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3 hrs ago | Slam Sports

Prince Charles, Camilla attend church service in B.C.

Bunny Campbell says she was excited, but also a bit frightened to be part of the front-row crowd waiting to greet Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, before Sunday church.

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Related Topix: World News, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Canada, Religion, Anglican, Fort Hood, TX

7 hrs ago | Star Phoenix

RCMP charge Ontario man with alleged Rwandan war crimes

RCMP officers from Ottawa arrested a 37-year-old man in Windsor, Ont., on Friday for allegedly committing an act of genocide in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide in the African country.

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Related Topix: World News, Rwanda, Africa, Canada, Prison

12 hrs ago | CBC

Sask. dad wins Sacrifice Medal for son

The parents of Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh, killed in an accidental shooting in Afghanistan in 2006, will receive the Sacrifice Medal on his behalf at an Ottawa ceremony on Monday.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News,

16 hrs ago | Madison Publishing

Canadian brigadier-general says progress in Afghanistan will be slow

A high-ranking Canadian soldier who is assuming a key role in Afghanistan says Canadians need to temper their expectations ahead of a planned pullout for 2011.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News

21 hrs ago | claimimmunity.ca | North America

CLAIM IMMUNITY FROM EXTRADITION & the Lighter Side of Flu Vaccinations in Canada

Some people ostensibly working for the Government Of Canada see nothing wrong in turning you over to a foreign government to be tortured and jailed for the supposed "crime" of selling seeds.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

680News

Adrenaline junkies embrace perilous specialties among Canadian troops

There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Asia, Afghanistan,

The Winnipeg Free Press

Mexican army announces one of largest opium seizures in country's history

The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.

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Related Topix: Drugs, World News, Mexico,

Dose

Ida regroups into tropical storm off Mexico

Ida strengthened back into a tropical storm early on Saturday off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was moving north toward the Cayman Islands, where the government issued a tropical storm warning.

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Related Topix: Mexico, Travel, Hurricane, Mexico Travel, Natural Disasters, Cayman Islands Travel, Weather

Times-Herald

Private funeral to be held for soldier who died on foot patrol in...

A private funeral for a soldier who strongly supported Canada's role in Afghanistan is to be held Saturday in his hometown of Saskatoon.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Asia, Afghanistan,

San Diego Union-Tribune

Police commander slain in Mexico's deadliest...

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:21 p.m. CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.

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Related Topix: Mexico, World News, El Paso, TX, El Paso Metro

CBC

Duffy blasts NDP MP as 'faker'

Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks away following a TV interview with Mike Duffy in Ottawa in February 2007.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Canada, World News,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Penticton Herald

Aboriginals plead with Ottawa to halt Quebec northern development plan

Quebec aboriginals have threatened to derail a showpiece plan by Premier Jean Charest's government to develop the province's north, and they're pleading for help from the federal government.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Stephen Harper

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Canada plans Afghan withdrawal

Canadian forces, including MCpl Chris Fernandez, , and MCpl. John Feltham, , rest after a day of anti-Talban operations in intense heat June 13, 2006 in the Panjwai district about 30 kilometers southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Stephen Harper

Slam Sports

Unemployment rate rises to 8.6 per cent

Canada's economy shed more than 43,000 jobs last month in a clear indication that the struggling economy is still feeling the aftershock of the deep recession that erupted a year ago.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Winter Sports, Curling

National Post

Military planning afoot for drawdown of Afghan deployment

Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks with Chief of Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk while touring the Dahla Dam in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Stephen Harper, Canada

Kansas.com

10 arrested in Mexican police chief's killing

Police officials investigate a truck involved in a shootout which killed city police chief Arturo Esparza in Garcia, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Mexico, World News

Thu Nov 05, 2009

CBC

North America calls judicial inquiry into disappearing World salmon stocks Federal Election Looming

PM calls judicial inquiry into disappearing B.C. salmon

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called an inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run.

A Last Wild Salmon (DVD)

http://watervisions.com/WSALMON.HTM

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Canada, World News,

Slam Sports

Camilla explores her Canadian roots

Prince Charles and Camilla have arrived at Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, where the Duchess of Cornwall is getting in touch with her Canadian roots.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Prince Charles, Winter Sports, Curling

National Post

MPs vote to scrap long-gun registry

MPs voted by a clear margin Wednesday to repeal the federal long-gun registry, signalling for the first time since the program was adopted 14 years ago that it is headed for the scrap heap, despite police assertions that it saves lives.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Canada, World News

The Globe and Mail

Bishop's lawyer asks for more disclosure

Ottawa - Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 10:52AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Roman Catholic Church, Religion,

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