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4 hrs ago | Canada.com

Anti-abortion group targets Calgary MP

Calgary Centre-North Conservative MP Michelle Rempel's image is on postcards featuring photos of aborted fetuses and they're being distributed in her riding.

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

5 hrs ago | Edmonton Journal

Commercializing university research a tricky process

Alberta's push for increasing commercialization of university-led research is raising concerns on campus about growing pressure to produce for profit and how to protect academic independence.

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Related Topix: Inventions, Science / Technology, North America, Canada, World News,

Wed May 22, 2013

Calgary Journal

Alberta Vice: Comparing our province's - sins' to the rest of Canada

Albertans have been seen as smug, cocky and self-satisfied by other Canadians. But, in some ways, Albertans don't have much to be satisfied about.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

CBC News

Harper 'not consulted' about Duffy Senate expense repayment

Prime Minister Stephen Harper took questions from reporters for the first time since the resignation of his chief of staff Nigel Wright over the Senate expenses scandal.

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

CBC News

Evacuation order issued for residents near Lindale, Alta.

About 200 evacuation orders were given to residents who live west of Lindale, Alta., after a new wildfire was discovered just before 3 p.m .Wednesday. High winds are fanning the fire which is 17 hectares in size and listed as being out of control.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Weather, Canada

Canada.com

Warrant issued for Calgary man in bank robbery

City police are looking for a Calgary man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a bank robbery in Forest Lawn on Tuesday.

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CBC News

Blood donation ban lifted for some men who have sex with men

Health Canada will allow men to donate blood if they haven't had sex with a man in the last five years, a change in policy that will go into effect in the coming weeks.

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The Asian Pacific Post

Diplomat under the gun

More and more Canada-based Filipinos are coming out with complaints against the Vancouver-based Philippine Consul Jose Ampeso, the most recent of which is a case of sexual harassment filed by a Filipina, reports Bulalat.com. Although an investigation has been proposed following the filing of formal complaints, Filipinos in Canada, who have ... (more)

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Related Topix: North America Travel, Travel, Canada Travel, Canada, World News, Gospel, The Ambassadors, Southeast Asia, Philippines

Brandon Sun

Housing slowdown to worsen, cost 150,000 jobs, says mortgage group

Canada's housing market is slowing dramatically in terms of both sales and construction, dragging down economic growth and putting some 150,000 jobs at risk in coming years, a mortgage industry association warns in its spring report.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, North America, Canada, World News,

Lighthouse Hockey

New York Islanders/Bridgeport Signing: Chris Bruton, fighter and Acadia alum

The New York Islanders announced another low-on-the-radar signing today that may have you asking yourself, "Who?" As is typical in these late-bloomer additions to the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, his history and path to the pros is an adventurous one.

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Related Topix: Electronic Arts, NHL, EA Sports, Video Games, Canada,

CBC News

Children driven around too much, Canadian report suggests

A crossing guard guides children in Winnipeg in 2009. While 58 per cent of parents walked to school when they were children, only 28 per cent of their own kids were doing the same today, a new survey suggests.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Canada

CBC News

Duck population soaring, census data shows

The survey, which is about two-thirds finished, tallies up birds in Alberta as well as the other Prairie provinces, the western Arctic, parts of Ontario and some northern states.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Canada.com

Dog bite reports spike fourfold

The bulk of reported dog bites in Calgary last year came from bigger and medium-sized breeds such as the pit bull.

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CBC News

Deadly tornadoes can strike Alberta, say experts

The roof of Diana Satchwell's home near Bottrel, Alta., was sent flying up a hillside by a tornado in July 2012.

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CBC News

Brooks celebrates hockey win with parade

The Brooks Bandits brought the RBC Cup home to southern Alberta after a long-weekend tournament in Summerside, P.E.I. Anthony Petruzzelli and Dakota Mason scored in the first period and the Brooks Bandits never looked back in a 3-1 victory over the Summerside Western Capitals on Sunday.

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CBC News

Mount Norquay gets approval to expand

Parks Canada has approved a long range plan that will give tourists more access during the summer to Mount Norquay in Banff National Park.

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Related Topix: Wildlife, Outdoor Recreation, Canada

CBC News

Ranchers spotting grizzlies in southern Alberta

A southern Alberta wildlife officer says more grizzly bears have been spotted on the prairies.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News

CBC News

Alberta's beef industry: 10 years after mad cow crisis

A decade after Alberta's mad cow crisis, there's been a sharp decline in the number of cattle producers in Alberta, due in part to an aging population, drought, rising feed and labour costs, the rising value of the dollar and BSE.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Canada

The Daily Caller

'The Ring' producer brings ghost story TV show straight to iPhone

The connectivity of smartphones is providing inventive ways for horror film producers to scare the hell out of their fans.

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Related Topix: Canada, Conservative Political News, US News

The Spokesman-Review

Guard unit joins Canada training - Tue, 21 May 2013 PST

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. The first of two convoys from the Washington National Guard's Spokane-based 1041st Transportation Company rolled into Canada over the weekend for an international training exercise designed to help improve overall North American military readiness.

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Related Topix: Spokane, WA, Canada, US Military, Fairchild Air Force Base, US Air Force, Bellingham, WA

 

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