Thursday, July 31, 2014

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Fire destroys 2 Leslieville houses

Neighbours describe the scene after a fire destroys 2 homes on Minto Street.






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RAW: Armed standoff ends

Det.-Sgt. Natalie Aitken of the Winnipeg Police Service announces at 3:40 a.m. that an armed standoff lasting almost 17 hours is resolved.






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Discovery Beats Q2 Earnings Expectations With Strong Overseas Sales

CEO David Zaslav’s globalization efforts paid off in Q2 as Discovery Communication’s overseas operations helped to cover for weaknesses in the U.S. businesses. The company reported net income of $379M, +26.3% vs the period last year, on revenues of $1.61B, +9.8%. The top line was a hair above the $1.60B in the Street’s consensus estimate. Earnings at $1.09 a share were well above forecasts for 95 cents.






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Decline in U.S. visitors

Businesses around Ottawa say they're still seeing a drop in the number of U.S. visitors.






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Parrtown Community Corrections Centre

Few details are emerging over the sudden death of a man earlier this month at the Parrtown Community Corrections Centre, a federal halfway house in Saint John.






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Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes, is in Saskatchewan for a writers retreat.






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Michael Zwaagstra

If students haven't mastered most of a grade's requirements they shouldn't be moved into the next grade, says Michael Zwaagstra of the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies.






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Highway 417 eastbound has been reduced to one lane just east of Nicholas after a transport truck crash spilled fuel onto the roadway.






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Province rethinks paying for waste

Bob Kenney is a provincial Recycling Development Officer.






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Strandherd-Armstrong bridge complaints

Some residents off River Road say the new bridge leads too many cars into the neighbourhood.






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caballero-MWilly Caballero has warned Joe Hart he has not come to Manchester City just to sit on the bench.



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pardew_mNewcastle United are "monitoring" Loic Remy after the French striker's move to Liverpool broke down, according to manager Alan Pardew.



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Gasoline prices increased across Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday for the first time in five weeks, although the increase won't make much of a dent at the cash register.






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rodriguez_MReal Madrid's James Rodriguez says he is well aware of the challenge he faces in securing a starting place during his debut season.



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morrison_mGreater Manchester Police have charged West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison with assaulting two women.



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Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has described evidence of a government cover-up about the scale of mental health issues among child asylum seekers as "very troubling and damning".


She has also hit back at Immigration Minister Scott Morrison, saying he needs to be better advised about what is happening inside Australia's detention centres.


Today's hearing into children in detention was told the Immigration Department allegedly asked for figures on the extent of mental health concerns among young detainees to be withdrawn from a report.






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Physiotherapists say insurance too low

Information Morning hears from physiotherapists Mark Hansen and Jill Robertson.






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Osheaga returns

Preparations are under way for Osheaga, Montreal's three-day music festival in Jean-Drapeau Park.






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gerrard-mLiverpool's Steven Gerrard has revealed he told former team-mate Luis Suarez he was "too good" to join Arsenal.



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cavani-mUruguay forward Edinson Cavani has emphatically ruled out the possibility of leaving Paris Saint-Germain.



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kemp-MThe Los Angeles Dodgers needed 10 innings to overcome the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday and register their fifth straight win.



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lukaku-MChelsea manager Jose Mourinho has suggested Romelu Lukaku was unwilling to fight for a place in the club's starting line-up.



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The Ukrainian parliament has given the go-ahead for Australian police and investigators to go to the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site as part of an international recovery operation.






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Cat rescued from debris

There was a happy, and furry, ending to a frantic search for a cat in the debris of a warehouse that had burned down in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.






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Angela Burgess KOA Campgrounds American Tourists

Tourist-reliant businesses northwest of Ottawa say the trend of fewer Americans coming to visit each summer isn't any different this year, and they say gas prices and fewer passports are to blame.






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A three-level home under construction on Minto Street in Leslieville was destroyed by fire early Thursday.






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Cat rescued

Volunteers pluck a cat from debris of burned warehouse in Labrador






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AR--simeone--M.jpgAtletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone expressed satisfaction with his side's efforts in a Copa EuroAmericana defeat to Mexican club America.



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ashely-MHistory is stacked against the Waratahs ahead of their Super Rugby final against the Crusaders on Saturday.



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ronaldinho-MRonaldinho's future remains unclear, even for the man himself, but the Brazilian World Cup winner has ruled out retirement.



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kehl-MSebastian Kehl has relinquished the Borussia Dortmund captaincy and vowed to help his successor as he enters the final season of his career.



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henderson-mBrendan Rodgers wants more goals from Jordan Henderson after the Liverpool midfielder scored against Manchester City on Wednesday.



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jovetic-mStriker Stevan Jovetic can be the catalyst for Manchester City's title defence, according to manager Manuel Pellegrini.



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Budget, accounting

Nova Scotians will know later today how the provincial finances are doing.






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Indigo Acres farm in Sudbury

Canadian cattle producers are working to make beef a more sustainable food source, say farmers in the wake of a study that shows beef production is far more environmentally damaging than other food production.






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Minto.STreet.Fire

An overnight fire destroys a three-level home under construction on Minto Street in Leslieville.






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Yellowknife storm 2

Yellowknife residents witnessed the rare concurrence of rain clouds and wildfire smoke on Wednesday.






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Power was briefly disrupted in the Conception Bay South area because of an unlikely reason: a crow.






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News, weather and road information to start your day.






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RCMP

A 70-year-old man from Porters Lake is due in court in Dartmouth later today after two bomb threats Wednesday night.






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Structural concerns at school

A Saint John elementary school will be closed for the upcoming school year after being found structurally unsound.






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RCMP golf tournament

A Moncton golf tournament held Wednesday brought together RCMP officers and members of the community as part of a fundraiser that amassed $617,000 for the families of three fallen officers.






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Russia Ukraine OSCE

Russian experts aim to visit the Malaysian airliner crash site in east Ukraine on Thursday to examine the debris together with international investigators, Interfax news agency reported on Thursday, citing Russia's civil aviation authority.






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Growler sales

A new NB Liquor pilot project will allow craft breweries to sell growlers, 64-ounce jugs, in three stores in the province






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Fire damages two houses on Parade Street

Fire caused extensive damage to two attached homes in downtown St. John's late Wednesday night.






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The Saint John Police major crime unit is investigating a shooting incident in the Morland Trailer Park on the city's east side.






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Ukraine's military has announced a day-long pause in its brutal offensive to oust pro-Russian rebels in the country's east, following a plea from the UN for a truce to allow a stalled probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to go ahead.






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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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CBC's Nahlah Ayed updates Israel-Hamas conflict

Witnesses say Israeli shells hit a crowded UN school sheltering Gazans displaced by fighting, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens wounded






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Robert Pitcher

The death of Robert Pitcher, whose dead body was found in an unfinished subdivision in Paradise on Monday, involved a shooting, CBC News has learned.






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Sharing the View: Artist Poppy Balser

Eileen McInnis is looking after the Sharing the View calendar project, and pays a visit to our Marquee artist, Poppy Balser






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Speed bumps pathway

Speed bumps and signs telling people to slow down were installed late last week along a pathway between the Rideau Canal and the Bytown Museum, just days after two young children were struck by a speeding cyclist.






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South West Detention Centre

The Chatham and Windsor jails will eventually close and be decommissioned now that the new South West Detention Centre is operating.






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The Halifax Forum opened in 1927.

After five years of discussions to close the Halifax forum, Halifax regional council has voted to save and renovate the nearly 90-year-old building.






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Speed bumps

Some cyclists are unhappy with the installation of speed bumps on the Ottawa River Pathway.






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