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• Toronto's new mayor moves motion thanking Rob Ford for his public service
• Beloved Montreal Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau dead at age 83
• Cat missing for 4 months after condo blaze found alive and well
• Canada wheat exports dogged by quality complaints
• Quebec raises some taxes as it renews balanced-budget pledge

Toronto's new mayor moves motion thanking Rob Ford for his public service Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:19 PM PST TORONTO - Toronto's new mayor opened his first council meeting by thanking his ailing predecessor Rob Ford for his continued public service and wishing him a speedy recovery from cancer and return to civic life.

Beloved Montreal Canadiens legend Jean Beliveau dead at age 83 Posted: 02 Dec 2014 10:11 PM PST MONTREAL - It is hard to imagine a classier hockey player, on and off the ice, than Jean Beliveau.

Cat missing for 4 months after condo blaze found alive and well Posted: 02 Dec 2014 08:26 PM PST More than four months after she was thought lost in a massive condo fire, a house cat named Harmony has proven to be incredibly resilient, suggesting cats may in fact have more than one life.

Canada wheat exports dogged by quality complaints Posted: 02 Dec 2014 10:12 PM PST By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Buyers of Canadian wheat are increasingly complaining about quality ever since Ottawa changed how its biggest crop is sold and inspected, raising the risk the world's third largest exporter will lose sales to rivals like the United States. Problems include underweight shipments, lower-than-expected protein content and gluten strength in the wheat, and even the occasional mixture of wheat with other agricultural products. In October, Singapore-based Prima Group found 850 kilograms of peas in a 25-tonne wheat shipment. ...

Quebec raises some taxes as it renews balanced-budget pledge Posted: 02 Dec 2014 02:42 PM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Quebec reaffirmed on Tuesday that it plans to balance its books in the 2015-16 fiscal year after a series of deficits, and said it would raise taxes on financial institutions temporarily to help it achieve its goal. In the provincial Liberal government's update on Quebec's economic and financial situation, Minister of Finance Carlos Leitao also forecast a deficit of C$2.35 billion ($2.06 billion) for 2014-15, unchanged from the forecast in the government's June's budget. ...

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