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Alta. Good Samaritan beaten for standing up for stranger in dispute
Toronto Sun
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. -- A 45-year-old Alberta man is in a coma after he was assaulted Thursday while defending someone outside a convenience store. John St. Jean, of Grande Prairie, Alta., is in the University of Alberta hospital on life support with ...

John St. Jean on life support after beating in Grande Prairie parking lot   CBC.ca
Grande Prairie man recovering in Edmonton hospital after alleged assault   CTV News
Airline comes through as NS man seeks to reunite with critically injured Alberta ...   Globalnews.ca

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Former Canadian warship sunk off BC coast to create artificial reef
The Globe and Mail
The sound of boat horns and cheering from hundreds of excited onlookers saturated the smoke-filled ocean air as demolition crews sank a former Canadian warship off the B.C. coast on Saturday. After years of legal wrangling, the Artificial Reef Society of ...

Former Canadian warship sunk off BC coast to make artificial reef   Vancouver Sun
Canadian warship HMCS Annapolis finally sunk as artificial reef   Digital Journal
Canadian Navy destroyer Annapolis Finally Sunk in BC As Artificial Reef   California Diver
The Province
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Cleo the cat reunited with her owner in Edmonton
CBC.ca
Cleo the cat and her owner shared a tearful reunion at Edmonton's International Airport Saturday morning, after being separated by thousands of kilometres for over half a decade. "I didn't think I'd cry as much as I did," said Amanda Graham while holding her ...

'She just sounds the same, too': Woman reunited with lost cat after 6 years   CTV News
Cat lost in Ontario 6 years ago reunited with owner in Edmonton   Kentucky Post Pioneer
After six years apart, Cleo the cat and owner reunited during tearful airport scene   Edmonton Journal

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Two federal cabinet ministers announce departure from politics
The Globe and Mail
Two more cabinet ministers in the Harper government have signalled they're heading for the exits as the clock ticks down to the next federal election. Heritage Minister Shelly Glover and International Development Minister Christian Paradis both chose the ...

No shortage of good reasons   Winnipeg Free Press
Cabinet ministers Paradis and Glover won't seek re-election   Montreal Gazette
Minister of International Development Christian Paradis   Castanet.net
ChrisD.ca
CTV News
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April 21 budget the first salvo in coming election battle
OurWindsor.ca
OTTAWA — A national election destined to play out against a highly uncertain economic picture kicks into gear on April 21 with the unveiling of Finance Minister Joe Oliver's long-awaited budget. Oliver, who only recently announced the budget date, looms as ...

April 21 spending budget the initial salvo in coming election battle | Toronto Star   Connecticut Bulletin Standard
Paul Martin blasts Conservative economic plan ahead of budget   CBC.ca
Federal Tories to be on the power play all spring with pre-election messaging   The Globe and Mail

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Ontario plans cap-and-trade system
The Hill
Canada's most populous province is planning to institute a cap-and-trade system to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Ontario's system would be part of an existing cap-and-trade system with neighboring Quebec and California, the Globe and Mail reported.
Liberals celebrate cycling announcement's first birthday with commemorative re ...   NorthumberlandView.ca
Ontario finds prostitution law constitutional   CanIndia News
Bill to ban conversion therapy passes second reading   Toronto Sun

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Driver dies after colliding with tree in Surrey
CTV News
Investigators are searching for witnesses of a single-vehicle crash that killed one person in Surrey early Saturday morning. The collision happened at around 6 a.m. Officers arrived at 88th Avenue just west of 156th Street to find the wreckage of a black car, ...

One person dead in Surrey collision   Vancouver Sun
Woman dies in Surrey car crash   News1130
More Shootings Rock Surrey This Week   South Asian Link
Castanet.net
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Manitobans lack confidence in NDP decision to keep Selinger as leader: Poll
CTV News
Greg Selinger may have won the party, but he hasn't won the people. According to a new survey conducted by Probe Research for the Winnipeg Free Press, two-in-five Manitoba adults, 40%, think the NDP made the wrong decision keeping Selinger at the ...

Leadership election didn't fix NDP: Poll   Winnipeg Sun
Winnipeggers' reactions mixed on latest Selinger poll results   CBC.ca

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