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5 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

Photos: Drones take flight in Canada

Sgt. Dave Domoney takes one of the RCMP's remote control helicopters for a spin above a farmer's field outside of Regina.

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12 hrs ago | Houston Home-Journal

Workers at Ontario Caterpillar plant voice outrage over lockout and closure

Workers at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario, have vowed to prevent Caterpillar from removing nine nearly-completed locomotives and machinery from the plant until a satisfactory agreement is reached on severance pay.

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Sun Feb 12, 2012

Canada.com

Funerals held for victims of deadly Ontario crash

Two men - both husbands, both described as caring men devoted to their families, and both among the 11 dead from last Monday's deadly Ontario highway crash - were laid to rest over the weekend.

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Thunder Bay's Source

Mush

The wind wasn't the only thing howling at Fort William Historical Park. More than 30 sled dogs barked and howled at the old Fort on Sunday as they gave about 80 students and medical professionals a ride around the trails.

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Reuters

Bay Street-Western Canada oil sands opportunity knocks in East

Oak Point Energy Ltd is an Alberta start-up looking to make its mark in the booming oil sands sector, and Ontario figures big in its plans.

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Star-Press

Michael Hicks: Time for labor unions to change

Unions have been much in the public eye recently. Two noteworthy media exchanges lead me to offer a provocative question about the future of organized labor in America.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

The Globe and Mail

Families in Peru mourn the loss of their loved ones

A van crash in Hampstead, Ont., killed 11 men last Friday, including 10 migrant workers from Latin America and a truck driver from London, Ont.

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The Winnipeg Free Press

VLT revenues fuel economic development on Swan Lake First Nation

Suzanne Martin , with boyfriend Nathan Sutherland, nephew Hayden Scott and sister Tiffany Martin, in one of the traditional log houses being built on the Swan Lake reserve.

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Related Topix: Canada, Recreational Vehicle, Bison

Fri Feb 10, 2012

The Waterloo Region Record

Candles lit for crash victims

One by one, paramedics, firefighters and members of the church faithful placed a lit candle by a name tag identifying each of the 11 dead and three survivors at the foot of the church altar Friday night.

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Canada.com

Lewenza blasts Caterpillar: 'Corporations cannot be left to police themselves'

CAW National President Ken Lewenza is calling on the federal government to releaseA details of Caterpillar's 2010 acquisition of Electro-Motive Canada in London, Ont.

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The Globe and Mail

Ontario agency to cover travel costs for Peruvian crash victims' families

A government agency says it will fly Peruvians to Canada to claim the bodies of the 10 migrant workers killed in a horrific collision earlier this week.

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Stratford Beacon Herald

NDP debate more like a love-in

Recent polls show most Canadians aren't familiar with the eight candidates running for the leadership of the federal NDP.

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The Globe and Mail

Poet found magic and mystery in the everyday

Poet Colleen Thibaudeau, the widow of playwright James Reaney, died on Feb. 6 at University Hospital in London, Ont., after a series of strokes.

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Arutz Sheva Israel News

Rabbi GurkowYitro: Should Freedom Be Imposed?

Rabbi Eliezer Gurkow, currently serving as rabbi of congregation Beth Tefilah in London, Ontario, is a well-known speaker and writer on Torah issues and current affairs.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

The Waterloo Region Record

Family of crash victim recalls good times

Juan Castillo recently bought his first house and a couple of weeks ago, his daughter, Sara and her two-year-old son Mateo visited Castillo as he showed off his Huber Street home.

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Canada.com

Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Harper goes to China

Global capitalism today Paul Wells, writing for Maclean's on Stephen Harper's China visit, takes note of a toe-curling line in the Prime Minister's speech to Chinese and Canadian CEOs: "It is no accident, I think, that Canada and China came through the global recession avoiding the severity of the financial, economic and employment crises seen ... (more)

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Science Library Pad

Lessons From Caterpillar's London, Ontario Exit

I scoured the news media to find a balanced article on Caterpillar's exit from London, Ontario.

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Canada.com

Daughter drops $20K to keep Tommy Douglas medals in family

Easily surpassing the $500 they had sold for in the mid-1990s, the auction bids soon rocketed past $1,000, $5,000, then $15,000. On the phone with Jeffrey Hoare Auctions Inc.

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Madison Publishing

Van crash survivor improves in hospital, now listed in fair condition

Ontario Provincial Police and emergency crews investigate a multiple fatal motor vehicle accident near Hampstead, Ontario, Monday, February 6, 2012.

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The Stratford City Gazette

Interest in skate park building after car nets $80,000

If there is one thing Justin Bieber's improbable rise to fame has reminded us it is that you should always expect the unexpected.

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