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Holocaust docu-drama 'Inside Hana's Suitcase' revisits child's message of peace

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0000

TORONTO — An empty suitcase smeared with white paint bears the name of a young girl, her birth date and the grim word "orphan," scrawled in German. It is Hana's suitcase, a relic of the Second World...

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B.C. Supreme Court upholds fishing rights for bands on Vancouver Island

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:23:00 +0000

VANCOUVER, B.C. — The British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled that a group of Vancouver Island First Nations has the right to harvest and sell all species of fish found within its territories. The...

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Crosses line Calgary's Memorial Drive

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:52:00 +0000

Hundreds of white crosses now line Memorial Drive in Calgary in honour of the soldiers who have fallen through the decades. So far, the Calgary Poppy Fund, the group behind the idea, has been able...

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NASA: Booster rocket damaged in test flight

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:40:00 +0000

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic because of a deflated parachute, NASA said Thursday. The new Ares I-X — the precursor...

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Pakistan kills 42 militants in anti-Taliban push

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:40:00 +0000

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan pressed an offensive deeper into Taliban territory along the Afghan border Tuesday, claiming to have killed 42 militants in the latest stage of an assault seen as crucial in...

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Afghan poll rivals rule out deal

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his challenger Abdullah Abdullah have ruled out a power-sharing deal, ahead of a run-off vote due in two weeks. There had been suggestions that some in the US...

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At 37, Paul Simon's son makes his musical mark

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:19:00 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Having suffered more than 15 years of false starts, failures and musical disappointments, singer-songwriter Harper Simon admits he has hardly charted the ideal path to pop...

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Accused was at drug house party the night NWT Mountie slain: Crown

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:04:00 +0000

YELLOWKNIFE — A man accused in the slaying of a Mountie in the Northwest Territories was staying at a known drug house the night before the officer was shot. The son of the man who owned the house...

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Inquiry into death of Howard Hyde examining jailhouse security video

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:58:00 +0000

HALIFAX, N.S. — The final minutes of Howard Hyde's life, recorded by surveillance cameras inside a Halifax-area jail, have an unsettling, surreal quality that sometimes make them difficult to...

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UN details 'devastating' impact of Afghan opium

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:43:00 +0000

VIENNA — Afghan opium is unleashing a "devastating" impact across the world, according to a new UN report, funding the Taliban and other terror groups and killing thousands in consumer...

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Britain denies involvement in Iran attack

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:52:00 +0000

LONDON — Britain denied "in the strongest terms" allegations that it aided rebels behind a bomb attack on Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, the Foreign Office (FCO) said on Monday. "We reject in the...

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School bus drivers scarce due to Drivetest strike

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Ottawa schoolchildren are waiting extra long at the curb for their bus to school, thanks to a driver shortage blamed on a strike by Ontario driving examiners. "As the weather gets colder, it...

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Sheen gives riveting performance as soccer manager Clough in 'The Damned United'

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:56:00 +0000

TORONTO — Michael Sheen offers up a slightly mischievous grin as he recalls a scene in "The Damned United" in which he takes a soccer lord's name in vain while standing on what many fans would...

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Britain's Prince Charles bemoans Internet 'deserts'

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:55:00 +0000

LONDON — Britain's Prince Charles said Saturday that people living in rural areas had been left in the Internet's "slow lane", placing them at a "severe disadvantage" in the modern world. The heir to...

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Court hears that B.C. father charged in killing kids may have attempted suicide

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:40:00 +0000

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Evidence found in the home where three B.C. children were murdered suggested that their father may have tried to kill himself before leaving the trailer where their bodies were...

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Security posted at bishop's house

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:12:00 +0000

A private security firm has been hired to guard Bishop Raymond Lahey's residence in Antigonish, N.S., after it was vandalized. Ronnie Horne, who lives around the corner from Lahey's house, said a...

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Alleged B.C. gangster upset at jail conditions

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:09:00 +0000

Reputed gangster and accused murderer Jamie Bacon attended a special B.C. Supreme Court hearing in Vancouver Monday, where his lawyer argued that Bacon's rights are being violated by his living...

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Berlusconi: Sicily death toll could reach 50

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:28:00 +0000

ROME — Rescue workers dug for a second day Saturday through piles of mud and debris as they searched for about 30 missing people from a mudslide that has killed at least 21 in Sicily. Premier Silvio...

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Broadband quality study finds Canada lagging

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:24:00 +0000

Canada has some of the poorest-quality broadband among advanced countries, according to a study of global internet infrastructure. Canada placed 25th out of 34 countries in the University of...

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Typhoon Ketsana kills 11 in Cambodia: official

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:44:00 +0000

PHNOM PENH — Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 11 people in northeastern and central Cambodia, police and government officials said Wednesday. Nine were killed and 28 injured in central Cambodia...

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WWF lists 163 new Southeast Asia species

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:17:00 +0000

A gecko with leopard-like stripes on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds were among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group...

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Suspect in cemetery beating death surrenders

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:54:00 +0000

A man wanted in connection with the beating death of a homeless man in Toronto's east end has turned himself in to police. Merhawi Tekle, 26, surrendered to police just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday and...

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Panhandler sentenced to 3 years for deadly punch

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:34:00 +0000

A Calgary panhandler pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter in the death of a rancher who refused to give him change. Christopher Thomas Guthrie, 21, admitted his role in the death of Donald Gregg...

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Patty Loveless scales second roots-music "Mountain"

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:48:00 +0000

NEW YORK (Billboard) – Patty Loveless' 2001 bluegrass album, "Mountain Soul," holds a special place in her heart. Influenced by the music she grew up with in rural Kentucky, the album resonated...

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Dan Brown novel hits stores under pressure to sell

noreply@blogger.com (Daryl Lorette) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:31:00 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The hotly anticipated follow-up to author Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" was released on Tuesday amid positive reaction from critics but the American novelist admitted he was...

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NY deal reached over Monroe's last nude photos - Yahoo! News
NY deal reached over Monroe's last nude photos

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Patrick Swayze in hospital, The Beast will have to wait
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Heather Allin elected president of ACTRA Toronto