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  University of Manitoba officials bust fight club involving 87 members

  January 20th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  WINNIPEG - Officials at the University of Manitoba have busted a fight club in a squash court at the institution. They believe that young men have been taking part in consensual bare-fisted fights arranged through a Facebook site. The underground...

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  County native Haiti-bound

  January 14th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  CFB GAGETOWN - A county native is part of Canada's contribution to the earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Cpl. Blake Roach, formerly of Stellarton, is on the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) that's preparing to travel to the impoverished...

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  AP source: Obama will announce bank fees to reduce deficit

  January 13th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  WASHINGTON - A senior administration official says President Barack Obama is ready to announce an administration plan to recover Wall Street bailout shortfalls with a bank fee on America's biggest financial firms. The announcement is expected...

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  Loonies resurgence undercuts manufacturers just as growth resumes

  January 6th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  OTTAWA - The Canadian dollar's latest surge is again raising concerns that the soaring currency could restrain economic recovery in the country's manufacturing heartland. The dollar rose to the highest level since October on Tuesday after adding...

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  Bob Barker anti-whaling ship joins Antarctic expedition after his $5M gift

  January 6th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  LOS ANGELES - Five million dollars for an anti-whaling ship? Bob Barker says the price is right. Barker donated that amount to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which named its new 1,200-ton anti-whaling ship The Bob Barker. The ship had its...

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  Canadian economic outlook gets major boost from U.S. manufacturing gain

  January 5th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  OTTAWA - Canada's economy is getting an indirect boost from south of the border with news that America's factory sector is rebounding strongly and ready to pull Canada's manufacturers along for the ride. In an unexpectedly upbeat report, the U.S....

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  Charlottetown prepares to welcome 42 cruise ships in 2010

  December 30th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  CHARLOTTETOWN - The port of Charlottetown is preparing to welcome 42 cruise ships next year. The first ship, Atlantica, is expected to arrive April 21 with more than 3,000 passengers and crew aboard. Some of the bigger ships will include the Crown...

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  Fire forces Nova Scotia shrimp boat to return to home port

  December 26th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A shrimp trawler is heading to its home port in Nova Scotia after a fire broke out on the vessel as it fished off the coast of Labrador. No one aboard the 60-metre boat was injured. The Northern Eagle, based in Sydney, N.S.,...

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  Active search for missing fisherman off N.S. called off; aircraft return

  December 18th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  YARMOUTH, N.S. - The ex-wife of a fisherman who died when his boat sank off southwestern Nova Scotia says he was a great captain who saved his crew before going down with the vessel. Julie Boudreau said Thursday that David Trask, 60, will never be...

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  Researchers witness volcanic lava flows from eruption deep in Pacific Ocean

  December 18th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists have witnessed the eruption of the deepest submarine volcano ever discovered, capturing for the first time video of fiery bubbles of molten lava as they exploded 1,200 metres beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean....

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