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Scottish sensation Susan Boyle to sing in Toronto later this month

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:48:00 +0000

TORONTO — Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who became a YouTube sensation, is set to sing in Toronto later this month. The Nov. 26 show will be her only Canadian appearance. Boyle became an Internet...

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Royal couple tours Olympic village and mugs with 2010 Olympic mascots

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:34:00 +0000

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Prince Charles set pomp aside and had Vancouver hearts glowing Saturday, putting people at ease by hamming it up with dancing Olympic mascots and trying on fuzzy Maple Leaf-adorned...

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Calgary withdraws Expo bid

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:16:00 +0000

Citing a lack of guaranteed cash, the City of Calgary has pulled the plug on its bid for Expo 2017, the international fair. Given massive deficits in Alberta and Ottawa, the city could not count on...

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Pakistan's capital now resembles besieged city

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +0000

ISLAMABAD — An onslaught of militant violence has transformed Pakistan's capital from a sleepy oasis to something of a city under siege, with its tree-lined streets barricaded, schools shuttered and...

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Barrick Gold posts US$5.4 billion net loss on windup of gold hedging program

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:56:00 +0000

TORONTO — Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) lost US$5.4 billion in the third quarter due to the windup of its gold hedging program, but the big miner said this move, as well as several low-cost projects...

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Talks with Hydro-Quebec about NB Power at 'critical' stage, N.B. gov't says

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:08:00 +0000

FREDERICTON — Negotiations that could see key assets of New Brunswick's public utility company sold to Hydro-Quebec are at a crucial stage, the government of Premier Shawn Graham said Monday as two...

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Tory ridings get more stimulus money

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Conservative ridings are getting more economic stimulus money than ridings held by opposition members of Parliament, a CBC News analysis suggests. According to the analysis of the Infrastructure...

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COC adds performance of Lepage show featuring water-filled orchestra pit

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:52:00 +0000

TORONTO — The Canadian Opera Company says it has added another performance of Robert Lepage's "The Nightingale and Other Short Fables" due to unprecedented demand. The opera, which features puppets...

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CBC's Beijing Olympics coverage leads Gemini haul in Sports coverage

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:14:00 +0000

TORONTO — CBC-TV's coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics won five Geminis at an industry gala celebrating the best in news, sports, documentary and lifestyles television. The trophies were handed out...

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Canadian 'relief' at journalist's release by Iran

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:46:00 +0000

OTTAWA — Canada expressed "great relief" Saturday following an Iranian announcement that Tehran had freed Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, who was arrested during post-election protests in...

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Pakistan's army bares its teeth in US aid flap

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:43:00 +0000

ISLAMABAD — Just last week, Pakistan's foreign minister was playing down his army's objections to a multibillion dollar U.S. aid bill. Days later, after a session with the army chief, he was back in...

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Armenia's president to attend match in Turkey

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:03:00 +0000

YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia's president said Monday that he will go to Turkey this week for a football World Cup qualifier between the two national teams, returning a visit by Turkey's president in...

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RCMP actions 'gratuitous, 'violent,' lawyer tells inquiry

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:45:00 +0000

Final arguments began Monday at the public inquiry in Vancouver into the death of a man who was stunned several times by an RCMP Taser at the Vancouver airport almost two years ago. The inquiry, led...

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Philippines warns of epidemics amid flood victims

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:03:00 +0000

MANILA — The Philippines warned Wednesday there was a high probability of epidemics among the 340,000 people crowded into poorly equipped makeshift evacuation centres following recent deadly...

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US says NKorea must give up nukes in talks

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:43:00 +0000

WASHINGTON — The United States said Monday it was ready to talk to North Korea if it returns to six-nation disarmament talks but said that the goal must be a complete end of Pyongyang's nuclear...

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Globalive makes changes to company structure

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:10:00 +0000

Globalive is making a last-ditch effort to prove that it's Canadian enough to be allowed into the domestic wireless market. The fledgling Toronto-based carrier says it has changed its management...

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Blue Jays finally win at Fenway Park

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:45:00 +0000

Booming bats and booming skies helped the Toronto Blue Jays win for the first time this season at Fenway Park. Aaron Hill, Rod Barajas and Jose Bautista homered as the Blue Jays beat the hometown...

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Alleged gangsters face drugs, weapons charges

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Four men described by police as top-level gang members are facing a number of gang, weapons and drug related charges, RCMP and Edmonton police announced Friday. "It is anticipated that these arrests...

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Ashton touts new rapid transit route in Winnipeg

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:37:00 +0000

One of the candidates running for leader of the Manitoba NDP says if he is elected Winnipeg will see a new rapid transit corridor from downtown to the suburb of Transcona. Steve Ashton said on...

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3 teens die in Ottawa area car crash

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:43:00 +0000

Three teenagers died and another was severely injured in a car crash near Navan, east of Ottawa, early Sunday. The crash occurred at about 1:45 a.m. local time on Heuvelmans Road, just south of...

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U.S. retail sales surge as economy gains strength

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:15:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales rose in August at the fastest pace in 3-1/2 years and a gauge of New York State manufacturing hit a near two-year high, offering hope for a solid recovery...

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Star cast lost in "Low"-profile Southern fable

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:47:00 +0000

TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) – "Get Low" coasts along on Southern folkloric whimsy and sly humor for a good while but can't escape the fact that, as backwoods legends go, this one lacks a real...

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Fire victim identified, cause unclear

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:51:00 +0000

Police have identified a woman who died in a Calgary apartment suite after a mysterious fire earlier this week. But officials are still not able to determine exactly how 56-year-old Linda Rita...

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Tolkien estate, New Line settle lawsuit over films

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:12:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES – The heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien and a movie studio that produced the blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy have settled a lawsuit over the films' profits, it was announced...

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Crew of sunken vessel saved: Philippine coastguard

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:15:00 +0000

MANILA — All 19 crew members aboard a cargo vessel that sank off the coast of the central Philippines have been rescued, the coastguard said Monday. The four South Koreans and 15 Filipinos aboard...

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