Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:52 AM EST
On a summer morning in 2009, in canal locks east of Toronto, police made a grisly discovery: In a submerged Nissan car were the bodies of three teenage sisters and a 52-year-old woman.
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Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:43 PM EDT
Two ice shelves that existed before Canada was settled by Europeans diminished significantly this summer, one nearly disappearing altogether, Canadian scientists say in new research.
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Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:00 AM EDT
The Ontario securities regulator Friday ordered senior executives at Sino-Forest Corp. to resign and cease trading of the company's shares on allegations of fraud.
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Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:56 AM EDT
Research in Motion launched a new service Thursday that allows BlackBerry users to share music with friends.
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Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:33 PM EDT
"Dabangg," a tale about a corrupt police officer, dominated the 12th International Indian Film Academy awards, snagging nine prizes including best picture at the star-studded event in Toronto — held on North American soil for the first time.
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Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:54 PM EDT
Some of Bollywood's biggest stars gathered in Toronto on Thursday to kick off the 12th International Indian Film Academy weekend — held for the first time on North American soil.
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Fri May 27, 2011 7:54 PM EDT
Arianna Huffington, co-founder of the popular news hub The Huffington Post, is expanding to Canada in the first of several planned openings abroad, the media mogul said Friday.
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Sat May 14, 2011 5:01 AM EDT
Dorothy Parvaz called her fiance on April 28 and told him something he didn't want to hear: She was going to Syria to report on the uprising and the government's ruthless efforts to quash it.
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Wed May 4, 2011 1:12 AM EDT
A Canadian Roman Catholic bishop pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing child pornography, prompting the Vatican to say it, too, would impose disciplinary measures.
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Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:38 PM EDT
Mining company Barrick Gold Corp. said Monday it has agreed to buy Equinox Minerals Ltd. for about $7.7 billion (7.3 billion Canadian dollars) in cash, topping a rival's offer earlier this month.
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Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:55 PM EDT
Canadian indie band Arcade Fire followed their huge victories at the Grammys and Brit awards by capturing four Juno awards including album of the year for "The Suburbs" and group of the year at the Canadian music awards ceremony Sunday night.
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Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:36 PM EDT
Canada's latest election campaign kicked off Saturday with Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging voters to give his Conservatives an outright majority to stave off a "reckless" left-of-center coalition government that would pose a danger to the economy.
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Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:00 PM EST
A young Chinese asylum seeker who boarded a flight from Hong Kong to Canada disguised as an elderly white man has been released from Canadian custody after more than three months in detention, his lawyer said Friday.
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Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:21 PM EDT
Actor Randy Quaid says a group of Hollywood bankers, lawyers and executives is out to ruin him as he continues to seek refugee status in Canada following his arrest on U.S. warrants.
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Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:44 AM EDT
Canadian fertilizer producer Potash Corp. said Friday its board of directors will review the $38.5 billion hostile takeover bid from BHP Billiton Ltd., shortly after BHP formally launched its offer.
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Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:29 AM EDT
Canada has imposed new unilateral sanctions against Iran, joining an international campaign to force Tehran to drop its nuclear program.
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Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:24 PM EDT
The Canadian government said Monday it will appeal a federal court ruling that ordered it to remedy its failure to protect the rights of a Canadian detainee held by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay.
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Fri Jul 9, 2010 1:13 PM EDT
Ontario's ombudsman is launching an investigation into a controversial security regulation imposed during last month's G-20 summit in Toronto.
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Thu Jul 8, 2010 11:16 AM EDT
The Canadian government has appointed a new representative of the Queen to replace current Governor General Michaelle Jean.
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:21 PM EDT
Civil liberties groups called for an investigation of police conduct Tuesday following the arrest of 900 people during the massive and sometimes violent protests at the global economic summits over the weekend.
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Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:20 PM EDT
The Transportation Safety Board says it is investigating what caused a United Express plane on its way into Ottawa's Macdonald-Cartier International Airport to skid off a runway Wednesday afternoon.
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Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:46 AM EDT
A Canadian public inquiry concluded Thursday that authorities should have known an Air India flight in 1985 was a likely terrorist target.
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Tue Jun 1, 2010 2:46 PM EDT
General Motors of Canada said Tuesday that it will invest $233 million to build a new line of fuel-efficient transmissions in southern Ontario.
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Fri May 28, 2010 4:05 PM EDT
Canada has granted honorary Canadian citizenship upon the Aga Khan, a billionaire philanthropist and spiritual leader of 20 million Muslims worldwide.
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Thu May 27, 2010 3:47 PM EDT
Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged the Canadian government on Thursday to reconsider its controversial visa requirement for Mexicans traveling to Canada, a rule that has caused friction between the North American Free Trade partners.
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