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• Senator Pamela Wallin’s audit cost taxpayers almost $127k
• 3-alarm fire destroys Argos Carpets building
• Councillor wants motorized wheelchairs off roads
• Suicide of Nunavut boy, 11, sparks outrage, but what will change?
• Quebec government downplays Lac-Megantic pollution
• How did a truck crash into an idle TTC bus?
• Canadian study finds no blocked neck veins in MS patients
• B.C. called the ‘Wild West’ when it comes to giving companies groundwater access
• Ontario man tweets for marijuana, cops tweet back
• Video: Manitoba explorers looking for Hudson Bay battle ships
• Canadian mastermind of penny stock fraud sought by U.S.
• Toronto's July flood cost insurers $850M
• Doing away with Ontario’s Beer Store ‘cartel’ may help province
• Video: Dion wants Harper to explain Wallin expenses
• Should concerts have movie-style parental ratings?
• Stephen Harper’s chief spokesman quits
• Could we suffer another power failure like the blackout?
• Toronto Community Housing 'rewards' residents for help in murder investigation
• Should the town of Wadena remove their 'Home of Pamela Wallin' sign?
• River otter viciously attacks B.C. woman
• Battle lines drawn over possible entry of Verizon into Canada's wireless market
• Suncor finds benzene in ditch water near Sarnia, Ontario, refinery

Senator Pamela Wallin’s audit cost taxpayers almost $127k Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:57 PM PDT Senator Pamela Wallin has agreed to repay all the money that auditors say she inappropriately claimed. Unfortunately, her maleficence is still going to cost taxpayers a lot of money. According to the Globe and Mail, the bill for the audit … Continue reading →

3-alarm fire destroys Argos Carpets building Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:03 PM PDT Firefighters worked overnight to battle a three-alarm blaze at a commercial building on Merivale Road.

Councillor wants motorized wheelchairs off roads Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:03 PM PDT An Ottawa city councillor says he's preparing a motion to ban motorized wheelchairs from using the road after a reported incident recently.

Suicide of Nunavut boy, 11, sparks outrage, but what will change? Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:48 AM PDT Aboriginal Canadians, especially First Nations young people, have by far the highest rates of suicide in Canada. Still, news that an 11-year-old boy in Nunavut killed himself has shocked Canadians. Nothing to live for...at 11? This must stop. "@HuffPostCanada: Heartbreaking. … Continue reading →

Quebec government downplays Lac-Megantic pollution Posted: 14 Aug 2013 04:12 PM PDT MONTREAL - The Quebec government added the Canadian Pacific Railway to its list of legal targets Wednesday, casting a wider net to recover millions of dollars in cleanup costs from the Lac-Megantic disaster.

How did a truck crash into an idle TTC bus? Posted: 14 Aug 2013 01:48 PM PDT Based on witness and police statements, the CBC's graphic reconstruction depicts the fatal crash in northeast Toronto involving a cube van and an idle TTC bus.

Canadian study finds no blocked neck veins in MS patients Posted: 14 Aug 2013 09:05 PM PDT TORONTO - A long-awaited Canadian study has found no evidence that blocked neck veins or impaired blood flow are connected with multiple sclerosis, the most recent of several international trials that have called the hypothetical link with MS into question.

B.C. called the ‘Wild West’ when it comes to giving companies groundwater access Posted: 14 Aug 2013 02:53 PM PDT Beverage giant Nestlé is in critics' sights once again over its bottled-water operations. Subsidiary Nestlé Waters Canada has been fighting with Ontario conservationists over rules governing water volumes for its bottled-water operation in the province. Now its West Coast plant in … Continue reading →

Ontario man tweets for marijuana, cops tweet back Posted: 14 Aug 2013 11:28 AM PDT A King City, Ont. man who tweeted a request for marijuana received a speedy reply on Tuesday — from police. They just wanted to tag along. Awesome! Can we come too? MT @Sunith_DB8R Any dealers in Vaughan wanna make a … Continue reading →

Video: Manitoba explorers looking for Hudson Bay battle ships Posted: 13 Aug 2013 07:18 PM PDT Manitoba explorers hope to find 2 ships lost in the 17th-century battle of Hudson Bay

Canadian mastermind of penny stock fraud sought by U.S. Posted: 14 Aug 2013 10:36 AM PDT U.S. authorities are on the hunt for a Canadian man described as the mastermind behind one of the largest international penny stock frauds in history.

