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Country Thunder rolls into Calgary

Hold on Calgary, it’s not time to put away those cowboy boots just yet. There’s a storm rolling through town this weekend and, from where I’m standing, it looks like there’s a 100-percent chance of good fun yet to come. The third annual Country Thunder music festival has set up shop in northeast Calgary, at […]

Calgary Herald
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B.C. judge who cried during a victim statement won’t recuse herself from sentencing

`There is therefore nothing wrong with the court showing emotion. Just because a judge demonstrates human compassion, it does not amount to judicial bias`

National Post
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Wolfpack sharpening up

For the first time, Toronto Wolfpack fans are going to get a look at what Super League is like. And if the Wolfpack are going to be playing in English rugby league’s top level in 2019, it will have to beat at least two teams from this year’s competition. It will have four chances starting […]

Toronto Sun
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Carnival adds life to Long Beach terminal refit

Every cruise begins in the same way: with an embarkation process. You enter the terminal to have your documents checked, pass through a security screening, and then on to the final phase where you have your check-in completed and keycards […]

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Hotels.com promotes wedding services with ‘Chaplain Obvious’

The brand`s long-running spokesperson gets ordained for its latest Twitter stunt. Read More

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How a Canadian company older than Confederation has stayed nimble

A century and a half saw B.C.-based produce distribution company, Oppenheimer Group, steadily expand. Here`s how they adapted over the years The post How a Canadian company older than Confederation has stayed nimble appeared first on Canadian Business - Your Source For Business News .

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Graham Thomson: Labour peace as another big tentative deal is struck with public sector workers

The labour dominoes are falling in the right direction for the Alberta government. So far, three of the province’s six big groups of public sector workers have accepted what amounts to wage-freezing contracts with the government. And a fourth just signed a tentative agreement this week.

Edmonton Journal
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Rabbi brings spiritual healing to Jewish inmates

Rabbi Michael Csillag, the founder of Jewish Services of Canada, visits Jewish inmates in Ontario prisons every week. For him, a Jew who’s in jail is still a Jew. The post Rabbi brings spiritual healing to Jewish inmates appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News .

The Canadian Jewish News
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Bomb squad, hazmat team respond to discovery of potentially explosive acid in TSB lab

A bomb squad and hazmat units were deployed to a Transportation Safety Board laboratory in the city’s south end Friday night after traces of potentially explosive picric acid were discovered during a routine inspection. “Someone noticed traces of dry residue on a container lid,” TSB spokeswoman Josée Coallier said. “Our guys know better than to […]

Ottawa Citizen
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Politicial decision-making is speeding up, and that’s bad for democracy

Opinion: Procedural fairness can slow democracy to a frustrating crawl—but this pace is vital for public scrutiny, reasoned deliberation, and a democracy`s health The post Politicial decision-making is speeding up, and that’s bad for democracy appeared first on Macleans.ca .

Macleans.ca
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Seeing the fungus through the trees

I’ve always disliked church structures, an antipathy I credit to that potentially most monstrous of church creatures: the committee. The post Seeing the fungus through the trees appeared first on Anglican Journal .

Anglican Journal
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Whalley Little Leaguers fall 8-3 to Panama in World Series opener

After rain delayed the first pitch for nearly an hour, Surrey`s Whalley Major Allstars fell 8-3 on Friday to the powerhouse team from Panama in the opening round of the Little League World Series.

Vancouver Sun
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Explosion destroys coffee shop, injures 3 in rural Georgia

HOMERVILLE, Ga. — An explosion and fire destroyed a coffee shop Friday in this rural south Georgia city, seriously injuring three people and prompting a warning from city officials for residents to avoid the downtown area. The blast rocked tiny Homerville, a city of about 2,500 people, shortly after noon. Investigators determined a construction crew […]

Canoe
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Israel, Canada condole Vajpayee`s demise

New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Israel and Canada have paid their tributes to former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away due to a prolonged illness in New Delhi on Thursday. V

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Proposed Space Force best way to prevent future Star Wars

WASHINGTON, D.C. —There is an honest debate to be had over whether the United States needs a separate armed service that’s focused on space. But President Trump’s critics are having none of it.

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Evangelicalism’s ‘Newfound Obsession’ With Social Justice Is Threat to Gospel, John MacArthur Says

Pastor John MacArthur argued that evangelicalism`s "newfound obsession" with social justice is a threat to the Gospel. In a Monday blog post on his Grace to You ministry website, MacArthur, leader of Grace Community Church of Sun Valley, California, and president... Read More→ The post Evangelicalism’s ‘Newfound Obsession’ With Social Justice Is Threat to Gospel, John MacArthur Says appeared first on ChristianWeek .