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Premiers eye meeting with PM to solve aboriginal poverty
Canada's premiers pressed the federal government yesterday toconvene a meeting to remedy the poverty and underfunding ofeducation in aboriginal communities.
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Canada's premiers pressed the federal government yesterday toconvene a meeting to remedy the poverty and underfunding ofeducation in aboriginal communities.
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Facelift for capital
The nation's capital is to undergo a facelift to enable it totell more of Canada's and the city's history, National CapitalCommission documents say. Among the projects, theRideau-Sussex-Wellington-Colonel By intersection near ParliamentHill would become a grand gateway into downtown, complete with anational monument. The work is part of a long-range plan expected totake 10 to 20 years to complete.
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The nation's capital is to undergo a facelift to enable it totell more of Canada's and the city's history, National CapitalCommission documents say. Among the projects, theRideau-Sussex-Wellington-Colonel By intersection near ParliamentHill would become a grand gateway into downtown, complete with anational monument. The work is part of a long-range plan expected totake 10 to 20 years to complete.
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Woman stuck in tub
An 86-year-old woman is sore but unscathed after she wasstuck in her bathtub for two days. Lorraine LeBlanc, who has had hipand knee surgery, couldn't lift herself out of the tub July 10. Shecovered herself with towels and spent the time sleeping and praying.A neighbour noticed LeBlanc's door was open and called the RCMP, whorescued the woman.
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An 86-year-old woman is sore but unscathed after she wasstuck in her bathtub for two days. Lorraine LeBlanc, who has had hipand knee surgery, couldn't lift herself out of the tub July 10. Shecovered herself with towels and spent the time sleeping and praying.A neighbour noticed LeBlanc's door was open and called the RCMP, whorescued the woman.
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Heart disease, depression linked
Women are at a higher risk for heart disease if they alsosuffer from depression, according to a new Statistics Canada studyreleased yesterday.
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Women are at a higher risk for heart disease if they alsosuffer from depression, according to a new Statistics Canada studyreleased yesterday.
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Pathologists want national standards
The federal government should set up a national system ofstandards for medical testing laboratories to prevent errors thatcould lead to faulty diagnoses, the Canadian Association ofPathologists says.
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The federal government should set up a national system ofstandards for medical testing laboratories to prevent errors thatcould lead to faulty diagnoses, the Canadian Association ofPathologists says.
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Terror suspect's ex-fiancée to testify
Momin Khawaja's former fiancée is expected to testify earlynext week about emails and discussions she had with theterrorism-plot suspect.
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Momin Khawaja's former fiancée is expected to testify earlynext week about emails and discussions she had with theterrorism-plot suspect.
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17 Tories reimbursed before probe began
Elections Canada reimbursed 17 Conservative candidates, mostof whom won seats in Parliament, before a "red flag" went up toindicate their claims and 50 others were potentially illegal, chiefelectoral officer Marc Mayrand told the Commons ethics committeeyesterday.
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Elections Canada reimbursed 17 Conservative candidates, mostof whom won seats in Parliament, before a "red flag" went up toindicate their claims and 50 others were potentially illegal, chiefelectoral officer Marc Mayrand told the Commons ethics committeeyesterday.
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Cyprus to treat 'stinky' Greek water
Drought-stricken Cyprus is unable to distribute a shipment ofwater from Greece directly to households because it smells bad,authorities said yesterday.
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Drought-stricken Cyprus is unable to distribute a shipment ofwater from Greece directly to households because it smells bad,authorities said yesterday.
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Leave your extremism at the door, please
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah opened an unprecedented meetingof Muslims, Christians, Jews and other believers yesterday with acall to shun the extremist violence that has tarnished thereputation of religious faith.
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah opened an unprecedented meetingof Muslims, Christians, Jews and other believers yesterday with acall to shun the extremist violence that has tarnished thereputation of religious faith.
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Zimbabwe inflation: 2.2 million per cent
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accused Britain yesterdayof trying to seize control of resources in the devastated Africannation, as his government announced inflation had risen to 2.2million per cent.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe accused Britain yesterdayof trying to seize control of resources in the devastated Africannation, as his government announced inflation had risen to 2.2million per cent.
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