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  • Early childhood diet linked to heart condition

    Researchers in Canada have observed that a child's diet at the age of three could determine its risk of heart disease as an adult. In a study, the researchers found that the effects of unhealthy eating commence at an early age, with the tell-tale signs of cholesterol noticeable in children aged between three and five, Daily Mail reported. According to the researchers, from St Michael's ...

  • New Law Protesters Face 10 Years In Prison for Wearing Masks in Canada

    Prison Planet.com June 20, 2013 A new Canadian bill turned law continues the international fight against protesters and the resistance movement by making it a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison to wear a mask or any form of identity concealment during non-authorized gatherings. The law indicates that wearing a mask or concealing ones identity during any unlawful assembly, as ...

  • Secret tax-haven files lift veil on $32M Ontario fraud

    List of tax-haven names released to public The leaked files show the inner workings of how he lured dozens of investors with the promise of heady returns from offshore ventures, and provide a cautionary tale for anyone thinking of investing offshore. Among those taken in were a navy veteran, a doctor, property developers, a farmer, nurses, a filmmaker and retirees. "He promised amazing ...

  • Top court to reveal if it will hear Rob Ford conflict appeal

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford won an appeal in a conflict-of-interest challenge. He will learn today if the Supreme Court of Canada plans to hear an appeal of that ruling. (Michelle Siu/Canadian ...

  • Man arrested trying to float stolen dock to Saint John

    A nine-metre-long dock was stolen from the Fredericton Rowing Club last weekend. The Fredericton Police found it 13 kilometres away and arrested a man for its theft. ...

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth entry in the now eight-part film series based on J.K. Rowlings much beloved novels, marks the return of screenwriter Steve Kloves, who, with the exception of the last film, Harry Potter and the Order ... ...

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  • Spruce budworm outbreak coming forestry officials warn

    New Brunswick forestry officials are warning the spruce budworm is on the brink of another outbreak, which could cause widespread devastation. The insect, which caused massive defoliation in the province in the 1970s and '80s, has been on a downward trend since ...

  • Liberal MLA sent to hospital suffering from chest pains

    (CBC) Miramichi-Bay du Vin Liberal MLA Bill Fraser is still in the hospital after he was taken from the legislature on Wednesday suffering from chest pains. Fraser, a second-term MLA and the opposition house leader, left the legislature by ambulance on Wednesday afternoon. The legislature was in session when he was taken to the hospital but the 43-year-old MLA was not in the chamber at the ...

  • Metro Vancouver considers sending garbage to Nanaimo

    Mounds of garbage from Metro Vancouver could soon be barged to Duke Point in Nanaimo for incineration without Island residents having any say in the matter, warns a director with the Regional District of ...

  • Allowing private home ownership on reserves could be key to improving well-being for Natives report

    First Nations that opt for proposed federal legislation allowing private ownership on reserve land could see the well-being of their communities improve, says a new report by the Fraser Institute. The exploratory study, published Wednesday by Katrine Beauregard and former Stephen Harper advisor Tom Flanagan, suggests private property may be the key to bringing levels of income, employment and ...

  • Tory MP questions Ottawa’s decision to sole source multi-million-dollar contract for 21 coast guard helicopters

    A Conservative MP has questioned his own government's decision to sole source a multi-million-dollar contract for 21 new coast guard helicopters from a Montreal company over safety concerns and fears that the process was rigged so that the Quebec firm would win. In a letter to Transport Minister Denis Lebel, obtained this week by ...

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