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Prominent Canadians pledge to rename Victoria Day
Residents light fireworks along their street during the Victoria Day long weekend in Toronto on Monday, May 24, 2010. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan ...
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Canadas Paul Henderson Danielle Goyette enter IIHF Hall of Fame
Paul Henderson, flanked by IIHF president Rene Fasel, left, and 1972 Soviet Union team goalkeeper Vladislav Tretiak, is inducted at the IIHF Hall of Fame at the world hockey championship in Stockholm Sweden, Sunday. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian ...
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Blue Jays washed out of the Bronx
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey will now start on Monday at home against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday after his scheduled start on Sunday at Yankee Stadium was postponed by rain. (Mike Carlson/Associated ...
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Jeep driver apologizes after stunt kills Edmonton woman
A man claiming to be the driver of a Jeep that struck and killed a spectator at a charity event in Edmonton Saturday says he is sorry for what happened. "I have never been so terrified in my life and I am soooooooooo sorry," he wrote on the site for a local Jeep drivers' group. "I know there will be a ton of hatred and speculation regarding what happened, and I accept that. ...
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East Vancouver residents in guerrilla gardening campaign
Frustrated Vancouver residents have spent the weekend "guerrilla gardening" after repeated calls to the city to clean up the area's green spaces have fallen on deaf ears. "This isn't a high traffic area for people coming into the city," says Sharole Tylor, who lives near the 4,300-block of Fraser Street. On Saturday, Tylor was joined by other residents of the East ...
Movie Review
The Woodsman
From the very beginning, movies have frequently aligned the audience with criminal heroes. There is a sense of subversive excitement in sinking into the darkness of a movie theater and identifying with characters who break rules, laws, and sometimes bodies. The sexy couples in outlaw movies ... ...
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Group wants Victoria Day holiday to be renamed
Thousands of people witness a spectacular fireworks show to cap off the 11th annual Rotary Victoria Day Fireworks and Family Night on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Del Crary Park in Peterborough, Ont. (Clifford Skarstedt/QMI AGENCY) A group of prominent Canadians is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to change the name of Canada’s national Victoria Day holiday to Victoria and First Peoples ...
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‘Teen Mom’ star Maci Bookout ‘I really just want to be with Bentley’
Taylor . The two have been traveling back and forth to see each other and they even spend lots of time in FaceTime together to make things work. However, when Maci is visiting Taylor, she misses her son Bentley. In fact, whenever she is traveling, she is missing her son. And according to a new tweet released on May ...
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Hundreds of shipping containers with Canadian military supplies stuck in Afghanistan
Two Canadian soldiers walk into the Christmas Day sunset at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. (Colin Perkel / THE CANADIAN ...
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Chatter about crack allegations amid Fords radio silence
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, seen speaking with members of the media on Friday, has said allegations that there is a video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine are 'ridiculous.' (Frank Gunn/Canadian ...
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CBCs Top Tweets Tell us what youre doing for the long weekend
CBC Montreal asked members of the Twitterverse to share their photos and stories from the May long weekend. Here are some of our favourite picks from your replies to our hashtag ...
Quotable Quotes
Nothing will ever completely replace playing the game I love, however I feel like I'm starting a new adventure and I'm genuinely excited about what lies ahead. I'm fortunate to have been given many opportunities throughout my career and now I feel it's my time to give back.
David Beckham
The world's best known footballer was speaking after formally announcing his retirement.
Hotel Review
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
One of a cluster of oceanside and oceanfront deluxe hotels on the beach at Santa Monica, Loews is one of ...
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