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Blog Entries by Lauren Strapagiel from 05/2012

Alberta's Highway 63: Protesters Rally For Twinning Of Deadly Highway In Fort McMurray

Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada
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FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A convoy of buses was used at a rally to help persuade the Alberta government to move more quickly on improvements to an Albert...

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Newfoundland Trash Problem: St. John's Hiring Security To Catch Polluters

Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada
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CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. - Newfoundland's vast beauty, soaring seaside cliffs and famed hiking trails have been showcased in award-winning ads that ...

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Helene Campbell: Double-lung Recipient Discharged From Hospital

Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada
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TORONTO - The Ottawa woman who had a double-lung transplant last month is out of the hospital.Helene Campbell tweeted about leaving hospital just befo...

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Japan Nuclear Power: Thousands Celebrate As Last Of Reactors Switch Of

Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada
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TOKYO - Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the last of this nation's 50 nuclear reactors switching off Saturday, shaking banners shaped as gia...

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Quebec Student Protests: Protester Severely Injured In Victoriaville Outside Liberal Convention

Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada Politics
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VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - After a bitter three-month battle, there was hope Saturday of a breakthrough in Quebec's tuition crisis, with news of a tentativ...

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E. Coli Confirmed In 11 New Brunswick Residents

Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada
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Health officials in New Brunswick are still trying to determine the cause of an E. coli outbreak in the province. Eleven cas...

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Supermoon 2012: Biggest, Brightest Full Moon Arrives

Posted 05.05.2012 | Canada Living
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NEW YORK (AP) — The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual. ...

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International Snack Flavours: Red Caviar Lay's And Mango-Orange Oreos Appeal More To Global Tastes

Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada Living
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavours. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and oran...

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Victoriaville, Quebec Liberal Convention: Party Calmly Resumes Event After Reaching Tentative Tuition Deal

Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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VICTORIAVILLE, Que. - Quebec Premier Jean Charest is blaming the province's striking students for a months-long stalemate just as they're preparing to...

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Bill C-309: Conservatives Back Private Members' Bill Targeting Masked Protesters

Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The Harper government is throwing its weight behind a private members' bill that would give police the power to arrest anyone hiding their id...

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National Mental Health Strategy: First Report Of Its Kind May Pressure Harper To Act

Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada Living
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OTTAWA - Canada is about to get its first-ever national mental health strategy — a massive report that may persuade Prime Minister Stephen Harper th...

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National Mental Health Strategy: Some Facts About The Cost Of Mental Illness To Canadians

Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada Living
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A new national mental health strategy for Canada will be released this week. Here's a look at the mental health issue by the numbers: (Text version...

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Sarkozy Meme: Tumblr Creates Images Of Ex French President Riding Nyan Cat, Hanging Out With LMFAO (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada
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Nicolas Sarkozy has officially lost the French presidency to Socialist candidate Francois Hollande, but has Hollande ever rode Nyan Cat or shot lasers...

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Manitoba Float Plane Crash: Rescuers Find 81-year-old Pilot Dead

Posted 05.06.2012 | Canada
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LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Man. - A float plane has crashed in eastern Manitoba, killing the 81-year-old pilot.Capt. Jean Houde of the Joint Rescue Co-ordin...

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Helene Campbell: Double Lung Transplant Patient Out Of Hospital, Back On Treadmill

Posted 05.11.2012 | Canada
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TORONTO - Helene Campbell is back at her “home away from home” in Toronto.A blog post from her mother, Manon, says the 21-year-old double lung tra...

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Ottawa Pants Pulling: Suspect Gavin Sean Griffiths Facing 24 More Charges

Posted 05.11.2012 | Canada
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OTTAWA - Ottawa police say more charges have been laid in a series of incidents where women's pants were pulled down.Gavin Sean Griffiths, 25, is faci...

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Montreal Police Search Home Linked To Metro Smoke Bombings

Posted 05.11.2012 | Canada
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Montreal police say they have arrested four people following Thursday's multiple smoke bombing attacks that shut down the city's metro sy...

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U.S. Storms Blow Record Number Of Moth Into Ontario

Posted 05.11.2012 | Canada
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An unseasonably early tornado season in the U.S. Midwest has blown a potentially big problem to southern Ontario farms. The n...

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Felicia Boots Child Murder Suspect: Canadian Woman Charged With Killing Her Babies Remanded In Custody

Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada
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LONDON - British police say a Canadian woman, charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of her two babies, is to remain in custody until Tuesday...

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Self-Defence: What's Acceptable Under Canadian Law?

Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada
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The assault charges laid recently against a Toronto restaurant owner who fought a man who he accused of being a thief, along with a numbe...

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Inside Education Oilsands Tours For Teachers: Researcher Questions Impartiality Of Industry-Backed Program

Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada Business
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EDMONTON - An industry-funded program that offers high school teachers a six-day trip to Fort McMurray to "experience Alberta's oilsands" is being exp...

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Montreal Smoke Bomb Attack: Four Youth Suspects Face Multiple Charges

Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada
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MONTREAL - A man and three women in their early 20s were charged Saturday with committing a terrorism-related prank following smoke-bomb attacks that ...

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Michael Rafferty 'Likely' To Appeal Conviction

Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada
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A sentencing hearing is scheduled Tuesday for Michael Rafferty, who has been convicted on all charges he faced in the death of eight-year...

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B.C. Premier Calls Mulcair's Oilsands Comments 'Goofy'

Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark is firing back at federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, calling his stance on the oilsands "goofy." Clar...

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Rafferty Guilty Verdict: Woodstock Mayor Says Conviction Has 'Lifted A Cloud'

Posted 05.12.2012 | Canada
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WOODSTOCK, Ont. - A troubled southwestern Ontario community scarred by the gruesome murder of eight-year-old Victoria Stafford can finally begin to he...

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