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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 33 minutes ago
TORONTO (Reuters) - Talks between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd and the union representing 4,800 striking locomotive engineers have broken down, paving the way for the Canadian government to bring in back-to-work legislation, the company said on Sunday. "The mediator has withdrawn. The legislative process will now commence," CP Rail spokesman Ed Greenberg said by email. ...
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CBC.ca - Sun May 27, 4:39 pm ET
Canada's Amy Cotton was crowned champion of the under-78 kilogram category at the Moscow Judo Grand Slam on Sunday.
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Associated Press via Yahoo! News - Sun May 27, 3:09 pm ET
Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian to win one of cycling's three major tour races, capturing the Giro d'Italia on Sunday by overtaking Spain's Joaquin Rodriguez in the final stage.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri May 25, 5:32 pm ET
OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will boost the threshold at which it will review proposed foreign takeovers of Canadian companies, the industry minister said on Friday, but he stopped short of fulfilling a government pledge to clarify the criteria for approving them. Sharpening its focus on the biggest deals, the government will gradually raise the threshold for mandatory reviews to proposed ...
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The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News - Sun May 27, 4:28 pm ET
MILAN - Canada's Ryder Hesjedal didn't realize history was within his grasp until he was about five kilometres from the Giro d'Italia finish line.
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CNN - Sun May 27, 2:12 pm ET
Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian to win one of cycling's three major tours as he claimed victory in the Giro d'Italia Sunday.
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AFP via Yahoo! Sports - Sun May 27, 2:40 pm ET
Ryder Hesjedal created cycling history here on Sunday, the Garmin rider becoming the first Canadian to win the Tour of Italy.
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CBC.ca - Sun May 27, 1:39 pm ET
Canada's women's eight and men's pair teams each won silver at the World Rowing Cup on Sunday in Lucerne, Switzerland, while the men's eight took bronze.
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The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News - Sun May 27, 2:49 pm ET
DUISBURG, Germany - Canada's Jason McCoombs finished ahead of countryman Aaron Rublee in the C-1 200-metre final in a canoe and kayak World Cup race Sunday to qualify for the London Olympics.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri May 25, 5:13 pm ET
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian economy probably expanded at a significantly slower rate in the first quarter than the Bank of Canada had predicted in January, and in fact its spare capacity may have risen, a Reuters survey of analysts showed on Friday. The median forecast of an annualized growth rate of 1.8 percent compared with the central bank's 2.5 percent forecast and matched the lukewarm ...
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Guelph Mercury - Sun May 27, 1:26 pm ET
Canada’s women’s eight and men’s pair teams each won silver at the World Rowing Cup on Sunday, while the men’s eight took bronze.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri May 25, 3:13 pm ET
OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada on Friday posted a smaller-than-expected budget deficit for 2011-12, giving Finance Minister Jim Flaherty some leeway to react if needed to what he called an "unstable" situation in Europe. In addition to the jitters over the possible Greek exit from the euro, Flaherty faces a heated housing market at home and warned that new data on Friday showed no sign of ...
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The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News - 2 hours 55 minutes ago
PARIS - Aleksandra Wozniak provided a bright spot for Canada on the first day of the French Open with a 7-5, 6-2 win over compatriot Heidi El Tabakh.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri May 25, 11:33 am ET
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's preliminary budget deficit for 2011-12 came in below forecasts despite big spending in the final month of the fiscal year to compensate the province of Quebec and pay for buy outs for thousands of public service workers. The Department of Finance reported on Friday the federal deficit was C$23.5 billion ($22.8 billion) for the year ending March 31, below the ...
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Sportsnet.ca - Sun May 27, 3:24 pm ET
Aleksandra Wozniak provided a bright spot for Canada on the first day of the French Open with a win over compatriot Heidi El Tabakh.