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Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in custody alive – live updates

The Guardian - ‎7 minutes ago‎
Police officers guard the entrance to Franklin street where the suspect in the Boston bombings was taken into custody. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP.
Toronto aunt of Boston bombing brothers wants to see evidence
'CAPTURED!!!' Boston police announce Marathon bombing suspect in custody
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Quebec to ban smoking fully in provincial prisons by early 2014

Globe and Mail - ‎3 hours ago‎
The Quebec government has announced its intention to prohibit smoking outright in provincial prisons within a year - the last Canadian jurisdiction to do so.
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Finally! Conservatives With Courage Emerge - NorthumberlandView.ca

NorthumberlandView.ca - ‎10 hours ago‎
I've been watching over the past few weeks as some of the Conservative backbenchers have finally broken the wall of compliance with the Prime Minister's Office and stood up to speak up on behalf of their constituents.
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G20 commitment to fiscal targets vague but 'sufficient': Flaherty

CBC.ca - ‎3 hours ago‎
Although the G20 countries reaffirmed their commitment Friday to specific fiscal targets as a way for governments to achieve economic growth, Canada's finance minister, Jim Flaherty, says he had hoped for "stronger" language.
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Musharraf questioned at police headquarters

Xinhua - ‎2 minutes ago‎
... • Earlier on Friday morning Musharraf appeared before a court of a local magistrate in Islamabad. • Police sources said that a four-member investigation team will question the former President.
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French Family in Cameroon Freed

Wall Street Journal - ‎13 hours ago‎
Seven French nationals, including four children, who were kidnapped by suspected Islamist militants in February in Cameroon, were freed unharmed on Friday, said officials from both countries.
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Man witnessed BOTH Boston terror attack and Texas plant explosion

DigitalJournal.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
A Texas man is being called both the world's luckiest and unluckiest man after narrowly escaping the terrorist bombing that rocked the Boston Marathon and later witnessing the massive fertilizer plant explosion that devastated parts of a Texas town.
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Canadian accused in Gadhafi plot released from Mexican jail

CBC.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
Cyndy Vanier, the Canadian woman accused of masterminding a plot to smuggle the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to Mexico, has been released from jail after a tribunal of the Supreme Court of Mexico upheld her appeal.
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Gangster with BC's UN gang sentenced to 12 years for murder plot against rivals

Montreal Gazette - ‎2 hours ago‎
VANCOUVER - A senior Vancouver-area gang member, who pleaded guilty to a murder plot and killing amid a bloody gang war that tragically underscored how easily innocent victims could be caught in the violence, was sentenced Friday to 12 months in ...
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Bracebridge, Huntsville declare flooding emergencies

CBC.ca - ‎5 hours ago‎
Heavy rain and melting snow banks have led some communities in cottage country to declare a state of emergency. The town of Hunstville received about 50 millimetres of rain in the last 24 hours and has declared a state of emergency.
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Senator Mike Duffy says he's repaid $90K in housing cash

CBC.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
Describing himself as a man of his word, embattled Conservative Senator Mike Duffy says he has repaid more than $90,000 in Senate housing expenses.
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Inflation drops to 1 per cent in March as gas prices fall

CTV News - ‎12 hours ago‎
OTTAWA -- A reversal in the year-to-year fluctuation of gasoline prices took Canada's annual inflation rate down two-tenths of a point to one per cent last month, putting the rate in line with the Bank of Canada's expectations.
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Barrick faces heat from top Canadian pension funds

Reuters Canada - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Euan Rocha and Julie Gordon and Allison Martell. TORONTO (Reuters) - Barrick Gold Corp (ABX.TO: Quote), already under pressure from setbacks at its largest development project and a slump in the price of gold, now faces a shareholder revolt over a ...
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GO transit expands service on Lakeshore line

680 News - ‎3 hours ago‎
TORONTO, Ont. - Starting this summer, GO trains on the Lakeshore line will be rolling every 30 minutes. In what Metrolinx President Bruce McQuaig calls “the largest single expansion of service in GO Transit's history,” the half hour service starts on June 29, ...

HootSuite rides a rising growth curve (with video) - Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Sun
13 minutes ago
Written by
Gillian Shaw
Is HootSuite Canada's next billion-dollar tech titan? That was the question posed in a headline earlier this year on a story about HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes, who pledged to grow his Vancouver company into a billion-dollar enterprise.

Kite Surfer Rescued From Lake Ontario, Bus Driver Charged In Collision ...

NorthumberlandView.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) - Members of the Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police have completed an extensive investigation into storage units in the Municipalities of Brighton and Cramahe.
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With third novel, Shyam Selvadurai struggled to write about Canada

Globe and Mail - ‎4 hours ago‎
One of the main reasons there was a 13-year gap between Shyam Selvadurai's second and third novels was the knotty problem of Scarborough.
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Bautista back in Blue Jays' lineup for Yankees game

CTV News - ‎4 hours ago‎
TORONTO -- Slugger Jose Bautista is back in the Blue Jays' lineup after a four-game absence due to a sore back. Toronto manager John Gibbons says the right-fielder will DH against the Yankees in the three-game series starting Friday.
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Red Sox and Bruins games postponed in Boston - TSN.ca

TSN - ‎54 minutes ago‎
Major League Baseball's game between the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park and the NHL game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins at TD Garden have been postponed.
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For the Canadiens, what a difference a year makes - Montreal Gazette

Montreal Gazette - ‎46 minutes ago‎
MONTREAL - Now that Montreal's panic attack has subsided - at least for a little while - following the Canadiens' 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday night at the Bell Centre, it seems like a good time to focus on what a remarkable turnaround ...
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Kamloops' Gonzaga star Kelly Olynyk declares for 2013 NBA draft

Vancouver Sun - ‎1 hour ago‎
VANCOUVER - Gonzaga junior forward Kelly Olynyk, the third player from his school to be honoured as a first-team Associated Press All-American, has decided to declare for the 2013 NBA draft.
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A meteor app for your phone? Space lovers to create software at weekend event

Montreal Gazette - ‎6 hours ago‎
A smartphone app that warns about incoming meteors is just one practical application that could be developed this weekend. Two Canadian cities are playing host to scores of space-minded hackers in a 48-hour international programming event billed as the ...
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What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space?

Boing Boing
Apr 18, 2013
Written by
Maggie Koerth-Baker
For hand towels, astronauts get those little vacuum-packed pucks that you kind of have to unravel into a towel. But what happens when you actually put the towels to use?
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HPV Vaccination Sends Genital Wart Cases Plummeting: Study

U.S. News & World Report - ‎12 hours ago‎
THURSDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- In the five years since launching a nationwide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program among girls between the ages of 12 and 26, Australia has seen a huge drop in the number of cases of genital warts, ...
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Young breast cancer patients need care tailored to age-specific needs: report

Vancouver Sun - ‎11 hours ago‎
TORONTO - An organization dedicated to supporting younger women with breast cancer is calling for a national standard of care for this population, whose severity of disease and treatment can differ significantly from their older counterparts.
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