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Saturday | The StarPhoenix

Judge throws out prisoner's statement

A Saskatoon judge has thrown out the statement against a security supervisor made by a patient at the Regional Psychiatric Centre .

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Related Topix: Suicide, Canada,

Fri Dec 04, 2009

CNW Group

Media Advisory - FCM releases report on municipal role in fighting climate change

The report will be launched near the beginning of the COP15 negotiations, taking place in Denmark from December 7 to 18, 2009.

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Related Topix: Canada,

Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Canadian Solar to build Ontario facility

Richard Blackwell C anadian Solar Inc. , a company that was until recently Canadian in name only, is planning to build a large solar panel manufacturing facility in Ontario next year.

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Related Topix: Canada,

The Winnipeg Free Press

Meritas Financial to become part of an expanded QTrade

Meritas Financial Inc. will continue to market its brand of "socially responsible investments" as part of an expanded Qtrade Financial Group.

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Related Topix: Canada, Travel

Wed Dec 02, 2009

The Fountain Pen

POSSESSION-November 26, 2009

TWO CHARGED FOR DRUG POSSESSION - On Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 10:04pm, officers from the O.P.P. Highway Safety Division and the County of Wellington O.P.P. conducted a R.I.D.E. spot-check on Wellington Road 7 in Elora.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

Rogers Television

Holiday Happiness Contest - JCI Brantford Santa Claus Parade

Get Holiday Happy & win with the JCI Brantford Santa Claus Parade on Rogers TV! You could win a Jazlyn J Holiday Gift package, worth over $50, featuring three books from the Jazlyn J Children's series by Renna Bruce & Robin Oakes!! To enter, watch the JCI Brantford Santa Claus Parade on Rogers TV during the contest period and look for you cue to ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Cambridge Times

Slight increase in housing demand

Slight increase in housing demand. CMHC analyst Ted Tsiakopoulos says Canadaa s economic recovery is now underway, but its going to take time.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Canada,

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Slam Sports

Canadian E.I. claims rise 7.1% in Sept.

The number of Canadians receiving unemployment benefits gained for the first time in two months in September, indicating the economy may still be struggling to add jobs.

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

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Guelph Tribune

City digs in as park foes carry on fight

The city is resuming work on the Hanlon Creek Business Park and opponents of the development are holding a series of protests this week, including one set for Wednesday afternoon on the Hanlon Expressway.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Canada,

University of Waterloo News Releases

Waterloo's new specialist will improve health care for seniors

The University of Waterloo and funding partners will announce next week an innovative approach involving the appointment of a leading medical specialist that provides better geriatric care for seniors in Waterloo Region and Wellington County.

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Related Topix: Geriatric Medicine, Medicine, Long Term Care, Health, Canada,

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Toronto Sun

Lessons for your sex life

Some folks think I've been writing too much about sex lately. Typical is Paul Tilling, who texts, "You need to reassess your life, "Your values are warped." I fear he may be right.

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Related Topix: Human Sexuality, Canada, Opinion

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The StarPhoenix

Guard says inmate wore out RPC staff

Security staff at the Regional Psychiatric Centre became so "worn out" from working with suicidal inmate Ashley Smith that supervisors told them to not enter her cell to remove ligatures from her neck unless she became unresponsive, a guard testified Friday.

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Related Topix: Prison, Canada,

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

Canadian pair skates to the third in Kitchener

German pair Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy are the runaway leaders after Friday's short program at Skate Canada International.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Thu Nov 19, 2009

RV Business

Roadtrek: Class B Sales Lead Motorized Sector

Class B retailA sales are improving at a faster percentage rate than larger class A and C motorhomes, according to a news release from Roadtrek Motorhomes Inc .

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Related Topix: Canada,

Huntsville Forester

New provincial policy leaves knee replacement patients in a lurch

Two years ago my husband, who is a physician, and myself semi-retired to Huntsville from the Kitchener-Waterloo region.

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Related Topix: Canada, Medicine, Surgery

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Toronto Star

Sex assault unit reopens book on troubling crimes

Today they are young adults, but back in the early 1990s they were youngsters who had experienced unimaginable horror at the hands of a sadistic serial rapist.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - GERBER

Looking for my birth mom/dad. I am a female who was born on May 16, 1979 in Kitchener, Ontario at KW Hospital Cross Search on other websites: View all matching genealogy records for the following surnames: Footnote.com - GERBER View images of documents including naturalizations, birth and death records, and military records World Vital Records - ...

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Genealogy, Canada,

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Globe and Mail

Ontario man suing guru tied to sweat lodge deaths

Ontario man suing guru tied to sweat lodge deaths Investigators look over a - sweat lodge' on the grounds of Angel Valley Retreat Center, near Sedona, Ariz., where two people died.

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Related Topix: Sedona, AZ, Canada, Real Estate

Fri Nov 13, 2009

National Post

Colby Cosh: Some things about Canada are worth spelling out

I have probably already written more than one piece with a phrase like "HA©rouxville wins" in it, but word of a newer, thicker citizenship guide has my fingers wandering toward the same old keys.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Ottawa Business Journal

Unemployment in Waterloo: A high-tech paradox

When most people think BlackBerry they think of the booming high-tech company RIM making billions - an outfit with thousands of employees, easily bankrolling a millionaires' row in its hometown of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario.

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Related Topix: Canada,

 

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