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2 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

Canadian soldier dies from injuries

A Canadian soldier critically injured last month by an improvised bomb in Afghanistan died in hospital in Quebec Saturday.

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6 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

Mulroney gov't wrestled with abortion debate: documents

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney's government considered introducing a resolution in the House of Commons in 1988 that would ban the abortion of a physically or mentally malformed "unborn child." This point was missing from the final text of the resolution that was eventually debated and voted down in the Commons on July 28 of that year, and ...

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

10 hrs ago | People's Daily Online

World's largest live underwater observatory project launched in Canada

The world's largest and most advanced underwater observatory project was launched Friday in a ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt in the western Pacific province British Columbia, Canadian media reported.

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15 hrs ago | Canada.com

Friends, loved ones say final farewell to former Sask. MP Batters

Next > Prime Minister Stephen Harper was among the hundreds of people who gathered in Regina on Saturday to remember and celebrate the life of former local MP Dave Batters.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

CANOE - JAM! Music

Canadians journey south to honour Jackson

For three young Canadian women desperate to make the pilgrimage south and pay respect to Michael Jackson, it was an arrangement so unique the King of Pop himself might have applauded.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Canada, Santa Barbara County, CA, Music

680News

Ignatieff blasts Harper's attack ads in Stampede stump-style speech

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff says Conservative attack ads that suggest Bloc Quebecois members are soft on pedophiles are unworthy of Canadian politics.

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900 CHML AM

Father says daughter had keys to car the night vehicle fell into Ontario lock

The devastated father of three teenage girls killed when their vehicle plunged into an Ontario canal fears the accident could be the result of his eldest daughter's penchant for taking the family car without permission.

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Canada.com

Briefly put: He's a man on a mission, and that mission is underwear

Next > Most people don't think of underwear as a leading economic indicator. Brent King does.

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Penticton Herald

Obama enjoying lingering honeymoon with Canadians: poll

Canadians remain smitten with Barack Obama. That's the conclusion drawn from a new poll published just in time for the Fourth of July that suggests the U.S. president is more popular with Canadians than any domestic politician.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Stephen Harper, George Bush

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Oregonian

Canada finance minister says unemployment to rise

Canada's finance minister said today that the country's economic recovery will likely be modest and job losses will mount into 2010 even after growth has begun.

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Penticton Herald

Soldier killed when Canadian commandera s convoy hits IED in Afghanistan

A Canadian soldier travelling through a hotbed of Taliban activity was killed Friday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after it was narrowly missed by the senior commander of coalition forces in Kandahar province.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Canada, Explosion

The Honolulu Advertiser

Japan's royal couple begin two-week tour of Canada, Hawaii

TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began today, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor.

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Related Topix: Hawaii Government, Hawaii, North America, World News, Japan, Asia

Fort Frances Times

Melanoma on the rise in young as number of dermatologists shrinks

Brynessa Gradley's life changed just over a year ago when she scratched an itchy spot on her leg as she came out of the shower.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dermatology, Canada, Skin Cancer, Health, North America, World News

Regina Leader Post

Sex offender to remain in Canada over fears of death in native Iran

WINNIPEG a ' A convicted sex offender from Iran will be allowed to stay in Canada because of fears he would be killed if deported to his homeland.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Prison, Drugs

Thu Jul 02, 2009

The Victoria Star

B.C. woman arrested at U.S. border with ecstasy pills shaped like Homer Simpson

A North Vancouver woman might well be saying "D'oh" after she was allegedly caught at the U.S. border with 100,000 pills of ecstasy shaped like Homer Simpson and the Transformers.

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CANOE

Crowds pack Parliament Hill to celebrate

Canada swapped its economic blues for a rocking national birthday party that dressed up cities and towns across the country in red and white.

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

The Globe and Mail

LeBlanc remembered as 'one of us' by N.B. mourners

LeBlanc remembered as 'one of us' by N.B. mourners People pay their respects while standing next to the casket containing the remains of Canada's former governor-general Romeo LeBlanc as he lie in state at the chapel on the Memramcook Institute in Memramcook, N.B. State funeral for former governor-general, Liberal cabinet minister is being held in ...

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National Post

Japanese royals visit Canada

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April.

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Related Topix: North America, World News, Akihito Akihito, Japan, Asia, Canada,

Squamish Chief

Canada Day marked in Afghanistan with tank decor, soldiers' festivities

Trooper James Lavoie, of Calgary, shows his true Canada Day colours on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Canadian forward operating base Ma'sum Ghar, Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Canada Day, North America, World News, Canada,

Leader Post

Former Regina Tory MP Dave Batters commits suicide

REGINA a ' Regina Qu'Appelle MP Andrew Scheer struggled for words as he spoke about the death of his good friend Dave Batters.

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