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Entries by Pablo Fernandez from 08/2012

Early Retirement: Young Canadians Want It But Aren't Saving, Bank Of Montreal Reports

Posted 08.01.2012 | Canada Business
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TORONTO - A new study suggests nearly half of young Canadians want to retire early, but few have begun saving enough for it.The Bank of Montreal repor...

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Andy Murray Of Britain Advances To Olympic Tennis Semifinals By Beating Spaniard Almagro

Posted 08.02.2012 | Canada
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WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams dominated with her groundstrokes and even hit a left-handed forehand Thursday to beat former No. 1 Caroline Wozni...

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Sheila Weatherill Resignation: Alberta Health Services Board Member Latest Spending Scandal Casualty

Posted 08.03.2012 | Canada
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Alberta Health Services board member Sheila Weatherill has become the latest casualty in a provincial spending scandal that has already claimed Chief ...

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Ontario Byelections: Dalton McGuinty Calls Votes Despite Ornge Fiasco, Showdown With Teachers

Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Politics
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MAPLE, Ont. - A looming showdown with Ontario teachers, a scandal at the air ambulance service and a hefty bill for cancelling a gas plant isn't deter...

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Nathan Jacobson, Jason Kenney And John Baird supporter, Skips Money Laundering Sentencing

Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Politics
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Nathan Jacobson who pleaded guilty to money-laundering in San Diego in 2008 was able to hob-nob with Canadian politicians for four years because Ameri...

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Elections Canada Investigating Claims Workers At Company Owned By Del Mastro's Cousin Were Reimbursed For Donations To MP's Campaign

Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Politics
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Elections Canada is now investigating allegations that donors who contributed about $20,000 to Peterborough MP Dean Del Mastro's 2008 re-election camp...

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Stephen Harper And Company Make An Impression In Vancouver

Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Politics
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A nice enough man, taller than expected, smelled a little like cookies, and he made sure to say hi before leaving....

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Francois Legault: I'd Vote No In A Referendum Now

Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Politics
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MONTREAL - The conversion of Francois Legault away from the cause of Quebec independence appears more definitive, and complete, than ever.The leader o...

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Teen, 3 Kids Killed In Train-Van Crash From Alberta, Saskatchewan

Posted 08.10.2012 | Canada
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The three children and one teenager killed Thursday in a train-van crash near Broadview, Sask., were from communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan, the...

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Inspectors Wrap Up At Enbridge Control Room

Posted 08.10.2012 | Canada
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A team of six Calgary-based inspectors wrapped up a two-day look at Enbridge’s recently refurbished Edmonton control room Thursday....

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Alberta Man In Custody After Bylaw Officer Dies

Posted 08.10.2012 | Canada
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UPDATE: Trevor Kloschinsky has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Rod Lazenby, CTV News reported. A southern Alberta bylaw offic...

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Trevor Kloschinsky, Accused Killer Of Alberta Officer Rod Lazenby, Makes Court Appearance

Posted 08.13.2012 | Canada
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A suspect in the death of a retired Mountie working as an Alberta peace officer appeared briefly Monday in a Calgary court via closed-circuit televisi...

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Womanspace Knit Wombs To Protest Tory MP Stephen Woodworth's women's reproductive rights bill

Posted 08.14.2012 | Canada
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LETHBRIDGE - A southern Alberta women's group is hoping some woolly wombs will make a point with politicians in Ottawa. Members of Womanspace in Le...

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Wayne Aucoin Charged For Allegedly Texting While Riding Motorbike, Trying To Flea

Posted 08.14.2012 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - Alberta's distracted driving legislation has nabbed a two-wheeled texter. Edmonton police say they've charged a motorcyclist with numero...

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Saskatchewan Ups Funding To Help Alberta Stop Mountain Pine Beetle Advance

Posted 08.14.2012 | Canada Alberta
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REGINA - Saskatchewan is spending $800,000 to battle a pest that has ravaged British Columbia and parts of Alberta.Part of the money includes $450,000...

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Two Downtown Window Washers Rescued As Powerful Thunderstorms Roll Through Calgary And Area Again

Posted 08.15.2012 | Canada
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As severe weather rolled into the Calgary area for the second time in three days, two window washers were trapped on a swing stage high up on a downto...

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RCMP Flags Won't Lower For Fallen Alberta Peace Officer

Posted 08.15.2012 | Canada
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While Calgary police have lowered their flags to respect a slain peace officer, RCMP haven’t followed suit to honour one of their ex-members....

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Microcystins, Liver Toxins Highest In Alberta Lakes

Posted 08.15.2012 | Canada Alberta
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EDMONTON - A cross-Canada survey has found a potent liver toxin in every province's lakes, with the highest concentrations in the popular cottage and ...

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#OddAlberta: 11 Weird And Wonderful Places You've Probably Never Visited... But Should (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.16.2012 | Canada Alberta
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In every province, there are the spots that everyone and their cousin's dog have visited. You know the ones. In Toronto, it's the CN Tower. In Montrea...

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Let's Start Something

| Posted 08.16.2012 | Canada Alberta
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We believe Albertans are ready to embrace the exchange of ideas. This is a province that's being shaped by a young, connected, diverse and intelligent citizenry, a citizenry that needs a punchy, politically savvy, smart online publication that sparks ideas and stirs the imagination but that doesn't always take itself seriously.

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Plane Crashes Near Indus

Posted 08.16.2012 | Canada Alberta
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A man in his 50s suffered serious, possibly life-threatening injuries in a plane crash near Indus on Thursday afternoon. ...

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Hundreds Of Norway Rats In Landfill In 'Rat-Free' Alberta (UPDATE)

Posted 08.17.2012 | Canada Alberta
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UPDATE: The City of Calgary now says a dead rat has been found in the Calgary community of Auburn Bay, according to The Canadian Press. A man foun...

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Two pitbulls with history of violence behind vicious dog attack on Sundre woman, say police

Posted 08.18.2012 | Canada Alberta
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A 26-year-old woman was rushed to hospital in serious condition after she was attacked by two pit bulls in Sundre early Saturday morning....

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Police Chase Ends In Crashes For Alberta Man Driving To 'Heaven'

Posted 08.20.2012 | Canada Alberta
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PONOKA, Alta. - A Calgary man who allegedly struck several cars told police he was on his way to heaven. Mounties in Ponoka tried to stop a red Ford ...

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Tien Ngoc Ho, Alleged Gang Member, Deported To Vietnam

Posted 08.20.2012 | Canada Alberta
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CALGARY - A man believed to be a Calgary gang member has been deported by the Canada Border Services Agency for what it calls "serious criminality." ...

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