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16 min ago | CBC

Canada sheds 43,200 jobs in October

Canada's unemployment rate rose slightly in October, with the economy shedding 43,200 jobs in the month.

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4 hrs ago | CBC

Royal couple meets 2010 Olympic mascots

Prince Charles and Camilla are greeted by Vancouver 2010 Olympic mascots during a tour of the athletes village.

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Related Topix: World News, Prince Charles, North America, Canada

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Vancouver Sun

RCMP identify suspect in sex assaults

Shaun Richard Funk is wanted on warrants for sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery, and break and enter, the RCMP said in a news release.

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Related Topix: Canada,

CTV.ca

Supreme Court to hear Alcan appeal over B.C. power deal

Home : Politics : Supreme Court to hear Alcan appeal over B.C. power deal Supreme Court to hear Alcan appeal over B.C. power deal Date: Thursday Nov.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Globe and Mail

Stimulus money favours key Tories

Heather Scoffield Ottawa - Published on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 8:11PM EST Last updated on Thursday, Nov.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

The Winnipeg Free Press

Singer's fantasy becomes reality

Last year, Chilliwack, B.C., R&B singer-songwriter Inez was at Manito Ahbee Festival handing out copies of her three-song demo.

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Related Topix: Canada, Folk, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Travel

CBC News

Boy stripped, beaten in extortion bid

Three Vancouver teenagers are facing charges after a 16-year-old boy was stripped, beaten and assaulted with a stun device as part of an apparent extortion attempt in Richmond, B.C. Police responded to a report of an assault underway Wednesday evening in an open field near Alexandra Road and Hazelbridge Way.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

CBC News

Charles, Camilla arrive in B.C.

Prince Charles and Camilla wave to the crowd greeting them outside the B.C. legislature Friday.

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Related Topix: World News, Prince Charles, Canada, North America, Travel, Canada Travel

Dose

Feds name B.C. judge to head probe into salmon stock collapse

British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen will chair a federal commission of inquiry into the collapse of Fraser River sockeye salmon runs, Trade Minister Stockwell Day announced Friday in Vancouver.

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Related Topix: Canada

Maple Ridge News

Wife charged with second-degree murder

A Maple Ridge woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of her husband on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Canada

National Post

Seventh severed foot identified as belonging to B.C. man

A severed foot found in a Vancouver suburb last week has been identified as belonging to a man missing since last year.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Leader Post

McGill, Simon Fraser grab top spots in Maclean's university rankings

A view of the McGill University campus in Montreal. The school took the No. 1 spot in the medical doctoral category and the University of Toronto was ranked second, its same rank as last year.

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Related Topix: Canada,

North Shore Outlook

12-year-old girl accosted in West Van neighbourhood

Police report a 12-year-old girl was accosted in West Vancouver earlier this week by an aggressive man asking for money.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Globe and Mail

PM announces probe into B.C. salmon stocks

PM announces probe into B.C. salmon stocks In this 2006 file photo, B.C. sockeye salmon gather in the shallows of the Adams River near Chase, B.C. northeast of Vancouver.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, Stephen Harper

The Chronicle-Journal

RCMP officer who fired Taser at Robert Dziekanski sues CBC for libel

RCMP Const. Kwesi Millington is seen on a television holding up the stapler Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski was holding the night he died, while testifying at the Braidwood inquiry into Dziekanski's death in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday, March 2, 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada

BioSpace

Acetaminophen May Be Linked To Asthma In Children And Adults, University of British Columbia Study

New research shows that the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen may be associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug.

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Related Topix: Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain, Canada

Newswise

What Part Do Relapses Play in Severe Disability for People with MS?

People with multiple sclerosis who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according to a new study published in the November 4, 2009, issue of Neurology A , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Multiple Sclerosis, Health, Neurology, Canada, World News

Blue's News

Braid Winding its Way to PlayStation Network Soon

BRAID WINDING ITS WAY TO PLAYSTATION NETWORK SOON Hothead Games Bringing Beloved Indie Game to New Platform VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Nov.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Canada, PlayStation 3, Computers

Red Deer Advocate

Camilla embraced, kissed by boy, 7, whose soldier father killed in Afghanistan

By The Canadian Press Published: November 04, 2009 4:04 PM Updated: November 04, 2009 4:09 PM ST.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Prince Charles,

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Castanet.net

It's time to tell the truth Neil: Cusworths

The mother of a young Kelowna woman murdered 16 years ago has some strong words for her daughter's accused killer.

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