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Group calls for national policy to cover drugs for rare diseases
A group that represents Canadians with rare disorders is calling for a national policy to help pay for their astronomical medical costs.
CBC Calgary   Found 0 minutes ago  Translate • More info

ABC unveils modest fall TV schedule
ABC announced it will air just two new programs this fall, underscoring the lasting impact of a 14-week strike by screenwriters.
Canada.com   Found 1 minute ago  Translate • More info

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Semifinalists announced for $50K Sobey Art Award  CBC Manitoba
First World War veteran regains citizenship  Canada.com
Family of cancer-stricken boy fight to regain custody  Canada.com
Reuters Canada Business Summary  The Globe and Mail
Boden's legal woes put future in doubt  Canada.com
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Reuters Canada Business Summary
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co has struck a deal to buy Electronic Data Systems Corp for $12.6 billion, seeking to boost its technology services business to better compete against market leader IBM . Some Wall Street analysts were critical of the deal, which would be HP's biggest since its $19 billion purchase of Compaq in 2002. They said HP was paying a rich premium for a slow-growing ...
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U.S.-Canada trade deficit expands by $19B
The American trade deficit with Canada ballooned by almost $19 billion during the first quarter, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Atlanta Business Chronicle   Found 9 minutes ago  Translate • More info

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SEUS-Canada to hold meeting  Mississippi Business Journal
Companies try to recruit mill workers  Nanaimo Daily News
Chamber event brings city back 100 years Fort hosting Alberta business leaders for AGM  Fort Saskatchewan Record
Canadian dollar is trading up 0.15 of a cent at 99.71 cents US at 11 a.m. ET  Canadian Business
G.M. Plans to Close Canadian Transmission Plant  NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance
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Google to tear down networking walls
Google has set out to enable all websites, free of charge, to be imbued with common social networking features as the Internet evolves toward becoming a giant community along the lines of MySpace or Facebook.
Canada.com   Found 11 minutes ago  Translate • More info

Microsoft cozying up to Facebook
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gauged Facebook's interest in a possible acquisition after the software giant's failed takeover attempt of Yahoo Inc , the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Vancouver Province   Found 17 minutes ago  Translate • More info

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Microsoft software gives free tours of space  Canada.com
Disney to create ad lab  The Globe and Mail
WorldWide Telescope blasts off  The Globe and Mail
Apple Settles Canadian iPod Battery Suit  DesignTechnica
Innovation at the Vancouver Olympic Games: Lighting for the site will feature new technology developed in Canada by ...  PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
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Travel Alberta targeting Victoria in advertising campaign
Organization hopes Islanders will head east for their summer vacation
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Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa at The Canadian Centre for Architecture
House A, Tokyo, 2006 Office of Ryue Nishizawa. Hisao Suzuki, photographer © Hisao Suzuki MONTREAL.- This exhibition features recent architectural projects by Stephen Taylor in London and Ryue Nishizawa in Tokyo that propose new approaches to living in urban environments.
Art Daily   Found 13 hours ago  Translate • More info

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DESIGNER FOCUS: ALBERTA FERRETTI  British Vogue
Canadian WWE Travel Issues, La Résistance Reuniting, RAW Tonight  Wrestling News
Violence forces many in Edmonton's Lebanese community to cancel travel  CBC Edmonton
Tourism minister in Wasaga Beach on Tuesday  Barrie Examiner
Chef wins big at culinary competition  Nanaimo Daily News
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US paid bounty to arrest Canadian terror suspect
A US intelligence agency paid a 500,000-dollar bounty to Pakistan's military for the arrest of the Canadian son of a suspected Al-Qaeda financier, said court documents.
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BHP Billiton ties up Canadian potash deal
British-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has agreed to buy Anglo Potash for 284 million Canadian dollars (144 million pounds).
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Vancouver Canucks Team Report  USA Today
Montreal Canadiens Team Report  USA Today
Toronto Rapters Team Report  USA Today
Edmonton Oilers Team Report  USA Today
Calgary Flames Team Report  USA Today
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