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An NDP MP loses role for non-payment of taxes
MONTREAL - The NDP has suspended a member from its shadow cabinet because of his chronic, long-term failure to pay taxes.
Sentencing hearing for former CFL all-star player Joffrey Reynolds
CALGARY - The Crown says a former Canadian Football League all-star should spent two to three years in jail for assaulting his one-time girlfriend.
City hall working despite Toronto mayor's 'crack cocaine' scandal, deputy says
TORONTO - Calling it "urgent" that the city's beleaguered mayor address the crack video scandal raging around him, Toronto's deputy mayor said Friday residents are becoming increasingly concerned about the situation.
Wife of Canadian trucker doesn't think husband could have cause bridge collapse
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - The wife of an Edmonton-area trucker being linked to a dramatic bridge collapse in Washington state says her husband was taking all the necessary precautions.
National Bank hiking dividend following strong second-quarter financial results
MONTREAL - National Bank (TSX:NA) announced Friday it was hiking its dividend and buying back some of its shares as it reported a second-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates by a wide margin.
Manitoba Tel to sell Allstream to Egyptian investment group Accelero Capital
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has agreed to sell its Allstream business telecommunications arm to an Egyptian investment group and use about half of the proceeds to reduce its pension obligations and debt.
Canadian trucker hauling oversize load hit Washington interstate bridge: police
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - The Washington State Patrol has confirmed that an Edmonton-area trucker was at the wheel of a semi that struck a bridge on a busy interstate highway, sending part of the span thundering into a river below.
Qatar has abandoned its effort to move ICAO from Montreal: John Baird
MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says Qatar has abandoned an effort to move the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization out of Montreal.
Top court OK with judge who copied one side's submissions in ruling
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a British Columbia judge who copied most of his ruling in a medical negligence case from the written submissions of the plaintiff.
Manitoba Tel to sell Allstream to Accelero, put $130 million into pension
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. has agreed to sell its Allstream business telecommunications arm to an Egyptian investment group and use about half of the proceeds to reduce its pension obligations and debt.
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