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Mounties search for missing woman Michelle Marie Demers-Kennedy
Category: Canada Written by Len Humes
Richmond County District RCMP are requesting the public's assistance in locating a missing 57-year-old woman from Framboise, Richmond County.
On May 12th, 2013, at approximately 1:45 p.m. Richmond County RCMP received a report of a missing woman, Michelle Marie Demers-Kennedy. RCMP members
Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:57
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Under questioning from NDP, Minister of Transportation waffles on costly tolling scheme
Category: Canada Written by Justin Stayshyn
QUEEN'S PARK - Two weeks after his government said it would "move quickly" to implement High-Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes, Minister of Transportation Glen Murray was again unable to provide details to Trinity-Spadina MPP Rosario Marchese, struggling to explain how, or even if, his government would
Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 18:14
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Committee to Review Doctor’s Request of Allowing Winnipeg Visitation to Vince Li
Category: Canada Written by Sam Dixon
A team of doctors have extended a request to the annual review board for Vince Li, who was established as not criminally responsible for beheading a fellow 22-year-old passenger on a Greyhound bus in 2008. The doctors have supported the review board to allow him visits to Winnipeg and other
Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 17:07
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Hadfield Uploads Good-Bye Video before Leaving ISS for Earth
Category: Canada Written by Sam Dixon
An extremely popular Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield, has recently uploaded a new video from the International Space Station that can be interpreted as an amalgam of three sentiments; mainly love, thank-you note, and farewell. Hadfield is expected to soon get on the return trip home from space on
Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 16:35
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Wildfires Reach 2 Alberta Communities by High Winds
Category: Canada Written by Sam Dixon
An estimate of more than 200 people have been asked to evacuate their homes in rural Alberta while the firefighters struggle to control two wildfires ignited and sustained by the face of high winds. Most recently almost 100 residents of the tiny Hamlet of Nordegg, i.e. almost 200 kilometres
Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 16:03
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OLG privatization plans ‘in shambles’
Category: Canada Written by Andrew Schwab
Essex MPP Taras Natyshak says the OLG restructuring currently underway is a “complete disaster,” and called on the Liberal government to halt the process.
“RuralOntariowas dealt a massive blow with the decision to cancel the Slots at Racetracks Program. Thousands of jobs have been lost in
Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 15:28
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Penashue’s Credibility at Risk in Labrador Byelection
Category: Canada Written by Sam Dixon
The byelection being held in Labrador are being eyed upon by the entire country as voters decide whether or not to allow former MP, Peter Penashue, to continue their representation in the Assembly after his resigning in March due to revelations into his 2011 campaign having accepted ineligible
Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 15:05
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