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  • Matlow says council likely to reject casino at meeting

    City councillors will debate the casino issue at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, despite Mayor Rob Ford's prior efforts to quash the meeting. "It's not the mayor who gets to decide whether or not a casino is going to happen, just like he couldn't say that Transit City was dead or really any city policy," Coun. Josh Matlow said during an interview with CBC News on ...

  • Bodies of missing lobster fishermen found off N.B. coast

    Two more bodies were found Sunday near a sunken lobster boat that went down after hitting a sandbar in rough water. Three crewmen were missing after the boat hit a sandbar about 5:30 a.m. Saturday and took on water. Hours later, the body of a 23-year-old man was recovered on the shoreline near where the boat sank. A 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old man remained missing but were located about ...

  • Nigel Wright’s resignation sends a powerful signal serving Canadians is high risks with few rewards

    Long-distance runner: Most mornings Nigel Wright runs a pre-dawn half-marathon through the streets of Ottawa - and still beats most of his staff to the office. (Dave Chan For The Globe and ...

  • Tre Kronor are world hockey kings - Swedes beat Swiss for gold

    Henrik Sedin scored twice on Sunday as Sweden won the gold medal at the IIHF World Hockey Championship with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland. Earlier, the United States beat Finland 3-2 in a shootout to win bronze. Erik Gustafsson, Simon Hjalmarsson and Loui Eriksson also scored for Sweden, which became the first country to win the title at home since the Soviet Union in 1986. Roman Josi opened ...

  • Canadians Bouchard Gagne dive to silver at FINA Grand Prix event

    Maxim Bouchard of St-Constant, Que., and Philippe Gagne of Montreal won the silver medal in the men's 10-metre synchro on Sunday to conclude the fifth stop on the FINA Grand Prix diving circuit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Huo Liang and Jiang Yang of China were the victors with 444.24 points followed by the Canadians at 379.32 and David Dinsmore and Christopher Law of the U.S., third at ...

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Scandal [DVD]

Scandal [DVD]

In 1963, the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was rocked with a sex scandal involving Macmillan's Secretary of War, John Profumo, and a young woman named Christine Keeler. The fact that the married Profumo was having an illicit relationship with a woman that many characterized as a high-price call girl was certainly questionable, but not enough to topple a go ... ...

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  • Arsenal grabs final Champions League berth EPL

    Sir Alex Ferguson won 13 Premier League titles, two European Cups and five FA Cups at the helm of Manchester United. (Richard Heathcote/Getty ...

  • Thief robs injures woman in wheelchair

    Police in Agassiz are searching for a purse-snatcher who robbed a woman in an electric wheelchair. The woman was travelling on Morrow Road around 4:00 p.m. Friday, when the thief grabbed her purse from behind. "As a result of [her purse] being over her shoulder, she was dragged out of her wheelchair and onto the ground," said Cpl. Dwayne Farlin of Agassiz RCMP. "The suspect ...

  • Pigeon Lake businesses look forward to full season of camping

    Business owners in Pigeon Lake are looking forward to this year's season after most of the provincial campground closed early last year for renovations. About 200 sites were closed after the August long weekend so the province could upgrade power systems, roads and access for recreational ...

  • Mooseheads expect better effort against Saskatoon

    The Halifax Mooseheads endured a fast-paced, shoot-out style game against the WHL-champion Portland Winterhawks last night, but head coach Dominique Ducharme doesn’t expect any drop off ...

  • Rob Ford should resign if allegations true councillors say

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, seen speaking with members of the media on Friday, has said allegations that there is a video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine are 'ridiculous.' (Frank Gunn/Canadian ...

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