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Morning news headlines for June 19, 2013

George Osborne will shed light on plans for the state-owned banks and David Cameron faces MPs questions on G8 agreements on Syria and tax dodging George Osborne will shed light on his plans for the state-owned banks today amid fresh pressure to split up Royal Bank of Scotland .

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2 hrs ago | Red Deer Advocate

Brewers find provincial beer tax system a tough swallow

One of the co-owners of Red Deer's Drummond Brewing Company says the province's beer tax system is driving brewers out of Alberta.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink, Canada,

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Surrey Leader

Bill Reid remembered as a champion for Surrey

Hundreds of friends, family and former colleagues turned out to a celebration of the remarkable life of Bill Reid, past alderman, MLA, tourism minister and executive director of the Cloverdale Chamber of Commerce.

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Canada.com

99 ways to shred your credibility

There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, as per the singer/songwriter Paul Simon and his 1975 song of the same name, but there are apparently at least 99 ways to leave your government job - and all of them have you merrily deleting and shredding as you go.

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USA Today

Montreal interim mayor steps down after arrest

For the second time in less than a year, a Montreal mayor has stepped down amid corruption scandals ripping through Canada's second-largest city.

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The Washington Post

Montreal's interim mayor resigns after arrest on fraud charges; city rocked by scandals

For the second time in less than a year, a Montreal mayor has stepped down amid corruption scandals ripping through Canada's second-largest city.

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WOI

Israeli premier: pressure on Iran must continue

A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting it failed victims of clergy sex abuse.

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Brandon Sun

Ottawa raising offshore liability cap to $1 billion in Arctic, Atlantic waters

Premier Darrell Dexter, left, and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver arrive at a news conference at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

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IDC

China's Smartphone Shipments to Grow 6% YoY and Exceed 460...

International Data Corporation is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets.

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Related Topix: Canada, Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

WTOP-FM Washington

G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodging

Leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and loopholes to avoid paying the tax they owe.

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Al Bawaba

Public debt reaches $59 billion in April

Lebanon's public debt swelled by nearly $5 billion during the term of former premier Najib Mikati's Cabinet, the secretary-general of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Lifestyles

B.C. NDP names new ag critic

British Columbia's New Democrats have tapped a social worker turned politician as their new critic for agriculture, ahead of the legislature reconvening next week.

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CBC News

Northern Gateway proponents begin final arguments in Terrace, B.C.

Proponents and those opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline have started making their final arguments before the federal review panel in Terrace, B.C. Canada will be vulnerable to economic disaster should the Northern Gateway pipeline be rejected, the proponent told a federal review panel Monday as the final phase of public hearings got underway.

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Brandon Sun

Quebec construction workers on strike after negotiations break down

The sounds of hammering, drilling and digging at Quebec's bustling construction sites were replaced by chants and waving picket signs as workers walked off the job Monday in a general strike.

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Canada.com

Western premiers say bullying will be part of all-premiers meeting

Canada's western premiers say bullying is a serious issue and all provinces and territories need to find ways to tackle the new dimension that the Internet brings to the torment.

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My Mother Lode

Outgoing US ambassador calls Keystone "important"

Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said Monday the Obama administration knows how important the contentious Keystone XL pipeline is to Canada but he won't speculate about how much it would damage the relationship should it not be approved.

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CBC News

PC attack ad links Wynne, McGuinty in power plant affair

The Ontario legislature may have adjourned for the summer holidays, but the Progressive Conservatives aren't taking any breaks from hammering the Liberals, rolling out a new attack ad this week.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Czech PM Necas steps down over graft, spying scandal

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned on Monday over a bribery and spying scandal involving his top aide that has plunged the recession-hit EU state into a fresh political crisis.

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EKathimerini

Tsipras to speak at Syntagma amid speculation of PM address on new state broadcaster

Amid speculation of a snap poll triggered by the political fallout from the controversial shutdown of ERT state broadcaster, Greece's leftist opposition leader Alexis Tsipras was set to deliver a speech in Syntagma square in Athens on Monday at 8 p.m. SYRIZA deputies on Monday said the decision last Tuesday by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras - which ... (more)

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RIA Novosti

State May Keep Rosneft in New Privatization Plan - Paper

MOSCOW, June 17 National oil giant Rosneft may remain under state control under a new privatization plan prepared by the Russian government which would roll back its program to sell off some of the state's holdings in major companies, business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday.

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