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Canada offers cash -- not troops -- post-2014 Afghanistan
Canada will send $110 million a year to Afghanistan starting in 2015 to help keep its fledging army well stocked as they begin fighting the Taliban on their alone. But there will be no more Canadian troops in the war-torn country after the current training mission ends in 2014, period.[...]
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Slovaks knock out Canada
Ryan Getzlaf was sick about it. "It's a sick way to lose, a tough way to lose," said the latest Captain Canada. A deflection by Michal Handzus following a controversial five-minute kneeing penalty to Getzlaf gave Slovakia a late 4-3 win in the quarterfinal here Thursday.[...]
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St. Brieux plane crash was 'non-survivable': TSB
The agency investigating a fatal mid-air collision in Sask. over the weekend said the crash was "non-survivable." Police recovered the remains of five people from the wreckage of two small planes that collided Saturday over St.[...]
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Fatal plane crashes in St. Brieux
The RCMP underwater recovery team is on scene at the two different sites of plane crashes recovering debris and remains of the five people who were killed on Saturday, May 12, near St. Brieux, a small community northeast of Saskatoon.[...]
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Northern LIghts Palace evacuated after ammonia leak discovered
The Northern Lights Palace pool was evacuated and lacrosse practices cancelled on Wednesday after an ammonia lead was detected in the facility. At about 5 p.m. lacrosse workers were heading to the back room in the arena portion of the Palace to turn the lights on when they noticed an odour.[...]
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Sweet summer memories
As I sit to shift through musty, yellowed papers for the history column this week, I take a moment to listen.[...]
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Melfort host SHSAA Badminton Provincials on weekend
Provincial badminton champions were crowned as MUCC hosted the 2012 SHSAA Provincial Badminton Championships on Saturday, May 12. The lone Melfort competitor Ty Moskal in boys' singles was eliminated early in the tournament.[...]
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Five dead in mid-air collision near St. Brieux
It has now been confirmed that all five occupants of the two airplanes are dead following a mid-air collision Saturday morning near St. Brieux. One plane was en-route from Regina to La Ronge with an adult male and female on board.[...]
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Pair of fatal airplane crashes in St. Brieux
At least two people are dead and the search continues for more as a pair of personal airplanes crashed 12 kilometers due east of St. Brieux, a small community northeast of Saskatoon on Saturday, May 12, 2012.[...]
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Rafferty found guilty
Michael Rafferty has been found guilty of first-degree murder, sexual assault causing bodily harm, and kidnapping in the death of eight-year-old Woodstock school girl Victoria (Tori) Stafford.[...]
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Palace evacuated after ammonia leak
The Northern Lights Palace pool was evacuated and lacrosse practices cancelled on Wednesday after an ammonia lead was detected in the facility. At about 5 p.m. lacrosse workers were heading to the back room in the arena portion of the Palace to turn the lights on when they noticed an odour.[...]
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Rechargeable toothbrushes recalled
Health Canada issued a recall Wednesday of Arm and Hammer's Spinbrush Pro Clean Sonic rechargeable toothbrush due to the possibility of fire, shock or burns. There is "a small risk that the charging base may overheat, with localized melting and sparking.[...]
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Maclean clarifies 9/11 remarks
Hockey Night in Canada host Ron MacLean released a statement clarifying his reference to the U.S. terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 before an NHL playoff game on Wednesday. "Washington and New York. The two cities united by the tragedy of 9/11," said MacLean.[...]
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Community support is an amazing display
It is always amazing to see a community rally around people in need. This past weekend and over the last while there seems to be more people needing help and the community has continued to answer.[...]
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