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6 min ago | CBC News

Secret tax-haven files lift veil on $32M Ontario fraud

With no background in finance, Peter Sabourin, left, launched himself into the offshore world in the 1990s and fleeced millions of dollars from dozens of investors.

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Related Topix: Canada, North Carolina,

4 hrs ago | Canada.com

Library and Archives Canada likely buyer of War of 1812 memorabilia for almost $700,000

Cash-strapped Library and Archives Canada appears to have dug deeply into its coffers and acquired a pricey treasure trove of Canadian history at a British auction of rare books and manuscripts.

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

Wed Jun 19, 2013

CNews

Students save stranded couple lost in Ontario bush

A group of high school students on a survival education trip in northern Ontario got more than they bargained for when they came across a couple, stranded for days in the deep bush and in need of saving.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Education Etc., Canada,

Canada.com

Ashley Smith's self-strangulation not always dangerous, manager tells inquest

Senior managers agreed that intervening every time a teen inmate tied a ligature around her neck was unnecessary because she was not always in immediate danger, an inquest into her death heard Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Prison, Canada,

Daily News

Loblaw tests out new smaller discount grocery store format in Calgary

Canada's largest grocer is trying out a new discount small-store format in a bid to attract more customers in urban areas.

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Related Topix: Canada, REIT, Personal Finance

Weyburn Review

Publisher of Muscle Mag, 'Eat-Clean Diet' series files for bankruptcy

The company that produced such magazines as Muscle Mag International, Reps!, Oxygen, American Curves and Clean Eating has filed for bankruptcy.

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Related Topix: Canada, Fitness, Weight Training

CBC News

Half of First Nations children live in poverty

First Nations Idle No More protesters hold hands and dance in a circle during a demonstration at the Douglas-Peace Arch crossing on the Canada-U.S. border near Surrey, B.C., on Jan. 5, 2013.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Tue Jun 18, 2013

CNews

List of worst Ontario roads released

Dufferin St. in Toronto was voted the worst road in Ontario in the CAA's 2013 survey.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News,

Ottawa Citizen

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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Related Topix: Canada, Ontario (Ontario, CA),

Canada.com

G8 summit: Stephen Harper meets with Barack Obama about Keystone XL oilsands pipeline

Prime Minister Stephen Harper got a private audience with U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday on the sidelines of the G8 summit, where he raised the sticky issue of the Keystone XL oilsands pipeline.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Canada, North America, World News

Ottawa Citizen

Harper dodges question on why his office spearheaded attacks on Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister Stephen Harper sidestepped a question Tuesday over whether it was appropriate for his taxpayer-funded office to be distributing documents to media about paid speeches Justin Trudeau made before he was elected to Parliament.

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

100.3 The Buzzard

Couple finds 400-year-old skeleton, gets $5,000 bill

A Canadian couple who recently stumbled upon a 400-year-old skeleton is now saddled with a $5,000 bill, Two weeks ago, Ken Campbell of Sarnia, Ontario, came upon some bones while digging postholes in his backyard.

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Related Topix: Canada, Offbeat

680News

Two men arrested in connection with Scarborough sexual assault

Toronto police say a 42-year-old woman was at a bar in the Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue area on June 6. About 10 minutes later, the woman became "incoherent" and was assisted into a taxi by the man and another man, police said.

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Related Topix: Canada,

The Windsor Star

Dogs make 24-hour voyage to Canada from Beirut

John Dunn, a member of the For The Love of Paws Animal Rescue is shown Monday, June 17, 2013, in Windsor, Ont.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Lebanon, Canada

The Raw Story

U.S. patent case climaxes with win for Canadian vibrator maker

Couples in the United States looking to spice up their sex lives will have to do without certain adult toys after a U.S. trade panel ruled on Monday that some companies are violating a patent held by a Canadian company for a two-armed vibrator.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

HON

Statins Plus Certain Antibiotics May Set Off Toxic Reaction: Study

Doctors should avoid ordering certain antibiotics for older patients who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor, Canadian researchers say.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cholesterol, Health, Lipitor, Atorvastatin (generic), Biaxin, Clarithromycin (generic), Erythromycin (generic), E-Base, E-Mycin, Canada, Zithromax, Azithromycin (generic)

Weyburn Review

Study shows commonly prescribed statin drugs and some antibiotics can interact

And the authors say that given that these drugs are commonly prescribed and commonly prescribed together, the combination should be avoided.

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Related Topix: Canada, Kidney Failure, Health, Medicine, Nephrology

Ottawa Citizen

Ontario opposes Kettle Island bridge

The National Capital Commission released a study last month that concluded a new bridge should connect Ottawa and Gatineau over Kettle Island.

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Daily News

BoC governor among appointments to Western University's advisory council

Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz has been named to the advisory council of Western University's Lawrence National Centre of Policy and Management.

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DurhamRegion.com

Safety changes coming down the line for Clarington railway crossings

Safety changes coming down the line for Clarington railway crossings. NEWCASTLE -- Councillor Willie Woo has raised concerns over several railway crossings in Newcastle, including the one over Arthur Street.

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