#1 — CBC | MacKay makes Arctic army reserve unit official
Defence Minister Peter MacKay officially launched Canada’s first army reserve company to be based in the Northwest Territories on Monday, making it the only active reserve unit north of 60.
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#2 — CBC | TSX hit by widespread sell-off
The Toronto Stock Exchange slid more than 300 points Monday as investors pulled back on fears about the strength of the global economic recovery.
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#3 — CBC | Saudi diplomat flees Ottawa assault charge
A diplomat facing criminal charges following a head-on collision between an SUV and an Ottawa police cruiser in June has fled the country.
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#4 — CTV | Critics say PM should focus on Arctic infrastructure
As Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Iqaluit Monday evening, critics said the prime minister should look beyond asserting a larger military presence in the North.
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#5 — CTV | N.B. woman fabricated abduction-to-T.O. story: RCMP
FREDERICTON — RCMP in New Brunswick are alleging a Fredericton-area woman made up a story about being abducted at gunpoint and forced to drive to Toronto.
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#6 — Globe | Tempers flare on Fraser over fisheries
Just before he was shot in the face with a pellet gun on Sunday afternoon, Chief Willie Charlie was urging fellow native fishermen to note identifying boat numbers in the event of altercations with sports fishers on the Fraser River.
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#7 — LFP | Stimulus cash has hidden price tag
The stimulus piper hasn’t even played yet, but London and other cities should already worry about paying him, one of Canada’s top economists warned yesterday.
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#8 — NP | Tamil-Canadian student leader got the ‘VIP tour’ from Tigers
Photos of a former Toronto student leader handling and firing guns at a rebel camp have been unsealed by United States prosecutors in advance of his sentencing on terrorism charges.
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#9 — NP | Appoint swine flu health czar: CMAJ
OTTAWA — The federal government should appoint a national “health czar” with legal authority to impose directives on the provinces during the swine flu pandemic, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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#10 — NP | Canadians face long waits for drug coverage
Millions of Canadians are waiting up to one year to find out if their provincial drug plans will pay for new prescription medicine, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute, released Monday.
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#11 — OC | Hackers leave firm with $80,000 phone bill
OTTAWA-Leah Loewn-Colpitts rarely sees her monthly long-distance charges top $10 at the Adventure Travel branch she manages in Ottawa.
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#12 –OC | DND plans Petawawa building boom
OTTAWA-The Canadian military is planning a construction program worth several hundred million dollars at its base in Petawawa as part of its expansion of the country’s special forces.
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#13 — Star | Stimulus cash on its way
Long-awaited stimulus funding promised to municipalities for work on roads, sewers and other projects will flow this week, federal Infrastructure Minister John Baird has pledged.
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