Actor Corey Haim dead, reports
Mar 10, 2010 8:43am
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Canadian-born teen heartthrob reportedly dead of an overdose at age 38, according to news reports

MP wants answers on Rahim Jaffer's plea bargain
Mar 10, 2010 8:39am
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Ontario's Attorney-General should explain himself, Joe Comartin says amid howls of outrage over $500 fine in drunk driving and drug case

Arrests, curfew but no peace at Nigerian massacre scene
Mar 10, 2010 8:16am
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At least one dead as soldiers enforce curfew, fears of retaliation keep city on edge

Canadian wheelchair-bound man savagely beaten in Australia
Mar 10, 2010 6:57am
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35-year-old in a Sydney hospital after allegedly stomped and thrashed with metal bars by two teens

Looking for oil demand in all the wrong places
Mar 10, 2010 6:06am
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Our fuel markets are becoming marginal. Try Asia instead

Ottawa weighs ‘net benefit' of allowing Amazon to set up shop
Mar 10, 2010 3:00am
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Conservative government feels Internet bookseller's expansion will open market to more foreign investment

Man injured in fatal shootout with OPP a well-known artist
Mar 9, 2010 10:58pm
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Fred Preston was also a former local politician; he was struggling after separating from wife over a year ago

Dispute reveals Quebec's hardening line on religious displays
Mar 9, 2010 9:59pm
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Province says it's preparing new rules on face coverings for those wanting to use public services

Michaëlle Jean's emotional reunion in Jacmel
Mar 9, 2010 9:01pm
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‘You are my family', Governor-General tells women in Jacmel, pledging $40,000 to local initiatives

Selling outside the hobbled U.S. market
Mar 9, 2010 6:31pm
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MetalCraft Marine's good fortune could have capsized if it hadn't made a dramatic shift in marketing strategy

These should be in your company toolbox
Mar 10, 2010 9:07am
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A list of items every entrepreneur should have to make life easier and more productive

Canadian dollar to reach parity by summer: CIBC
Mar 10, 2010 8:29am
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Expectations of higher interest rates and investor demand for Canada will keep the currency on its upward path, bank says

China trade data bolster case for yuan rise
Mar 10, 2010 8:07am
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Exports, imports both grow faster than expected in world's third-largest economy

Quebecor profit beats forecasts
Mar 10, 2010 7:54am
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Montreal-based media company benefited from growth in its telecommunications segment and productivity improvements in its news media

One Toyota Prius driver's harrowing tale
Mar 10, 2010 7:30am
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James Sikes tells of a runaway vehicle and ‘almost burned out brakes' on California highway

U.S. now investigating two Toyota Prius mishaps
Mar 10, 2010 7:28am
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New York woman crashes into stone wall after reported sudden acceleration in vehicles

UK will keep AAA credit rating: Brown
Mar 10, 2010 6:50am
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PM announces pay freeze for senior civil servants, military

Copper rises on China imports
Mar 10, 2010 6:49am
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Trend of falling copper stocks supports prices

Gold firms as fiscal concerns linger
Mar 10, 2010 6:49am
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Platinum climbs to 7-week high, tracking other metals

Looking for oil demand in all the wrong places
Mar 10, 2010 6:06am
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Our fuel markets are becoming marginal. Try Asia instead

Actor Corey Haim dies at 38
Mar 10, 2010 8:51am
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Los Angeles police say actor Corey Haim, once a Hollywood teen heartthrob, has died from what they call an "accidental death."

Dalai Lama blasts China on Buddhism
Mar 10, 2010 8:37am
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The Dalai Lama is accusing Chinese authorities of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region.

3-D TVs coming this week to U.S.
Mar 10, 2010 8:25am
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Samsung and Panasonic will start selling 3-D TVs in U.S. stores this week, inaugurating what manufacturers hope is the era of 3-D viewing in the living room.

Canadian wheelchair user beaten in Australia
Mar 10, 2010 8:04am
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A 35-year-old Canadian who uses a wheelchair has been beaten violently in Sydney, Australia, and is hospitalized in serious condition, according to police reports.

