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  • NHL Colin Greening goal lifts Ottawa Senators over Pittsburgh Penguins

    Colin Greening scored 7:39 into double overtime as and the Ottawa Senators rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins that cut their deficit in ...

  • West Vancouver landslide leads to steep bill for homeowner

    THE District of West Vancouver will complete remediation work in the British Properties after illegal landscaping work triggered a landslide that damaged a tributary of fish-bearing Rodgers Creek.However, the hefty bill - estimated to be between $100,000 and $150,000 - will be going to the homeowner.Council resolved to undertake the work at 2785 Chelsea Close and bill the homeowner last week.The ...

  • Ontario elevator technicians continue strike action

    One thousand four hundred elevator technicians across Ontario are entering their fourth week onstrike against transnational elevator companies Otis, KONE, Schindler and ThyssenKrupp. The workers went on strike May 1, when talks broke down between the International Union ofElevator Constructors (IUEC) and the National Elevator and Escalator Association (NEEA)--thebargaining agent for the ...

  • World Canada PM aide quits in expenses scandal

    Canada say. Sen Mike Duffy, a former journalist, resigned from the Conservative caucus on Thursday two days after revelations about the cheque ...

  • Leapfrogging development not likely say Calgary’s neighbours

    As Calgary aims to place a tighter grip on its suburban expansion, developers and wary aldermen have consistently issued a warning: the city's loss will be its neighbours' gain, to our detriment.The risk of residential development shifting from Calgary to surrounding communities comes with it the threat of losing property taxpayers, and facing more out-of-towners using the roads, ...

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Once

Once

It wasn't until the final credits were rolling that I realized I never knew the names of the lead characters in John Carney's Once, which he describes as an art house musical. The guy and girl played by real-life Irish singer-songwriters Glen Hasard and Markta Irglov are never explicitly named ... ...

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  • Top hockeynight tweets of the night

    Top #hockeynight tweets of the night As Canadians celebrated the long weekend, we brought the action from Ottawa to them in an exciting game between the Senators and the Penguins. The energy between these two teams reached an all-time high and the Twitter world ...

  • Rangers spoil Miguel Cabreras 3-homer game

    David Murphy put Texas ahead with a three-run home run, and the Rangers spoiled a three-homer game from Miguel Cabrera with an 11-8 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday ...

  • NHL Ottawa 2 Pittsburgh 1

    Colin Greening scored 7:39 into the second overtime Sunday and Ottawa bounced back in its second-round playoff series with a 2-1 win over Pittsburgh. The Senators, trailing 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinal series, seemed destined to fall again, trailing 1-0 with less than a minute remaining in regulation and Pittsburgh on a power play. Ottawa Coach Paul MacLean then pulled ...

  • 2013 Ironman 70.3 Florida age-group results

    The race that takes place in Haines City is a favorite for many triathletes and the unique 3-loop course is configured to allow the spectators to be part of the race from start to finish as they cheer their favorite triathlete on. It was Rodrigo Acevedo taking top honors for all age-group males in a tight race with DJ Snyder. The winning time was 04:10:39 for Acevedo and Snyder crossed the line ...

  • Sens Colin Greening upends Penguins with winner in 2nd OT

    Ottawa Senators' Erik Condra, left, Colin Greening, centre, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, right, and Daniel Alfredsson celebrate after Greening scored the double-overtime-winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 4 at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa on Sunday. (Patrick Doyle/Canadian ...

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