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1 hr ago | The Province

It's a monk's life at Westminster Abbey, Mission's own Benedictine Monastery

Father Alban Riley at the Westminster Abbey in Mission, which was built in the 1950s.

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Related Topix: Canada, Pope Benedict XVI, Home Gardening, Home

5 hrs ago | Canada.com

Veteran newspaper editor Neil Reynolds dead at age 72

The Ottawa Citizen, where he served as editor between 1996 and 2000, reported on its website that Reynolds died in Ottawa on Sunday of cancer.

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Related Topix: Journalism,

Sun May 19, 2013

CBC News

Rob Ford should resign if allegations true, councillors say

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, seen speaking with members of the media on Friday, has said allegations that there is a video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine are 'ridiculous.' Two councillors say that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should resign from office if unproven allegations that he was caught on tape smoking crack cocaine turn out to be true.

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Related Topix: Canada,

USA Today

Auto engineers too few or just harder to find?

The shortage of engineers has been as common a lament within the auto industry as government regulations.

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Related Topix: Canada, Autos

Canada.com

Harper government buying ads to promote job grant program that doesn't yet exist

Prime-time ads began airing this week during NHL playoff games - currently the priciest advertising real estate on the dial - that tout a new federal Canada Jobs Grant for training workers.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

CBC News

Book seller Sarah McNally: Hipster writes her own business rule book

When 28-year-old Sarah McNally opened her bookstore in Manhattan, The New York Times called her the 'Defiant Newcomer,' but her unique approach to the business is paying off.

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Related Topix: Canada, Joseph Kony

The Globe and Mail

A three-storey mound of Canada's oil waste grows in Detroit

A three-story pile of petroleum coke along the Detroit River in Windsor, Ont., on April 20, 2013.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Daily News

Federal financial agency ignores dollar limit on hospitality spending

A federal agency that ensures banks and other financial institutions follow the rules has itself broken the rules on hospitality spending.

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Sat May 18, 2013

The Toronto Star

Rob Ford crack scandal: Mayor's defender, his brother Doug, breaks silence

Councillor Doug Ford broke his uncharacteristic silence Saturday to comment on reports of a video that seems to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.

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CBC News

Should genetic testing for cancer be available to all Canadians?

The revelation that Hollywood celebrity Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy as a preventative measure against cancer stoked heated discussion this week, but one prominent cancer researcher says it demonstrates the need to make genetic testing available to all Canadians.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, North America, Canada, World News, Health, Breast Cancer,

The Windsor Star

Fire breaks out on roof of former Grace Hospital

Windsor firefighters on the scene of a fire at the old Grace site in Windsor on May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Canada, Fire

CBC News

Public raising funds to buy alleged Rob Ford crack video

Allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has been caught in a video smoking crack cocaine has prompted several online crowdsourcing campaigns aimed at raising $200,000 to buy the footage.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News, North America Travel, Travel, Canada Travel, Journalism,

Examiner.com

May begins with Flurry of UFO Sightings in Ontario; Part 1 of 4

With warmer weather, many more Ontarians are outdoors and star watching, which is likely why UFO sightings have seen a massive increase in May this year.

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Related Topix: UFO and Alien, Ontario, NY, Ontario (Ontario, CA), Weather, Canada

The Windsor Star

Dog attack injures senior

Police and animal control officers were called to a house near Harrow Thursday after a dog was bitten and an 80-year-old man was injured trying to stop a fight between two canines.

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Fri May 17, 2013

The Windsor Star

Train delayed as SIU investigates fatal accident in Chatham

A VIA Rail employee climbs aboard an F40 locomotive at the train station in Ottawa on Monday, December 3, 2012.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, Canada,

The Globe and Mail

Ontario cottage country cleans up after severe flooding

Paul Hamill repairs his flood damaged dock at Deer Lake Resort Park just outside of Huntsville, May 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Canada,

National Post

Two earthquakes rattle Quebec, Ontario on Friday

Two earthquakes shook eastern Ontario and Quebec Friday morning, rattling buildings and nerves as far away as Barrie, Toronto and Waterloo.

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Related Topix: Canada, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, North America, World News

The London Free Press

5.2 magnitude Earthquake rattles Ontario, Quebec

Two tremors centred in eastern Ontario across the Ottawa river in Quebec rolled through the provinces shortly before 10 a.m. Friday morning.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, North America, Canada, World News,

WLKY-TV Louisville

Quake reported in eastern Canada

The quake was centered about 11 miles from Shawville, in western Quebec, near the Ontario border.

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The Toronto Star

Safety fears: Caledon East parents fight loss of school bus

Caledon East Public School students face loss of school bus, parents say walk is not safe.

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