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  No parole until 2024 for man in depraved murder of Kitchener, Ont., senior: judge

  January 22nd, 2010 - 5 h 00

  KITCHENER, Ont. - Parole eligibility was set at 17 years Thursday for a troubled, brooding man who savagely murdered a Kitchener senior while he was delivering Christmas cards to his neighbours two years ago. Trevor LaPierre, 24, pleaded guilty in...

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  'Generation debt set to learn hard financial lessons not imparted by parents

  January 8th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  TORONTO - As Canadian consumers waded deeper into debt during the so-called Great Recession, the federal government decided it was time to boost financial literacy, a life lesson many Canadians missed before their balances plunged deep into the...

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  Two Alberta Conservative MLAs cross floor to join upstart rival Wildrose

  January 5th, 2010 - 5 h 00

  CALGARY - Historic cracks have appeared in Alberta's Tory political dynasty. For the first time in the party's 38 consecutive years in power, two Progressive Conservatives have willingly crossed the floor - to join the upstart Wildrose Alliance....

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  Autism society wants first responders trained to deal with autistic people

  December 17th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  SYDNEY, N.S. - The Autism Society of Cape Breton is calling on first responders to be trained to deal with a person with autism during a crisis situation. Executive director Michelle Gardiner says special skills are needed because people that fall...

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  Up to $50,000 reward offered to help solve N.L. murder after skull found in 2001

  December 11th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland have released a forensic facial reconstruction and are offering up to $50,000 for help to solve a cold-case murder. A skull was discovered in Conception Bay South near St. John's by two men who were hiking...

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  Canadian soldiers file fewer sick days despite stress of Afghan war

  December 9th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  OTTAWA - The stress of combat in war-torn Afghanistan hasn't stopped Canadian soldiers from showing up for work, according to new Canadian Forces figures on sick days. The data in fact suggests overall sick leave - largely for serious psychiatric...

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  Abuse of mentally disabled in N.S. leaves cabinet minister shocked

  December 7th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  HALIFAX - In one case a mentally disabled resident at a Nova Scotia residential centre is described in government reports as being dragged by a worker down a hall by her leg. In another, a worker is reported to have sprayed water on a female...

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  BC father who killed kids thought it morally correct, psychiatrist testifies

  November 28th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A B.C. father who has admitted killing his three children and described the grisly slayings in his own testimony committed a psychotic act for what he thought were altruistic reasons, a psychiatrist testified at his murder trial...

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  Halifax pub patrons surprised by flu clinic workers offering shots

  November 18th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  HALIFAX - The shots were on the house at a pub in Halifax on Saturday. H1N1 vaccine shots, that is. Patrons of Gus's Pub were taken aback when volunteers from a nearby vaccination clinic stopped by at about 6 p.m. to drum up business. "They went...

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  Kirstie Alley to star in TV series about work, home and weight-loss efforts

  November 4th, 2009 - 5 h 00

  LOS ANGELES - Kirstie Alley is going to star in a new A&E reality "docu-series" about her life as a single mom and her efforts to lose weight. The network has ordered 10 half-hour episodes of the untitled series from "American Idol" producer...

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