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CANADA News, Oct 30, 2011


FX Canada heralds aggressive plans by Rogers to add channels, expand reach
Winnipeg Free Press
Conforzi, who is also a senior TV ad buyer with UM Canada, describes Citytv's lineup as broader and more diverse than what he recalls in years past. He says he's even been drawn to Citytv's sister station OMNI since it added "30 Rock" reruns to its mix ...
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Harperization of Canada in full swing with majority, critics say
Vancouver Sun
The message scrawled on the flight attendant's placard — and waved defiantly during a recent union protest on Parliament Hill over the Conservative government's no-strike stance in an Air Canada labour dispute — stated succinctly what certain ...
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Pan Am: Canada wins 3 golds, but falls short in field hockey
TSN
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - When the whistle blew to end Canada's best hope for a berth in the London Olympics, Ken Pereira and Rob Short found each other on the pitch for a long hug that said everything.Canada's men's field hockey team lost out to an old ...
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TSN
Records Show Boy Scouts Failed to Report Abuser
Fox News
| AP LOS ANGELES – Boy Scout officials in the US and Canada not only failed to stop an admitted child molester in their ranks, but sometimes helped cover his tracks, according to confidential records, court files and interviews with victims and their ...
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Fox News
Russia's Tuktamisheva wins Skate Canada
USA Today
By Paul Chiasson, AP At age 14, Elizaveta Tuktamisheva is the youngest women's singles gold medalist at Skate Canada in 30 years. By Paul Chiasson, AP At age 14, Elizaveta Tuktamisheva is the youngest women's singles gold medalist at Skate Canada in 30 ...
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USA Today
Netizens unite to fight hate attack
Times of India
LUDHIANA: A day after The Times Of India reported about the plight of Ludhiana-based Grewal family, a victim of racial hate attacks in Canada, a huge outpouring of support was witnessed for the family in the cyber world. TOI on Friday had broken the ...
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Harper acknowledges 'significant risks' in Afghanistan
CTV.ca
When it announced that Canada would end its combat mission this year and undertake a training mission until 2014, the Harper government insisted the troops would be "relatively safe," because instruction would take place behind the wire of fortified ...
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CTV.ca
Poisoned soldier plans hunger strike in bid for care
CTV.ca
MONTREAL — An ex-soldier who says he was poisoned while serving overseas is planning to go on a hunger strike outside the office of Canada's veterans affairs minister until he gets medical treatment. Pascal Lacoste, who believes his steady decline in ...
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Canada's Duhamel, Radford earn Skate Canada bronze
CBC.ca
Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and Toronto's Radford won Canadian silver last winter, were an impressive seventh at the world championships and they earned their first Grand Prix medals by finishing third at the Skate Canada International on Saturday. ...
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Atlantic Canada braces for heavy rain and snow
CTV.ca
(Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Chilly winter-style weather, mixed with heavy rain and snow is due to arrive in Atlantic Canada Sunday as a storm moves north after rolling over the US East Coast. Environment Canada has issued snowfall and ...
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Khiroya family from Calgary, Alberta, wins Smarter Driver Challenge
MarketWatch (press release)
TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today Shell Canada Limited and Canadian Geographic announce the Khiroya family of Calgary, Alberta, won the Smarter Driver Challenge held in Toronto, the second of two "mini-challenges" held as part of ...
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Ottawa opening Canada's first cancer survivorship centre
Ottawa Citizen
The result of all this thought is the $2.5-million Maplesoft Centre, Canada's first comprehensive centre for cancer survivors. The 10000-square-foot centre at the corner of Alta Vista and Riverside drives looks like a large house — homey and not ...
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Better from USA, but Canada Wins
RugbyMag.com
Canada defeated the USA 29-21 Saturday in Guadalajara to win Pool B of the Pan-Am Games Rugby 7s competition, but the USA has plenty to feel positive about coming out of a game where, considering the previous scores of the day, they might have expected...
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McElhanney's President and CEO, Chris Newcomb, to Represent Canada on FIDIC's...
