#1 — CBC | Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan
A Canadian soldier died in Afghanistan after stepping on an improvised explosive device while on foot patrol Sunday morning, just southwest of Kandahar city.
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#2 — CBC | B.C. hospitals to vie for patients under new bill
Hospitals in British Columbia are expected to start operating more like private businesses under upcoming reforms that include rewarding facilities for treating more patients and cutting wait times.
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#3 — Globe | Quebec Muslim woman ordered to unveil or leave French course
One morning recently, a young Muslim woman whose face was hidden by a religious covering was pulled out of her government French class near Montreal and told to unveil or leave the course.
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#4 — Globe | Controversy brews over York’s handling of conference on Mideast
Questions of academic freedom and how far a university can go to manage debate and avoid confrontation are at the centre of a controversy developing at York University.
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#5 — Globe | Once-in-a-generation drought creates water crisis in Alberta
With little hay to sell, the bulk saved to feed his cattle over winter, southern Alberta rancher John Bland remembers well the dry conditions last year that threatened his livelihood.
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#6 — NP | Delay revealing gender of fetus to curb sex selection: experts
Two Canadian medical experts are calling for new guidelines that would bar doctors from telling parents the sex of their fetus until late in a pregnancy, calling it a subtle way to curb the practice of sex selection.
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#7 — NP | Tories grab 10-point lead over Liberals: poll
The Conservative government has weathered several controversies — such as its decision to prorogue Parliament – and remains firmly ahead of the opposition in terms of voter support, a new poll by Ipsos Reid suggests.
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#8 — OC | PS must embrace Web 2.0 tools: report
OTTAWA — Canada’s top bureaucrat wants to retool the federal workplace and change how public servants work, where they work and even what they do.
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#9 — MG | French exam keeps doctor out of Pierrefonds clinic
MONTREAL – Ambreen Dadabhai is a newly minted general practitioner who could be helping ease the shortage of physicians in Montreal – but instead she is fighting the Office de la langue française.
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#10 — Star | Could wind turbines work in Toronto?
Every morning, when University of Toronto student Scott Whitty trekked along Orde St. near College St. and University Ave. to get to class, he wondered why it was always so windy in that particular spot.
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