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Soldiers' homecoming 'the perfect Christmas gift'

CFB Petawawa's Afghan war finally came to a fitting end Friday in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve. The sprawling base, west of Ottawa, welcomed home the last 50 of its fighting soldiers sent ...

 
 
 

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The son of former Newfoundland premier Brian Tobin was released on a $100,000 bond Christmas morning after he was arrested in a deadly drunk-driving stunt.
 
 
 

 
 
Little Laura Newcombe, an 11-year-old bright light from Toronto, ended up coming 5th out of 273 contestants at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., last June.
 
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A little girl's  face glows with excitement and joy as she approaches Santa Claus to  tell him what she would like for Christmas.

In a season of magic, the belief is up to us

With jam-packed calendars and hectic shopping malls, it is easy to forget the joys...


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Canadians are being warned to not consume some gingerbread houses from Whole Foods Markets because they may be contaminated with a toxin, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Friday.

Prefabricated ginger bread houses recalled

Canadians are being warned to not consume some gingerbread houses from Whole Foods Markets because they may be contaminated with a toxin.


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Authorities hunt for escaped inmate in Edmonton

Correctional Services of Canada and police in Edmonton are searching for an inmate who escaped from the Stan Daniels Healing Centre.


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Daughter of former NHLer Pierre Turgeon dies in car crash

The daughter of former NHL player and one-time Montreal Canadiens captain Pierre Turgeon was killed in a highway crash in New Mexico on Thursday, police said in a release.


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Vigil held for scaffold deaths last Christmas Eve in Toronto

Four migrant workers, who fell to their deaths last Christmas Eve when a scaffolding broke, were remembered at a vigil Friday.


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Daughter of trapper missing since 1965 asks court to rule father dead

B.C. Supreme Court has been asked to rule that a trapper died almost 46 years ago, when he disappeared while heading for an island southwest of Prince Rupert, B.C.


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Brian Tobin with his wife, Jodean, and son, Jack, on the red carpet at Hope Live held Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, at the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre.

Brian Tobin’s son arrested after Ottawa parking death

The son of former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Brian Tobin has been arrested in a deadly drunk-driving stunt on the top floor of a downtown Ottawa parking garage early Christmas Eve.


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Santa Claus is heading around the world on Dec. 24.

Santa’s sleigh travelling across the globe

While many Canadians were making frantic, last-minute dashes to malls and markets on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus was already busy at work.


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And so it is Christmas

It seems Prime Minister Stephen Harper couldn't help himself. He released his Christmas message ...


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Calgary alderman calls for closure of Savory Lodge after another drug bust

There's no single problem and no single solution, but shutting the motel down would be a good first step.