Toronto's July flood cost insurers $850M Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:17 AM PDT The July 8 flooding that resulted from a severe thunderstorm in the GTA region was the most expensive natural disaster in Ontario history, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says.

Doing away with Ontario’s Beer Store ‘cartel’ may help province Posted: 14 Aug 2013 09:33 AM PDT Ontario's closed-door approach to the sale of beer has been called into question by an Ontario economics professor, who says the province's Beer Store retailer acts like a "cartel" and allowing the sale of alcohol at convenience stores would help … Continue reading →

Video: Dion wants Harper to explain Wallin expenses Posted: 14 Aug 2013 09:30 AM PDT Liberal MP Stephane Dion says Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to explain why he previously assured Canadians Sen. Pamela Wallin's travel expenses were acceptable. Wallin has been ordered to repay more than $82,000.

Should concerts have movie-style parental ratings? Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:03 AM PDT Dozens of parents were spotted storming out of a Ke$ha concert in Windsor, Friday night, kids in tow. No, not because of the terrible music, but because the concert, advertised as "all ages," featured explicit lyrics, profanity and sexually-suggestive content … Continue reading →

Stephen Harper’s chief spokesman quits Posted: 14 Aug 2013 08:00 AM PDT Andrew MacDougall, the Director of Communications for the Prime Minister's Office has announced his resignation to join the MSL Group, one of the UK's largest public relations firms. MacDougall — who has been at the PMO since 2008 and in … Continue reading →

Could we suffer another power failure like the blackout? Posted: 14 Aug 2013 05:59 AM PDT Ten years ago today, I was one of the roughly 50 million people across Ontario and eight U.S. states that was going through their normal daily routine, blissfully unaware that August 14th, 2003 would become one of the more memorable … Continue reading →

Toronto Community Housing 'rewards' residents for help in murder investigation Posted: 14 Aug 2013 07:31 AM PDT A brazen daytime shooting marred a Toronto community housing complex last week, leaving one young man dead and police searching for as many as three suspects. Those suspects were in custody within days, thanks in part of support from the … Continue reading →

Should the town of Wadena remove their 'Home of Pamela Wallin' sign? Posted: 13 Aug 2013 10:33 PM PDT Over the years, Senator Pamela Wallin has made a big deal about being from Wadena, Saskatchewan — a town of approximately 1,500 people, 200 kilometres northeast of Regina. And Wadena has made a big deal about being the hometown of …

River otter viciously attacks B.C. woman Posted: 14 Aug 2013 07:23 AM PDT A B.C. woman's vacation swim became an underwater fight with a river otter two weeks ago when the animal attacked her, biting her nine times, according to CBC News. Theresa Weltzin told the broadcaster she was swimming in Greeny Lake … Continue reading →

Battle lines drawn over possible entry of Verizon into Canada's wireless market Posted: 14 Aug 2013 07:29 PM PDT Opposition to U.S. telecom giant Verizon possibly entering Canada's wireless market continues to grow with the union representing works at Telus (TSX:T) and Shaw (TSX:SJR.B) saying its a "mirage" that consumer cellphone bills will be lower.

Suncor finds benzene in ditch water near Sarnia, Ontario, refinery Posted: 13 Aug 2013 04:03 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Suncor Energy Inc, Canada's largest integrated oil company, said on Tuesday it was treating water from a roadside ditch near its refinery in Sarnia, Ontario, after the chemical benzene was found in two water samples. The contaminated water samples, taken during a recent storm, were drawn from the ditch located behind the refinery, near an existing remediation site that was established in 2006 after benzene was found in the soil. Suncor said the sampling was done to better understand the potential impact surface water run-off has on ditch water during prolonged ...

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