Farmers fret while bikers party as hurricane Earl barrels for Atlantic Canada
Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press
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DIGBY, N.S. - Farmers fretted over their crops, fishermen tied up their boats and bikers at a rally expected to draw 100,000 people continued to party Friday despite warnings that Earl was churning their way. Earl is weakening faster than forecasters expected as it heads toward. The National Hurrica
Governor General designate off to England for formal audience with the Queen
The Canadian Press
4 Sep, 2010 0 0
OTTAWA - Canada's incoming Governor General is off to England to meet the Queen. David Johnston will have an audience with Her Majesty this weekend to be formally introduced as her new representative in Canada. The former university president has already met the Queen once before, but it was just a
Eight children of soldiers killed on duty get post-secondary scholarships
Mary Gazze, The Canadian Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
TORONTO - Sheralynn Kennedy says if her stepfather were alive today, he'd be proud she wants to dedicate her life to helping troubled teens. The 18-year old is entering the University of Winnipeg on scholarship with the ultimate dream of earning a PhD in psychology and working with teens in jails or
Too late to save mandatory long-form questionnaire for 2011: census manager
Stephanie Marin, The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA - A civil servant in charge of the census says it's already too late to bring back the mandatory, long-form questionnaire for 2011. Marc Hamel's assertions were deposited as evidence by the government in response to a legal challenge by a francophone group fighting to save the mandatory long
B.C. fishermen pull in 9.6 million salmon in one of the largest runs on record
The Canadian Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
VANCOUVER - B.C. fishermen have pulled in close to 9.6 million sockeye salmon from the Fraser River's near record run of the lucrative fish. After weeks of increasing the estimated catch numbers, the Pacific Salmon Commission now believes its estimate of 34 million salmon will stand. The commission
Police seek blood-soaked bedsheets in case of missing Ontario woman
The Canadian Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
ORANGEVILLE, Ont. - The search for clues in the disappearance of an Ontario nurse turned Friday to bedding missing from the woman's home that police said would be soaked in blood. With Sonia Varaschin's family making a heartfelt plea for her safe return, police asked the public to report anyone seen
Expanded weather warnings issued ahead of hurricane Earl
The Canadian Press
3 Sep, 2010 2 8
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre has now extended tropical storm watches to Cape Breton and Iles de Madelaine as hurricane Earl approaches. The centre's latest tracking places the Category 2 storm about 135 kilometres east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It says Earl's maximum sus
Judge says inmate can have thesaurus, compares prison to Humpty Dumpty
James Keller, The Canadian Press
3 Sep, 2010 0 0
VANCOUVER - What's another word for unreasonable? A Federal Court judge has ruled a British Columbia prison was wrong to deny an inmate's request to buy a thesaurus, rejecting the Mountain Institution's argument that the reference book is not educational. In a playful ruling that quotes "Alice in Wo
Man injured after mysterious package blows up in his face near Montreal
The Canadian Press
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REPENTIGNY, Que. - A man was rushed to hospital Friday after a package blew up in his face at his Montreal-area home. The man, who is in his 50s, suffered injuries to his face and hands after the explosion in suburban Repentigny. Repentigny police say his injuries are not considered life-threatening
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