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2008
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| Jan.17 |
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Indictment: Canadian planned U.S. attacks
| Jan.29 |
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NATO's Afghan mission 'in jeopardy'
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| Mar.13 |
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Parlament extends Afghan mission
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| Apr.18 |
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Canada acts against BPA chemical
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| May.3 |
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Flyers win playoffs over Canadiens
| May.9 |
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Quarantined train to be rolling soon
| May.18 |
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Russia beat Canada for world gold Russia have won the ice hockey World Championship, dethroning the hosts 5-4 in a dramatic final. Ilya Kovalchuk scored the winner in the overtime
| May.23 |
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Vast cracks appear in ice
| May.26 |
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Foreign minister resigns Maxime Bernier has come under fire after it was reported that his ex-girlfriend had previous relationships with men who had ties with organized crime | |
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| Jun.8 |
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Pole profits from Hamilton's calamity
| Jun.19 |
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Mystery surrounds severed feet
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| Jul.23 |
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Simon shocks Federer at Rogers Cup
| Jul.27 |
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Nadal romps to Rogers Cup win
| Jul.30 |
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Canadian Arctic sheds ice chunk Map of Ellesmere Island Canada Arctic A large, nearly 20 sq km, chunk of an Arctic ice shelf has broken free of the northern Canadian coast
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| Aug.5 |
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'Please kill me,' suspect in beheading says A Chinese immigrant accused of stabbing, beheading and cannibalizing a man on a Greyhound bus pleaded in court for someone to 'please kill m...
| Aug.10 |
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Massive explosions at propane facility Map of Toronto Canada Explosions just before 4 a.m. caused the closure of Highway 401. At least 18 people are reported injured, one missing
| Aug.11 |
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Police shooting sparks riot A riot broke out and an officer was wounded in a neighborhood where a young man had been shot and killed by police
| Aug.27 |
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Russia faces fresh condemnation 7 of the world's leading industrialised nations have jointly condemned the decision to recognise Georgia's breakaway regions
| Aug.28 |
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5.8 quake strikes off Canadian coast The temblor's epicenter was about 95 miles west-southwest of Port Hardy, British Columbia
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| Sep.3 |
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Major ice-shelf loss for Canada The ice shelves in Canada's High Arctic have lost a colossal area this year. The 50 sq km Markham shelf, has completely broken off
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| Oct.14 |
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Ruling Conservative Party gains 19 seats In 40th general election, the ruling gains wins another minority government. Stephen Harper is re-elected as Prime Minister | |
| Oct.17 |
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Sarkozy withdraws support for Quebec The President of France withdraws tacit support for the Quebec sovereignty movement shown by some of his predecessors
| Oct.30 |
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Harper's new Cabinet sworn in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new Cabinet is sworn in after the October 14 federal election
| Oct.31 |
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3rd pipeline bombing in month Map of Dawson Creek Canada The third pipeline bombing in October targets an EnCana-operated gas pipeline near the town of Dawson Creek | |
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| Nov.12 |
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Apparent 6th severed foot found What appears to be a separated human foot inside a shoe is possibly the sixth discovered in British Columbia in the past 15 months
| Nov.18 |
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Boyfriend's trial opens in triple slaying Prosecutor: Steinke helped kill his 12-year-old girlfriend's parents and brother because the girl told him it was the only way they could be...
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| Dec.3 |
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PM vows to stop opposition Stephen Harper has said he will use 'every legal means' to block plans by the opposition to topple his minority government
| Dec.4 |
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Canada halts parliament amid row  Prime Minister Harper has won a bid to suspend parliament, blocking an opposition attempt to topple his minority government | |
| Dec.15 |
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Canada: Two diplomats missing in Niger Robert Fowler, the United Nations' special envoy to Niger, and Louis Guay, a Canadian diplomat working for the United Nations with Fowler
| Dec.16 |
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Passengers saved from dangling gondolas Map of Whistler British Columbia Canada Passengers have been rescued from a gondola dangling over a freezing creek after the tower snapped in half at a ski resort
| Dec.20 |
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Canadian auto industry gets bailout too Canada will provide roughly $3.3 billion in aid to its automotive sector, honoring a pledge to provide 20% of what the U.S. government offer...
| Dec.29 |
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7 bodies found after avalanches Map of Fernie British Columbia Canada One man still was missing, but rescue personnel suspended their search because of heavy snowfall and dense low clouds. 3 survived | |
| Dec.30 |
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Eighth body found after avalanches Authorities recovered the body of an eighth missing snowmobiler buried in avalanches in southern British Columbia
| Dec.31 |
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Survivor recounts avalanches Jeffrey Adams said that he and two others tried to save their friends but eventually left the mountain because of the threat of more slides
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