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  • 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 ...

  • NDP asks RCMP to investigate $90000 payment to Duffy

    Nigel Wright, former chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, resigned on Sunday, days after the disclosure that he had written a personal cheque for $90,000 to Senator Mike Duffy to help him repay erroneously claimed expenses. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...

  • ‘RHOOC’ star Tamra Barney tweets support to Heather Dubrow

    Heather Dubrow over the past couple of months. The two have never had any beef with each other and now, Tamra has chosen to make Heather her bridesmaid for her upcoming wedding to Eddie Judge. Fans saw how Terry wasn't necessarily the ...

  • Search dogs at Canada’s borders more likely to sniff out meat than drugs records show

    OTTAWA -- Federal search dogs at international border entry points have a penchant for sniffing out one thing more than anything else: meat.The release of the data comes as federal officials question the necessity and effectiveness of the dogs, with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) dismantling some of its search-dog teams over the past year -- a move the federal union believes will erode ...

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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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  • Vancouver man murdered in targeted Costa Rican hit says private investigator

    Vancouver father Brad Deering, 42, and three others were inside his gated community home in San Jose in Costa Rica on Thursday morning, when three men stormed the house, shot and killed Deering and tied up the others. A local private investigator believes the killing was a targeted hit. The PI believes Deering was selling ...

  • Canadians invited to weigh in on wind turbine proposal for Juno Beach

    Canadian veterans make their way down Juno beach to the waters edge following a ceremony marking the 60th Anniversary of D-Day in Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, on the Normandy coast on June 6, 2004. For years visitors to the D-Day beaches on the northwest coast of France have looked out at the English Channel, taking in the journey made by Allied troops that marked a turning point in the Second ...

  • Jose Mourinho wont coach Real Madrid next season

    Head coach Jose Mourinho of Real Madrid reacts during the Copa del Rey Final against Club Atletico de Madrid at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on Friday in Madrid. (Denis Doyle/Getty ...

  • York Regional Police revise assessment on abduction report

    A few hours after police reported an attempted abduction in York Region, they now say that it may not have occurred. On Monday morning, police reported that a man had allegedly tried to abduct a two-year-old child at Vaughan Mills Park. Further investigation has left police unclear if that happened. York Regional Police tweeted on Monday afternoon that their investigators say the male ...

  • Quebecer dead in Mexico after scuba diving incident

    A man originally from Alma, Que. died in southern Mexico after a scuba diving excursion went wrong last Thursday. Martin Simard, 57, who was on vacation in Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, was an experienced diver and was well-known amongst the region's diving community. The day before his death, he had to undergo a hyperbaric chamber treatment after resurfacing too ...

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