Afghan detainee torture risk raised in 2005: diplomat
Mar 10, 2010 7:56am
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A Canadian diplomat with extensive experience in Afghanistan says she raised the possibility that detainees transferred from Canadian to Afghan custody were at risk of torture back in 2005, but her concerns were ignored.

Iran, U.S. spar over Afghanistan
Mar 10, 2010 7:55am
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a top U.S. official accused each other's countries of having ulterior motives in Afghanistan during separate meetings with Afghan officials on Wednesday.

Climate panel to receive external review
Mar 10, 2010 7:36am
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The beleaguered panel investigating global climate change has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.

Bali bomb suspect killed in Indonesia
Mar 10, 2010 6:56am
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Indonesian counterterrorism authorities won international praise on Wednesday, one day after killing a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali bombings.

Olympics brought big benefits: poll
Mar 10, 2010 5:09am
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A new poll suggests that Canadians see substantial benefits from the 2010 Olympic Games for Canada, for B.C. and for the city of Vancouver.

Tories focused on message as detainee issue grew
Mar 10, 2010 4:21am
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The Conservative government was focused on communications as it tried to deal with the growing questions about the treatment of Afghan detainees back in 2007, a document obtained by CBC News indicates.

Former community leader suspected in officer's death
Mar 9, 2010 11:14pm
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Investigators have identified the man who was allegedly involved in a fatal shootout with two police officers on Monday as Fred Preston, a 70-year-old former elected official of a small northern Ontario community.

Rahim Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving
Mar 9, 2010 11:02pm
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Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer pleaded guilty to careless driving Tuesday and was sentenced to a $500 fine, while cocaine possession and drunk driving charges against the one-time anti-drug activist were withdrawn.

Jean pays emotional visit to friends, troops in Haiti
Mar 9, 2010 10:38pm
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Gov.-Gen. Michaelle Jean met with local leaders in her family's hometown city of Jacmel Tuesday and described her "big dream" of a revitalized port in the wake of January's devastating earthquake.

Federal budget survives first vote in Parliament
Mar 9, 2010 5:59pm
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Stephen Harper's minority Conservative government survived its first confidence test of the new session of Parliament Tuesday, as the House of Commons rejected a Bloc Quebecois and an NDP amendment to its budget.

Waistlines linked to where you live: study
Mar 9, 2010 5:59pm
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If you live near a fast-food restaurant, the convenience may affect your waistline. A recent study examining Ottawa neighbourhoods found that people living near fast-food restaurants are more likely to have health problems.

Immigrants continue to have problems finding jobs
Mar 9, 2010 5:25pm
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Immigration and birthrates will likely mean one in three Canadians will be a visible minority by 2031, according to Statistics Canada. However, immigrants who already live in the capital say they're still having a hard time finding work.

Thousands attend funeral for Peel officer
Mar 9, 2010 5:15pm
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The wife of a Peel Region Police officer who died in a tragic car accident last week, said at his funeral service that she has lost her "hero" and the "love of her life."

Woman in critical condition after fire, explosion
Mar 9, 2010 4:30pm
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The son of a 76-year-old woman, who was critically injured in a fire that tore through her south-Ottawa home, says the oxygen tank that helped his mother breathe ended any chance he had to save her.

Virus eyed as new treatment for prostate cancer
Mar 9, 2010 1:50pm
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Canadian researchers are working on a fascinating new way to treat prostate cancer using viruses. And while it's still early days, they say their research opens the door to more effective cancer therapies.

Visible minorities to make up 1/3 of population by 2031
Mar 9, 2010 12:49pm
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The next generation of Canadians could be comprised of nearly one-third visible minorities according to new projections from Statistics Canada, which also suggest that the majority of immigrants will continue to make their homes in large urban centres.

CTV Ottawa won’t return to Merivale Road
Mar 10, 2010 7:20am
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CTV Ottawa is saying farewell to its Merivale Road location

Your health, your neighbourhood
Mar 10, 2010 7:14am
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Why are residents of Barrhaven nearly twice as likely as those from Orléans to land in the hospital emergency room for an accidental injury?

