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Mobilicity debtholders approve sale to Telus
The creditors owed money by the financially struggling wireless company Mobilicity approved a deal Thursday that would see the mobile upstart sold to Telus for $380 million, but the sale must still be approved by regulators and the court overseeing Mobilcity's restructuring.
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Jonathan Osorio gets 1st crack with Canadian soccer team
Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio has earned his first call-up to the Canadian national team, for next week's friendly against Costa Rica in Edmonton.
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Ron MacLean: Brad Richards deserved better from Tortorella
Scratching Brad Richards for Game 4 may make sense given his recent play, but what bothers Hockey Night in Canada's Ron MacLean about the move is the lack of respect shown by Rangers coach John Tortorella for Richards's past contributions.
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Compare the draft and final Duffy Senate reports
Read the draft version of a Senate committee report into the expenses claimed and then repaid by Senator Mike Duffy and compare it to the committee's altered final report.
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Duffy expense claims reveal more about campaign travel
Election spending records show additional days Senator Mike Duffy spent on the campaign trail in the 2011 election, including days he told the Senate he was on business, and days on which Deloitte auditors couldn't track him.
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Stampeders' Jon Cornish motivated by Grey Cup loss
Star Canadian running back Jon Cornish wants to work on his pass routes this season but his coach will be smiling if he just continues doing what he did last year.
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Tiger-Cats, Roughriders swing trade
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats acquired import receiver Lyle Leong Jr. from the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday in exchange for import defensive lineman Jermaine McElveen.
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Regehr: Tiny Gibraltar hopes to join UEFA
Gibraltar, the tiny British Protectorate of 30,000, hopes to gain admittance into UEFA on Friday, a move that Spain has strongly opposed.
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Politics of virus hunting
There are still conflicts over sharing viruses, an international law professor says.
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Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be busy
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting is busier than average Atlantic hurricane season with up to 20 named storms, including as many as six major hurricanes.
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Rangers scratch Brad Richards for must-win game
Struggling Rangers centre Brad Richards says he will be a healthy scratch Thursday night as New York faces elimination in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins.
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'Mistaken' Duffy asked Senate committee how much he owed
Letters between Senator Mike Duffy and Senator David Tkachuk, head of the committee looking into his expenses, reveal that Duffy was at times an active participant in the Senate investigation.
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Wharnsby: Never count out Paul MacLean
CBC Sports senior hockey writer Tim Wharnsby explains why it would be unwise to write off head coach Paul MacLean and his pesky Ottawa Senators just yet.
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Kindle Fire HD to be available in Canada in June
Canadians will finally be able to purchase Amazon's Kindle Fire HD tablet starting June 13, two years after the first generation of the device became available in the U.S., the company announced Thursday.
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Mike Krzyzewski will again coach U.S. men's Olympic basketball team
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is back as the U.S. men's national team coach and ready for another run at Olympic gold.
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Twitter launches feature to 'make sure it's really you'
Following hack attacks on the Twitter accounts of The Associated Press, the Financial Times and other media organizations by the Syrian Electronic Army, Twitter has rolled out a new feature to help prevent unauthorized logins to a user's accounts.
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Obama to address drones, Guantanamo in major security speech
U.S. President Barack Obama is set to at least partially bring out into the open some of the American-directed drone program, a key component of the country's counterterrorism strategy, in a speech at 2 p.m. ET.
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Vincenzo Nabali extends Giro d'Italia lead into race's final weekend
Vincenzo Nibali won the individual mountain time trial in the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday to extend his overall lead.
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Rangers scratch Brad Richards from must-win game
Struggling Rangers centre Brad Richards says he will be a healthy scratch Thursday night as New York faces elimination in Game 4 against the Boston Bruins.
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Vermont enacts 1st U.S. law against patent trolling
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law Wednesday a novel measure aimed at protecting companies from so-called patent trolling, the practice of making deceptive claims of patent infringement in the hopes of collecting licensing or settlement money.
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Trudeau raises environmental questions over pipeline
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says a proposed west-east pipeline project will not go forward unless it addresses key environmental concerns.
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Gershwin-winner Carole King feted by Barack Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama saluted Carole King's five decades as an award-winning singer-songwriter on Wednesday evening in Washington, presenting her with this year's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.
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Vancouver man abandons Porsche on B.C. ferry
A Vancouver man left his Porsche on a B.C. ferry last night, and the luxury vehicle is now in a police impound lot.
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Pussy Riot member denied parole despite Paul McCartney plea
A Russian court has rejected parole for jailed Pussy Riot band member Maria Alekhina, despite a high-profile plea from former Beatle Paul McCartney and other top musicians.
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30 cars, restaurant torched on 4th night of Sweden riots
Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting.
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Man, 80, climbs Mt. Everest with 81-year-old hot on heels
An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.
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Rio Ferdinand back for a 12th season with Manchester United
Rio Ferdinand has signed a new one-year contract with Manchester United that will take him into a 12th season at Old Trafford.
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Blue Jays host Orioles in bid to catch up in AL East
The Toronto Blue Jays, winners in five of their last six home games, host yet another division rival in the Baltimore Orioles in the opener of a four-game series beginning Thursday night.
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Sharks hope to wrest control of series from home-loving Kings
San Jose will need to win at least one game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles if they want to advance to the conference final, and they'd prefer it to be Game 5 on Thursday agains the Kings.
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Bruins want to show they have killer instinct to sweep
The Boston Bruins are on the brink of the Eastern Conference finals, but they know too well not to take anything granted heading into Game 4 against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Thursday.
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