CBCNews.ca blog watch
CBCNews.ca stories generating the most discussion on blogs in the past week.
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- Nuclear safety watchdog head fired for 'lack of leadership': minister
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- "t shoot your watchdog: you scrunch him behind the ears and tell him he�s a good dog.� After all, he�s doing his job, even if he did wake you up at the crack of fuckin� dawn. With that in mind, have a read at this: Nuclear safety watchdog head fired for �lack of leadership�: minister" — Blunt Object
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- Ottawa fires nuclear safety commission head
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- "The federal government has fired the head of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, days after she publicly accused Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn of interfering with the independence of the arm�s-length watchdog. The former head of the� CBC News" — All Finance - Dictionary Of Financial Terms | Financial portal
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- Guantanamo possible torture site: government manual
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- "Global Aware Independent Media good girl cultural productions Interact Direct Marketing Inc. Lonely Planet�s Thorn Tree Make Affluence History Make Poverty History Post Secret TED Ten Thousand Villages The CBC Wikipedia Youth Challenge International" — how does it feel … to be without a home … a complete unknown … like a rolling stone ???
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- Quebec nurses will compensate patients for illegal strike
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- "Stockhouse Canada - Real estate firm Liberty International, which is also listed in London, starred on the day, rising 1.74 percent to 131.50 rand as British property stocks soared on weekend news that UK hedge fund Quebec nurses will compensate patients for illegal strike CBC News - Canada�s real estate market may show no signs of slowing, but a report released Tuesday by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities suggests income growth is not keeping pace with increases in" — Help With Movers
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- Vietnamese boy flies to U.S. for surgery on disfiguring facial lesion
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- "A Vietnamese boy left Halifax on Sunday for the United States to seek medical treatment for a disfiguring facial lesion that doctors in Canada declined to treat because they deemed the procedure too risky. Full story�" — Littlerock Varicose Veins » Varicose Vein Centers in Arkansas
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- Schools across Canada remember the Boys in Red
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- " [IMG ] I cried when I watched the CBC News last night. It was a news story about the seven teenage basketball players and their coach's wife who died in a horrific highway accident not far from their hometown of Bathurst, New Brunswick. My heart aches for you." — CLOSET CANUCK
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- Vancouver police want rest of Canada to take their criminals back
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- " Vancouver police are making a list, checking it twice� and everyone on the list is really, really naughty." — Currents
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- 'Just imagine in your minds what they could have done': Bathurst mayor
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- " mourned" — From Everything To Nothing
- 9.
- Aboriginal films from around the world hosted on new Canadian website
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- " Inuit filmmaker Zacaharias Kunuk and his co-producer Norman Cohn have started Isuma.tv" — CanCult.ca
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- Attention NHL GMs: Lock up your young defencemen
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- " Alex Tanguay contre Michael Ryder. [IMG]Selon le CHICAGO DAILY HERALD: Tim Sassone rapporte que le gardien Nikolai Khabibulin, qui connait une saison ordinaire, serait sur le march�. [IMG]Selon la station de t�l�vision CBC.CA: Jeff Marek pense que les d�fenceur Dion Phaneuf,Shea Weber Andrej Meszaros et Ryan Suter pourrait recevoir des �quipes adverse de grosse offres cette �t�. Les Flames ne veulent pas donner plus d'argent � Phaneuf que gagne Iginla et � Ottwa ont" — Les Gérants d'estrade
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- Calgary man denied courthouse entry for wearing kirpan
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- "a knife. He was there to testify as a witness but was unable to do so when he claimed that the knife, a kirpan, was ceremonial and he should be allowed to wear it. After being refused, he left the courthouse and did not testify. Here's the story: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2 Many will argue that no Sikh man would ever dream of using the dagger as a weapon. But keep in mind that these are the same people that blew up an airplane in 1985 and have killed witnesses since then. Saying that all Sikh men are law-abiding citizens" — No Offence Meant
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- Dead man's wallet stolen at his own funeral
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- "a funeral last Friday at St. John the Evangelist Anglican church in Corner Brook, thieves helped themselves to what they could find downstairs. The wallet of the man being mourned upstairs was stolen, as was his widow's purse that was holding it. Dead man's wallet stolen at his own funeral" — May Contain Nuts
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- Drama of life in medieval village wins Newbery Medal
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- "'Park School librarian wins Newbery Medal for children's literature' (Baltimore Sun) 'Two innovative works take top awards' (Houston Chronicle) 'Baltimore librarian wins Newbery medal for best children's book' (Canadian Press) 'Drama of life in medieval village wins the Newbery Award' (CBC) 'Children's book ward winners break the mold' (Washington Post)" — Ypulse: Media for the Next Generation
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- Red Wings beat Canucks, snap skid
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- "Daniel Cleary scored twice in regulation play and Henrik Zetterberg netted the lone shootout goal as the NHL-leading Detroit Red Wings snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the visiting Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Thursday. Read >>" — Michigan Bodybuilding Journal
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- Virtue, Moir lead as skating nationals open
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- " ?????????????????????????????????????????? http://www.cbc.ca/sports/amateur/story/2" — はいばらのぞみの生活
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- Will banks refuse to follow Bank of Canada rate cut?
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- " http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2008/01/16" — Paradox of Thrift
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- B.C. universities looking to join NCAA sports league
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- " BC universities looking to join NCAA sports league - CBC News "A lot of times you see in the paper student athletes from high school are looking at the NCAA, and a lot of them are going there," said Philip. �NCAA opens door for Canadian schools Times Colonist" — Health article report
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- Smurf 'invasion' to unspool for 50th anniversary
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- "about twenty years ago, and any albums I can find that were translated into English are now very pricey collector items. But. 2008 is the fiftieth anniversary of the Smurfs (they first appeared in Le journal de Spirou in 1958), and, according to a CBC report I stumbled across this morning" — 42point1
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- U.S. lumber industry questions Harper's $1B aid fund
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- " U.S. lumber industry questions Harper's $1B aid fund" — Timothy
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- Ontario turns out the lights on inefficient bulbs
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- "working under colour of the HCI as the criminals they are. The rule of law must take precedence over the PR needs of a gutless government. It's really too bad Kay's preferred protection racket is busy legitimately setting up 24-7 breath checkpoints, banning incandescent lightbulbs and inspecting store-bought gift cards for expiry dates. UPDATE: "What we're doing is not any different in terms of process to what municipalities do," said Mr. Detlor, a lawyer by training. "We have some different objectives in terms of the level of" — The Freeway To Serfdom