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11/22/2008 08:03 PM
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Budget deficit 'essential' if economic stimulus needed: Harper
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Budgetary deficits may be an inevitable reality for countries that use financial stimulus packages to revive their economies, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Saturday.
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11/22/2008 03:18 PM
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Obama plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011
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U.S. president-elect Barack Obama has announced a plan aimed at creating 2.5 million jobs by January 2011.
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11/22/2008 08:42 PM
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Snowstorm restricts travel, causes power outages in Maritimes
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Thousands of Maritimers were without electricity Saturday and many roads and highways were closed after a storm dumped up to 30 centimetres of snow in some areas.
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11/22/2008 10:02 PM
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U.S. strike in Pakistan kills wanted British militant: reports
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Rashid Rauf, a British militant with al-Qaeda links, was killed along with an Egyptian by a suspected U.S. missile strike in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, Pakistani television channels and intelligence officers said.
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11/22/2008 11:40 PM
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5 injured during protest in Iceland over economic meltdown
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At least five people were injured in Iceland's capital Saturday during a protest over the country's economic meltdown.
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11/22/2008 05:39 PM
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Haircuts, housing info on offer at Calgary homeless event
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More than 1,000 people turned out to stock up on winter clothes and housing information Saturday at a daylong event organized for Calgary's homeless and those at risk of losing their homes.
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11/22/2008 09:10 PM
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Endeavour astronauts complete hardest spacewalk
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Astronauts have completed the most challenging of the four spacewalks on NASA's latest mission to the International Space Station.
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11/22/2008 03:41 PM
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P.S. I Love You: Vatican newspaper to Beatles
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The Vatican's newspaper, Osservatore Romano, has come out lauding the Beatles while forgiving a remark by John Lennon declaring the Fab Four more famous than Jesus Christ.
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11/22/2008 01:31 PM
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Stampeders wrap themselves in underdog mantle
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The Calgary Stampeders are working hard to build the idea they are huge underdogs in the Grey Cup game against the hometown Montreal Alouettes.
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11/22/2008 06:47 PM
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Indonesia rocked by powerful earthquakes
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No tsunami warning has been issued in the aftermath of a series of powerful earthquakes Saturday off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island.
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11/22/2008 03:02 PM
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Students running underground junk food trade donate profits to charity
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Two high school students from Burnaby, B.C., who made headlines in September for selling junk food out of their lockers are hoping to do some good with their earnings.
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11/22/2008 08:57 AM
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Blast injures 8 Canadian soldiers north of Kandahar
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Eight Canadian soldiers were injured in Afghanistan after their armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb north of Kandahar city.
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11/22/2008 10:34 AM
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Montreal museum director tapped to be National Gallery head: report
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Marc Mayer, currently the head of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal, is set to be appointed director of the National Gallery of Canada, according to Le Devoir.
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11/21/2008 05:10 PM
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20 B.C. students sent home for kicking red-haired classmates
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Twenty students from a Vancouver Island school were sent home Thursday after they kicked red-haired schoolmates as part of what an internet site declared "Kick a Ginger Kid" day.
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11/21/2008 02:40 PM
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Auto dealers call for government help
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The industry group representing Canada's automobile dealers said Canadian politicians must take immediate steps to increase liquidity in the car markets.
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