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CAW elect Ken Lewenza president
[ Reuters ][ Sep 06, 14:40 EDT ]

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian Auto Workers elected longtime union activist Ken Lewenza as its president on Saturday, bringing what outgoing President Buzz Hargrove has said is a change "more in style than substance."

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CAW elects new prez
[ Toronto Sun ][ Sep 06, 14:02 EDT ]

Vows to protect auto industry var updated_date = show_date_modified(2008,9,6,12,49,19); if(updated_date) document.write(updated_date + "
"); The Canadian Auto Workers have elected a new president.

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Hundreds of leaky B.C. public schools will cost taxpayers millions to fix
[ CP ][ Sep 06, 13:40 EDT ]

VANCOUVER - First, there was the leaky condo crisis that saw the Vancouver skyline littered with the tell-tale blue tarps that marked expensive renovations.

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Wilmington Public Service workers prepare to move a tree, downed by Tropical Storm Hanna, on Saturday.
[ Globe and Mail ][ Sep 06, 13:00 EDT ]

CommentConservatives up in the polls even as anxiety grows over job security and the duration of the economic slump


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PM trying to buy union votes: Hargrove
[ Canada ][ Sep 06, 12:20 EDT ]

Buzz HargroveStephen Harper's Conservatives "don't give a damn" about Canada's car industry, the country's top union leader said Saturday morning as he accused the prime minister of trying to buy the votes of autoworkers ahead of an election campaign that will start...


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Transport Canada study on road tolls cancelled
[ Globe and Mail ][ Sep 06, 12:00 EDT ]

Government halts look into using tolls, parking levies to help reduce pollution in Canada's largest cities and pay for more public transport

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Rae predicts Liberal 'success' in election
[ CTV ][ Sep 06, 11:40 EDT ]

Federal Liberal candidate Bob Rae, right, greets commuters at a downtown subway station in Toronto on Monday, March 17, 2008. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/J.P. Moczulski)Liberal MP Bob Rae says his party has a "great chance of being successful" in the upcoming election. more...


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Federal parties' election strategies already clear
[ CBC ][ Sep 06, 10:40 EDT ]


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Fumes believed to kill three at B.C. farm
[ CTV ][ Sep 06, 08:00 EDT ]

Police and firefighters gather after three people were overcome by an unknown substance and died at a mushroom farm in Langley, B.C., on Friday September 5, 2008. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)Three people are confirmed dead and another three injured in an industrial accident in Langley, British Columbia. more...


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Harper's powerful `political pit bull'
[ Toronto Star ][ Sep 06, 04:40 EDT ]

Doug Finley has a puckish face and a macho swagger. He loves the two-fisted Celtic rock of the Pogues, likes to laugh at himself and wears the weirdest ties and a wistful comb-

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Feds dishin' our cash willy-nilly
[ Toronto Sun ][ Sep 06, 04:21 EDT ]

var updated_date = show_date_modified(2008,9,6,2,25,58); if(updated_date) document.write(updated_date + "
"); You chipped in some of your own cash on a party to celebrate a UFO sighting in Nova Scotia way back in 1967.

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Pitt plays dumb in Coens' 'Burn After Reading'
[ AP ][ Sep 06, 13:40 EDT ]

Actor Brad Pitt participates in a news conference for 'Burn After Reading' during the Toronto International Film Festival at the Park Hyatt Hotel on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008 in Toronto. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)TORONTO (AP) — Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. Then he got wind of the birdbrain they had written for him to play.


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Canadians support government's handling of economy: Flaherty
[ Globe and Mail ][ Sep 06, 13:20 EDT ]

Conservatives up in the polls even as anxiety grows over job security and the duration of the economic slump

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Government strikes deal with GM for Ontario investment
[ Reuters ][ Sep 06, 13:00 EDT ]

A General Motors employee inspects Chevrolet Impalas on the production line in Oshawa, Canada August 21, 2006. REUTERS/J.P. MoczulskiTORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government said on Saturday it had struck a deal with General Motors of Canada Ltd that commits the automaker to invest $290 million at several of its Ontario operations.


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CAW elects Ken Lewenza as new leader
[ Globe and Mail ][ Sep 06, 12:20 EDT ]

Unanimous decision reached at Toronto convention

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Bhutto's widower wins Pakistan election
[ Canada ][ Sep 06, 11:40 EDT ]

Supporters of the ruling Pakistan People's Party dance to celebrate the victory of Asif Ali Zardari in the presidential election in Multan September 6, 2008.Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday, as a suicide bomber killed at least 10 people in the northwest.


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Quebec recalls eight cheese products suspected of containing listeriosis
[ CP ][ Sep 06, 11:40 EDT ]

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has ordered the recall of a total of 11 cheese products that may contain the Listeria bacterium after one person died of infection and 14 other cases were confirmed.

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Remnants of Hanna expected to deliver wet punch to Maritime provinces
[ CP ][ Sep 06, 10:20 EDT ]

Officials look over the damage to Shallotte Blvd. in Ocean Isle Beach, S.C. Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, after Tropical Storm Hanna passed through. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/The Sun News, Randall HillHALIFAX - Tropical storm Hanna is racing up the east coast of the United States, threatening to drench parts of the Maritimes when its remnants arrive this weekend.


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Rush hour hits school zone
[ Toronto Star ][ Sep 06, 04:40 EDT ]

Want to see morning gridlock? Forget the Don Valley Parkway.

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Hargrove prepares to step down as head of Canada's largest private-sector union
[ CP ][ Sep 06, 04:26 EDT ]

TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers delegates are gathered in Toronto on Saturday to elect a new president.

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A Climate of Fear
[ Ottawa Citizen ][ Sep 06, 04:21 EDT ]

t's a Wednesday evening and Const. Ted Branch pounds on

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