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  • Pattinson seeking solace plans holiday with family

    Actor Robert Pattinson has reportedly decided to spend some memorable time with family and rented a house in Canada for two months. The 26-year-old, who is nursing his broken heart post his split from Kristen Stewart, will stay in the swanky pad with his family members, reports dailystar.co.uk. "Rob is renting a house in Bloor West Village in Toronto for July and August. He needs time away ...

  • Readout of Meeting Between Secretary Chuck Hagel and Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay

    Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: "Secretary Hagel hosted Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay today at the Pentagon for their second meeting here since Secretary Hagel took office earlier this spring. "The leaders discussed a wide range of topics related to their mutual interest in some of the world's ongoing security ...

  • New Parkdale bylaw would restrict bars nighclubs

    Many Toronto city councillors say a bylaw passed by the Toronto and East York City Community Council could be exactly what they need to restrict the expansion of bars and nightclubs in their neighbourhoods. On Tuesday, TEYCC unanimously ...

  • Former Ottawa mayor becomes top Clarence-Rockland staffer

    Former Ottawa city counciller Michel Bellemare, who filled in as acting mayor when Larry O’Brien was defending himself against criminal charges in 2009, has been named chief administrative officer of the City of ...

  • Black bear killed in Yoho park highway collision

    An adult male black bear was struck and killed on the Trans-Canada Highway in Yoho National Park on Monday evening. Parks Canada says it dispatched a staff member after receiving a call about the incident. The bear was found near the Yoho Ranch. "We are very saddened by the loss of this animal," said Parks Canada spokesperson Omar McDadi in a release. "Although black bears are ...

Movie Review

As Good As It Gets

In James L. Brooks' "As Good As It Gets," Jack Nicholson plays what very well may be the ultimate "Jack Nicholson Character." As Melvin Udall, an obsessive-compulsive misanthrope, Nicholson is allowed the kind of free range that suits his talents best. Whether he's snarling and threatening his wife with an axe in "The Shining" (1980), or glowering behind smug speeches about honor in "A Few Good Me ... ...

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  • Couple baffled over burger franchise lockout

    A couple are baffled as to why they have been locked out a Toronto burger franchise that they have been running for more than a year, given that they have made their rent payments each month. Marufa Ahmed and her husband, Mohammad Hashen, say that when they arrived at a Lick's burger franchise on The Queensway last week, they learned they had been locked out of the building. A note from ...

  • Rain returns to Vancouver Wednesday to Friday

    Showers are back on tap for Vancouver starting Wednesday morning, as our spinning low pressure system begins to slowly move inland, says CBC ...

  • Conservatives closer to selling government airplane

    New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government is a step closer to fulfilling a promise to sell the government-owned airplane used by Premier David Alward and members of cabinet. The government has received one bid from a broker to co-ordinate the sale of the King Air B200 aircraft and deliver it to a new buyer. Meanwhile, three companies have submitted bids on a five-year contract ...

  • Man charged in connection with 2 Edmonton homicides

    Melvin Simon John Mitchell has been charged in connection with the death of Curtis Raymond Dugray, whose body was found near in a park near 99th Avenue and 111th Street in May. ...

  • Canada-U.S. team develops promising sharp-shooter drug aimed at several cancers

    Dr. Tak Mak, Director of The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, speaks during a press conference regarding the new breakthrough Cancer CFI-400945 drug that will enter clinical trials next month at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto on Tuesday, June 18, ...

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