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Canada’s unpolite, trying to win at Olympics: Colbert

With his trip north of the border fast approaching, Stephen Colbert was still poking fun at Canada after winning his first Grammy Award on Sunday.

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Canada picks up 5 ski cross medals in Aspen

It was a Canadian sweep at the Ski Cross in Aspen, with Christopher Del Bosco, Dave Duncan and Brady Leman taking all three podium spots. Ashleigh McIvor and Kelsey Serwa rounded out the women’s event in second and third, respectively.

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Fishing dispute between Canada, Denmark heats up

Their dispute over the ownership of tiny Hans Island has cooled in recent years, but conflict between Canada and Denmark is heating up over another diminutive object of contention: the northern shrimp…

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Canada’s Olympic city has notorious skid row

As Vancouver prepares for the Olympics, the Downtown Eastside remains a huge problem with its squalid rooming houses and alleys populated by thousands of addicts and homeless.

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Canada’s Olympic city has notorious skid row

As Vancouver prepares for the Olympics, the Downtown Eastside remains a huge problem with its squalid rooming houses and alleys populated by thousands of addicts and homeless.
 

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Canadian health advocates fear exodus of nurses

U.S. President Barack Obama’s health-care package, although in political limbo, has nursing experts in Canada concerned about another exodus in their profession if provincial governments aren’t vigilant in retaining nurses.

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Auto sales in Canada will grow this year

Resource-rich Alberta and British Columbia will lead the rebound in car and light truck sales in Canada this year, a new report from Scotiabank predicts.

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Third flight of Haitian orphans to land in Canada

A flight containing at least 57 Haitian orphans is due to arrive in Ottawa Saturday afternoon. They will join the 85 children from the devastated country who have already been united with their adoptive Canadian parents.

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Indian-born CEO appointed senator in Canada

Toronto, Jan 30 (IANS) Indo-Canadian businessman Vim Kochhar was Friday nominated to the Canadian senate by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. When he takes oath, 73-year-old Kochhar will become the first Indian-born senator in Canadian history.

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Muslims for Haiti: 5 hour LIVE Telethon for Haiti Relief

DETROIT, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) is going to air a LIVE 5 hour ‘Muslims For Haiti’ Telethon on ARY Digital that will air worldwide; USA, Canada, Middle East, UK, and Pakistan on Saturday January…

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