WHAT It Is: A photograph by Ottawa-based artist and curator Jeff Thomas, snapped in an alley off Winnipeg's Albert Street in 1990.

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Related Topix: Buffalo, NY, Canada,

Thu May 17, 2012

Vancouver Courier

Ninety-year-old statue in Vancouver park honours First Nations icon

Most Vancouverites know where to find Siwash Rock. But if it wasn't for the person buried nearby, its name and story could well have been lost to time.

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Related Topix: Canada, Arts, Poetry

Tue May 15, 2012

What about the plastic animals?

He Went That Way

This is Thayendanegea , aka Joseph Brant , prominent Mohawk military and political leader of the late 18th century.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Journal of Commerce

Among Canadaa s cities, labour markets are generally best in the west

For ease of comprehension, the two tables accompanying this article are shown in a straightforward manner.

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Related Topix: Canada,

The Hamilton Spectator

Activation Lab's technological edge leading to global growth

Actlabs Activation Labs president Dr. Eric Hoffman watches a robotic machine analyze iron ore samples.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News

Thu May 10, 2012

Cambridge Times

Stop signs a go on West River Road

Before a gallery packed with roughly 20 area residents, council approved the recommendation made last week that two new all-way stop signs be installed south of Grand Ridge Drive.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue May 08, 2012

University of Waterloo

Study reveals many Canadians unnecessarily living with vision loss

A study released today by CNIB and the University of Waterloo's School of Optometry as part of Vision Health Month indicates that one in seven Canadian adults may be living with some form of vision loss, much of which could be corrected.

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Related Topix: Optometry,

Thu May 03, 2012

Cambridge Times

West River Road residents get stop signs

It's taken almost 10 years, but West River Road residents are finally getting what they asked for from the city.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Wed May 02, 2012

InsideHalton.com

Burlington celebrates bond between two countries

Burlington celebrates bond between two countries. Ruth Miller listen to official speeches during last year's Canada-Netherlands Friendship Day hosted by the City of Burlington at Civic Square.

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Related Topix: Canada,

DurhamRegion.com

Oshawa artist likes to mix it up

The Oshawa artist has travelled extensively, from British Columbia to Beijing and from the Netherlands to New Zealand.

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Tue May 01, 2012

The Globe and Mail

Families of people shot by police want to aid better understanding of mental illness

Evan Jones, 18, was having another mental-health crisis. He had been crying, drinking and knocking furniture over shortly before, Ms.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Mon Apr 30, 2012

HAZMAT Magazine

Speakers announced for our upcoming brownfields seminar

HazMat Management magazine and EcoLog Environmental Legislative Service are pleased to announce the lineup of speakers for the upcoming Brownfields Marketplace Seminar: Contaminated Groundwater - A review of compliance obligations with Ontario Regulation 153/04 and Amendment 511/09. Sponsored by Intrinsik and AGAT Laboratories, the event runs from ... (more)

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Related Topix: Canada,

Citytv

Man dies after falling down well in Hamilton

Officials at the scene where a man fell in a well, April 29, 2012. Courtesy CityNews live eye operator Brendan Warren.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Fri Apr 27, 2012

The Waterloo Region Record

A brother's quest for a star

Paul Hartmann was pulling into the driveway of his California home when he first heard the gruesome news that his brother had been violently murdered.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Saturday Night Live, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, NewsRadio, Comedy Movies, Family, Adventure, Celebrities, Phil Hartman, Canada,

The Hamilton Spectator

Brantford-made Nutella to pay $3M in lawsuit for false nutritional claims

NOT NUTRITIOUS Nutella, the only chocolate spread that has its own world celebration day, has lost a $3 million class action lawsuit filed by a California mother shocked to discover it wasn't healthy.

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Related Topix: California, California Government

 

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