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1 hr ago | CBC News

Northern Gateway proponents begin final arguments in Terrace, B.C.

Proponents and those opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline have started making their final arguments before the federal review panel in Terrace, B.C. Canada will be vulnerable to economic disaster should the Northern Gateway pipeline be rejected, the proponent told a federal review panel Monday as the final phase of public hearings got underway.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America, World News,

5 hrs ago | Canada.com

Western premiers say bullying will be part of all-premiers meeting

Canada's western premiers say bullying is a serious issue and all provinces and territories need to find ways to tackle the new dimension that the Internet brings to the torment.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Suicide,

7 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Outgoing US ambassador calls Keystone "important"

Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said Monday the Obama administration knows how important the contentious Keystone XL pipeline is to Canada but he won't speculate about how much it would damage the relationship should it not be approved.

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

11 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

EU, U.S. trade talks set for July, could delay Canadian deal

U.S. President Barack Obama attends a news conference with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at the G8 summit in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, 2013.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Fermanagh County, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

15 hrs ago | The Chronicle Herald

EDITORIAL: A victory for the kids

Known outside North America as football, soccer is played in almost every nook and cranny of our globe .

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, North America, World News, Opinion

19 hrs ago | MediLexicon

CJD Cases Not Linked To Food Consumption, Canada

The cases of confirmed and probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are not because of food consumption, Dr. Paul Van Buynder, Chief Medical Health Officer, Fraser Health, British Columbia, Canada announced in a public statement.

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Related Topix: World News, Mad Cow Disease, Health, Genetics, Medicine

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Northern Life

Tornado warning issued for Greater Sudbury

A storm capable of creating a tornado may be headed toward Greater Sudbury, Environment Canada is warning people in Greater Sudbury.

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Related Topix: Weather, Tornado, Natural Disasters, Hurricane, North America, World News

Canada.com

Stephen Harper rules out Canada arming Syrian rebels at the - present time'

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada is not at the "present time" considering arming the Syrian opposition - but does not rule it out - as he assailed Russian President Vladimir Putin for making the G8 a "G7 plus one" by continuing to support the "thugs" in the Assad regime.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Stephen Harper, Vladimir Putin, Europe, United Kingdom, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Weyburn Review

Feds want to extend blanket of permanent secrecy over 11 new agencies

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper adjusts his jacket as he steps off the plane Saturday June 15, 2013 after arriving in Dublin, Ireland.

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

CBC News

Scholars, authors wary of government review of Canadian history

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has spent $28 million commemorating the War of 1812, and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has started a "thorough and comprehensive review of significant aspects of Canadian history."

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Stephen Harper

Canada.com

Training manuals for Parliament tour guides glorify Senate, praise two-party system

Summer students hired as tourist guides for Parliament Hill and area have been trained to praise the Senate and disdain democracies with three or more political parties.

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Related Topix: North America, World News

The Guardian

How strong is the economy Canada's Mark Carney leaves behind?

The incoming Bank of England governor has a fine track record, but to what extent has it been burnished by the demand for Canada's natural resources? Bob Robinson, the good-natured, broad-shouldered boss of Calgary construction firm Westcor, says: "If you can't get a job in this city, you're not trying."

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Weyburn This Week

Terry Fox preps Chinese students for Canada

It's a muggy afternoon in June and high school students wearing T-shirts stamped with the image of Terry Fox stride past towering high-rises and scooters with honking horns in this small Chinese city that's been coated in haze from the local fiberglass factory for several days.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Education Etc., Family, Teenagers, St. Mary's, CO

Sat Jun 15, 2013

CBC News

5 reasons Canada lags on tax-haven crackdown

British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing pressure at home to crack down on offshore tax havens.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Stephen Harper

CBC News

Invasive plants uprooted in conservation blitz

Volunteers and workers with the Nature Conservancy of Canada spent Saturday uprooting and removing invasive species of plants in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Canada,

CBC News

More people failing revamped citizenship tests

An RCMP officer raises his hand as a group of 60 people take the oath of citizenship during a special Canada Day citizenship ceremony in Vancouver last year.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Education Etc., Canada

Amherst Daily News

Rehtaeh Parsons was out of reach of those who could help her, report says

In the months before she committed suicide, 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons could have turned to a variety of programs aimed at troubled youth, but she often remained out of the reach of those who could help her, a new report says.

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Related Topix: Suicide, Canada, Stephen Harper, North America, World News, Education Etc.

Weyburn Review

Some Canadians still slow to learn rules of tax-free savings accounts

Thousands of Canadians received mailed warnings from the taxman this spring about overcontributions to their tax-free savings accounts, suggesting the rules remain unclear four years after the savings vehicles were first introduced.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Stephen Harper

CBC News

Birth control trends in Canada not tracked

Canada has fallen behind other countries in collecting statistics on the use of different contraceptives, and this has important public policy implications, according to some experts.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Birth Control, Medicine, Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Canada, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrogen/Progestin (generic),

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Brandon Sun

Brit breakout Ed Sheeran dishes on upcoming hip-hop-influenced sophomore album

Ed Sheeran performs at the Billboard Music Awards on May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas. British breakout, who moved to the U.S. last year to further his career in North America after striking it big in the U.K. with the folk-hop debut "+", still isn't used to such glitzy events.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Ed Sheeran, Entertainment, Drama, Television, North America, World News, Celebrities, Taylor Swift, Country, Hot Chicks, Dance, PSY