Canada November 29th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CNews | $11M in cocaine found in airport washroom

TORONTO – Two men face drug charges following the discovery of two suitcases packed with 90 kilograms of cocaine in a bathroom at Pearson International Airport.

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#2 — CNews | CBC tightlipped about harassment payouts

OTTAWA – Canadians paid out to settle workplace harassment lawsuits at the CBC but the state broadcaster is refusing to say how much money taxpayers spent to settle the claims.

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#3 — CNews | Alberta puts a cork in the sale of strong beer

CALGARY – Liquor officials have put a cork in the sale of über-strong beer for the time being.

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#4 — Globe | Universities facing service cuts to climb out of ‘pension abyss’

Canadian university pension plans have fallen into a collective $2.6-billion hole, and may have no choice but to cut services to begin climbing back out of it.

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#5 – NP | Comedian Leslie Nielsen dead at 84

Iconic Canadian actor Leslie Nielsen has died.

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#6 — LFP | Als win second consecutive Grey Cup

EDMONTON — The 13th man didn’t change the outcome this time. The oh-so-close heartbreak is still there for Rider Nation. The Montreal Alouettes are back-to-back Grey Cup champions and they couldn’t care less.

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#7 — NP | Unproven, out-of-country treatments subsidized

The federal government is indirectly subsidizing a variety of sometimes unproven medical treatments in other countries, as multiple sclerosis sufferers and other patients claim thousands of dollars in medical tax credits for foreign health-care costs.

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#8 — OC | Canada to announce world's toughest lead regulations for kids' products

OTTAWA — The federal government is introducing the most stringent rules in the world to effectively ban lead from toys for young children and other products that kids put in their mouths.

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#9 — MG | Maintenance, security needs will cause fighter jet costs to soar: documents

Canada's new stealth fighter aircraft will require extensive maintenance, as well as very expensive changes to improve security at the military bases they operate from, according to Defence Department documents obtained by the Ottawa Citizen.

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#10 — Star | New breed of councillor emerges in 905

Regional councillor-elect Deb Schulte belongs to a group called Sustainable Vaughan and loves to garden. But please don’t call her an environmentalist.

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