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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Senate debates expense audits amid greater scrutiny
Senate debates expense audits amid greater scrutiny The expenses scandal dominated the first Senate session since the audits on senators Mike Duffy, Mac Harb and Patrick Brazeau were released and it was revealed Duffy's questionable expenses were repaid by a personal cheque from the prime minister's chief of staff.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Only 1 set of human remains found at Millard farm, police say
Only 1 set of human remains found at Millard farm, police say Hamilton police have confirmed that they are dealing with only a single set of human remains at the Waterloo region farm of Dellen Millard.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Mountie sues 13 ex-colleagues for sex assault, harassment
Mountie sues 13 ex-colleagues for sex assault, harassment An RCMP staff sergeant has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against 13 former colleagues in the force's travelling equestrian show the Musical Ride, claiming she was sexually assaulted and harassed in the 1980s.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  B.C. mine's temporary foreign workers case dismissed
B.C. mine's temporary foreign workers case dismissed The Federal Court of Canada has dismissed a challenge launched by two unions against a company that hired more than 200 temporary workers from China for its coal mine in northeastern B.C.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  All clear after 6-hour industrial fire in Windsor, Ont.
All clear after 6-hour industrial fire in Windsor, Ont. A massive industrial fire at a plastic recycling facility in Windsor, Ont., led the mayor to declare a state of emergency for an area of the city.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Rob Ford faces more calls to address crack allegations
Rob Ford faces more calls to address crack allegations Toronto Mayor Rob Ford went back to work after a holiday weekend, but he kept his mouth shut about an alleged video that two published reports say shows him smoking what appears to be a crack pipe.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Cops sought info from Mulcair about ex-Laval mayor meeting
Cops sought info from Mulcair about ex-Laval mayor meeting Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says he was contacted by the provincial police anti-corruption squad in Quebec to discuss a suspected 17-year-old bribe offered to him.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Children's mouths allegedly taped shut at N.S. school
Children's mouths allegedly taped shut at N.S. school An assistant instructor at a school in Bedford, N.S., is under investigation by police after allegedly taping shut the mouths of several students.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Aboriginal woman settles lawsuit over 3½ years solitary confinement
Aboriginal woman settles lawsuit over 3½ years solitary confinement The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says it has resolved a lawsuit against the government of Canada filed on behalf of a 26-year-old aboriginal woman from Saskatchewan who was held in solitary confinement in a federal prison for more than 3½ years.
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Date: 5/20/2013
Title:  Canadian on EI shut out amid foreign worker influx
Canadian on EI shut out amid foreign worker influx A jobless Canadian IT professional who is collecting employment insurance is upset because he now suspects several recent jobs he applied for went to temporary foreign workers.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Train carrying crude oil derails east of Saskatoon
Train carrying crude oil derails east of Saskatoon Emergency crews have contained crude oil leaking from a damaged rail car, according to a Canadian Pacific Railway spokesman. The derailment happened this morning about 150 kilometres east of Saskatoon.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  'Very upset' Harper wants fast Senate spending reform
'Very upset' Harper wants fast Senate spending reform Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the Conservative caucus this morning that he's "very upset" about the recent conduct of some senators and his own office, and he wants Senate spending rules tightened quickly.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Driver too drunk to stand, says mom of toddler killed on patio
Driver too drunk to stand, says mom of toddler killed on patio The driver who crashed into a southwest Edmonton patio Sunday, killing a two-year-old as he dined with his family, was too drunk to stand, the boy's mother said in a Facebook posting.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  Deal to protect boreal forest caribou fails
Deal to protect boreal forest caribou fails Three years of negotiations between Resolute Forest Products and environmental groups aimed at protecting parts of Canada's boreal forest have ended in failure, with talks breaking down over how much land to set aside for conservation.
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Date: 5/21/2013
Title:  B.C. girl killed after 11-year-old crashes jeep
B.C. girl killed after 11-year-old crashes jeep A 12-year-old girl was killed after a jeep driven by an 11-year-old girl flipped over on a forestry road in northern B.C. on Friday.
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