MarketWatch (press release)
His nomination was put forth by ACEC, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies -- Canada. ACEC's President, John Gamble, highlighted the importance of having a strong Canadian voice within FIDIC due to increased globalization and the impact ...
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Getting immigrants interested in hockey not easy
Toronto Sun
Upon his arrival in Canada 12 years ago, however, the sun rose on an entirely different sport for the native of the Kobe-Osaka area. Within a few years, he and Japanese-born wife Itsuko's five year-old daughter Koko laced up the skates for two seasons. ...
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Perfect season eludes Dinos after loss in finale
Calgary Herald
By Rita Mingo, For The Calgary Herald October 30, 2011 2:10 AM UBC's Sam Carino is tackled by a pair of Calgary defenders during their Canada West football game at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday. The regular season is over, the unbeaten ...
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The Ontario man who helped Muammar Gaddafi's son flee Libya
National Post
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. – A private security contractor and former soldier from Canada has admitted he helped Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi flee Libya last month as Tripoli was falling to anti-Gaddafi rebels. Gary Peters is president of Can/Aus Security...
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Pershing takes stake in Canadian Pacific
Financial Times
By Bernard Simon in Toronto Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund run by billionaire William Ackman, has built a 12.2 per cent stake in Canadian Pacific Railway, one of Canada's most storied companies. ...
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Canada adds $15M to anti-polio pledge
National Post (blog)
As part of that commitment, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Canadawill boost its anti-polio drive — adding $15 million over two years to the $348 million that the country has granted to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative since 2000. ...
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O (for Oprah) CANADA
Winnipeg Free Press
Two things made her a Canadian writer. One, she wrote Oprah Winfrey a thank you letter, which resulted in an appearance on the talk-show host's program. Two, she met and married a Canadian. During her wait for residency papers, McKay wrote The Birth...
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Commonwealth leaders pledge more money to fight polio
Vancouver Sun
By Mark Kennedy, Postmedia News October 29, 2011 Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives a speech during the concluding session at a pre-summit business forum ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Perth October 27, 2011. ...
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RCMP mostly unaware of abuse at residential schools: report
Globe and Mail
RCMP officers usually weren't aware of the need to investigate abuse inCanada's infamous native residential school system because aboriginal families were reluctant to tell them what was occurring behind closed doors, says a report by the police force ...
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Globe and Mail
Miss Landmine": Documentary Screening
blogTO (blog)
Mines Action Canada is proud to partner with the Student Christian Movement ofCanada for a screening of the highly contentious "Miss Landmine" documentary, as well as a discussion and dinner on the issues surrounding landmines and cluster munitions. ...
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Liberals lauded for leading Canada's economic recovery 0
Toronto Sun
“As a result, from 1997 to 2007, our country enjoyed a decade of strong economic performance, with Canada leading the G7 in economic growth.” For all but one year of the decade Clement referred to, Canada was governed by Liberals, not Conservatives....
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Big Canadian publisher opts for paywall
The Guardian (blog)
Canada's largest newspaper publisher, Postmedia Network, is to to put up paywalls at all its 38 daily and community newspapers across the country. It suggests that its "metered model" experiment, which began in May at the websites of the Montreal ...
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Canada, UK governments to support Ghana – Mahama : Ghana ...
By ekow
Vice President Mahama, who was speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at Perth after holding closed-door bilateral relations with the two countries, said while Canada had requested to know the comprehensive ...
Ghana Business News
Australian tribunal asked to suspend Qantas lockout - Breaking News
By admin
Breaking News contains Canadian News,Canadian breaking news.
Breaking News | Canadian News...
Canadian leaders mourn Afghan war dead - America News
By XinhuaNET.COM
Canadian leaders mourn Afghan war dead Canadian Governor General David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Saturday offered their condolences to.
Siam Daily News Online
Libya mission cost Canadians $50 million | Canada | News | London ...
Canada's military role to protect Libyans from slaughter at the hands of a bloody dictator and enforcing a no-fly zone and an arms embargo cost taxpayers about $50 million.
London Free Press
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Warbixin muhiim ah: Somalida ku nool dalka Canada Qalinkii ...
