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    South Florida Dirty Dining List

    Roach falls from ceiling onto inspector's iPad during inspection. A rodent issue was discovered at the Dunkin Donuts on Sheridan Street, located inside the Marathon gas station outside Oakwood Plaza. A roach issue forced the closure of Blue Sky in Hialeah Gardens, Pad Thai in Margate and the...
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    No more ALL CAPS SCREAMING IN YOUR FACE

    What's the opposite of RIP? I'll never forget the first time I saw her show. It was truly a spectacle of WTF. How it lasted so long can only be explained in one word, Murica. I actually had occasion to view HLN last week as I was channel surfing and sure enough, there she was screaming about...
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    Facebook wins privacy case

    In a somewhat unexpected twist, Facebook has won a legal battle against Belgium's data protection authority, which had sought to prevent Facebook from tracking non-Facebook (or not-logged-into-Facebook) users, both on the Facebook website itself but also via the company's Like and Share...
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    What life looks like 2 years after oil plummeted

    The last two years have been a mess for the energy sector. Tens of thousands of jobs have been cut, capital spending dove, drilling is expected to be at a 40-year low, bankruptcies are piling up and cash flow doesn't come close to cover spending. But there are some (relatively) bright spots...
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    Sask Gets Credit Downgrade

    I blame Notley for this....but l'll wait for official investigation by The Rebel..... What conservatives would say about Saskatchewan's credit downgrade if Brad Wall wasn't conservative *Crickets* That's the sound coming from conservatives and right-leaning media pundits after global credit...
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    Sask. carbon plan doubles the price of power

    A wind power proponent says the latest SaskPower rate increases may be just the beginning of increasing electrical rates in the province. SaskPower is asking for two rate increases this year — five per cent this summer and another five per cent in January. President of SaskWind James Glennie...
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    BC lowers speed limits on 2 highways

    And while speed is decreasing in those two sections, government staff found crash rates increased in a total of 14 of the 33 sections of highway with raised speed limits. Highway 1 from Hope to Cache Creek will return to 90 km/h from 100 km/h and Highway 5A from Princeton to Merritt will...
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    Watson Gets Passport Back After Harper Years

    Paul Watson, an anti-whaling activist known as one of the founding members of Greenpeace, is finally getting back his Canadian passport, four years after it was mysteriously revoked by the Harper government. Watson, who now lives in France, told National Observer he received the passport on...
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    Fort McMurray councillors vote to double their pay

    City councillors in Fort McMurray, Alta., have approved a motion to more than double some of their salaries, and three could become some of the highest paid councillors in Canada. The pay hike is drawing harsh criticism from constituents, many of whom lost their homes and jobs to the...
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    Mexican President calls for ‘economic integration’ of North America

    Don't let the Liberals crush Canada with any more Free Trades or integrations. Protest this the best way you can...... Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto arrived in Canada Monday for an official state visit, using his first remarks to call for the “economic integration” of North America...
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    Cheddar Bacon Burger Bowls

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    Pope; Church should ask forgiveness from gays

    Pope Francis said on Sunday that Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should seek forgiveness from homosexuals for the way they had treated them. In the hour-long freewheeling conversation that has become a trademark of his international travels, Francis was asked if he agreed with recent...
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    4 bison killed for a movie shoot in Alberta

    The owner of the bison, John Scott, said he did nothing wrong, but he does admit the animals were killed for use in the film. "The fact that I'm a bison producer and I have the right to sell my bison wherever I want is a legitimate statement," he said. "The fact that Longview Beef Jerky is a...
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    Wind Turbines Rattle Ontario Buddhists

    The windswept field is supposed to become the site of one of the biggest destinations in the world for Buddhist pilgrims, and attract thousands of tourists each year to the community about 140 kilometres northeast of Toronto. But a project to build 15 wind turbines nearby is now threatening...
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    Let's hope they don't have a 3rd kid

    Toddler found unresponsive in pool dies The toddler was found in the pool during a family gathering at 6645 Carriage Crossing Drive in the Grey’s Creek Area. According to a family post on Facebook, the incident Monday occurred during a celebration, exactly one year after Adams’ 11-month-old...
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    Only 24 Dead in West Virginia Floods

    US President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in the state of West Virginia, where the worst floods in more than a century have left at least 24 people dead. West Virginia deadly floods: Obama declares major disaster - BBC News
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    Reform Party of Alberta Becomes Reality

    In the midst the latest round of unite-the-right chatter, conservative voters in Alberta now have another party to cast their ballots for. The Reform Party of Albertais now officially registered as a political party with Elections Alberta The party describes itself as “Alberta’s principled...
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    US Customs to collect social media names at the border

    Yesterday, US Customs and Border Protection entered a new proposal into the federal register, suggesting a new field in which persons entering the country can declare their various social media accounts and screen names. The information wouldn’t be mandatory, but the proposed field would still...
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    Trudeau booed in Quebec for speaking English

    All in all, it was fairly tame compared to the virulent reaction against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's father 48 years ago. Trudeau was booed briefly by a few people in Quebec City on Friday -- the province's Fete nationale -- about 11 seconds after he began speaking in English about the...
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    Alberta bans political donations from corporations/unions

    The flagship first bill of Alberta’s new NDP government that bans corporate and union donations to political parties has passed in the legislature. Opponents, however, say much work remains to be done to close the loopholes. Bill 1, An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, passed unanimously in...