#1 — CBC | Flood warning for B.C. South Coast
B.C.’s environment ministry issued a flood watch for B.C.’s South Coast on Saturday.
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#2 — CBC | More search gear needed in North: rescuers
The head of a national volunteer search and rescue group is calling for more military search and rescue aircraft and equipment to be based in Canada’s North.
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#3 — CTV | W5 investigates: Mattawa’s funeral home horror
Suffering from cancer and with not long to live, Shirley Condie of Mattawa, Ont., planned her funeral the way some people plan for a wedding.
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#4 — CTV | Ontario Green party picks new leader in London
TORONTO — The Green Party of Ontario is choosing its first new leader in 16 years.
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#5 — Globe | Oakville’s wealthy fight the power
The power is palpable all over town, from the executive waterfront estates that give way to the sparkling blue beyond of Lake Ontario, to the sumptuous boutiques in the old core, to the stately spreads that surround the Glen Abbey golf course.
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The recent surfacing of a U.S. submarine near the North Pole and an increase in military activity in the Arctic this year should send a warning to the Canadian government that other nations are serious about boosting their presence in the resource-rich region, says a specialist on Canada’s northern security.
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#7 — OC | Bizarre animal cruelty case astounds SPCA officials
Two Vancouver Island men have been charged with animal cruelty in a bizarre case where an elderly, emaciated horse was killed by hanging.
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#8 — MG | Parizeau can still move the sovereignty movement
MONTREAL – When he speaks, sovereignists sit up and listen. The movement’s current leader? Well, he or she trembles.
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#9 — Star | Lost brides: When arranged marriages go quickly awry
Flipping through her wedding album, a 30-page collection of glossy photos with sugary captions such as “Perfect Match,” Sandeep Kaur grimaces as she recalls her wedding last year to a young man from Brampton.
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#10 — Star | $2 billion in tax revenue up in smoke
One in two cigarettes smoked in Ontario is illegal, robbing provincial and federal coffers of more than $2 billion a year and raising concerns about children gaining easy access to tobacco.
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Re: COLD CALL: Given that the pole is in international waters the question Canada should be asking at this point is “by what route did they get there“, and if was through Canadian claimed waters did Canada know?
Re: $2 billion in tax revenue up in smoke: The reason that these cigarettes are so popular is that the various levels of government involved have (over) taxed people into smoking them. The concept is generally pretty simple, governments have over priced a legal product and a new market has developed to meet demand.