By news
Written by: news. Vancouver, Canada – Dadweynoow umada Somali ee wadankii ku nool oo kaliya ma dhibaateysna ee dhamaan umada Somali meelkasta oo ay ku nool yihiin ayey dhibaatadu daba socotaa,dhibaatadaas waa Qabyaalada ...
Somalilandinfo.com
Russia wins Skate Canada couple"s short program: Voice of Russia
... couple's short program. Tags: figure skating , News, Sports, World, Russia ...Russian figure skating duo, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, have won the couple's short program at Skate Canada Intl in Ontario. Having put on a strong ...
Voice of Russia, News
MILNEWS.ca News Highlights – 29 Oct 11 « MILNEWS.ca Blog
By milnewsca
Media coverage (via Google News search) here. Libya Mission We're done. “As directed by the Government of Canada, Operation MOBILE (Canada's military response to the crisis in Libya) will commence mission closure activities. ...
MILNEWS.ca Blog
Canadian Forces Member Loses His Life in Kabul, Afghanistan ...
National NewsCanadian Forces Member Loses His Life in Kabul, Afghanistan. Published on Oct 29, 2011 - 07:05 PM. Footnote: Written by: National Defence and theCanadian Forces · Picture 0 for Canadian Forces Member Loses His Life in ...
NorthumberlandView.ca
Weekly Forecast Financial Market Economic News Calendar 31 Oct ...
By Lior
Here is an economic news calendar for the week of October 31st to November 4th that highlights the main news items related to the U.S., Canada, China, Australia and Europe. (all times GMT): Monday 31st of October 13:30 – Canada GDP by ...
Trading NRG
Airman dies after Igloolik rescue effort - Canada - CBC News
A Canadian Forces sergeant involved in an effort to rescue two boaters in stormy seas outside the Nunavut hamlet of Igloolik on Thursday has died.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.../north-soldier-igloolik-death.html
Canada News: Accountability an illusion in picking Supreme Court ...
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's premature announcement that two new Supreme Court of Canada judges would be sworn in highlights the fact Harper's ...
www.thestar.com/news/article/1074274
Canada News Centre - Government of Canada unveils Italian ...
Ottawa, October 23, 2011 ¿ On behalf of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney, Paul Calandra, Member of Parliament for Oak ...
www.vicinityjobs.com/cgi-bin/externalpage_news.pl?id...
Occupy Canada: Weekly news | rabble.ca
This article looks at Canada's Occupy movement and puts it in context, including mainstream journalism's struggle with this news story: "I think one of the main ...
rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/trish.../occupy-canada-weekly-news
BBC News - Canadian senator wants polar bear as new emblem
A Conservative senator wants the polar bear installed as Canada's national emblem - calling the current emblem, a beaver, a "dentally defective rat".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15503106
Nightly News: OWS in Canada, Dollar Falls, Americans Support ...
66 Responses to “Nightly News: OWS in Canada, Dollar Falls, Americans Support Second Amendment”. Ventura9173 says: October 28, 2011 at 7:23 am ...
www.infowars.com/nightly-news-ows-in-canada-dollar-falls-a...
Canadian Cyclist - IMBA Canada News
Canadian Cyclist Online. The source for Canadian cycling news and information including mountain bike and road bike tours, adventure biking features, ...
www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=22939
Probably Bad News: Canada's 99% is Much More Equal - Epic Fail ...
epic fail photos - Probably Bad News: Canada's 99% is Much More Equal.
failblog.org/.../epic-fail-photos-probably-bad-news-canadas-9...
A Canadian beer cooler's space odyssey | News | National Post
In 2011, the NB Space Race had a somewhat less lofty goal than Apollo 11: Put a Toronto Blue Jays' baseball cap and a beer cooler into near-space.
news.nationalpost.com/.../an-n-b-beer-coolers-space-odyssey/
'Canadian Illustrated News' Used Leggotype Illustrations | Suite101 ...
The first newspaper in Canada to publish quality illustrations, Canadian IllustratedNews printed thousands of beautiful pictures to captivate readers.
susanna-mcleod.suite101.com/canadian-illustrated-news-used-l...

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