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Olson MySpace page prompts investigation
[ Globe and Mail ][ May 14, 20:21 EDT ]

Corrections Canada asks social networking site to take page down after prison pictures posted on site

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PM asked to reconsider removal of coast guard vessel from Cape Breton
[ CP ][ May 14, 20:21 EDT ]

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald wants the prime minister to reconsider the move of a coast guard training vessel from Cape Breton to Quebec.

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Famed director Cronenberg pans Canadian bill on film credits
[ CP ][ May 14, 19:40 EDT ]

OTTAWA - Checking federal film tax credits against some kind of public policy test is an industry-threatening solution to a non-existent problem, director David Cronenberg told a Senate committee.

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Overworked nurses acknowledge making medication errors in caring for patients
[ CP ][ May 14, 19:20 EDT ]

TORONTO - Nearly one-fifth of the nurses in hospitals across the country acknowledge making errors when giving patients medications, with understaffing and working too much overtime primarily blamed for the likelihood of those mistakes occurring, a report by Statistics Canada says.

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Ordination of married gay man a first for Lutheran churches in Canada: pastor
[ CP ][ May 14, 18:40 EDT ]

TORONTO - Despite stern warnings from a leading Canadian bishop, a southern Ontario congregation will test the limits of its parent organization this week when it becomes the first Lutheran church in Canada to ordain a married gay man.

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Edwards backs Obama
[ Globe and Mail ][ May 14, 17:40 EDT ]

U.S. Presidential candidates U.S. Senator Barack Obama and former U.S. Senator John Edwards shown together in this January 21, 2008 file photo. (Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images)Major boost to Barack Obama comes the day after Hillary Clinton wins West Virginia


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Review of Winnipeg pathologist finds no patients so far needing further treatment
[ CP ][ May 14, 17:40 EDT ]

WINNIPEG - A review into a Winnipeg pathologist's work hasn't uncovered any patients so far who needed more cancer treatment because of incorrect or incomplete test results.

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Ont. holds vote on Truscott compensation before seeing recommendations
[ CP ][ May 14, 17:00 EDT ]

TORONTO - A largely symbolic gesture supporting compensation for Steven Truscott will play out Thursday through a private member's motion in the Ontario legislature as the government sits on formal recommendations on the matter.

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Canada says won't follow U.S. move on polar bears
[ Reuters ][ May 14, 16:40 EDT ]

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears, will not for now follow the United States and list the animals as an endangered species, Environment Minister John Baird indicated on Wednesday.

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Canada says no guarantee it will buy F-35 fighters
[ Reuters ][ May 14, 14:40 EDT ]

OTTAWA (Reuters) - There is no guarantee that Canada will buy any F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) despite helping to fund development of the new generation U.S. warplane, a senior military official said on Wednesday.

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Canadian-trained Afghan army units ready for bigger security role: commander
[ CP ][ May 14, 14:00 EDT ]

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Canada's painfully patient strategy of letting the fledgling Afghan army take the lead in the field is paying dividends and could soon expand to include more troops and territory, said the outgoing commander of Canadian troops in the region.

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Numbers of lost and stolen Canadian passports rising dramatically
[ CP ][ May 14, 20:01 EDT ]

TORONTO - After a dramatic spike in reports of lost and stolen passports over the past two years, Passport Canada is giving additional scrutiny to passport applications across the country and warning travellers to protect their travel documents.

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Corrections Canada launches probe into serial killer's alleged MySpace
[ CP ][ May 14, 19:22 EDT ]

VANCOUVER - Corrections Canada has launched an internal investigation to find out how prison pictures of serial killer Clifford Olson made their way on to MySpace.

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Defence plan to cost $20-billion more than announced
[ Globe and Mail ][ May 14, 18:40 EDT ]

The bill for Harper's Canada First Defence Strategy could reach $50-billion over two decades, says top general

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Global warming evidence growing: study
[ Canada ][ May 14, 18:20 EDT ]

Polar bears walk at St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec in this March 6, 2008 file photo. Polar bears were listed on May 14, 2008 as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act because of damage to their sea ice habitat, U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced.A vast array of physical and biological systems — from polar bears in the Arctic to tiny krill in the Southern Ocean — are showing the effect of the world’s rising temperature, say scientists who analyzed more than 30,000 sets of data stretching back...


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Director Cronenberg pans Bill C-10
[ Globe and Mail ][ May 14, 17:40 EDT ]

Tells Senate banking committee that bill is unnecessary and will harm Canada's film industry

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Hosting 2010 Olympic torch an honour, not a burden, mayors say
[ CP ][ May 14, 17:20 EDT ]

VANCOUVER - Canadian mayors say there's no way they'd turn down a chance to host the 2010 Olympic flame, despite the protests dogging the current torch relay to Beijing.

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Appeal Court upholds conviction of former Sask CFL player on HIV charges
[ CP ][ May 14, 16:40 EDT ]

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of a former Canadian Football League player for knowingly exposing two women to HIV and not telling them about his condition.

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PCs, NDP want job guarantees as Ont. offers GM more money following layoffs
[ CP ][ May 14, 15:40 EDT ]

TORONTO - Ontario's Liberal government is prepared to give General Motors more taxpayers' money for new projects despite thousands of layoffs recently announced by an automaker that's already received $235 million from the province, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday.

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Calgary Zoo loses four more stingrays
[ Globe and Mail ][ May 14, 14:20 EDT ]

Initial tests show water chemistry at Calgary zoo's stingray pool safe

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Protesters rally in support of N.B. skateboarder facing fine
[ CP ][ May 14, 13:40 EDT ]

FREDERICTON - A skateboarder who says he will go to jail rather than pay a fine for riding his board on Fredericton's streets turned himself in at the provincial courthouse Wednesday.

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