opposition mps have launched a review of the recent cuts to arts funding by the conservatives. opposition mps launched a house of commons review of nearly 45 million in cuts to arts funding on tuesday suggesting the way the cuts were made was an example of government censorship and abuse of power. they were done in secret with no consultation with no public review new democrat mp peggy nash told a...
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saskatchewans minister of public safety has ordered an investigation into why 15 hours passed before authorities alerted the public about a prison break by six inmates. one of six escapees was caught a short time after fleeing the regina correctional centre on sunday night at about 10 p.m. but five were still on the loose tuesday. a canadawide warrant was issued for the five escaped inmates de...
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liberal leader stphane dion believes prime minister stephen harper could be dissuaded from calling a federal election in the next few weeks. during a stop in saskatoon on sunday dion told reporters that harper should realize canadians will see an election call as irresponsible in light of pending byelections across the country. senior conservatives suggested last week harper could pull the p...
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cbc dot ca quote akim aliu will attend chicago blackhawks training camp next month armed with a new contract. the nhl club announced monday it has signed the rightwinger to a threeyear contract after aliu finished third in scoring with the ontario hockey leagues london knights last season. aliu 19 is coming off a careerbest campaign of 61 points 28 goals 33 assis...
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i was excited to see the grinder taking on food regulations in a short post this morning titled canadian food now with less regulation. but then i read the post and found its nothing more than just your standard no such thing as a bad regulation hogwash so blindly followed by many in the media and public alike. it somehow conflates labeling with inspection. it fails to acknowledge that large indus...
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comme nous lapprends la canadian broadcasting corporation le diffuseur national anglophone lhomme daffaire torontois joseph l. rotman fut nomma prasident du conseil des arts du canada en date du 30 juillet 2008. selon un communiqua du gouvernement fadaral m. rotman est prasident de roy l capital une sociata privae et familiale dinvestissement. au cours de sa carriare dans le monde des affaires i...
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my father was telling me the other day that hes sure there will be at least some attempts on his life... unfortunately racism is apparently still an issue 3 held in possible plot to kill obama u.s. media reports quote at least three people have been arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill u.s. presidential hopeful barack obama during his acceptance sp...
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photo above city hall by jonathancastellino member of the blogto flickr pool. your toronto morning news roundup for tuesday august 26th 2008 commuters looking to drive to subway stations and take the transit to work from there may lose their free parking privileges as the ttc is thinking of cutting the parking perks from their metropasses. im fairly confident youll be able to find a followup...
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here are my weekly notes my quick vacation to vancouver was fun but it definitely was quick. not quite ready to go back to work tomorrow also wasnt great to come back to rain. here are some recent statistics on telecommuting. another olympics has come and gone. we caught some of the closing ceremony highlights last night and it seemed long and drawn out as expected. vancouver 2010 will be here be...
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when i first heard about jeff decks traveling typo hunt this past spring i never dreamed that his quest would lead him to a criminal record. but as the ap reports a rogue apostrophe on a vintage handpainted sign at grand canyon national park was his undoing deck and an accomplice pleaded guilty to defacing the sign to correct the error and were given probation along with a oneyear ban from all nat...
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the largest blueberry heist the police have ever seen......
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torontos maple leaf foods has been front and centre in the canadian media over the last week after being linked to the illness and death of several consumers. this weekend the canadian food inspection agency and public health agency of canada determined that a strain of listeria bacteria afflicting the consumers matched the strain identified in some maple leaf food products. according to the cbc ...
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parties take their marks for a fall vote not every party leader will survive this next election don martin in the national post the parties are now actually in the blocks for the great election race of 2008. the time for false starts are over. this time everyone really really means it. the prime ministers office announced on friday it plans to summon the liberals to a meeting where they will be a...
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while england had the two ronnies earlier today canada had more or less simultaneously its own hit comedy duo in wayne and shuster. johnny wayne was the manic engine and frank shuster the perpetual straight man and even if they werent to your taste you have to admit they never underestimated their audience with sketches like shakespearean baseball full versions on youtube in 1950s and 1970s flavo...
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barenaked ladies singer 3 others survive plane crash trainwrecks cvxn via vfdfys oh well plane. you tried ok well i guess when getting banned from gawker equals a personal crisis for you you cant really be expected to prefer that people even shitty pop artists not die in plane crashes. personal crisis is that what that was ill be sure to cry about it tonight into the pillow of my comped 500 a ...
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a calgarybased company has added over two dozen of its sandwiches to a widening recall of products over concerns the deli meat might be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. the canadian food inspection agency issued a statement early monday that lucerne foods was recalling 28 varieties of sandwiches because some contained maple leaf foods deli meats involved in a massive re...
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barenaked ladies singer ed robertson and three others walked away from a plane crash sunday afternoon in eastern ontario police said monday. the float plane crashed into a wooded area near baptiste lake north of bancroft early sunday afternoon while trying to land said const. tracey mcdonald of the bancroft opp. police confirmed that barenaked ladies frontman ed robertson was a passenger aboard th...
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four of the last seven nfl quarterbacks drafted first overall are no longer starting and two of them arent even in the league anymore. jamarcus russell must be getting a little nervous. 2005 the worst draft class ever damian p.......
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mccain campaign takes umbrage at madonna concert campaign officials for u.s. senator and republican presidential candidate john mccain have shot back at madonna for a segment of her justlaunched new concert tour. so now when asked just how behindthetimes is the mccain campaign you can now confidently answer about 25 years.......
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thats right alberta. the alberta foundation for the arts has created a new award for visual artists and boosted prize money for its annual awards for literature and the performing arts. the visual arts award grant macewan literary award and tommy banks performing arts awards each have a top prize of 50000. nominees for the awards were announced last week in edmonton. nominated for the visual arts ...
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before getting to the meat of the problem lets start with some humor. hobo bandit behind bars whew that was a close call. i feel a little safer knowing he is behind bars. my junk mail folder at work rarely gets anything entertaining like this but i will stay on alert in case the hobo bandit manages to escape and makes his way back onto the streets. it is no secret i love eating my safeway lumbe...
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filed under americasthe cbc has a list of the most noteworthy quotes from the olympic games and its basically what youd expect some describe the thrill of victory some describe the agony of defeat. and then theres this oneits like i imagine being a man. its like being kicked in the nuts repeatedly thats how bad it feels. you feel like you want to curl up and die. sherraine schalm canadian fencer ...
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