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49 min ago | 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

2 hrs ago | New Pittsburgh Courier Online

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Vera Warren-Williams' Community Book Center in New Orleans is located at 2523 Bayou Rd.

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Related Topix: Canada, The Bronx, NY, New York, NY

3 hrs ago | CBC News

Aretha Franklin pulls out of Ottawa Jazz Festival

A posting on the festival's website said Franklin, 71, has cancelled her entire June touring schedule under doctor's orders.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Aretha Franklin, Soul, Canada

5 hrs ago | CBC News

Severe thunderstorm warning ends for capital region

The warning was put into effect just after 9:15 a.m. Wednesday and warned of a band of storms moving southeast from between Renfrew and Arnprior.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Hailstorm, Canada

13 hrs ago | CBC News

Deadly Oklahoma tornado confirmed as most powerful type

Emergency workers neared the end of their search Tuesday afternoon for survivors in Moore, Okla., following a deadly tornado that weather officials said was now classified among the most powerful type of twister.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Moore, OK, Mary Fallin, US Governors, Weather, Canada

Tue May 21, 2013

CBC News

Pakenham residents upset about proposed firearm facility

Dozens of residents in rural Pakenham, part of Mississippi Mills, fear a proposed firearm training facility in the community could disturb the peace.

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Related Topix: Canada

CBC News

Thousands push for rejection of Bill 14

The controversial bill outlines amendments to the province's Charter of the French Language, known as Bill 101, as well as modifications to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

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Related Topix: Canada

The Times

Ottawa police seek robbers

Ottawa police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Friday inside a home.

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Related Topix: Canada, Ottawa, IL

CBC News

Dellen Millard farm still under police watch

A floral memorial continues to grow for Ancaster, Ont., man Tim Bosma, left, at the Waterloo Region farm of Dellen Millard, who is charged with first-degree murder.

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Related Topix: Canada,

CBC News

Horwath says NDP will support Ontario Liberal budget

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says her party will support the Liberal government's budget, but accountability measures need to be put in place.

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Related Topix: Canada

CBC News

La Peche, Que., man drowns Monday

MRC des Collines regional police said the man was installing a water pump at the creek Monday afternoon when he noticed his dog on the other side of the water.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Cousinconnect.com

Genealogy Query - DELAGE

Searching for my nephew. Matthew David Delore Born Jan. 22, 1979 in Ottawa, ON. He lived with his birth father David for a while.

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Related Topix: Canada,

CBC News

Driver dead after Regional Road 174 rollover

A 56-year-old man died after his vehicle rolled into a ditch and ended upside down in a ravine south of Regional Road 174 in Cumberland.

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CBC News

Border collies enlisted to keep geese from experimental farm

Canada geese have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars in research at the Central Experimental Farm in recent years, so much so that border collies have now been hired to keep the pesky birds away.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Canada

CBC News

Flu shot for health workers urged by Ont. medical officer

There were more than 350 flu outbreaks, compared to about 100 the year before. That number comes even though most residents are vaccinated.

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Related Topix: Long Term Care, Health, Canada

Mississauga

Harper government buys ads for program that doesn't yet exist

The Harper government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars advertising a program that does not yet exist.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News,

Sun May 19, 2013

Orléans Online

Police search Vars property for gun used in 2012 murder

Ottawa police investigators descended on a field in Vars on Friday to search for the gun used in the murder of Levy Kasende outside his ex-girlfriend's Innes Road townhome in Blackburn Hamlet last August.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Canada,

CBC News

Man, 46, in critical condition after crash near Stittsville

A 46-year-old man was taken to hospital in critical condition Sunday after a two-vehicle crash outside of Stittsville, paramedics say.

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Related Topix: Canada

Sat May 18, 2013

Edmonton Journal

Sen. Pamela Wallin, target of expense audit, latest to leave Conservative caucus

Senator Pamela Wallin, chair of the National Security and Defence committee, adjusts her glasses at the start of a meeting, Monday February 11, 2013 in Ottawa.

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

CBC News

Man, 48, run over by forklift at Bank Street work site

A 48-year-old man tripped and was run over by a forklift at 6785 Bank St. Saturday afternoon.

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