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Hundreds of firefighters battle Saskatchewan fires
SASKATOON --More residents have been forced to leave theirhomes in northern Saskatchewan as hundreds of firefighters battlethe 65 forest fires currently blazing in the province. Anotherbusload of 160 evacuees from the northern community of Sandy Bay,Sask., about 580 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, arrived inSaskatoon on Thursday afternoon, bringing the total of displacedresidents to almost 2,200. None of the evacuees -- being housed infacilities in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert, Sask. -- yetknows when they might return home.
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SASKATOON --More residents have been forced to leave theirhomes in northern Saskatchewan as hundreds of firefighters battlethe 65 forest fires currently blazing in the province. Anotherbusload of 160 evacuees from the northern community of Sandy Bay,Sask., about 580 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, arrived inSaskatoon on Thursday afternoon, bringing the total of displacedresidents to almost 2,200. None of the evacuees -- being housed infacilities in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince Albert, Sask. -- yetknows when they might return home.
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Liberals fail to respond to cease-and-desist order
OTTAWA --Liberal Leader Stephane Dion says he doesn't thinkthe Green Shift environmental company is being hurt by his party'suse of the same name for its carbon tax policy and "it will be OK."But the Toronto-based firm, whose founder Jennifer Wright says theLiberals failed to respond to a cease-and-desist order by a deadlinelast week, is moving closer to a full-blown lawsuit that could addto the growing potential legal damages the opposition Grits arefacing. Dion hinted he would be hard-pressed to give up the "greenshift" label as the carbon tax is the first Liberal policy that hesays has captured the public imagination since he was electedLiberal leader in December 2006.
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OTTAWA --Liberal Leader Stephane Dion says he doesn't thinkthe Green Shift environmental company is being hurt by his party'suse of the same name for its carbon tax policy and "it will be OK."But the Toronto-based firm, whose founder Jennifer Wright says theLiberals failed to respond to a cease-and-desist order by a deadlinelast week, is moving closer to a full-blown lawsuit that could addto the growing potential legal damages the opposition Grits arefacing. Dion hinted he would be hard-pressed to give up the "greenshift" label as the carbon tax is the first Liberal policy that hesays has captured the public imagination since he was electedLiberal leader in December 2006.
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Man sentenced for his role in highway chase
REGINA -- A man with a long criminal record has beensentenced to 61/2 years in prison for his role in a dangeroushighway chase that resulted in the death of a 10-year-old girl inMarch 2007. Faron Akapew wasn't driving the stolen truck thatswerved into a minivan full of people during a protracted policechase in March 2007, but the court previously found he urged theteen driver to flee police and threw objects at the pursuing patrolcars.
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REGINA -- A man with a long criminal record has beensentenced to 61/2 years in prison for his role in a dangeroushighway chase that resulted in the death of a 10-year-old girl inMarch 2007. Faron Akapew wasn't driving the stolen truck thatswerved into a minivan full of people during a protracted policechase in March 2007, but the court previously found he urged theteen driver to flee police and threw objects at the pursuing patrolcars.
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Tories under fire for bypassing Atlantic canada
OTTAWA -- The Conservative government is under fire forbypassing Atlantic Canada by awarding the navy's submarinein-service support contract, potentially worth $1.5 billion, to aB.C.-based consortium. Independent MP Bill Casey, who was kicked outof the Conservative caucus in March 2007, said the government has"misrepresented the contract" to unfairly favour the B.C. group."There's an agenda here to move the work to British Columbia," theHalifax-area MP said Thursday. Three of Canada's four submarines arebased on the Atlantic coast and will have to sail to BritishColumbia via the Panama Canal, at a total cost of $3 million, toparticipate in the retrofit.
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OTTAWA -- The Conservative government is under fire forbypassing Atlantic Canada by awarding the navy's submarinein-service support contract, potentially worth $1.5 billion, to aB.C.-based consortium. Independent MP Bill Casey, who was kicked outof the Conservative caucus in March 2007, said the government has"misrepresented the contract" to unfairly favour the B.C. group."There's an agenda here to move the work to British Columbia," theHalifax-area MP said Thursday. Three of Canada's four submarines arebased on the Atlantic coast and will have to sail to BritishColumbia via the Panama Canal, at a total cost of $3 million, toparticipate in the retrofit.
