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1 hr ago | CBC News

12-year-old blasts Canada's banks

Canada's banking system has been the subject of international praise from economists grappling with global turmoil, but one 12-year-old girl begs to differ.

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2 hrs ago | Daily News

Canadian's fight to bring sons home from Poland continues; ruling on May 29

A Polish court is expected to make a decision at the end of the month in the case of an Ontario man fighting to have his two sons returned to him.

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4 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

Demand for high-priced homes up across Canada, real-estate sales firm says

The Re/Max real-estate sales organization says demand for high-priced housing was strong in most Canadian markets in the first months of this year, with records set in 10 of the 16 markets it tracks.

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8 hrs ago | Medincine Hat News

A sneak preview of federal mask ban, coming to a city near you: Montreal's plan

Masked protesters take part in an anti-capitalist demonstration in Montreal, Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

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10 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

Canada a hot spot for Indian tourists despite cold reputation

On a warm, sunny day in Edmonton, Sangeeta Berera says her notions of Canada as a frozen desert have melted away at the country's premier international tourism show.

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Tue May 15, 2012

Medincine Hat News

Rule changes won't force workers to take unsuitable jobs, or relocate: Finley

The Harper government sent confusing signals Tuesday about coming changes to employment insurance rules, declaring in favour of a hardline approach while indicating the new measures will be moderate.

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680News

Two charged with helping to smuggle migrants to Canada aboard ship

Police and military personnel wear surgical masks as they board the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, B.C.,Friday, Aug.

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Canada.com

Controversial Aussie businessman wins appeal to visit Canada U.S.

Back in 2005, when today's Grade 1 pupils were newborns, Canada's childcare industry was braced for a hostile takeover by an ambitious Australian businessman named Eddy Groves and his hugely successful ABC Learning empire.

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Canada.com

Canada cutting Afghanistan presence by more than 100 soldiers

Canada is to cut its military footprint in Afghanistan by more than 100 soldiers beginning in July, with further reductions likely over the next year.

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Penninsula News Review

Big band conductor shares wealth of life experience

Standing in front of fellow members of the Swiftsure Big Band, long-time musician Robin Bannister waves his index finger in the air.

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Related Topix: The Big Band, Jazz, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, North America, World News

CBC News

Leonard Cohen donates $50K from Glenn Gould Prize

Leonard Cohen acknowledges the audience after receiving the $50,000 Glenn Gould Prize in Toronto on Monday night.

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Edmonton Journal

Vader scheduled to appear in court on murder charges in McCann case

Travis Edward Vader, who faces two charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of a missing St.

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CTV

Royal fever as Canadians plan jubilee parties

A royal wedding tea at St. Matthews on the Plains Anglican Church in Burlington in advance of Kate Middleton and Prince William's wedding ...

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Sys-Con Media

Canada and U.S. to Consult on Facilitating Cross-Border Business

As outlined in the United States-Canada Beyond the Border Action Plan, announced by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Stephen Harper in December 2011, the joint consultations will aim to 1) receive comments on the implementation of commitments included in the Action Plan and 2) identify and assess new ways to facilitate cross-border ... (more)

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Mon May 14, 2012

Canada.com

Ottawa struggles to establish Product of Canada guidelines

A new beauty product just being launched commercially in North America uses bee venom as an alternative to Botox.

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Prince George Citizen

Veterans board chair charges to attend UK lectures where wife was participant

The chairman of an embattled veterans review board billed taxpayers on two occasions to attend high-brow lectures in Britain where his wife was a participant.

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SooToday

Canadians's diet recipe for disaster

Canadians have made slight progress in the battle to combat chronic disease through diet choices even as the nation's children fall even further behind, a study from an independent think tank suggested Monday.

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The Hamilton Spectator

Canadian father tries to get abducted boys back from Poland

Stephen Watkins Stephen Watkins is flying to Poland again in his ongoing fight to bring home his two sons, who were abducted by their mother, two-and-a-half years ago.

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Sun May 13, 2012

CBC News

Tractor-trailer nose-dives onto Highway 15

A tractor-trailer went over the guardrail, fell off Highway 2 and did a nose-dive onto Highway 15 in a dramatic crash near the Greater Moncton International Airport Saturday morning.

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Castanet.net

Arrested on 64 counts of fraud

Police say they received numerous complaints of thefts from vehicles at parks and hiking locations in North Vancouver between March 11 and April 14.

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