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40 min ago | The Chronicle-Journal

Thunder Bay on high alert

A Thunder Bay crew worker gets a pump going Monday in the flooded yard of a First Street residence.

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Related Topix: Canada, Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood

4 hrs ago | Motor Trend

2014 Chevrolet Impala 2LZ First TestMore Canadian Elk than African Antelope

Please update your browser to the most upated version. Update Now Unlike its namesake, the all-new 2014 Chevy Impala isn't a svelte, agile creature able to dart and leap from point A to B. Rather, the full-size sedan from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada is more of a North American bruiser -- substantial, solid, well-built, and more deliberate in its ... (more)

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Related Topix: Canada, Autos

Mon May 20, 2013

CBC News

Hidden camera catches abuse at Ontario seniors facility

The Ontario government and police are investigating a long-term care facility after a hidden video camera captured an elderly woman with dementia being abused by her caregivers.

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Related Topix: Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen), Canada,

CBC News

Man shot dead at barbecue near Ossington and Dundas

A 67-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting a man with a rifle at a family barbecue in downtown Toronto Sunday night.

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Canada.com

Abortion debate looms for Prime Minister Stephen Harper

As he grapples with a growing scandal over Senate expenses, Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces another potential flashpoint as the House of Commons resumes sitting: The political debate over abortion is far from over.

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

680News

Warm weather with cool breaks forecast for Canada this summer

Kyle Lynch and friend Alex Durocher splash each other as they enjoy the mild weather on the beach, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Port Dover, Ont.

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

ABS-CBN News

Fil-Canadian appointed to Ontario Superior Court

Judge Steve Anthony Coroza of the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines was appointed to the position last April 29 by Canada's Department of Justice.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

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

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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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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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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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