#1 — CBC | N.L. fishing boat sinks
One person died and one was missing after the crew of a fishing boat abandoned ship on Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean east of St. John’s, N.L.
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#2 — CBC | Plains of Abraham reading attracts thousands
Thousands of people gathered Saturday on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec for a commemoration that became controversial over the inclusion of an FLQ document.
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#3 — CTV | Sportscaster’s killer returns to Canada to live
Police in Barrie, Ont., are reassuring residents they’re safe, after learning that a paranoid schizophrenic who killed Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith in 1995 is now living in their city.
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#4 — Globe | Legal-aid boycott now affects entire province
A boycott of the Ontario legal-aid plan enveloped the province for the first time yesterday, as criminal lawyers in four remaining regions repudiated a government injection of $60-million into the struggling program’s annual budget.
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#5 — Globe | Admitted fraudster deported after plea deal
A 28-year-old American who’d been facing a slew of charges in Toronto over several bizarre fraud schemes has been released from prison after striking a plea deal.
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#6 — NP | How to get ready for the Home Reno Tax Credit
Canadians’ love affair with the “proposed” Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC) continues unabated, despite the fact that legislation to make the HRTC law has not yet been drafted.
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An ugly fight over allegations of neglect and financial mismanagement at the Toronto Humane Society boiled over again yesterday as protesters demanded the resignation of president Tim Trow.
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#8 — Star | By-election seen as test of new harmonized sales tax
It’s seen by the political parties at Queen’s Park as the first big test of Premier Dalton McGuinty’s controversial 13 per cent harmonized sales tax and his handling of expense account scandals, but Thursday’s by-election in the mid-town Toronto riding of St. Paul’s isn’t generating much excitement for voters.
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