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• Canadian planet-hunting telescope celebrates 10 years in space
• Ontario premier, party leaders launch Toronto Pride Parade
• Hastings Park governance, commercial focus protested
• Quebec premier 'disappointed' to legislate end to construction strike
• Video: Some High River evacuees return to face cleanup
• 'Moving Day' replaces 'Canada Day' in Quebec Best Buy ad
• Feds allowing millions in multiculturalism funding to go unspent each year
• Air, ground crews battle Labrador fires near Wabush
• Imagine a Senate of Canada Kickstarter
• Margaret Atwood Inc.
• Calgary electrical grid back up, amid demolition worries
• Premier Wynne, Justin Trudeau attend Pride church services ahead of parade
• Residents in Labrador community threatened by fire allowed back to their homes
• Striking diplomats in D.C. timing job walkouts to key events, visits at embassy

Canadian planet-hunting telescope celebrates 10 years in space Posted: 30 Jun 2013 12:18 PM PDT In the search for planets orbiting around other stars (so called 'exoplanets'), telescopes like Kepler, and the upcoming James Webb Telescope and TESS are getting most of the headlines these days, but Canada has made its own contribution to the … Continue reading →

Ontario premier, party leaders launch Toronto Pride Parade Posted: 30 Jun 2013 08:31 PM PDT The music and vibrant colours of Canada's largest Pride Parade celebration took over Toronto's downtown streets this afternoon as thousands came out to celebrate the 33rd annual event.

Hastings Park governance, commercial focus protested Posted: 30 Jun 2013 07:31 PM PDT Some residents who live near Hastings Park are trying to make changes to a giant sign at the corner of Hastings and Renfrew streets, and the structure behind it.

Quebec premier 'disappointed' to legislate end to construction strike Posted: 30 Jun 2013 10:38 AM PDT QUEBEC - Quebec Premier Pauline Marois says she's "very disappointed" to introduce a law that will force the province's striking construction workers back to their jobs.

Video: Some High River evacuees return to face cleanup Posted: 30 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT The town of High River, Alberta has begun allowing evacuees back to homes that may have been damaged in the recent flood. Residents have mixed emotions on seeing the state of the hard-hit community.

'Moving Day' replaces 'Canada Day' in Quebec Best Buy ad Posted: 30 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT The latest promotion from electronics retailer Best Buy has provoked an angry response on social media, but the company is defending its decision to recognize what it calls the "Moving Day holiday" in Quebec.

Feds allowing millions in multiculturalism funding to go unspent each year Posted: 30 Jun 2013 04:00 AM PDT OTTAWA - Millions of federal dollars earmarked for multiculturalism programming are going unspent, resulting in what the government calls responsible cuts to program budgets but what critics consider a sign of a worrisome shift.

Air, ground crews battle Labrador fires near Wabush Posted: 30 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT Helicopters, water bombers and ground crews are all engaged in the battle against western Labrador forest fire raging just a few kilometres outside of Wabush.

Imagine a Senate of Canada Kickstarter Posted: 30 Jun 2013 09:56 AM PDT Beset by financial scandal, the Senate has become a huge problem for Stephen Harper. But there's a solution. To discourage further expense-claim chicanery, we need to find a way to get more money into the hands of the disadvantaged members of the upper chamber.

Margaret Atwood Inc. Posted: 30 Jun 2013 10:12 AM PDT Fame is a strange and fragile thing in Canada, a country that for much of its history was on the fringe of successive empires. For the most part, Canadians spoke the language of the prevailing power, and the ambitious migrated toward it. Truly famous Canadians, from Mary Pickford a century ago to Justin Bieber now, gained that stature abroad. We celebrate them for it—Norman Bethune is famous in his own country primarily for being famous in China—and, hockey players aside, are suspicious of those here who claim celebrity. Mordecai Richler used to mock them as "world-famous in Canada."

Calgary electrical grid back up, amid demolition worries Posted: 29 Jun 2013 11:41 AM PDT The electrical grid in Calgary has been restored to full service, amid concerns that the city is considering the demolition of up to 100 structures following last week's devastating flooding.

Premier Wynne, Justin Trudeau attend Pride church services ahead of parade Posted: 30 Jun 2013 02:49 PM PDT Ontario's premier was embraced as the VIP of what's billed as Canada's largest gay pride parade, alongside a host of other political figures and colourful characters celebrating equality.

Residents in Labrador community threatened by fire allowed back to their homes Posted: 30 Jun 2013 07:22 PM PDT WABUSH, N.L. - A re-evaluation of a forest fire in western Labrador led crews to downgrade the threat the blaze posed to a this small community on Sunday and end an evacuation that has kept residents out of their homes since Friday night.

Striking diplomats in D.C. timing job walkouts to key events, visits at embassy Posted: 30 Jun 2013 04:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON - At past Canada Day bashes at the glitzy Canadian Embassy in the U.S. capital, organizers worried about protests being held outside the building on Pennsylvania Avenue, particularly over the Keystone XL pipeline in recent years.

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