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  • Search on for Indo-Canadian man missing in Australia

    A frantic search is on for a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian man who went missing in a national park in Australia. Prabhdeep Srawn of Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario was last seen May 13 parking his rental vehicle at village Charlotte Pass and entering the Kosciuszko National Park in the Australian state of New South Wales, according to local media. A law student of Bond University in ...

  • Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley

    Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...

  • Lack of interpreters in Ontario courts becoming intolerable judge says

    An Ontario judge has blasted the province for failing to remedy a long-standing shortage of qualified interpreters in the courts.Frustrated over an impaired driving case he felt compelled to toss out, Ontario Court Justice Peter Tetley said the number of cases being adversely affected is at an intolerable ...

  • Slowdown Nearly half of Canadian home owners eager to buy property

    Undeterred by record-high housing prices and bolstered by low borrowing costs, nearly half of Canadian home owners plan to buy a property in the next five years, although intentions vary sharply from city to city, a poll released Wednesday has found.According to a Bank of Montreal survey, 45 per cent of Canadian home owners surveyed this spring are looking to buy a place in the next five years, ...

  • Voices heard in Australian site where Canadian hiker went missing

    TORONTO -- As the frantic search for a missing Canadian bushwalker continues in Australia's Snowy Mountains region, there are reports of "voices" being heard in the area. ...

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Kind Hearts and Coronets [DVD]

Kind Hearts and Coronets [DVD]

Both a finely polished gem of literary wit and a ruthlessly satiric vision of privilege, class conflict, and Edwardian morals, Kind Hearts and Coronets belies its seemingly genteel title by focusing on a young man determined to murder his way to the dukedom ... ...

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  • Man shot wounded after trying to ram Montreal cops with car

    MONTREAL -- A man is in hospital after being shot at by Montreal police following a store robbery and chase in the city's Plateau Mont-Royal district. Shortly after 9 p.m. ET, a 44-year-old man robbed a store, fled in a car and was chased by police until he crashed into a utility pole. As officers approached the vehicle on foot, the suspect apparently tried to ram the officers with ...

  • Memorial service planned today for Ontario man slain after test drive

    HAMILTON, Ont. -- A memorial service is planned today for Tim Bosma, the Hamilton, Ont., man found dead after he took two men on a test drive. Bosma's disappearance and death captured national attention and many in the community are expected to attend the public funeral, which is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. The 32-year-old father went missing May 6th and police say his charred ...

  • Video forensics How easy would it be to fake a Rob Ford video

    Should the alleged video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford become public, a video forensic analysis could reveal whether or not the video is authentic. (Nathan Denette/Canadian ...

  • Eritreans in Canada say consul still demands cash from them

    There are calls to expel Eritrea's top diplomat in Canada because he presides over a system that's milking money from the Eritrean community in this country. Evidence obtained by CBC News suggests Consul Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael is again soliciting taxes despite a threat by Canada eight months ago not to renew his credentials if he kept at it. But one Eritrean in Toronto, who ...

  • Stonemason sues after losing legislature contract

    An Ottawa-based stonemason, who has worked on parliamentary buildings across the continent, is pressing ahead with his lawsuit against the New Brunswick legislature, saying he was wrongly removed from a restoration contract on the building. Robert "Bobby" Watt says the then-clerk of the legislature, Loredana Catalli-Sonier, and the sergeant-at-arms, Dan Bussieres, had no business ...

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