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  • New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier

    GENEVA - Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier has expanded its leading Challenger family of business jets with the launch of the new Challenger 350 aircraft in collaboration with global leader in private aviation, US firm NetJets. The launch on Monday was held at a special event here at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Bombardier said deliveries of the ...

  • Paddy Lowe to join Mercedes early

    Agreement has been reached between Mercedes and McLaren for Paddy Lowe to join the works team ahead of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix June 9. The announcement of Lowe leaving McLaren for Mercedes was made in February and the British racing engineer was supposed to join the team at the end of 2013. "Paddy will strengthen the team in the role of executive director (technical) and will work ...

  • Jennifer Lawrence brother being stalked

    Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence and her brother Blaine Lawrence are reportedly being stalked by a Canadian named Han Cong Zhao. Han, 23, was said to be remanded on bail after Judge Annette Karem at Kentucky court here heard he sent Blaine 200 messages and a threatening voicemail. "You got me really upset, when I am upset, wait and see what happens," thesun.co.uk quoted Han as ...

  • Video NDP asks RCMP to investigate Senate scandal

    The New Democrats are asking the RCMP to investigate whether the prime minister's recently resigned chief of staff broke any laws when he wrote a personal cheque to cover Senator Mike Duffy's improper housing ...

  • Senator Mike Duffy returns to Ottawa amid expenses scandal

    Senator Mike Duffy arrived back in Ottawa Monday afternoon amid questions about his future in the Red Chamber.Mr. Duffy spent the past several days at his cottage in Cavendish, P.E.I. and has not spoken publicly since he announced last week that he would resign from the Conservative caucus and sit as an ...

Movie Review

A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan

Sam Raimi's masterful thriller "A Simple Plan" is built on a great "what if" situation: What if you and a couple of friends were walking through the woods and found $4 million? Would you turn in it to the police? Or, would you and your friends keep the money and split it amongst yourselves? It looks like the money is from drug dealers ... no one saw you in the woods ... nothing could go wrong, rig ... ...

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  • Torontos Tumblrs New Crop Of Start-Ups Await The Big Time

    was for. And before that, MySpace. It doesn't matter. David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, is smiling all the way to the bank. He cashed in with his web creation from his offices in Silicon Alley in Midtown. In the Americas, there's Silicon Alley in New York, the much bigger and more famous Silicon Valley in California and further north, and getting bigger, there's Toronto. ...

  • Rangers John Tortorella staying positive

    New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella is searching for encouraging signs from his team's two losses in Boston ahead of Game 3 in New York on Tuesday. (Nick Wass/Associated ...

  • Russell 2000 small-company index surpasses 1000

    Small companies took the limelight Monday on a slow but choppy start to the week. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, rose above 1,000 for the first time. The index is outpacing the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor's 500 index this year. Small stocks are doing well because they are more focused on the U.S., which is recovering, and are less exposed ...

  • Manitobans line up to pay respects to Elijah Harper

    Hundreds of Manitobans are lining up at the Manitoba legislature to pay their respects to Elijah Harper as his body lies in state Monday afternoon. The former member of the legislative assembly and member of Parliament played a key role in defeating the Meech Lake accord. He died early Friday morning at the age of 64. According to a statement released by his family, Harper died in Ottawa from ...

  • Unlicenced girl 15 caught driving 77 kmh over limit

    CALGARY -- Police say an unlicensed 15-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a car driving 77 km/h over the posted speed limit down the Queen Elizabeth II Highway on Monday. "We've got this very young and inexperienced driver behind the wheel travelling down the highway like a rocket," alleged Sheriff Jason Graw with the Airdrie Integrated Traffic Unit. "That's a ...

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