From: MediaScrape on Thu, Jul 30 2009 1:19 AM

For the seventh summer in a row, RCMP, military and coast guard personnel are heading up the Mackenzie River to assert Canada’s presence in the western Arctic.

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Starting Aug. 1, RCMP in the Northwest Territories and members of the coast guard will travel up the river aboard the RCMP pa...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 29 2009 10:50 AM

Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered ceasefires and the potential for some control in government to certain Taliban members on Monday ahead of next month’s presidential election.

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Karzai said he is willing to open a dialogue with some Taliban who are not affiliated with al-Qaeda or for...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 29 2009 10:50 AM

The British government is facing heavy criticism for trying to reclaim some of the compensation awarded to two injured soldiers at a time when the country’s troops are sustaining heavy losses in Afghanistan.

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On a day when church bells across Britain chimed for the repatriation of four ...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 29 2009 10:39 AM

28 Jul 09: Asia pause - Platinum plate - Lloyds watch - BP saver

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 29 2009 10:39 AM

28 Jul 09: Markets steady - BP price - ARM chips - Game on

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 29 2009 10:30 AM

Truck drivers are 23 times as likely to run the risk of a crash while texting than when they are otherwise not distracted, suggests a new U.S. study.

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The study’s results, published Tuesday by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, observed U.S. light vehicle drivers and truckers ...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Jul 27 2009 2:32 AM

Charles Starmer-Smith enters the Round the Island Race on board the world’s fastest luxury yacht.

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Jul 27 2009 2:09 AM

Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has emerged as the winner in the bidding war for Nortel Networks Corp.'s wireless division with a purchase price of $1.13 billion US, Nortel said in a statement early Saturday.

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The auction at the New York office of Nortel’s lawyers on Friday follows...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Jul 27 2009 1:59 AM

A waterbomber battling the Terrace Mountain fire north of Kelowna, B.C., has crashed into Okanagan Lake.

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In a written release, the Kelowna RCMP said two boats in the area responded right away and rescued the pilot, who was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

The cau...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Jul 24 2009 10:49 AM

Microsoft profits down - Vodafone steady if not spectacular - UK GDP figures published

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Jul 24 2009 10:11 AM

The father, mother and brother of three teenage girls from Montreal whose bodies were found in a submerged car in a Kingston, Ont., canal were charged Thursday with killing them and a woman believed to be the father’s first wife.

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Zainab Shafia, 19, Sahar Shafia, 17, and Geeti Shafia, ...

From: MediaScrape on Fri, Jul 24 2009 9:37 AM

The recession is over, the Bank of Canada said in its quarterly Monetary Policy Report released Thursday.

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After shrinking since the last quarter of 2008, the Canadian economy will grow by an annualized rate of 1.3 per cent in the current quarter, the bank said.

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"We are on t...

From: MediaScrape on Thu, Jul 23 2009 10:37 AM

U.S. President Barack Obama urged legislators Wednesday to get behind his plan to reform the country’s bloated $2.5-trillion health-care system, saying debate over the issue "is not a game" for millions of Americans struggling to afford medical coverage.

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In a nationally televised addr...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 22 2009 10:45 AM

Brands doing better - Bank of England united in policy - Government debt interest to soar

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 22 2009 10:38 AM

An Ontario woman featured in a new U.S. ad warning Americans about embracing Canadian-style health care said she believes it’s important to speak out against the problems in the system.

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"We're not speaking up about what the problems are in it," Shona Holmes, who went to the U.S. ...

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Jul 21 2009 10:09 AM

Hundreds of Arturo Gatti’s fans cheered his name as the late boxer's casket was carried out of a church in Montreal's Little Italy on Monday.

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Friends and family paid their respects as questions continue to be raised as to how the former world champion boxer died.

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A...

From: MediaScrape on Mon, Jul 20 2009 1:37 AM

Two of Canada’s top television anchors added their words of admiration and respect in the wake of the death of legendary newsman Walter Cronkite.

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Cronkite, 92, died of cerebral vascular disease on Friday.

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"I think he inspired all of us who got into journalism in the '6...

From: MediaScrape on Wed, Jul 15 2009 4:28 AM

Starting Monday, New Yorkers can order a Tim Hortons double-double as the iconic Canadian coffee shop chain opens for business in the Big Apple.

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Nine of the 10 locations in Manhattan are scheduled to open Monday, including stores on Broadway and at Madison Square Garden, Penn Station ...

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Jul 14 2009 10:51 AM

Telegraph environment correspondent Louise Gray travels to the Kenyan coast to get fit in eco-friendly surroundings.

From: MediaScrape on Tue, Jul 14 2009 9:44 AM

More than 150 people packed into an investors meeting in Montreal on Sunday to learn more from police and lawyers about what financial adviser Earl Jones has done with their money and how they might get it back.

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The self-styled financial adviser is nowhere to be found and the accounts ...