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Mr. Popularity

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Politics

Support for the B.C. New Democrats has grown to half of the decided voters, according to the latest poll by Angus Reid, which shows suppo...

Harper Nets New Energy Trade Deal With Poland

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Politics

Canada and Poland are promoting closer trade ties and co-operation in the energy and resource sectors during the first visit to Canada by...

Dale Hunter won't return as Capitals coach

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Sports

The Washington Capitals said Monday that Dale Hunter is not returning as coach, two days after the club was eliminated from the Eastern C...

Bankers group pitches cellphones as digital wallets

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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Canada's biggest banks have unveiled a blueprint for turning cellphones into mobile payment terminals, a key step in a process that could...

Police urge calm in Quebec syringe incidents

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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Sherbrooke's police chief is urging people not to panic as more dirty needles turn up tucked into pockets of clothes on display in the ci...

Smoking pot may help relieve MS pain

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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Smoking marijuana may help relieve the muscle tightness and pain of multiple sclerosis, a small U.S. study suggests. Many peo...

Stocks, dollar fall on Greece worries

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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The Toronto stock market fell sharply along with other world markets Monday as talks aimed at forming a new Greek government failed, rais...

Esi Edugyan, Charlotte Gill win B.C. Book Prizes

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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West Coast authors Esi Edugyan and Charlotte Gill won further acclaim on the weekend, with the two writers among the latest recipients of...

Scrapping HST In B.C.

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Politics

B.C. will drop the HST and return to an "improved" PST next year with all previous exemptions, Finance Minister Kevin Falcon announced on...

Slave Lake fire a year ago leaves emotional scars

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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On this spring day in Slave Lake, Alta., black smoke billows over a field that fire officials have torched on purpose. As cre...

Blue Jackets keeping Todd Richards as head coach

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Sports

The Columbus Blue Jackets removed the interim tag from head coach Todd Richards on Monday. Blue Jackets general manager Scott...

Police use stun gun on man with an axe

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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Chatham-Kent Police said they had to use a stun gun Monday on a man who refused to drop an axe. The incident happened at 3:30...

Toronto mayor a step closer to eliminating bag fee

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is a step closer to quashing the controversial five-cent bag fee that city shoppers have been paying for nearly th...

New Brunswickers voting in local elections

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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New Brunswickers are going to the polls today to elect new municipal councils, members to their local district education councils and mem...

Canada's Mary Spencer loses Olympic boxing qualifier

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada Sports

Mary Spencer of Windsor, Ont., considered a medal favourite for Canada in the 75-kilogram category at the London Summer Olympic Games, lo...

2 Regina victims of crash of small planes identified

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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The names of the two people from Regina who died after two small planes collided midair on the weekend, killing all five aboard, have bee...

Black bear spotted in Kanata neighbourhood

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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Ottawa police have confirmed a black bear was spotted roaming in Kanata near Earl of March Secondary School this morning. Pol...

Bail hearing postponed for accused in Montreal smoke bombing

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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The bail hearing for four people charged in connection with the smoke bombing in the Montreal metro system was postponed today for anothe...

Campaign on to name bridge after 1st War of 1812 skirmish

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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A campaign is on to rename an Essex County bridge in honour of some little-known figures from the War of 1812. The bridge whe...

Tori Stafford family to face Rafferty in court

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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Michael Rafferty is scheduled to appear at a sentencing hearing Tuesday in London, Ont., days after he was found guilty of murder, sexual...

Brick-throwing Moose Jaw man arrested after fall down chimney

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A Moose Jaw man is in police custody after throwing bricks at officers from an apartment rooftop before falling four storeys down a chimn...

G20 report clears RCMP but raises questions over 'kettling'

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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The RCMP's watchdog says an investigation into the conduct of Mounties during the G8 and G20 summits in Ontario in 2010 has found they "o...

Rosemont CEGEP cancels classes

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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A CEGEP in Montreal's Rosemont neighbourhood has cancelled its plans to resume some classes today after demonstrators flooded the campus....

Retired judge's wife not suicidal, sister testifies

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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The sister-in-law of retired Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, testified today tha...

Toronto police officer struck on Gardiner

CBC | Posted 07.14.2012 | Canada
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A Toronto police officer was taken to hospital early Monday morning with neck and back injuries after being struck on the Gardiner Expres...