Federal computer used to distribute child pornography
Mar 10, 2010 6:43am
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A PhD student and federal government researcher found to be in possession of 369 videos and 32 images of sexually explicit child pornography involving children as young as one or two years old has been sentenced to 15 months in jail.

'Love in or mushroom cloud': Plans for Westboro convent to be unveiled
Mar 10, 2010 6:30am
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When Ashcroft Homes unveils its proposal for the Sisters of Visitation site in Westboro tonight, “it will either be a love-in or there will be a mushroom cloud,” says Paul Rothwell, Ashcroft’s director of planning and development.

Hull daycare set to relocate to temporary site
Mar 10, 2010 12:02am
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A daycare centre beside the Hull Hospital that closed Feb. 10 because of problems with mould, insects and rodents could reopen by Monday at a temporary site in a former elementary school in the Gatineau sector.

Man fractures femur in snowmobile crash
Mar 10, 2010 12:02am
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Paramedics found a snowmobiler in a ditch about 15 metres from the road after a Tuesday night crash in Stittsville.

Mental health, addiction agencies to end ‘two solitudes’
Mar 10, 2010 12:02am
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A new agreement between health agencies in the Ottawa region aims to help people with mental health problems and addictions obtain treatment faster.

Community association rose again in Navan-Vars
Mar 9, 2010 11:30pm
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When Vars residents went though a recent neighbourhood planning exercise with city officials, their community association rose from the ashes. Cumberland Councillor Rob Jellett said the exercise helped develop a feeling of community, something that would improve the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study’s determination that residents of Navan-Vars didn’t feel a “strong sense of belonging to the neighbourhood.”

Young Barrhaven boosts injury rate
Mar 9, 2010 11:29pm
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Barrhaven residents are more injury-prone than other Ottawans.

Bayshore: 15 fast-food outlets, but no grocery stores
Mar 9, 2010 11:26pm
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Naim Louati loves his mom. What he doesn’t love, is when she calls him up in the middle of his working day, to ask him for a lift home from the grocery store.

Snowmobile mishap sends man to hospital
Mar 9, 2010 10:38pm
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A man is in hospital with a badly broken leg after losing control of his snowmobile and crashing into a ditch near West Ridge Rd. in Stittsville Tuesday night.

Bus garage fire causes minor damage
Mar 9, 2010 8:55pm
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A fire at the OC Transpo garage at 805 Belfast Rd. Tuesday evening was under control just minutes after it began.

Case against Harkat “flawed”: Expert
Mar 9, 2010 8:27pm
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Government lawyers spent Tuesday grilling a terrorism expert called to testify this week by the defence team of accused terrorist Mohamed Harkat.

'Landmark day' for mental health care
Mar 9, 2010 7:28pm
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For years, Tyrone Gamble got the “ping-pong” treatment from local agencies in charge of helping people begging for help.

Body found in Ottawa River
Mar 9, 2010 5:47pm
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Firefighters using a rescue boat pulled the body of a dead man from the Ottawa River Tuesday.

O-Train back to full service
Mar 9, 2010 5:13pm
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The O-Train line is back to full service after one of the trains experienced mechanical programs late Tuesday afternoon.

Perv blames PTSD for child porn
Mar 9, 2010 5:06pm
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A Carleton PhD student was sentenced to 15 months in jail Monday for sending child pornography to an undercover detective.

Nurses 'demeaned' by early retirement offer
Mar 9, 2010 4:19pm
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Many veteran nurses feel “demeaned” by the Ottawa Hospital’s offer of early retirement to help tackle its $19-million budget shortfall, according to the local head of the nurses’ union.

Snow-free March would be a record
Mar 9, 2010 4:17pm
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Ottawa, you’re on the cusp of history.

Serial drunk driver gets 28 months
Mar 9, 2010 3:43pm
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A judge handed a serial drunk driver a 28-month sentence and lifetime driving ban Tuesday.