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Tim Hortons' first prize RAV4s OK after recall for sticking accelerators:Toyota
MONTREAL - Toyota Canada wants anyone who wins a RAV4 in this year's Tim Hortons roll-up the-rim contest not to worry about sticking accelerator models. Toyota says the 2010 RAV4 was one of eight m...
Fixing the house; The oldest curling rink in the West gets cash for fix-up
WINNIPEG - After years of dealing with shifting riverbank soil, cracked walls and gaping holes that let warm air in, the grand old dame of curling in Western Canada is finally getting a facelift. T...
Other provinces leery about withholding public services due to religious garb
MONTREAL - In the struggle to integrate newcomers to Canada, Quebec has distanced itself from other provinces with its hardline stand against religious face coverings, which is likely to earn it a rep...
Most Canadians spring ahead one hour as they switch to Daylight Time this weekend
TORONTO - This is the weekend most Canadians lose an hour of sleep as they switch from Standard Time to Daylight Time. Before going to bed Saturday night, time pieces should be set ahead one hour. ...
Man appears in court on two Ontario killings
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - An 18-year-old suspect is due to appear in an eastern Ontario court today in connection with the slayings of a mother and her daughter. Police say the teen faces first-degree mur...
Former aboriginal leader who called Jews a disease dead at 76
SHELLBROOK, Sask. - David Ahenakew, a former Saskatchewan aboriginal leader who was stripped of the Order of Canada for calling Jews a "disease", has died in hospital after a long battle with cancer. ...
Police confirm two dead, one injured in Edmonton car dealership shooting
EDMONTON - Employees and customers of an Edmonton car dealership were struggling to deal with a Friday morning shooting in which two men were killed and a third man was sent to hospital. Police sai...
Parents failed to provide necessities of life in toddler's methadone death
CALGARY - The parents of a Calgary toddler knew she may have sipped from a cup containing remnants of a powerful drug but made absolutely no attempt to get her medical help before she died, a judge ru...
Recruiters say more older men hired could mean firms hiring executives again
TORONTO - Employers may be hiring senior executives who lost their jobs during the recession, according to recruiters puzzling over a trend in the latest jobs figures that found nearly half of new job...
Sikh group concerned about Indian cabinet minister's Canadian visit
OTTAWA - A Canadian Sikh group is calling on the federal government to block an Indian cabinet minister from making a speech in Toronto this month. The World Sikh Organization of Canada says it's c...
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