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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 ...

  • Canadian businesses embracing social collaboration tools

    Avanade Canada shows Canadian businesses are leaning heavily on consumer social technologies to drive their collaboration strategies. According to the report, 69 per cent of Canadian businesses are ...

  • Avril Lavigne heavily immersed in upcoming wedding plans

    MTV.com , the Canuck punk-pop princess has found that wedding preparations are "like a full-time job." The "Sk8terboi" hitmaker, who is also busy putting the final touches on her upcoming fifth studio album and promoting its lead single "Here's to Never Growing Up," commented on her upcoming wedding plans, saying, "It's going pretty smooth. My ...

  • Former RCMP Musical Ride member sues force over alleged abuse

    In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police perform their Musical Ride at the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas, Wyo. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Dan ...

  • Family joins search for Ontario man missing in Australia

    OTTAWA -- Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Gold Coast region. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton, Ont., hasn't been heard from since parking his rental car on May 13 in the village of Charlotte Pass in Kosciuszko National Park. For the last two years, the 25-year-old has been a law ...

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Double Suicide (Shinju ten no amijima) [DVD]

Double Suicide (Shinju ten no amijima) [DVD]

Much like the teenage lovers in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the adult lovers in Masahiro Shinoda's Double Suicide (Shinju ten no amijima) find that their love for each runs into a wall erected by a structured society that will not permit it. While Shakespeare's ill-fated lovers were caught in the cross-hairs of familial feuding, the lovers in Double Suicid ... ...

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  • Quebec Coalition party member suspended from caucus amid illegal-financing allegations

    QUEBEC - Quebec's Coalition party has suspended one of its legislature members amid allegations of illegal financing while he was in municipal politics. Leader Francois Legault says he has suspended Daniel Ratthe after being told Ratthe had met today with investigators from the Charbonneau Commission looking into corruption in Quebec's construction industry. Legault says a ...

  • Alberta RCMP sheriffs dispense more than 5000 tickets over long weekend msot for speeding

    Speeders, litterers, and impaired drivers were among the thousands nabbed by traffic officers patrolling Alberta's highways over the Victoria Day long weekend.From Friday to Monday, members of Alberta's integrated traffic unit -- made up of RCMP officers and sheriffs -- laid a total of 5,039 charges, said Brendan Cox, spokesman with Alberta Justice and Solicitor General.Of that number, ...

  • Next 49ers stadium named site of 50th Super Bowl

    The 50th Super Bowl will be held in the San Francisco Bay Area. NFL owners voted Tuesday for the 49ers' new stadium as host of the 2016 game. That facility in Santa Clara, Calif., is due to open for the 2014 season. San Francisco beat out South Florida, which was stymied in its bid to stage an 11th Super Bowl when the Florida Legislature did not support financing to renovate Sun Life ...

  • Rangers Tortorella expects better from Girardi on home ice

    Rangers coach John Tortorella expects stalwart defenceman Dan Girardi is "going to play his best game" after Girardi was on the ice for all five Bruins goals in Game ...

  • Very upset Harper wants fast Senate spending reform

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper told his Conservative caucus this morning that he's "upset" by the conduct of some senators and his own office, and asked them to uphold a "culture of accountability." Harper spoke to Tory MPs and senators at a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill, his first public comments on the Senate spending scandal, but he did not mention by name any of ...

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