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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine The mayor of Canada's largest city told a packed news conference that he doesn't use crack cocaine and isn't a crack addict.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Royal Bank pledges not to outsource jobs for cash savings
Royal Bank pledges not to outsource jobs for cash savings Royal Bank has promised it will never outsource a Canadian job to a foreign worker solely to save money.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Washington police blame bridge collapse on Alberta trucker
Washington police blame bridge collapse on Alberta trucker Washington State police say an Alberta trucker was responsible for hitting a steel beam precipitating a bridge collapse on one of the busiest routes in the American northwest.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Man accused of killing child in patio crash granted bail
Man accused of killing child in patio crash granted bail Emotions ran high in a packed Edmonton courthouse Friday as Richard Suter, accused of causing a crash into a restaurant patio that killed a young boy, was granted bail.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Senators' unlikely playoff run ends in Game 5 disappointment
Senators' unlikely playoff run ends in Game 5 disappointment The Ottawa Senators can't hang their heads after a 6-2 loss in Game 5 ended their improbable run to the second round of the NHL playoffs, but questions abound whether their 40-year-old captain will hang up his skates.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Canada ranks 3rd last in paid vacations
Canada ranks 3rd last in paid vacations Canada ranks third last among economically advanced countries in the amount of paid vacation time it guarantees its workers, a new U.S. study indicates.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Group calls for probe of Tory database used in election robocalls
Group calls for probe of Tory database used in election robocalls The Council of Canadians is calling on the Conservative Party to make a list of everyone who had access to its electoral database during the last federal election and turn the information over to the RCMP and the commissioner of elections. "Anything less at this point would be a coverup," the council said in a press release Friday.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Rob Ford video questions linger after denial
Rob Ford video questions linger after denial Now that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has formally denied using crack cocaine, it's just Ford's word versus his accusers', unless the video surfaces.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Greg Weston: Senate scandal may be Harper's worst hour
Greg Weston: Senate scandal may be Harper's worst hour The widening Senate scandal that the prime minister flippantly tried to dismiss as a 'distraction' just days ago has instead become arguably Stephen Harper's worst hour.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Big hurricane season expected this year
Big hurricane season expected this year Canadian forecasters are warning warmer-than-average ocean waters and the lack of an El Nino warming of the central Pacific Ocean will contribute to an "active" hurricane season this year.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  Railway conduit planned to ship oilsands bitumen
Railway conduit planned to ship oilsands bitumen With massive pipeline projects mired in controversy, the need to move crude oil to market could mean a big new boost to Canada's rail sector.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  School workers in children's mouth-taping incident off the job
School workers in children's mouth-taping incident off the job The Halifax Regional School Board says two assistant instructors are no longer employed with the board following complaints that an after-school monitor taped shut the mouths of several Nova Scotia students last week as a punishment.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  London attack victim's widow speaks of 'our future together'
London attack victim's widow speaks of 'our future together' The family of the young British soldier who was killed in a brutal daytime slaying spoke at a press conference on Friday, including his widow who talked about their plans for the future.
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Date: 5/24/2013
Title:  NDP MP Tyrone Benskin 'truly sorry' for not paying taxes
NDP MP Tyrone Benskin 'truly sorry' for not paying taxes NDP MP Tyrone Benskin has apologized for not paying his taxes and promises to pay back everything he owes, but has lost his deputy critic duties as a result of the news.
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Date: 5/23/2013
Title:  Canada Post campaigns against 'no flyers' mailbox signs
Canada Post campaigns against 'no flyers' mailbox signs Canada Post has been mailing more than 900,000 letters across the country to people to try to convince them to remove "no flyer" signs from their mailboxes.
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