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 Ottawa to allow slaughterhouses to process already dead animals
Rules would be relaxed to allow slaughterhouses to process animals killed elsewhere because they were too injured or too aggressive safely transport.
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 Talks between Ontario and doctors at a standstill
Contract negotiations between Ontario's 25,000 doctors and the province are at an impasse
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 Bogus bedbug threat slowed Toronto's response to Wellesley fire
Ombudsman criticizes rampant confusion as the city tried to find temporary housing for 1,700 displaced residents.
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Only a fool would bet on an NDP victory in the 2015 federal election based on this spring’s encouraging polls.
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 Accused Nazi living as Quebec beekeeper
A Jewish human-rights organization alleges that 91-year-old beekeeper Vladimir Katriuk is of the world’s most-wanted Nazi war criminals.
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 Canadian troops could remain in Afghanistan past 2014 deadline
U.S. wants Canada and Australia to help hunt insurgents, train local forces after the bulk of NATO combat troops leave Afghanistan
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 Who cares about heritage? Toronto's condo boom puts historic buildings at risk
Toronto's condo boom is putting the squeeze on historic properties with spotty heritage protection up against gleaming new builds as the city is transformed by soaring towers.
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 Sing 'O Canada' a capella, Toronto Catholic trustee urges students
Trustee Angela Kennedy wants to get students singing ‘O Canada’ every morning, instead of simply listening to a CD. She’s introducing a motion that would have kids sing it a capella.
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 Liquor board sues former employee for $2 million in alleged scam involving fake diplomat
The LCBO is suing a former long-time employee for $2 million in an alleged scam to sell more than a thousand of cases of vodka, rye and rum to an accomplice who posed as a foreign diplomat.
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 Teen charged in fatal crash released on bail
Oliver Karafa, facing several charges including impaired driving in connection with the death of David Chiang, was released on bail Thursday afternoon into the care of his family.
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 New immigrants are the 'hidden homeless'
Rising rents and a decline in rental accommodation is making housing unaffordable for new immigrants to Canada, including Toronto, report says.
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 Ontario budget 2012: Public servants hit with wage freeze
Ontario will freeze wages for 1.2 million public servants in an austerity budget that could trigger an election as early as May.
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 James Cameron describes life at the Earth's deepest spot
James Cameron speaks to the Star's Martin Knelman, one of only two Canadian journalists granted access to the Titanic director, who just completed a solo dive to the deepest spot of the Earth.
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 ORNGE: George Smitherman blames ministry officials and board for scandal at air ambulance
Former health minister George Smitherman is defending his role in the creation of the controversial air ambulance service.
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 Second attack in two days on Syrian regime strongholds
The Syrian state news agency called the Aleppo explosion a "terrorist bombing" and said one policeman and one female civilian were killed, while 30 were injured. It was the second attack in two days on regime strongholds.
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 Syria's Assads shopped on iTunes, bought jewels while brutally crushing uprising, emails claim
Thousands of emails purported to be from the private accounts of Bashar Assad and his wife show the Syrian president took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule, joked about his promises of reform and bypassed U.S. sanctions to shop on iTunes, the Guardian newspaper has reported.
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 How a Syrian refugee risked his life to bear witness to atrocities
A few hours before leaving his home in Syria to begin a new life in Canada, Mostafa picked up a kitchen knife and began cutting into his left arm near the elbow.
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 Canadian refugee decisions hinge on presiding judge, says report
Ottawa must rethink its ban on refugee appeal rights in light of a new report suggesting asylum outcomes depend on which refugee judge they get.
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 Mitt Romney faces skeptics in the American South on road to Republican nomination
Mitt Romney’s path to the Republican presidential nomination is about to take a turn through the deep American South, which could complicate matters for the frontrunner in the race to challenge President Barack Obama.
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 What sank the Titanic? Blame it on the moon, say scientists
A century after the Titanic disaster, scientists have found an unexpected culprit for the sinking: the moon.
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 Robocalls also made during Ontario election, say Liberal, NDP candidates
Liberal and NDP politicians in Ontario say some of the alleged dirty tricks used in the federal election also surfaced in last fall's provincial campaign.
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 Toronto Weather: Expect up to 15 cm of snow Friday
A low pressure system over the American Midwest is expected to arrive with a vengeance in the GTA Friday, dumping between five and 10 centimetres of snow and making driving treacherous during the morning rush hour.
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 Rick Santorum on hot seat in Republican debate
It’s been almost a month since the last Republican presidential debate, and once again the race for the party’s nomination is vastly different than it was when Mitt Romney efficiently put the boots to his biggest threat, Newt Gingrich, during a Florida faceoff.
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 Greek crisis: Protests over austerity measures on eve of bailout decision
Several thousand Greeks demonstrate Sunday in Athens on the eve of make-or-break talks on a
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 Harper in China: PM blasts foreign money in oilands debate while welcoming China
Prime Minister Stephen Harper blasted "foreign money and influence" behind critics of Canada's oil sands even as he welcomed Chinese investment in Canada's energy sector.
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