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Development office headquartered in North's only Tory riding
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the creation Tuesday of a new economic development agency for the North. CanNor, short for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, will have its headquarters...
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Disgraced financier Earl Jones siphoned $12.3 million out of the Earl Jones Corp. between 1987 and 2009, according to an accounting firm's report made public Tuesday.
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Harper treks north as Arctic strategy teeters on icy slope
On the Conservative calendar, midsummer has become the perfect time for a snow ...
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The astonishing achievement of Y.E. Yang
If Y.E. Yang never makes another par, he performed an astonishing feat beating Tiger...
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THE MEDICINE OF MS
Since he was a teenager, Peter Leeds has suffered painful attacks that render his...
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Irish swimmer drowns off Toronto's Centre Island
A 20-year-old Irish man, who was working in Canada this summer on a temporary visa, drowned Tuesday morning in Lake Ontario.
85% of Canadian money laced with cocaine: Study
A team of U.S. scientists has conducted tests showing that 85 per cent of Canadian currency carries traces of cocaine — a finding that puts this country's money on a virtual par with the U.S. for contamination by the powerful, powdery drug.
Child soldier got reprieve, but others still being deported to Myanmar
A former child soldier escaped deportation from Saskatchewan to Myanmar over the weekend due to the last-minute intervention of a pair of federal government ministers — but more than a dozen others facing the same fate have not been so fortunate.
Mentally ill patients could end up on streets: Edmonton doctors
Physicians at Alberta Hospital are worried their mentally ill patients will end up on the streets or in jail if the province goes ahead with plans to close acute-care beds.
Murder suspected after missing B.C. boy found dead
The body of a missing autistic boy was found in a southern B.C. town late Monday, triggering a homicide investigation.
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Mark Anderson
Farmers' market needs to put down roots
My buddy phoned me last week to tell me he's been diagnosed with pancreatitis. Which means no more beer, wine, spirits, coffee, milk, Coke, cheese, steak, bacon, eggs or any kind of fatty food. Ever.
William Watson
Why our banks did better
Timing is everything, drat! Last week a visiting group of Swedish economists wanted to know why Canada's banks got through the Panic of 2008 in better shape than many other countries' banks. Just the day before I'd downloaded a new paper from the IMF on exactly this question: "Why are Canadian banks more re
Michael Polowin
Mayoral candidates should declare
May you live in interesting times. Contrary to popular (and once my own) belief, this is not, in fact an ancient Chinese curse. But it may soon become popular in Ottawa. One (somewhat less than dependable) source suggests the saying may be related to this one: "It's better to be a dog in a peaceful time tha
Andrew Cohen
Wondrous place -- bad choices
It is said that writing a book in Iceland is considered a form of national service, as community or military service is in other countries.
