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Saturday, July 20, 2013

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Cabinet shuffle over, now the war is on

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 01:41 PM PDT

Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives the thumbs up as he arrives on stage following his majority win in Calgary, Alta, Monday, May 2, 2011. Riding associations for federal political parties are sitting on nearly $30-million of taxpayer-subsidized cash, with little obligation to account publicly for how the money is spent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldStephen Harper will come back fighting, writes Paul Wells


Cory Monteith’s legacy

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 01:30 PM PDT

Tabloid Talk: The life and death of Cory MonteithThe Glee star spent one of his last evenings making plans for a charity close to his heart


Winnipeg suspends mosquito fogging program

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 10:07 PM PDT

The City of Winnipeg suspended its mosquito fogging program after a city-wide trap count of the insects dropped to three on Saturday.

Festival hears tale of how Metis group stole Bell of Batoche from Ontario legion

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 07:54 PM PDT

The Bell Of Batoche is official displayed during Back to Batoche Days in Batoche, SK on Saturday, July 20, 2013 in Batoche. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam RichardsBATOCHE, Sask. - The longstanding mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Bell of Batoche was unravelled Saturday, as the man who stole it from an Ontario Legion hall in 1991 came forward.


Moving oil by rail: unsafe at any speed?

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 01:45 PM PDT

Specialized equipment being delivered to Lac-Mégantic from Montreal is required to move tankers so investigators can continue searching for missing people.As Lac-Mégantic searches for a way forward, more troubling questions emerge


Anti-feminism posters pop up in Saskatoon

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 08:05 AM PDT

People in Saskatoon are reacting to several anti-feminism posters that have been showing up in the city.Some unsusual posters carrying controversial messages have been popping up on Saskatoon streets.


Crews in Ontario and Quebec working to restore power after 'exceptional' storm

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 03:27 PM PDT

A Hydro Quebec linesman repairs wires in a file photo.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Mark LennihanMONTREAL - Some hydro crews had to be called back from summer vacation on Saturday after a massive storm ripped through Ontario and southern Quebec, killing one person, injuring 10 others and leaving thousands without power.


New owner of infamous XL Foods plant touts changes

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 11:35 AM PDT

XL Foods Inc. in Brooks, Alta., has started shipping products from the meat processing plant.Several community leaders got their first tour of the meatpacking plant in Brooks since the site closed last year during the largest beef recall in Canadian history.


Four high-tech ways to beat the heat this summer

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 10:22 AM PDT

8 Hot Gadgets for Your High-Tech HomeWith half of Canada being caught in the grips of a heat wave this past week, many of us are on the hunt for ways to keep cool. And even when the heat breaks for a couple of days, I … Continue reading →


Health Canada issues warning for male sex pills

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 11:25 AM PDT

The product contains sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, which can only be sold with a prescription and by a pharmacy.Health Canada has issued a warning about Innerget and Megaton male sexual enhancement pills that have potentially deadly side effects.


Sweltering heat, hail could blanket the Maritimes

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 08:40 AM PDT

Maritimers are being warned to brace for severe weather and soaring temperatures on Saturday.

Canada rate message in tune with G20 debate: Poloz

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 09:16 AM PDT

Bank of Canada Governor Poloz takes part in a news conference upon the release of the Monetary Policy Report in OttawaBy Randall Palmer MOSCOW (Reuters) - All the talk of economic weakness during the G20 talks in Moscow does not make the Bank of Canada more inclined to keep rates low for longer than it had otherwise planned, Governor Stephen Poloz said on Saturday. Poloz also came to the defense of the U.S. Federal Reserve, stating that Chairman Ben Bernanke's description of plans eventually to taper its bond buying was carefully communicated, as asked for in Saturday's communiqué of finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of 20 leading economies. ...


Advance polls open for Ottawa South byelection

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 10:47 AM PDT

Advance polls open this weekend for the Aug. 1 Ottawa South byelection.Advance polls open this weekend in Ottawa South as the minority Liberal government try to hand on to the seat last held by former Premier Dalton McGuinty.


N.W.T. board approves territory's 4th diamond mine

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 12:43 PM PDT

The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board approved the Gahcho Kue Diamond Project late Friday afternoon.

Canadian space cameras delayed to make way for Olympic torch visit to space station

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 04:00 AM PDT

Raw: 'Housekeeping' in SpaceMONTREAL - A trip by the Olympic torch to the International Space Station has forced a Vancouver-based company to delay its plans to install two cameras on the orbiting space lab.


Tornado confirmed at Manitoba First Nation, 2 injured

Posted: 19 Jul 2013 06:18 PM PDT

RAW: Storm, possible tornado, rips through ManitobaTwo people were sent to hospital after a tornado that touched down in a Manitoba First Nation Thursday night.


Flaherty misses meetings of G20 on economy due to illness, spokeswoman says

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 06:31 AM PDT

Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty arrives for the Global Investment Conference 2013 in LondonOTTAWA - A Finance official says minister Jim Flaherty was unable to attend economic meetings of the G20 in Moscow this week due to illness.


Five Ontario women to attempt to swim Lake Ontario from Kingston to Burlington

Posted: 20 Jul 2013 03:28 PM PDT

TORONTO - Five women, five days, and one very long dip in the lake.

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