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The deployment of the Halifax-based frigate is called Operation SAIPH. "The Government of Canada is proud of the significant contributions to global maritime security being made by our men and women in uniform.
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Paul Triquet was 33 and a captain in Canada's Royal 22nd Regiment when, on Dec. 14, 1943 in Italy, he and the tattered remains of his C Company - 81 men strong when the day began but reduced to just 14 by dusk - successfully held their foothold throughout the night at a farmhouse called Casa Berardi as overwhelming numbers of German snipers, ...
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Latinos React to New Bishop Announcement
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Stanford investors to Antigua: Remove liquidator
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua - A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford.
Pope appoints new bishop to Nova Scotia diocese
The Vatican has announced a new bishop will oversee the Catholic Church in Antigonish, N.S., replacing Raymond Lahey, who is facing child pornography charges.
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Sovereigntists campaign to nullify English schooling ruling
A coalition of Quebec nationalists and sovereignist groups Monday launched a public campaign to nullify the effect of a recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling on English-language schooling in the province.
Don't put eggs in one basket, Ottawa tells arts groups
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Farmers targeted in alleged fraud
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200 calves die in Quebec farm fire
MONTREAL a ' Two hundred grain-fed calves perished in a fire at a farm Tuesday morning in Ange Gardien, about 75 kilometres southeast of Montreal.
Internal border report warned of violence if guards armed on Mohawk land
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First, the good news: that statistic that half of all marriages end in divorce? Not true, according to a new report on divorce released Thursday by the Vanier Institute of the Family.
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Gerard Deltell, the new leader of the Action democratique du Quebec, faces a mountain to climb in re-establishing the crippled party as a credible political force.
Feds eye move into battle over TV-cable fees
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Gazette reporter wins justice journalism award
Montreal Gazette justice reporter Sue Montgomery has won the 2009 Judith Jasmin Prize, Quebec's most prestigious journalism award.
Flu scare restricts companions in delivery rooms
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Police round up 14 suspected Hells Angels in drug bust
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No need for consumers to pay more, Quebecor says
Cable and media giant tells CRTC hearing that conventional broadcasters should share in fees paid to specialty channels Julian Beltrame THE CANADIAN PRESS GATINEAU, Que.