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  1. Jay

    Ex-privacy czar facing charges

    http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1142463013347 "OTTAWA—Former privacy czar George Radwanski is now facing criminal charges in connection with the expenses he allegedly billed the government to sustain a...
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    Dead man sat in car along busy highway for days

    http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/03/08/abbotsford-camino.html "Police in B.C.'s Fraser Valley are looking into why the body of an elderly man sat in his car on the side of the Trans-Canada Highway for several days before being discovered." 8O What are you guys doing out there?
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    Brison regrets e-mail to banker but denies leak

    http://www.cbc.ca/story/news/national/2006/03/07/brison-trusts060307.html "Brison said on Tuesday that he wished he hadn't sent a suspicious-sounding e-mail to an acquaintance at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce the day before a crucial Nov. 23 tax policy announcement. " Yes Scott, it...
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    Teacher given house arrest for 5-month affair

    http://www.cbc.ca/calgary/story/cal-teacher060228.html He was charged with sexual exploitation in June and suspended with pay. In December, he resigned from teaching at the school. He pleaded guilty in January. Who says crime doesn't pay?
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    McCartney calls on Ottawa to cancel seal hunt

    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060302/Seal_hunt_060302/20060302?hub=Entertainment OK we could probably cut a deal here....we will cancel the seal hunt IF Paul shuts the hell up, gives us all his money and quits writing that stupid music he creates! Think he will go for it?
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    London Area braces for walkout

    http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2006/02/22/1455912-sun.html "Two thousand London-area school kids have been ordered to stay home and local trash pickup and other services could be disrupted as Ontario braces for an illegal strike just after midnight tonight by key civic and education...
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    The COLD WAR

    Let's discuss it. I know there are some posters here with an incredible amount of knowledge about this subject from both sides of the fence. East vs. West? Right vs. Wrong? Was Soviet expansionism a threat? Did WWII play a significant role? Did the US actually win this or is it a facade...
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    Help That Hurts

    http://www.aims.ca/aimslibrary.asp?ft=5&fd=0&fi=0&id=1233&p=1 Finding a way out of the equalization trap "Equalization was not a program developed to stunt or hinder prosperity, although increasingly that is what it is doing in both the contributing and recipient provinces," says Crowley. "If...
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    An Adventure That Can Backfire

    The link may or may not work, so I posted the article in its entirety. http://www.canadiancontent.net/en/jd/go?Url=http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7&section=0&article=71339&d=8&m=10&y=2005 An Adventure That Can Backfire Amir Taheri Having secured most key positions in the past few months...
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    GM announces 30,000 job cuts

    http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=59302a3d-badf-4f52-ace7-b9cbce1e2738 DETROIT (CP) - General Motors Corp. plans to close nine North American assembly, stamping and powertrain plants - including two in Canada - and cut 30,000 jobs over three years, the...
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    Blizzard Entertainment, are being sued ...

    http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/article.jsp?article_id=69299&cat_id=585 " Makers of "World of Warcraft" - Blizzard Entertainment, are being sued by the parents of a 13-year-old Tianjin boy, on charges that the game caused the death of their son. The parents have filed a law-suit against...
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    Inco ships first nickel concentrate from Voisey's Bay

    CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/11/16/inco-051116.html Inco has shipped its first commercial nickel concentrate from its massive Voisey's Bay project in Labrador. The company said Wednesday's shipment came more than six months ahead of its original project schedule...
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    Holiday election may offend religious groups: PM

    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051117/martin_election_051117/20051117?hub=Canada "BUSAN, South Korea — Prime Minister Paul Martin warned the three opposition leaders today that they could offend religious and ethic groups by forcing an election over the holiday...
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    Fahrenheit 9/11 maker shies from his own heat

    http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=272&fArticleId=2995017 Moore a victim of his own moreish success November 15, 2005 By Janet Street-Porter London: Whatever happened to Michael Moore, the man who told us his mission in life was to stop US President George Bush getting...
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    Chavez has lost his mind....

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/09/chavez.invasion.ap/index.html I wonder if he was ranting this sort of rhetoric while the USSR was stomping all over the world....
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    Seems everyone has seperation plans...

    http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/04/kenora-separate050804.html
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    Al-Qaeda

    There was question by some posters here, as to the whether or not Al-Qaeda existed or was a figment of someone’s (namely the USG) imagination. I found this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda "Bin Laden himself said of the origin, "We used to call the training camp al Qaeda [meaning "the...
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    A new Governor-General to be picked soon.

    http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/08/02/gg050802.html My vote is for Preston.
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    Gone for 2 weeks.

    As promised I shouldn't be darkening anyone’s door for two whole weeks as I'm on vacation....Consider it a vacation for you too. :wink: http://www.cottage-canada-usa.com/listing/1290.htm This is the place I have rented....right beside Algonquin Park in beautiful Ontario. Hope to catch lots of...
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    As seen in a cat's diary:

    Day 183 of my captivity... My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of...