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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford nixes weekend radio show in wake of ‘crack’ video scandal
TORONTO – Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will not be hosting his weekly radio show this weekend after explosive allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. CFRB program director Mike Bendixen has tweeted that Ford and his brother Doug won’t be behind the mikes this Sunday for their two-hour talk show
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Search launched for three missing fishermen off New Brunswick’s coast
TABUSINTAC NEW BRUNSWICK, – Three crew members of a fishing vessel are missing off New Brunswick’s northeast coast after issuing a distress call today. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax says the fishing vessel was about four kilometres offshore of Tabusintac when it issued a mayday call at about 5:30 a.m. Spokesman Mike Bonin
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Zombies spotted doesn’t mean end of the world, it’s just prep camp
Zombies will be stumbling around a Saskatchewan lake this weekend, but not to worry. The world is not ending, but people are training for it. Jonathan Michell is one of the organizers behind the Zombie Prep Camp taking place at a camp on Katepwa Lake, about an hour northeast of Regina. Michell says they came
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Sen. Pamela Wallin, target of expense audit, latest to leave Conservative caucus
OTTAWA – Sen. Pamela Wallin is leaving the Conservative caucus, the second senator in as many days to do so amid a storm of allegations of dubious expense claims. Wallin’s travel expenses — $321,000 since September 2010 — have been the subject of an external audit since December. In a brief written statement, Wallin —
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Review board says bus beheader to get more trips away from mental hospital
WINNIPEG – A man found not criminally responsible for beheading a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba has been granted some further privileges. The Criminal Code Review Board has ruled that Vince Li (LEE’) can go on more escorted day trips from the mental hospital where he is in custody. Li was already
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Son is suspect in slaying of New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland: documents
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – Search warrants in the investigation of the slaying of businessman Richard Oland say his son Dennis is the suspect in the case. A New Brunswick judge quashed the publication ban on the identities of those subject to the search warrants. No arrests have been made since Oland was killed nearly two
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Police recover historic artifacts from Victoria church days after theft
VICTORIA – Invaluable, historic artifacts stolen from the Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria last week have been recovered. The theft of the items, some of them dating to the 17th century, made headlines across the country last weekend. The artifacts were anonymously turned into police headquarters late Thursday night. Victoria Police Staff Sgt. Scott McGregor
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Calgary man charged with murder of woman and her five-year-old son
CALGARY – Calgary police have charged a man with murder in the deaths of a woman and her young son. Thirty-five-year-old Chona Manzano and five-year-old Gabriel Manzano were found dead Thursday in a home on the northwest edge of the city. Police say they soon began looking for a vehicle associated with the home. Mounties
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s time in office marked by a series of controversies
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, elected to the city’s top job in October 2010, has been embroiled in a series of controversies. Here are some notable ones that made headlines: — Aug. 19, 2010: As the campaign heads into the home stretch, Ford holds a news conference to discuss a 1999 arrest for marijuana possession in
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Dennis Oland prime suspect in the death of his father
(Saint John)-According to documents released today by the Court of Queens bench Dennis Oland is the prime suspect in the death of his father, Richard Oland.
