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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 ...

  • Montreal Mayor resigns Ive never taken a penny

    Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum gets into a car outside police headquarters in Montreal, June 17, 2013. Applebaum was arrested earlier as part of a bribery case. (Ryan Remiorz/THE CANADIAN ...

  • Montreal interim mayor resigns after fraud arrest

    Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum announces his resignation a day after his arrest on fraud charges, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at a news conference in Montreal. Applebaum had vowed to clean up the corruption scandals rocking the city. He faces 14 charges, including defrauding the government and corruption in municipal affairs. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan ...

  • Canada Deploys 900 Military Personnel to Afghanistan

    Ottawa, June 18 (Prensa Latina) Canada started sending 900 soldiers to Afghanistan to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to train and advise the Army and Police of that Asian country, occupied by NATO since 2001. Major Craig Butl confirmed to journalists that a first batch of 100 troops left yesterday, another 350 will leave for Afghanistan this week and the rest will do it in the next ...

  • New Canada-Indiana Intermodal Service to Offer Matchback Options

    west coast ports of Prince Rupert and Vancouver to Indianapolis. INRD is building a more than $2 million intermodal ramp and container yard at its Senate Avenue Intermodal Terminal to complement the service.The matchback process will include finding export loads to fill import containers that would otherwise go back to the port empty. Midwest Commodities, which specializes in loading containers ...

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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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  • Canadas eavesdropping agency helped spy on London G20 summit

    Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, speaks to The Guardian from Hong Kong on Sunday, June 9, 2013. (The ...

  • Hundreds attend Toronto memorial for crew killed in Ornge crash

    TORONTO -- Hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial service Tuesday for the two pilots and two paramedics who died late last month in an air ambulance crash. Capt. Don Filliter, First Officer Jacques Dupuy, and flight paramedics Dustin Dagenais and Chris Snowball were killed when an Ornge helicopter crashed after takeoff from Moosonee, Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne and Health Minister Deb ...

  • B.C. man caught driving 221 kmh through Vancouver Island

    COURTENAY, B.C. -- A fast and curious driver caught going 221 kilometres an hour in his new Subaru 20R through Vancouver Island traffic has lost his vehicle for seven days and netted a hefty fine. Police say the posted speed limit on Highway 19 near Campbell River is 110 kilometres per hour. RCMP Const. John Anderson says the 25-year-old man behind the wheel of the black sports car ...

  • Montreals mayor resigns calls allegations unfounded

    Montreal's interim mayor Michael Applebaum has announced his resignation, a move that comes just one day after he was arrested on corruption and conspiracy charges. Applebaum announced he is stepping down during a brief news conference on Tuesday, where he maintained the accusations against him are false. "I have a profound conviction that I have always worked in the best ...

  • Another Montreal mayor resigns in scandal

    MONTREAL - Montreal has its second mayoral resignation in less than a year. Interim mayor Michael Applebaum stepped down Tuesday, a day after he was slapped with a series of criminal charges. He made the announcement in a two-minute statement at city hall. He did not take questions. Applebaum said he's innocent of the charges against him and will work to prove his innocence. "I will ...

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