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 Romney headed for Nevada win as Gingrich's future in race in doubt
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney was poised to score his third major victory in the Republican presidential race in Nevada on Saturday as rumours swirled that his chief rival for the prize, Newt Gingrich, is either preparing to drop out or set to announce another major cash infusion to his flailing
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 NDP leadership candidate says his campaign is provoking new ideas
CALGARY - The federal NDP leadership race has faced criticism recently about being stagnant and boring.
However, during a swing through Calgary this week, leadership hopeful Nathan Cullen, member of Parliament for the northern B.C. riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley, says that's in the process of
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 Quieter, gentler Jeff Reinebold looking forward to CFL return
WINNIPEG - Don't expect Jeff Reinebold to pull up to the Montreal Alouettes' offices riding a Harley and wearing flip-flops.
Announced as the team's new defensive co-ordinator Friday, Reinebold says he's grown as a person, and as a coach, since his last stint in the CFL in 1998 with the Winnipeg
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 Saturday quake off Vancouver Island not felt, says mayor of Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - There was an earthquake off British Columbia's west coast on Saturday, but it wasn't strong enough to be noticed by the mayor of one Vancouver Island community.
According to Natural Resources Canada, the magnitude-5.6 earthquake struck just after noon, about 179 kilometres
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 NDP's Paul Dewar hosts fundraiser for out-of-work Electro-Motive employees
SUDBURY, Ont. - NDP MP Paul Dewar is hosting a fundraiser for workers who lost their jobs after an American company shut its plant in London, Ont., following a long labour dispute.
About 450 employees who were locked out a month ago lost their jobs at the Electro-Motive plant on Friday after the...
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 Imams issue fatwa against honour killings in wake of Shafia murder trial
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Controversy surrounding the Shafia murder trial prompted imams from across Canada and the U.S. to issue a moral ruling Saturday officially condemning honour killings, domestic violence and misogyny as "un-Islamic."
Thirty-four imams belonging to the Islamic Supreme Council of
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 GM says most of its US dealers agree to upgrades, but some question costs
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - General Motors Co. said Saturday that most of its 4,400 U.S. dealers have agreed to upgrade their showrooms over the next four years.
The upgrades include new signs, more modern interiors and lounges with free Wi-Fi. In some cases, dealers might also open cafes or salons.
The...
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 Obama pressures Congress on housing; Republicans call for tax cuts
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is calling on the public to help him get a plan through Congress to expand government assistance to homeowners.
Obama urged people to "get on the phone, send an email, tweet," and visit with their legislators about his housing proposal to lower lending rates
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 Italian divers search for toddler thrown in river by dad
ROME - Police divers are searching the Tiber in Rome for a 16-month-old boy who witnesses said was thrown into the river by his father.
Carabinieri police began searching after a witness after dawn Saturday reported seeing a man, standing on a bridge crossing the Tiber, toss a baby into the
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