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Yesterday | Montreal Gazette

Our fathers' wars

" Even as a small boy, George Wilkinson was fascinated by the legend of the uncle he never knew.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

ChartAttack

Music The Video Dead - Damn Disco

Burlington, Ont. hardcore-meets-old school punk outfit The Video Dead have never been ones for subtlety.

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Related Topix: Canada, Punk

Watertown Daily Times

Turbine company has history of poor performance

Problems getting generator parts for the village's $3.5 million hydroelectric project are eerily familiar, according to officials in the Canadian town of Bancroft, Ontario.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue Nov 03, 2009

900 CHML AM

Cyclist hit by vehicle in Burlington

A cyclist is in serious condition after being hit by a vehicle in Burlington. Halton police say the man was hit by a Jeep just before 9 o'clock this morning at Guelph Line and Dundas Street.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sun Nov 01, 2009

National Post

Feds fight back in pot restaurant case

Federal government lawyers will ask a judge Monday to throw out the case of an Ontario restaurant owner who wants one of his former patrons stripped of his right to smoke medical marijuana.

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Related Topix: Restaurant Management, Canada,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Chronicle-Journal

Give cities more time to spend stimulus cash: Page

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure John Baird holds a press conference near a construction site in Burlington, Ont.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Victoria Star

Canadians believe Tories unfair on stimulus cash: poll

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure John Baird holds a press conference near a construction site in Burlington, Ont.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Globe and Mail

Stimulus overwhelmingly benefits opposition ridings: Tories

Steven Chase Ottawa - The Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 10:13PM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News

Mon Oct 26, 2009

900 CHML AM

Pedestrian killed in Burlington

There's been a deadly accident to start the week on the streets of Burlington. A pedestrian has been killed after being struck by a vehicle on Appleby Line, between Mainway and Upper Middle Road.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Sat Oct 24, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

Prepare yourself for a fiendishly freaky time with The Creepshow this Saturday night at The Gilman

Ghouls, demon lovers, zombies, the devil just some of the characters found in the horrifically fun songs of The Creepshow .

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Related Topix: Johnny Cash, Country, Punk, The Damned, Dead Kennedys, Wanda Jackson, Rock-N-Roll, Canada,

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Canada.com

Student's volunteer journey real learning experience

Brittany Harrison spent three weeks this summer in Dominican Republic, working mainly with children.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Vancouver Sun

More companies promoting - zero-waste manufacturing'

It wasn't long after Jill Koehler started selling organic hemp and recycled fleece sleep sacks - a kind of mini sleeping bag with arm holes - that the Vancouver baby clothes designer ran into her first eco-challenge: What to do with the leftover fabric? "I thought, maybe there's someone else who could use it," said Koehler, who turned to an ...

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Sun Oct 18, 2009

680News

New Lepage opera dazzles as puppets perform in water-filled orchestra pit

Quebec director Robert Lepage celebrated the world premiere of his new opera over the weekend, an awe-inspiring production that features shadow puppets performing to the music of Igor Stravinsky and intricate characters sailing miniature boats across an orchestra pit filled with 67,000 litres of water.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Canada,

HGTV Canada

Shop Review: Fairhome Interiors in Burlington, Ontario

Nestled into downtown Burlington a TMs shopping district rests Fairhome Interiors .

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Canada.com

Angry Canadians unlikely to rally for cause

It wasn't anger that drove Priscilla de Villiers to try to change the justice system after her 19-year-old daughter was murdered -- it was a combined a sense of urgency and duty.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Independent and Free Press

MS-B land issue to go before HDSB

A Google Maps Canada image shows the McKenzie-Smith Bennett school property and land that the HDSB has deemed surplus.

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ChartAttack

Happy Mondays Go To Work

That the Happy Mondays still exist in any form a ' let alone as a functioning band a ' is a minor miracle.

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Related Topix: Happy Mondays, Alternative, Canada, Pop/Rock, The Psychedelic Furs

Tue Oct 13, 2009

ChartAttack

Happy Mondays Member Joins Mafia, Looking For DJ Gigs

With Manchester, England's Happy Mondays back on the road and half of a new record in the can, it would seem like everything was full steam ahead for the group's trio of original members: vocalist Shaun Ryder, drummer Gary "Gaz" Whelan and dancer and percussionist Bez.

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Related Topix: Happy Mondays, Alternative, Greater Manchester County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Canada,

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Canada.com

Scream and the world screams with you

It's one thing to record a hit song and live off the proceeds, quite another to forge out a career where numerous fans get tattoos of your album artwork and lyrics and even tell you that your songs have kept them alive.

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Related Topix: Hard-Rock, Europe, Canada, Hardcore, Intensity, North America, World News

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

Lethal weapon in a tuxedo

All eyes were on Danny Glover as the tuxedo-clad movie star made his grand entrance to The Routes to Freedom Endowment Fundraiser Gala held Saturday at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Danny Glover, Canada, North America, World News, Arts, Opera, Dining

 

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