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Mandatory medical test for senior drivers 'arbitrary'

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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A local seniors' advocate says the mandatory medical testing for 80-year-old drivers needs to be reassessed. Drivers are not required to h...

Ford ally says mayor told to limit comments on alleged crack video

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Legal advice may be behind Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's decision to stay silent in the wake of allegations he was recorded smoking what appears to be crac...

Aretha Franklin cancels Canadian shows

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Aretha Franklin is extending her current break and has cancelled performances for the month of June. Spokesperson David Brokaw says the ic...

Former B.C. MLA Harold Long killed in plane crash

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Former B.C. Liberal MLA Harold Long was killed in a fatal plane crash in a remote inlet off the South Coast, the B.C. Coroners Service has confirmed. ...

Liberals allege interference in 'tainted' Duffy report

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Liberal Senator Jim Munson, a member of the Senate's internal economy committee that dealt with Senator Mike Duffy's expenses audit, says an original ...

Hamilton police make 2nd arrest in Tim Bosma slaying

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Hamilton police have made a second arrest in the Timothy Bosma homicide investigation. No name has been announced, but Supt. Dan Kinsella ...

1-day Quebec private daycare strike affects 25,000 kids

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Thousands of parents are finding alternate babysitting arrangements in the face of a one-day walkout by about half of the 600 private, subsidized dayc...

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Wednesday's Need To Know

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Sports

The Senators and Penguins will both look to follow up the double-overtime intensity of Game 3 with a big performance in Game 4 on Wednesday night in O...

Brian Urlacher says he's retiring from NFL

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Sports

Brian Urlacher, after 13 seasons as linebacker with the Chicago Bears, announced Wednesday that he is retiring from the NFL. Urlacher, who...

Over 1 million Montrealers face boil water advisory

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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About 1.3 million people in Montreal are being told they must boil their water before drinking it. City officials have issued a boil water...

Blood donation ban lifted for some gay, bisexual men

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Health Canada will allow gay men to donate blood if they haven't had sex with a man in the last five years, a change in policy that will go into effec...

Marshall asks Senate committee to review her pay

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Politics

Conservative Senator Elizabeth Marshall says she has asked the Senate Rules Committee to look at whether some of the additional pay she receives for e...

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard rolls into quarters in Strasbourg

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Sports

Eugenie Bouchard won 12 of the last 13 games on Wednesday for a straight sets victory at the Strasbourg International. The 19-year-old fro...

Fentanyl-related deaths spark warning in Prince George

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Mounties in Prince George, B.C., are warning drug users about the powerful prescription opiate fentanyl which has turned up on the city’s streets. ...

Why This Tech Firm Is Planning To Hire Hundreds With Autism

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Business

German software firm SAP says it wants to hire hundreds of people with autism to work as programmers and testers for its products. In a s...

Plumber's car explodes near Vancouver apartments

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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An explosion tore apart a parked car in Vancouver's West End this morning, although no injuries were reported. Fire and Rescue Services Ca...

Peewee hockey bodychecking faces national ban

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Hundreds of delegates arrive in Charlottetown Wednesday for the Hockey Canada annual general meeting, where they will vote on whether bodychecking sho...

Alleged sex assault at grade school under investigation

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Police in Port Hardy, on Vancouver Island, are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a girl by other students on the grounds of an elementary sc...

Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart crack jokes about Rob Ford

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's woes over crack cocaine allegations are providing plenty of late-night television fodder for Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart and ot...

Residents allowed home after gas leak, fire in Mission

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Residents of about 20 homes in Mission, B.C., have been allowed to return after a gas leak and fire forced their evacuation. The residents...

Taking a look at graffiti tagging hotspots in Montreal

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Behind the scenes in Montreal, tensions are mounting as residents and graffiti artists stake their claim over the city. This week, CBC Mon...

Adrian Dix to speak to media for first time since NDP loss

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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Embattled B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix is slated to speak to the media this afternoon following a week of silence after last week’s surprise election ...

Greyhound bus caught going twice the speed limit in B.C.

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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A Greyhound bus has been impounded after the driver was caught driving more than twice the speed limit in a construction zone near Blue River, north o...

Search for Canadian missing in Australia enters 3rd day

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada
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By Reuters The search for a Canadian man, 25, missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains for more than a week went into a third day on Wednesd...

Harper in Peru for trade talks amid Senate expense scandal

CBC | Posted 05.22.2013 | Canada Politics

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is meeting with business leaders and Peruvian politicians this morning as part of a four-day trip to South America that ...