CANADA
#1 — CNews | Body found in dump likely Canadian
Police in Michigan say human remains found at a dump likely arrived in a load of garbage from Canada.
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MG | Body found in Michigan landfill identified as Canadian man missing since June
#2 — Globe | Province fires Cowichan Valley school board for passing deficit
A school board in Cowichan Valley, B.C., has been expelled over the weekend after not passing a balanced budget.
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. — Robert-Ralph Carmichael artwork has been minted 1.5 billion times in 25 years.
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CALGARY — A former real estate agent is in the midst of a cross-country seminar tour to teach potential students how to set up their own marijuana grow operations — legally.
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#5 — OC | Bev Oda leaves office ‘under a cloud,’ says NDP critic
OTTAWA — International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda is leaving politics “under a cloud of disgrace”, according to NDP critic Charlie Angus.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | China factory construction halted amid violent protests
Chinese officials have halted the construction of a copper alloy plant in Sichuan province following violent protests by local residents.
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#7 — CNN | Russia angers Japan with visit to disputed island
Moscow (CNN) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited islands claimed by both Russia and Japan on Tuesday, provoking an angry reaction from Tokyo.
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#8 — Fox | Republicans critical of Navy’s ‘Great Green Fleet’, $26 a gallon fuel
The Navy is steaming ahead with an initiative to power ships with biofuel, despite criticism the so-called “green fuel” costs nearly seven times more than conventional fuel.
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#9 — DM | They’re in SO much trouble
Two Brazilian air force pilots could be collared by the long arm of the law after making a low-altitude supersonic fly pass which shattered every window of Brazil’s Supreme Court.
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#10 — Telegraph | Islamists destroy 15th-century Timbuktu mosque
Morning Update July 4th, 2012 (10),Islamist rebels smashed the entrance of a 15th-century Timbuktu mosque on Monday, while their Al-Qaeda allies in northern Mali cut off the key city of Gao by planting landmines all around it.
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Re #5: Now if we could only lose Vic Toews……….
PS: Greetings from the great north land where there’s still snow on the hills, ice in the bay, and the fishing is fantastic!!
Arctic Char??
Yup, char. My son and I pulled in a couple of nice ones the other night…. there’s nothing like standing on the bank of a river in the land of the midnight sun with one of yer boys and fighting in a 12lb char on 6lb test
They fried up bang on perfect for supper.
#5 — OC | Bev Oda leaves office ‘under a cloud,’ says NDP critic.
Hmmmm – Methinks Mulcair remains in office ‘under a cloud’