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2 hrs ago | Castanet.net

Ontario under pressure after fatal fire

Fire crews attend to a fire at a retirement home in Hawkesbury, Ont., on Friday, May 25, 2012.

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4 hrs ago | CBC News

Fire causes $2M in damage at banquet centre

A wedding reception was held there Saturday night, but everyone had left by the time the fire broke out at 2:30 a.m. ET, said fire department spokesman Marc Messier.

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8 hrs ago | CBC News

Family, friends honour teen killed in school explosion

Family and friends paid tribute Saturday to Eric Leighton, the 18-year-old student killed in a shop class explosion one year ago.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Canada

15 hrs ago | The Chronicle Herald

Letter from the associate publisher

Ron Smith is wise. He is a former chief financial officer of a couple of big companies and a former board chairman at Acadia University.

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Sat May 26, 2012

CBC News

42K registered for race weekend events

Cathy Anderson and Rob Wein walked the Ottawa Race Weekend 2K event Saturday with a group of 20 in recognition of Wein's recovery.

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Ottawa Citizen

Victims identified in Hawkesbury retirement home fire

A male was taken to hospital in critical condition after lightning struck the tree he was standing under in Vincent Massey Park Friday evening as a storm spread across the city.

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CBC News

2 dead after Hawkesbury retirement home fire

The fire at 100 Industriel Blvd. started at about 9:30 p.m. and 90 people were forced to flee the building.

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The Philipine Reporter

PCCT holds 'Doing Business in the Philippines' seminar

Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Philippine Reporter is a Toronto Filipino newspaper publishing since March 1989.

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Circulation

Association of Statins and Statin Discontinuation With Poor Outcome...

From the Division of Neurology , University of Ottawa, and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; the Calgary Stroke Program and the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Radiology, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Cardiovascular , Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, ... (more)

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Fri May 25, 2012

Richmond Hill Liberal

Reduce medical errors to save lives and money: author

Health care warning. Michael Hurley, left, and Epidemic of Medical Errors and Hospital-Acquired Infections editor William Charney discuss the benefits of investing in nurses and hospital cleaners.

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

CBC News

Tornado warning issued for Arnprior area

Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for the Renfrew-Arnprior-Calabogie region and a severe thunderstorm warning for many other regions in eastern Ontario.

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The Times

Police 5-25

Tonya L. Hancock, 32, 665 Clark St., Marseilles, was arrested Thursday at Old Chicago Road near East Norris Drive on a La Salle County failure to appear warrant for driving under the influence of drugs.

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CanadianDriver

In Canada, Man Trasports Car

The Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa - EVCO - is hosting Marcelo da Luz at their monthly meeting on the evening of Monday, May 28th.A Open to the public and held at the Canada Science and Technology Museum at 1700 St.

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National Post

Canadians split over Mulcair's controversial 'Dutch Disease' comments

Canada's New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair takes part in a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa earlier this month.

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CBC News

Memorial held at Eric Leighton's high school

A memorial is being held today to honour Eric Leighton, the Ottawa high school student killed one year ago in a shop class explosion.

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CBC News

Three killed in Aylmer, Que., attack

Anne-Catherine Powers, seen her with her one-year-old child, was one of three people found dead at a home in the Gatineau, Que., suburb of Aylmer.

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The Globe and Mail

Canadian innovations get to market faster

A stronger emphasis on development by governments and research-funding organizations may be helping Canadian entrepreneurs get their innovations to market faster.

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CBC News

Fire damages new condos under construction

Firefighters responded to the units at 134B and 136B Lindenshade Drive, which are near Strandherd Drive in the community of Barrhaven, at about 11:25 p.m. When they arrived crews found a fire at the front entrance and later reported fires in the basement.

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Thu May 24, 2012

CBC News

SIU probes Cornwall man's death

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death Wednesday of a 64-year-old man who fell from the third floor parking level of a mall in Cornwall, Ont.

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Truro Daily News

Bass River lad presented with federal funding to aid in construction of a Forgotten Heroes monument

Cumberland Colchester Musquodoboit Valley MP Scott Armstrong visited Bass River on Thursday to announce $7,027 in funding towards a Forgotten Heroes monument, the brainchild of Noah Tremblay, 12, intended to recognize Canadian animals sacrificed during... Such will be the case when a new monument is unveiled at Veteran's Memorial Park in Bass River ... (more)

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