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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 ...

  • Senator Mike Duffy returns to the hot seat in Ottawa

    Senator Mike Duffy arrived back in Ottawa Monday afternoon amid renewed scrutiny of his expense claims and questions about his future in the Senate.Mr. Duffy spent the past several days at his cottage in Cavendish, PEI, and has not spoken publicly since he announced last week that he would resign from the Conservative caucus and sit as an independent. Asked what he planned to tell the Senate ...

  • Top hockeynight tweets from Monday

    Pavel Datsyuk, left, of the Detroit Red Wings looks to drive around Chicago Blackhawks defender Johnny Oduya during the first period in Game 3 at Joe Louis Arena on Monday in Detroit. (Gregory Shamus/Getty ...

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Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

Louis Letteriers remake--or reimagining, or whatever-you-want-to-call-it--of 1981s campy mythological mash-up Clash of the Titans is just about what you would expect it to be. Maintaining only the barest of plot threads from Desmond Daviss original, this new cinematic ... ...

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  • Winterhawks chase Knights goalie in Memorial Cup win

    From left, Winterhawks' Oliver Bjorkstrand, Tyler Wotherspoon, Taylor Leier and Chase De Leo celebrate a goal against the Knights in the first period Monday at the Memorial Cup in Saskatoon. Portland won 6-3 to even its record at 1-1. (Liam Richards/Canadian ...

  • Hundreds pay respects as Elijah Harper laid to rest

    Former MLA, MP, and aboriginal leader Elijah Harper has died. Elijah Harper - The Man Who Said No, to many Canadians - was remembered as much more by friends and family at funeral events Monday. Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key figure in shutting down the failed Meech Lake Accord, died Friday as a result of heart failure stemming from diabetes ...

  • Sex-tape soldier hopes for closure

    Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge is seen in this QMI Agency file photo. MONTREAL - The Quebec soldier whose stolen sex tape ruined her military career said she hoped to reach an "accommodation" with army officials. Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge said the Canadian army will present her with an offer on Tuesday at CFB Valcartier, just north of Quebec City. In 2010, while on a 12-month ...

  • South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit

    South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...

  • Quebec area where cancer rates are 80 times higher to be studied

    It's been more than 15 years since her husband died of a brain tumour, but Candide Blanger feels she may finally get some answers about why he died.Jacques Trottier died in 1995 at the age of 62. The couple had lived for 17 years next to the Valcartier military base in Shannon, where many experts believe the drinking water was laced with trichloroethylene or TCE. The solvent, which strips ...

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