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  • Federal government seeks corporate sponsors for Ottawa events

    People look at the colourful foliage out over the Ottawa Valley from the top of Champlain Lookout in Gatineau Park in Hull, Quebec on Sunday, Oct 3, 2010. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Pawel ...

  • Were No. 2 How the world views Canadas influence

    If the world was a high school cafeteria, Canada would probably be sitting at a table with the athletes and cheerleaders, suggests a new global popularity poll. Canada ranked second in a ...

  • Search crews in Australia finding signs of missing Hamilton man

    A Hamilton man who is lost in a mountainous region of Australia may be leaving behind clues for search crews to find, his family says. Australian officials are still searching for Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, who went missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains eleven days ago. According to his cousin Ruby Singh-Sahota, crews have found a water bottle that might be his. The bottle was found half full ...

  • McDonalds CEO chastized by 9-year-old B.C. girl

    A girl from Kelowna, B.C., is making international headlines for chastizing the CEO of McDonald's during the corporation's annual shareholders meeting in Chicago on Thursday. Hannah Robertson was at the meeting to ask some tough questions of the fast food chain's CEO Don Thompson. "Mr. Thompson, don't you want kids to be healthy so they can live a long and happy ...

  • Ryan Lochte cruises 2 victories in Canada

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - U.S. Olympic champion Ryan Lochte won the 200-meter backstroke and 200 freestyle Friday night in the Mel Zajac Jr. International Canada Cup.Lochte finished the backstroke in 1 minute, 59.56 seconds and took the freestyle in 1:50.15."I have a faster gear," he said. "I just never went to it. The time was decent. The win was nice."American Emily ...

Movie Review

Road Trip

If vulgarity is an art form, then "Road Trip" aims to a masterpiece. Obscene and often quite funny, "Road Trip" is a direct descendent of the "Animal House"-inspired comedies of the 1980s cross-bred with the Farrelly Brothers ("There's Something About Mary"). It will likely be compared to last summer's gross-out teen comedy "American Pie," although "Road Trip" is decidedly lacking in the sentimen ... ...

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  • Growing appetite for American whisky straining supply

    Heaven Hill Distilleries, whose Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Ky., is shown above, is undergoing its second expansion in seven years. It's one of several whisky producers in Kentucky making major investments in their business in response to the rising demand. (Heaven Hill Distilleries ...

  • Will Rob Fords supporters leave Ford Nation

    Will supporters continue to back Toronto Mayor Rob Ford following allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine? (Nathan Denette/Canadian ...

  • Civic engagement Key moments in the City of Vancouvers history

    May 3, 1886: City of Vancouver holds its first election.May 10, 1886: First council meeting.Dec. 14, 1887: First "Vancouver Reading Room" library opens.Sept. 7, 1907: Protest rally at City Hall by the Vancouver Asiatic Exclusion League turns into a riot.1916: Aldermen vote to allow women to hold office.Dec. 5, 1923: Radio was used for the first time in a Vancouver election ...

  • Former West Vancouver officer killed in Mexico

    A retired West Vancouver police officer has been stabbed to death in Mexico, as two Metro Vancouver families issue pleas for help to find relatives missing in the popular holiday ...

  • Canada’s good name persists abroad

    Canada is reducing its foreign budget in real terms and cutting staff in embassies abroad to save money. It humiliatingly lost an election for a spot on the Security Council, a seat easily won the next time around by Australia. Canada is a slam-dunk Fossil of the Year award candidate overseas. None of its major free-trade initiatives has yet borne ...

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