Blue Jays sweep Rockies for eighth straight win
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 20:49:25 -0700 | sports-news
Who would have guessed a few months ago that at this point in the year Esmil Rogers and Chien-Ming Wang would be key contributors to the starting rotation, Brett Cecil would be among the league's most dominant relievers and Adam...
Toronto school board trustees rescue music staff
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 21:25:52 -0700 | political-news
Toronto trustees saved music instructors but slashed school budgets as they debated the 2013-14 board budget late into the night. Facing a $55-million deficit in their $2.9-billion budget, trustees earlier this year voted to cut teachers and other school staff...
Toronto Community Housing vows big changes on evictions
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 19:38:55 -0700 | political-news
Featured Video Close Video Toronto community housing executives will overhaul the corporation's eviction practices before year's end, president Gene Jones Jr. told a board of director's meeting on Wednesday night. The pledge is a response to ombudsman Fiona Crean's investigation...
Birds 'show value of conservation'
Source: BBC
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-20 00:37:46 -0700 | green-news
Last year, scientists suggested it would cost about $5bn to reduce the extinction threat for all threatened wildlife , and up to $76bn to maintain a global network of protected areas. "The total sums may sound large, but they are...
NHL draft history shows why defensemen usually aren't selected first
Source: Denver Post
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-20 00:48:26 -0700 | sports-news
Why, many bewildered Avalanche fans were asking Wednesday, would the team not take defenseman Seth Jones with the first pick in the NHL draft a week from Sunday? The Avs' biggest need is at defense, and Jones is said to...
Ottawa Jazz Singer Kellylee Evans Survives Lightning Strike
Source: The Huffington Post
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 17:23:27 -0700 | entertainment-news
Ottawa jazz singer Kellylee Evans is still slated to play Friday at the Ottawa Bluesfest in Confederation Park but is fortunate to even be alive after being struck by lightning earlier in the month. "I was just in the kitchen...
Watchdog warned of CSIS data access
Source: The Globe & Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 20:56:21 -0700 | disasters-news
The Globe and Mail Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 19 2013, 11:34 PM EDT Social networking, cloud computing and mobile connectivity have together fundamentally transformed our world, but they come with a dark side...Internet protocol addresses and similar information in hopes...
Designation of obesity as disease spurs Canadian debate
Source: The Globe & Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 20:56:24 -0700 | health-news
The Globe and Mail Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 19 2013, 11:43 PM EDT An overweight person is shown in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., May 12, 2005. Obesity rates are at an all-time high, especially in certain parts of the country,...
All-party compromise in House of Commons turns 19 bills into law
Source: The Globe & Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 20:35:19 -0700 | political-news
The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jun. 19 2013, 11:08 PM EDT As the dust settled on a raucous sitting of the House of Commons, Governor-General David Johnston came to Parliament Hill and turned 19 bills into law. Some things...
How I lost 65 pounds: I resisted Nunavut comfort food
Source: The Globe & Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 15:33:35 -0700 | technology-news
The Globe and Mail Last updated Wednesday, Jun. 19 2013, 5:17 PM EDT Depression after the death of a friend pushed Craig Welsh to the breaking point in February, 2012...Craig Welsh 43, Iqaluit, Nunavut Pounds dropped: 65 My turning point:...
Joni Mitchell puts in rare public performance, singing three songs in Toronto
Source: Star Phoenix
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 14:38:03 -0700 | entertainment-news
After watching a succession of decorated musicians interpret her vast songbook in a celebration of her upcoming 70th birthday, Joni Mitchell took to the Massey Hall stage, kicked off her shoes and gave the adoring audience an unexpected and exceedingly...
US Growth Expected to Spur Canada's Sluggish Performance
Source: Epoch Times
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 20:36:53 -0700 | business-news
Tweet You may also like Canada's recent mediocre economic performance should get a boost by next year thanks to a strengthening U.S. economy, according to a study by the Conference Board of Canada. In its spring 2013 Canadian Outlook report,...
Job action by foreign service hurting Canadian tourism industry
Source: The Globe and Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 19:41:18 -0700 | political-news
The Globe and Mail Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 18 2013, 10:03 PM EDT Hundreds of foreign service officers walks out of Department of Foreign Affairs headquarters June 06, 2013 in Ottawa. (Dave Chan for The Globe and Mail) Canada's tourism...
G8 summit: Stephen Harper meets with Barack Obama about Keystone XL oilsands pipeline
Source: Star Phoenix
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 17:34:31 -0700 | political-news
Northern Ireland Prime Minister Stephen Harper got a private audience with U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday on the sidelines of the G8 summit, where he raised the sticky issue of the Keystone XL oilsands pipeline. Harper, unlike several other...
Ottawa names former Conservatives to Canada-U.S. water agency
Source: The Globe & Mail
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-18 17:31:42 -0700 | technology-news
The Globe and Mail Last updated Tuesday, Jun. 18 2013, 8:16 PM EDT The decommissioned cement carrier J.B. Ford sits docked at the Gavilon Grain LLC dock at the Port of Duluth-Superior in Superior, Wisconsin, Jan. 4, 2012. The International...
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