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Peter Jackson's The Hobbit expands to a trilogy

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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Bilbo Baggins's "unexpected journey" is going to be a little longer — enough to become a film trilogy. The Hobbitdirector Peter Jackson ...

Have You Seen These Bees?

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada

A B.C. beekeeper is out $100,000 after half a million bees and an estimated 3,600 kilograms of honey were apparently stolen sometime earlier this mont...

Toronto mayor greets top Hollywood comedians

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford delivered a "special gift" to a pair of Hollywood comedians on Monday afternoon, during a promotional event for a new film that...

B.C. Enbridge pipeline critics say money not the issue

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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First Nations leaders, local politicians and conservation groups say an oil spill at an Enbridge pipeline in Wisconsin proves the proposed Northern Ga...

Montreal hospital attack trial delayed

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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The trial of a man accused of attempted murder at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital has been delayed because his psychiatric evaluation has not been comp...

Olympic athletes have social media meltdowns in London

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Sports

While the International Olympic Committee has encouraged their athletes to interact with their fans on social media sites like Twitter, a few Olympian...

B.C. Olympian in hospital after equestrian fall

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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Canadian rider Hawley Bennett-Awad was thrown from her horse and injured during the cross-country portion of an equestrian event at the London Olympic...

Tweets, texts disrupt Olympic cycling coverage

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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The high volume of tweets sent by fans watching a men's cycling road race at the Olympic Games on the weekend disrupted the electronic updates on race...

Harbour cruise killer gets life prison sentence

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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The man convicted of killing one of two men who were fatally stabbed after stepping off a Toronto harbour cruise in June 2009 has been sentenced to li...

Saint John Airport lands Que., N.L. service

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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The Saint John Airport has landed a new air service to major centres in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, starting this fall. The serv...

Toronto Voters May Get To Rank Candidates

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Politics

A Toronto city councillor is proposing a new way of electing city representatives starting in 2018. Coun. Paul Ainslie is pushing a plan k...

4 injured in boat crash near Ladner

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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Four people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after two boats collided on the Fraser River near Ladner, B.C., on Sunday night. Th...

The CAQ suggests own solution to tuition crisis

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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Coalition Avenir Québec is suggesting a compromise to put an end to the impasse over the increase of tuition fees. François Legault, the...

Federal Government Aims To Increase Jobs For Workers With Disabilities

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Impact

The federal government has created a panel aimed at increasing access to jobs in the private sector for people with disabilities, Human Resources Mini...

New moms, dads in Quebec tops in taking leave

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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Nearly 100 per cent of Quebec mothers took maternity leave from work after giving birth or adopting children, and fathers in that province were also t...

Police nab Laurentians cycle path stabbing suspect

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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Quebec provincial police has confirmed the suspect in a Saturday-morning stabbing in the Laurentians knew his victim. A 29-year-old man wa...

Wildfire triggers West Kelowna evacuation alert

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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An evacuation alert has been issued for approximately 50 properties in the Wilson's Landing area of West Kelowna, B.C., after a wildfire jumped a fire...

Quebec pharmacists reach new salary deal

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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The Association of Hospital Pharmacists has reached a tentative deal with the province to increase salaries after nearly two years of negotiations. ...

Nexen Takeover Prompts Insider Trading Allegations

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Business

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has moved to freeze the assets of several Chinese-based investors alleged to have illegally profited from ...

Sisters close down P.E.I. monastery

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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The Sisters of the Precious Blood in Charlottetown, suffering from a dwindling number of members, are closing down their monastery. The mo...

Destructive weather now the norm, say experts

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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The extreme summer weather in B.C.’s southern Interior — from landslides and floods to wind storms — has become the norm, according to experts. ...

London commuters warned of busy Olympic day

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada
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London's public transit authority reminded commuters to plan ahead for busy roads and transit on the first working day of Olympic events, but there we...

Milos Raonic wins in Olympic debut

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Sports

Milos Raonic opened his Olympic tennis debut with a straight sets victory Monday at the London Games. The Canadian world No. 25 from Thorn...

Have Smartphones Created A 24-Hour Workday?

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Living

There was a time when the workday ended after leaving the office, but a new survey suggests the arrival of smartphones has meant many workers are putt...

CFB Gagetown braces for more job cuts

CBC | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada Politics

Canadian Forces Base Gagetown could be facing more job cuts with the Department of National Defence looking into hiring private companies to take over...