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North America Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for North America.

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  1. The Republicanization of Canadian political cultureRead the original story

    2 min ago | Rabble.ca

    Murray Dobbin is a guest senior contributing editor for rabble.ca. Murray has been a journalist, broadcaster, author and social activist for 40 years.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Journalism, Winnipeg, MB, Manitoba, Canada, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

  2. Black Friday comes to CanadaRead the original story

    5 min ago | Canada.com

    Canadian retailers are rolling out bargain prices to keep shoppers on this side of the border this 'Black Friday,' the biggest U.S. shopping day of the year.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving

  3. Harper to attend Copenhagen climate summitRead the original story

    24 min ago | CBC

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend the Copenhagen climate change meeting next month after all, his office said Thursday a ' a day after saying he would not go.

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    Related Topix: Stephen Harper, World News, China, Asia, Joe Handley, Canada, Canada, Ottawa, ON

  4. Volunteers set the charity paceRead the original story

    10 min ago | Vancouver Sun

    Murray Waite gives of his time as a volunteer for The Canadian Blood Services in London.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Canada, London, ON, Ontario, Life, Charity , Non-Profit, Personal Finance, Retirement, Ottawa, ON

  5. Diplomat says detainee allegations 'not true'Read the original story

    11 min ago | Canada.com

    Canadian diplomat David Mulroney prepares to testify before the House of Commons special committee on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Nov.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Stephen Harper

  6. PM to attend Copenhagen conferenceRead the original story

    12 min ago | Toronto Sun

    ... energy," he said. Ignatieff said the Liberals would: * adopt the toughest vehicle emissions standards in North America; * adopt a new clean energy act; * adopt a national fresh-water strategy; * create maritime protected areas; * adopt a special ...

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    Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Joe Handley, Canada, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Canada, World News

  7. Consumers less confident about jobs, personal finance: surveyRead the original story

    13 min ago | The Chronicle-Journal

    Canadians are becoming more pessimistic over the strength of the economic recovery and what it will mean for their finances and job security, a new consumer confidence survey shows.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Travel, Canada Travel, Aerospace-Defense

  8. Ignatieff says Canada should set up cap-and-trade system before U.S.Read the original story w/Photo

    16 min ago | Penticton Herald

    Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Wednesday November 25, 2009.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Stephen Harper

  9. Alberta students could see massive fee hikesRead the original story

    16 min ago | The Varsity

    The Alberta government is allowing cash-strapped universities and colleges to apply for tuition fee increases, despite a 2006 pledge capping tuition rates to the inflation rate for 10 years.

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    Related Topix: Canada

  10. Veteran Dame brings plenty of goofinessRead the original story w/Photo

    17 min ago | Peace Arch News

    Peter Roberts has a secret for playing panto Dames - " don't fight the silliness.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Arts, Ballet

  11. Harper changes course, decides to attend Copenhagen climate-change meetingRead the original story w/Photo

    18 min ago | CKNW News Talk 980

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper has changed course and will attend a United Nations conference next month with some 65 other world leaders after all, despite asserting no global deal on climate change is imminently achievable.

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    Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Kevin Rudd, China, Asia

  12. Lindhout gets medical care after hostage ordealRead the original story

    18 min ago | Vancouver Sun

    Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout is said to be receiving medical attention for the trauma she endured during 15 months in captivity in Somalia, a country she finally left Thursday morning.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Somalia, Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya

  13. Ignatieff vows climate-friendly legislationRead the original story

    19 min ago | Vancouver Sun

    Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff waves to spectators before addressing a conference about climate change and the clean economy at Laval University in Quebec City, Nov.

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    Related Topix: Quebec, Canada, Laval, QC, Canada, Canada, World News, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

  14. Canada's Harper to Go to Copenhagen Climate-Change Talks, Spokesman SaysRead the original story

    21 min ago | Bloomberg.com

    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Copenhagen next month to participate in climate-change talks.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Stephen Harper, Travel, Denmark Travel

  15. Short list announced for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prizeRead the original story

    22 min ago | Slam Sports

    A father's struggle to come to terms with his son's disability and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst are among the nominees for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Classical, J.S. Bach, Winter Sports, Curling

  16. Go North, Beef PattyRead the original story

    24 min ago | Canada.com

    U.S. President Barack Obama visits a Five Guys location in Washington, D.C., last May.

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada, Alberta, Canada, World News, Michelle Obama, Arlington, VA, Taber, AB

  17. Mexican president: gangs were "taking over" MexicoRead the original story

    24 min ago | KXXV-TV Waco

    Mexican President Felipe Calderon says crime gangs and drug cartels were "taking over Mexico" before he launched his offensive against them.

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    Related Topix: World News, Mexico, Tijuana, Mexico, Baja California, Mexico

  18. Lindhout, colleague reunited with family in NairobiRead the original story

    25 min ago | CTV.ca

    Home : Canada AM : Lindhout, colleague reunited with family in Nairobi Lindhout, colleague reunited with family in Nairobi Viewer CTV Edmonton: Scott Roberts on Lindhout's treatment Alberta native, Amanda Lindhout and freelance Australian photographer Nigel Brennan receiving medical care in Kenya on Thursday after being freed from captors in ...

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    Related Topix: Nairobi, Kenya, World News, Kenya, Rift Valley, Kenya, Canada, Edmonton, AB, Alberta, Africa, Somalia, Canada, Joe Handley

  19. Factbox: Other recent cases of Canadians held abroadRead the original story

    26 min ago | Vancouver Sun

    Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler , UN special envoy to Niger, and his assistant Louis Guay are pictured after they were released along with two European tourists by Al-Qaeda-linked captors after months as hostages on Thursday.

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    Related Topix: Canada, World News, Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq, Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada, Ontario, Quebec, Canada, Sainte-Marie, QC, Terrorism

  20. Liberals ditch carbon tax in favour of cap-and-trade climate policyRead the original story w/Photo

    29 min ago | The Globe and Mail

    ... in line with other developed countries," he said. And he congratulated Quebec Premier Jean Charest for leading North America in the climate change battle. Mr. Charest said Quebec is going its own way on the issue, breaking with the federal ...

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    Related Topix: Canada, Alberta, Taber, AB, Quebec, Canada, Laval, QC, Stephen Harper, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Canada, World News