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NASA takes close look at Saskatchewan fires
Scientists say the wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan couldgo "pyro" this weekend, sending ash, smoke and gases soaring morethan 10 kilometres up into Earth's upper atmosphere.
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Scientists say the wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan couldgo "pyro" this weekend, sending ash, smoke and gases soaring morethan 10 kilometres up into Earth's upper atmosphere.
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NASA spacecraft show volcanoes shaped the surface of Mercury
WASHINGTON -- Volcanic activity has played a central role inforging the surface of Mercury, scientists said Thursday based ondata collected by a NASA spacecraft that zoomed past the closestplanet to the sun in January.
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WASHINGTON -- Volcanic activity has played a central role inforging the surface of Mercury, scientists said Thursday based ondata collected by a NASA spacecraft that zoomed past the closestplanet to the sun in January.
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Discovery points to possible SIDS cause
LONDON -- An imbalance of a key brain chemical could causecrib death, researchers said Thursday in what they called a chancediscovery.
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LONDON -- An imbalance of a key brain chemical could causecrib death, researchers said Thursday in what they called a chancediscovery.
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Children's tooth decay on the rise
TORONTO -- Tooth decay among young Canadian children is onthe rise and current models to address their oral health lackcritical education and prevention components, according to IanMcConnachie, past president of the Ontario Dental Association.
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TORONTO -- Tooth decay among young Canadian children is onthe rise and current models to address their oral health lackcritical education and prevention components, according to IanMcConnachie, past president of the Ontario Dental Association.
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Archeologists probe cave to learn about ancient civilization
MEXICO CITY -- Archeologists are opening a cave sealed formore than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for cluesabout the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization'slargest cities. The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a majortourist site about an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered bythe ancient Aztecs around 1500 AD, not long before the arrival ofSpanish explorers to Mexico. But little is known about thecivilization that built the immense city, with its ceremonialarchitecture and geometric temples, and then torched and abandonedit around 700 AD. Archeologists are now revisiting a cave systemthat is buried six metres beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sunand extends into a tunnel stretching for some 90 metres.
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MEXICO CITY -- Archeologists are opening a cave sealed formore than 30 years deep beneath a Mexican pyramid to look for cluesabout the mysterious collapse of one of ancient civilization'slargest cities. The soaring Teotihuacan stone pyramids, now a majortourist site about an hour outside Mexico City, were discovered bythe ancient Aztecs around 1500 AD, not long before the arrival ofSpanish explorers to Mexico. But little is known about thecivilization that built the immense city, with its ceremonialarchitecture and geometric temples, and then torched and abandonedit around 700 AD. Archeologists are now revisiting a cave systemthat is buried six metres beneath the towering Pyramid of the Sunand extends into a tunnel stretching for some 90 metres.
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FDA expands salmonella probe to produce from Mexico
WASHINGTON -- The investigation of a salmonella outbreak inthe United States is shifting to the southern border to encompassproduce imported from Mexico. U.S. health officials are strugglingto find the source of the outbreak linked to certain types oftomatoes that has caused a reported 922 cases of salmonella foodpoisoning in 40 states and the District of Colombia since mid-April,CNN reported. The Food and Drug Administration has alerted growersand brokers handling their products that, starting on Monday,inspectors will stop shipments from Mexico of ingredients common toMexican cuisine. Cilantro, jalapeno peppers, serrano peppers,scallions and bulb onions are among the products to be examined, CNNsaid. Tomatoes continue to be the primary focus of the probe butofficials have expanded the investigation to include producecommonly eaten with tomatoes.
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WASHINGTON -- The investigation of a salmonella outbreak inthe United States is shifting to the southern border to encompassproduce imported from Mexico. U.S. health officials are strugglingto find the source of the outbreak linked to certain types oftomatoes that has caused a reported 922 cases of salmonella foodpoisoning in 40 states and the District of Colombia since mid-April,CNN reported. The Food and Drug Administration has alerted growersand brokers handling their products that, starting on Monday,inspectors will stop shipments from Mexico of ingredients common toMexican cuisine. Cilantro, jalapeno peppers, serrano peppers,scallions and bulb onions are among the products to be examined, CNNsaid. Tomatoes continue to be the primary focus of the probe butofficials have expanded the investigation to include producecommonly eaten with tomatoes.
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