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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 ...

  • Ontario Man Charged with Transportation of a Minor with Intent to Engage in Sexual Activity

    BUFFALO, NY-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that David Allen Vickers, 49, of Stanley, New York, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $250,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron J. Mango, who is ...

  • D-Day beaches wind turbine proposal seeks Canadian comments

    Canadian veterans walk on Juno Beach on June 6, 2004. The view from some of those sites could change if a plan to build wind turbines some 10 kilometres off the shore succeeds. (Tom Hanson/Canadian ...

  • NDP wants RCMP inquiry into $90K payment to Duffy

    The NDP is calling on the RCMP to investigate the actions of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, who resigned recently after news emerged of a secret $90,000 payment he made to Senator Mike Duffy in relation to the Senate expense scandal. NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus announced Monday that a letter had been sent to the commissioner of the RCMP, Robert ...

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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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  • Elijah Harpers body will lie in state at Manitoba legislature

    Manitobans will get a chance to pay their respects to Elijah Harper at the provincial legislature, where his body will lie in state Monday afternoon. The former member of the legislative assembly and member of Parliament played a key role in defeating the Meech Lake accord. He died early Friday morning at the age of 64. According to a statement released by his family, Harper died in Ottawa ...

  • Nanaimo Facebook group takes aim at thieves

    Residents fed up with petty crime in Nanaimo have turned to social media to try to prevent theft. The Facebook group 'Stealing Nanaimo' -- with close to 900 members -- allows people to list property that has been stolen in the hope that second-hand stores and pawn shops will check the site. "When someone steals something, it either gets pawned off or shipped out somewhere," ...

  • Unlicensed teen ticketed for high-speed drive

    Unlicensed teen ticketed for high-speed drive A teenage girl without a licence pulled over for speeding on a highway near Calgary is facing several ...

  • Victoria Day name-change petition riles controversy on the happiest day in May

    A group of Canadians have recently begun an online petition asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change Monday's holiday, which commemorates Queen Victoria's birthday, to "Victoria and First People's ...

  • Montreal politicians debate city council size — again

    A proposal put forward by Coalition Avenir Qubec leader Franois Legault to reduce the number of city councillors as a way of dealing with municipal corruption is being met with caution. Legault first floated the idea last year during the provincial election campaign. He said Montreal is ungovernable, and the solution is to cut the size of city council. Under his scenario, the number of ...

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