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A proud Canadian remembers our war dead
CP Photo/Philippe Wojazer
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean delivers a speech at a Canadian military cemetery in western France Thursday during ceremonies to mark the 63rd anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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'None of your business:' MP
OTTAWA -- Under fire in the House of Commons to answer questions about a former girlfriend with ties to men in biker gangs, Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier told the opposition to butt out of his private life. <Continued> -
'We love Canada very much'
By Peter O'Neil BENY-SUR-MER, France -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy drew Thursday on the memories of thousands of Canadian war heroes buried in the cemetery here to re-define how his country views Canada's national unity debate. <Continued> -
Dion weak, but at least he's likable
By Joan Bryden OTTAWA -- Most Canadians think St ©phane Dion is weak, uninspiring and unintelligible, a new poll suggests. <Continued> -
Robotic probes to explore twin wrecks
By Randy Boswell Canadian scientists will lower robotic probes to the bottom of Lake Ontario next week to conduct the most detailed examination ever of two American ships that sank in a storm during the War of 1812. <Continued> -
Restrict older drivers?
TORONTO -- The Insurance Bureau of Canada said Thursday governments should consider legislation that would slap restrictions on older drivers who suffer from potentially hazardous health conditions. <Continued> -
Around Canada
Cancer inquiry questioned
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- A judicial inquiry into hundreds of botched breast-cancer tests in Newfoundland appears to be more of a "prosecution" than an inquiry, Premier Danny Williams said Thursday. <Continued>
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