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Alleged 'al-Qaeda-supported' plot against Via train thwarted

CBC.ca - ‎10 minutes ago‎
Canadian police say they have arrested two men and thwarted an alleged terrorist plot targeting a passenger train in the Greater Toronto Area.
What we know so far about pair charged in alleged Canadian terror plot
Toronto terror plot: RCMP arrest two in alleged plot to derail Via Rail train
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Longtime deputy defence minister leaves job in massive department shakeup

National Post - ‎17 minutes ago‎
OTTAWA - The senior levels of National Defence were the focus of a massive upheaval Monday as the Conservative government announced longtime deputy minister Robert Fonberg was leaving the job.
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Diane De Courcy makes her case for Bill 14 before Dawson College students

Montreal Gazette - ‎1 hour ago‎
MONTREAL - Diane De Courcy, minister of immigration and cultural communities and responsible for the French Language Charter, told a packed hall at Dawson College Monday morning that she had been “strongly” advised not to accept the invitation from ...
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'It's not cool': 'Cinnamon challenge' prank can scar lungs, lead to emphysema ...

National Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S.
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Reese Witherspoon arrested: Star 'deeply embarrassed' about what she said to ...

Vancouver Sun - ‎2 hours ago‎
ATLANTA - A court hearing on a charge of disorderly conduct has been rescheduled for actress Reese Witherspoon, who said she's “deeply embarrassed” by what she said to a state trooper during a traffic stop in Atlanta.
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Blue Jays' RA Dickey says he's ready for start against Orioles

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BALTIMORE - R.A. Dickey says he is feeling better, and after five days of treatment and limited throwing, he plans to make his scheduled start Tuesday night in Baltimore.
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Belgorod shooting suspect still at large after killing 6, including 14yo girl

RT - ‎9 hours ago‎
Police are searching for a suspect in the Monday shooting in the Russian city of Belgorod. A gunman opened fire near an arms shop, leaving six people dead and one injured.
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Deaths Exceed 180 After Nigerian Military and Insurgents Clash in Village

New York Times - ‎13 minutes ago‎
DAKAR, Senegal - One of the deadliest clashes between Islamist insurgents and security forces in northern Nigeria has destroyed much of a fishing town on the shore of Lake Chad, killed more than 180 people and highlighted the brutal tactics of Nigerian ...
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Utah elementary school evacuated; suspicious device found

Toronto Sun - ‎2 hours ago‎
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Ontario's government will table the budget Thursday, May 2

Winnipeg Free Press - ‎33 minutes ago‎
TORONTO - Ontario's governing Liberals will unveil a budget May 2 with a lower-than-anticipated deficit of $9.8 billion in 2012-13, Finance Minister Charles Sousa said Monday.
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Follow the tax dollars: website shows where federal dollars are being spent

Globe and Mail - ‎30 minutes ago‎
The federal government will spend $282.6-billion this year and a new searchable database puts all of that spending at the same digital address for the first time in a bid to make it easier for politicians to keep track of the spending estimates they need to vote on ...
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Supreme Court justice, defender of rights of the accused, announces retirement

Globe and Mail - ‎2 hours ago‎
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Morris Fish has announced that he will retire at the end of August after 10 years on the top court.
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Government hurries debate on anti-terrorism bill

CBC.ca - ‎4 hours ago‎
MPs are debating a controversial anti-terrorism bill that would reinstate provisions for preventive arrest and investigative hearings, measures that were part of a 2001 bill but were "sunsetted" in 2007.
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CN Railway profit hurt by winter weather chill

Reuters Canada - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Susan Taylor. TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO: Quote) took a big winter weather hit, the country's largest rail operator said on Monday, as extreme cold and heavy snow in Western Canada slowed operations and nipped into ...
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Daylight CEO to fight insider trading charges

Calgary Herald - ‎17 minutes ago‎
CALGARY - The former chief executive of Daylight Energy Ltd. says he will fight illegal insider trading charges brought in connection with trades made before the company was sold to Chinese oil giant Sinopec.
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Caterpillar retrenches, slashing outlook on weak mining sales

Globe and Mail - ‎22 minutes ago‎
The world's largest maker of mining and construction equipment slashed its sales and profit outlook for the year as resource companies stung by a flagging commodities cycle cut back sharply on capital spending.
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'Far Cry 3' wins big at Canadian Videogame Awards

CANOE - ‎21 minutes ago‎
Far Cry was pronounced Game of the Year at the Canadian Videogame Awards on April 20, with Assassin's Creed III, Sound Shapes, The Secret World and Mass Effect 3 named as the other category winners.
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Apple Wins Case Brought by Google's Motorola Over IPhones

Bloomberg - ‎1 hour ago‎
Apple Inc. (AAPL) won a patent- infringement case brought by Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit over a phone sensor, averting an order that could have hindered imports of the iPhone 4 into the U.S.. The U.S. International Trade Commission in ...
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Young appmakers can't count on a job for life

The Guardian - ‎3 hours ago‎
The most effective lies bear the ring of truth. Consider the current dogma that for youngsters to earn a good living is to brain up, get IT skills and join the digital economy.
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Woodstock icon Richie Havens dies at 72

BBC News - ‎13 minutes ago‎
Richie Havens, the folk singer who opened the legendary 1969 Woodstock rock festival, has died of a heart attack at 72. He died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, his agent, Roots Agency, told Reuters.
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Longtime Calgary broadcaster Dave Rutherford announces his show will end in ...

Calgary Herald - ‎2 hours ago‎
Radio talk-show host Dave Rutherford, the voice of conservative Calgary, announced he will be retiring his long-running Rutherford Show this summer.
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Colangelo: Raptors will make run for playoffs next season with Casey in charge

Winnipeg Free Press - ‎2 hours ago‎
TORONTO - Heading into an off-season of uncertainty, Bryan Colangelo said he was certain of two things: the Toronto Raptors will make a run for the playoffs next season, and if he's back as general manager Dwane Casey will remain his head coach.
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Chris Hadfield 'wistful' as space mission drawing to an end

CTV News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Canadian astronaut Cmdr. Chris Hadfield is excited about the moment when the Soyuz rocket he is travelling aboard bursts through the atmosphere and begins its rough parachute ride back to the Earth's surface.
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Celebrating Earth day in London - London Community News

London Community News - ‎11 hours ago‎
Hundreds of London residents took the opportunity presented by the return of more spring-like conditions on Sunday (April 21) to get out and take part in Earth Day celebrations in Watson Street Park.
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Video game that makes eyes work together can help correct lazy eye: researchers

Calgary Herald - ‎1 hour ago‎
TORONTO - Patching has long been used to treat a lazy eye in children, although the therapy has limited success and doesn't work at all in adults with the condition formally known as amblyopia.
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U of A doctors at centre of new national program helping Canadians in need of ...

CTV News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Experts from the University of Alberta are at the centre of a world first - a new national transplant research program that aims to help Canadians waiting for transplants and extend the lives of those who have already received one.
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Should a bystander confront bank robbers? Very bad idea, police insist

Globe and Mail - ‎8 hours ago‎
To intervene or not to intervene? Two unrelated incidents in Toronto this weekend underscore the potential hazards when crisis unfolds in a public place and citizens pitch in.
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