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Ottawa's in - now what?

If everything goes as planned, light rail connecting Waterloo to Kitchener and rapid bus service linking those cities to Cambridge, will be up and running by 2015. That's IF - everything goes as planned.

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West Nile in Guelph

The West Nile virus has been confirmed in Guelph.

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Appeal launched

The Ontario Court of Appeal to consider murder acquittal of Guelph mother who killed her infant sons.

Local 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Woman still missing

Police say based on forensic examinations of the 42 year old nurse's residence, and the area where her car was found, they believe she is a "victim of foul play."

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Expanded weather warnings issued ahead of hurricane Earl

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre has now extended tropical storm watches to Cape Breton and Iles de Madelaine as hurricane Earl approaches. The centre's latest tracking places the Category 2 storm about 135 kilometres east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It says Earl's maximum sus

National 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Video of feeding the bears goes viral, minister worries it sets a bad example

VANCOUVER - The grinning man with greying hair quickly darts backwards as a British Columbia black bear playfully paws at a green pail the man is hoisting before slopping out food for two of the hungry beasts. "Hi, my name is Allen. I'm the guy in Christina Lake who's been feeding the bears," said A

National 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Free Parks Canada passes for Grade 8 students 'no federalist plot,' Harper says

KITCHENER, Ont. - Accusations that free student passes for Canada's national parks are part of a federalist plot aimed at separatists were dismissed as "bizarre" Thursday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Talking after a local transit-funding announcement, Harper derided the separatist party for its

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World 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Court starts giving verdicts in Portuguese child sex abuse trial that lasted almost 6 years

LISBON, Portugal - A judge has started reading out a Portuguese court's verdicts on more than 800 alleged crimes in a major child sex abuse trial that has lasted nearly six years. Six men and one woman are accused of sexually abusing minors and adolescents, raping children and running a pedophile ri

World 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

UN researchers say global body's 15-year anti-poverty plan fails to address jobs, equality

GENEVA - U.N. researchers have criticized their own organization's 15-year strategy for fighting world poverty and hunger. The Geneva-based U.N. Research Institute for Social Development says the global body is ignoring the role of employment and equality in wealth creation, particularly in developi

World 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Dubai police chief says planned Blackberry curbs linked to spy worries

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai's police chief says worries about spying by the U.S., Israel and others helped push plans to limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates. The comments by Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim — posted Friday on the Al-Khaleej newspaper website — raise new doubts a

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Sports 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Barkley throws 5 TDs to lead No. 14 USC over Hawaii 49-36

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Finally, some good news for Southern California football. Matt Barkley and Ronald Johnson connected on three touchdowns to make Lane Kiffin a winner in his first game as Southern California coach. No. 14 USC beat Hawaii 49-36 on Thursday night to start the post-Pete Carroll era. B

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Baseball Roundup: A look at Thursday's games

The Colorado Rockies hammered Philadelphia's pitchers for 20 hits. Chase Utley made sure the Phillies still won. Utley drove in six runs and hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run seventh inning Thursday night as the Phillies overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Rockies 12-11 in a makeup of a May rai

Sports 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Miami's Langford doesn't find missing diamond earring on practice fields

ARLINGTON, Texas - The search for the 2.5-carat diamond earring lost by Miami's Kendall Langford came up empty. "I never found it," Langford said following the Dolphins' 27-25 loss to the Cowboys on Thursday night. Langford, a defensive end, said he forgot to take his earrings off before practice an

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Business 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Dell ends bidding contest over data-storage maker 3Par, will not match HP

SEATTLE - Dell Inc. is walking away from a bidding contest with rival Hewlett-Packard Co. for data-storage maker 3Par Inc. Dell said Thursday it won't match HP's offer to pay US$33 per share for 3Par, or about $2.07 billion. Dell's decision came barely an hour after 3Par announced it had received De

Business 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

3G Capital to acquire Burger King for $24 per share, or US$3.26 billion

CHICAGO - Burger King Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BKC), America's perennially No. 2 hamburger chain, said Thursday that it is selling itself to little-known private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26 billion. Its shares soared to an 18-month high. Thursday's $24-per-share tender offer comes af

Business 1 Sep, 2010 0 0

Growth in U.S., Chinese industrial sectors eases fears of new recession

WASHINGTON - Manufacturing is growing in the United States and abroad, easing fears that the world economy might be on the verge of a second recession. The U.S. sector expanded for a 13th straight month in August, coinciding with gains in Chinese manufacturing and auto sales. The news gave Wall Stre

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Entertainment 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Chicago author Sara Paretsky publishes 14th mystery with V.I. Warshawski

CHICAGO - Sara Paretsky's latest installment in her series about feisty, female private detective V.I. Warshawski opens with the heroine outside a Chicago nightclub, the bloody body of a woman who was just shot to death in her arms. An Iraqi war veteran is charged with the crime and his parents hire

Entertainment 3 Sep, 2010 0 0

Hotel workers launch strike at Toronto's Hyatt Regency

TORONTO - Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency, home of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, have started a one-day walkout. Their union, UNITE HERE, says the walkout began after talks with the hotel owner ran past a midnight deadline without a new agreement. The union says picketing is to

Entertainment 2 Sep, 2010 0 0

Funk band War tells PepsiCo they can't be friends

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo. They're suing the soft drink maker for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use their song "Why Can't We Be Friends" in a new commercial. Even if PepsiCo and its advertising agen