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The loonie topped $1.03 (U.S.) on Friday, driven by surging crude prices and an inflation report that further dimmed the odds of an interest rate cut.
The surging Canadian currency climbed as high as $1.0358, its highest level since June, 1974, in the..
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A unique gene that can stop cancerous cells from multiplying into tumours has been discovered by a team of scientists at the B.C. Cancer Agency in Vancouver.
The team, led by Dr. Poul Sorensen, says the gene has the power to suppress the growth of huma..
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The Canadian dollar hit its highest level in more than three decades Friday after a strong jobs report boosted the likelihood of higher interest rates.
The currency climbed almost a full cent against its U.S. counterpart, topping the 95-cent (U.S.) mar..
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Canadian soldier Robert Costall was shot to death from behind in Afghanistan last year by American troops, who opened machine-gun fire on him and then another friendly position during an insurgent attack, a newly released U.S. army report says.
Private..
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A Canadian embassy booth and another for a private Montreal college were shut down at a Saudi Arabia education fair last week because they were being run by women.
Organizers for the Canadian contingent say three women staffing the booths were forced t..
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Wal-Mart is such a dominating force that when it enters a market, few rivals are left unscathed. But in the tiny town of Emo, Ont. - population, 1,186 - grocers Dan and Mark Loney found a formula for their store to take on the discount titan.
And they'..
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The BlackBerry wireless email system of Research In Motion Ltd. has suffered a system failure, according to the company's phone recording.
Waterloo, Ont.-based RIM didn't say when the problem may be fixed, an omission that could well cause consternatio..
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Immigration is fuelling two-thirds of Canada's population growth and will likely become the only source of gains by 2030, according to a national census snapshot released yesterday.
Statistics Canada also found the country's population increase was the..
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against four former executives at Nortel Networks Corp., accusing them of engaging in accounting fraud to meet earnings forecasts.
The Ontario Securities Commission, meanwhile, says it will..
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A second Action Démocratique du Québec candidate was fired by Mario Dumont and a maverick Liberal candidate came back to haunt Jean Charest during a weekend of campaigning marked by more embarrassment for the two party leaders.
Mr. Dumont, whose part..
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If rising before the sun leaves you feeling blue after daylight time kicks in on Sunday, blame the Americans.
Daylight time begins three weeks early this year and lasts one week longer. Most of Canada has agreed to adopt the new schedule pushed through..
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The Harper government has opened the door to a watering down of its vaunted strategy to crack down on lobbying, as it contemplates forcing lobbyists to only report their formal verbal communications with federal officials, documents show.
Under proposa..
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The bodies of 14 police officers were found Friday northeast of Baghdad after an al-Qaida-affilated Sunni group said it abducted members of a government security force in retaliation for the rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police...
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Tornadoes ripped through Alabama and killed at least seven people Thursday, including five at a high school where students became pinned under debris when a roof collapsed, state officials said.
As night fell, crews dug through piles of rubble beneath..
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote Wednesday in the Senate, ensuring the survival of his centre-left government.
The vote in the upper house of parliament was 162-157.
Mr. Prodi resigned last week after a defeat in the Senate..
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Two controversial measures in the federal Anti-Terrorism Act will disappear from the law books after a vote Tuesday night in the House of Commons that marked the first major political test for Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion.
In a vote of 159 to 124, the..
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered an 11th-hour compromise Monday to salvage two controversial weapons in the government's anti-terrorism arsenal.
And his justice minister, Rob Nicholson, said he's open to other possible compromises. But the Liberal..
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He escaped a boring job and now works only online, finding fun videos for fans around the world, TOM HAWTHORN writes He calls himself Fedquip. He works from a plain room in a rented apartment near Crystal Pool. The room is bare, save for a table,..
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The Canadian Embassy in Paris was evacuated Monday after an employee opened a suspicious envelope and had a nosebleed. Firefighters later said the alert was a false alarm. The envelope in question contained a piece of tissue soaked in liquid, raising t..
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A Canadian convoy was ambushed twice late Sunday by Taliban fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. The resulting firefights saw one Afghan National Police officer and a civilian mistakenly gunned down by soldiers. Maj. Dale Ma..
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