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B.C. man accused of 'barbecuing' meth on his apartment balcony
A man suspected of cooking methamphetamine on a barbecue on his apartment deck in Abbotsford has been arrested.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:13:07

Crews clear path through devastation left behind by Washington's mudslide (with video)
Crews have cleared a path through the muck and devastation wrought by Washington's deadly mudslide, making the painstaking search for victims easier.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:13:06

A hotter world means less food, higher costs, 'hotspots of hunger,' UN climate panel says
Global warming makes feeding the world harder and more expensive, a United Nations scientific panel said.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:13:05

Guinea reports Ebola death toll rises to 78; Liberia confirms first fatality from disease
CONAKRY, Guinea — Health authorities in Guinea are facing an “unprecedented epidemic” of Ebola, an international aid group warned Monday as the death toll from the disease that causes severe bleeding reached 78.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:13:05

Flights across Canada and U.S. cancelled as Lufthansa pilots' strike grounds 3,800 flights
Germany’s Lufthansa will cancel some 3,800 flights because of a three-day strike by the pilots’ union later this week, hitting more than 425,000 passengers.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:13:03

Saskatchewan posts 3.5% average weekly earnings increase in January
Saskatchewan’s average weekly earnings rose by 3.5 per cent in January over the same period last year, the fourth-highest, year-over-year, percentage increase among the provinces, Statistics Canada said Monday.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:13:02

Canada faces stark choices in dealing with resurgent Russia: expert
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he hopes Russia has seen the "virtue" of diplomacy to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, while a defence expert warns that Canada should be paying more attention to Russia's claims in the Arctic.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:13:01

Riders returning to Saskatoon for training camp
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are running back to Saskatoon. The Riders announced Monday that they will stage their 2014 and 2015 training camps at the University of Saskatchewan’s Griffiths Stadium.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 19:12:58

Regina Pats still searching for answers
It’s an indisputable fact that the Regina Pats enjoyed a banner season in 2013-14. Then the playoffs arrived.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 11:12:26

Labelle stepping back from STEP
It’s Monday morning and Lionel Labelle is thinking about “the pipeline”.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 11:12:26

Saskatchewan's Gordie Howe inks book deal
Saskatchewan-born hockey great Gordie Howe has a book deal.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 11:12:24

#YQR Weather: Monday, March 31
The city of Regina is in for a sunny day today with a high of -11 and a UV index of 4 or moderate.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-31 07:12:30

Canadian Inuit taking on Ellen DeGeneres' famous Oscars photo
It's selfie versus sealfie.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-28 19:12:35

University of Regina Relay for Life happens tonight
Fun meets fundraising tonight during the University of Regina’s Relay for Life event. It’s the third time the event has been hosted at the university. Proceeds support the Canadian Cancer Society.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-28 19:12:34

Disgraced senators won't earn pensionable service under suspension
OTTAWA - The Harper government may face a court challenge over its bid to preclude disgraced senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin and Patrick Brazeau from the parliamentary pension plan while they are under suspension from the upper house.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-28 19:12:32

LP reporter wins national award
The most rewarding story she’s ever told won Rachel Psutka an award. The Leader-Post interactive reporter was honoured Thursday with a Canadian Community Newspaper Award, for a story she produced last May while working at The Casket in Antigonish, N.S.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-28 11:12:49

Ottawa to impose heavy fines on firms who abuse foreign worker program
The federal government says it bring in legislation to allow it to impose heavy penalties on firms that abuse the temporary foreign worker program.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-28 11:12:48

Mulcair forced before Commons committee to defend 'satellite' offices
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair will face an unexpected grilling from MPs after being ordered to testify before a parliamentary committee about his party’s ”outreach” offices around the country, which are partially funded through the House of Commons budget. The Tories used a […]


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-28 11:12:47

Small Sask. business owners' optimism rebounds
Optimism among Saskatchewan small business owners bounced back in March from a three-year-year low in February, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) monthly business barometer. While optimism has not yet regained all the ground lost since November, Saskatchewan small business owners’ hiring plans are the strongest recorded since measurement began in 2009, the survey said Thursday.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-27 19:13:43

P.E.I. home burns as firefighters spend three hours driving through blizzard
NEW GLASGOW, P.E.I. — A crew of firefighters spent three hours trying to reach a burning home in central P.E.I. on Wednesday, only to be thwarted by huge drifts created by the intense blizzard that left much of Atlantic Canada paralyzed.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-27 19:13:42

Fingas: Partisan calculation behind Tory election bill
The Conservatives’ new elections legislation is being pushed through Parliament despite near-unanimous opposition outside of the party’s own caucus.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-27 11:12:24

Astronomers discover pink new world at the outer reaches of the solar system
Peering into the far reaches of the solar system, astronomers have spied a pink frozen world 12 billion kilometres from the sun.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-27 11:12:23

Is it ok to crowdfund your vacation?
Crowdfunding was formerly the province of tech startups and indie filmmakers. But now people who simply want to take a vacation are tapping their social networks.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-27 11:12:22

Gallery: New York bakery lets customers withdraw cupcakes 24-7 with 'ATM'
A New York City bakery has installed a 24-hour 'Cupcake ATM' outside of their location.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-27 11:12:20

Burger King Baby finds birth mom 27 years later after Facebook campaign, gets long-awaited hug
A woman who, as a newborn, was abandoned in the bathroom of a Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant said Tuesday she has found her birth mother just three weeks after launching a search that garnered worldwide attention.


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Feed: News	Date: 2014-03-27 07:12:08

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