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Saturday Nov 7

Devils down Sens 8:27 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The Ottawa Senators appreciate Martin Brodeur’s brush with another goaltending record.
Hells Angels informant fears for his life RCMP wants to kick agent out of the witness protection program 8:27 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The Mounties are trying to cut one of their prized Hells Angels informants adrift for doing radio interviews about his new true crime book on his life as a rat, the Citizen has learned.
U.K. urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal 11:12 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts on Saturday to work toward a $100 billion deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm they did not want to talk about it.
U.S. House Democrats scramble for health care votes 11:12 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House scrambled Friday to allay lingering concerns about a broad healthcare overhaul and said a landmark vote planned for Saturday could slip a day or more.
Alberta premier faces leadership test 9:12 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach faces a vote Saturday night that could determine his political future.
7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops search 9:12 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
Bayshore area fire claims one life 8:42 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
A man is dead as a result of a fire that broke out around midnight Friday at a townhome in the Bayshore area of west Ottawa.
Doctor who suggested oilsands-cancer link cleared of misconduct charge 8:42 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
An embattled family physician who raised concerns about a possible link between Alberta's oilsands and cancer rates in a remote aboriginal community received vindication this week when he was cleared of causing "undue alarm."
Ottawa unemployment edges up 5.4 per cent 7:42 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The unemployment rate rose in Ottawa-Gatineau in October as small job gains were overwhelmed by a big increase in people seeking work.
Winning loto ticket worth $50M sold in the Prairies 5:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
One ticket purchased in the Prairies had the numbers 2, 7, 8, 11, 16, 17 and 18 for the estimated $50-million win in Friday's Lotto Max draw.
Canadian tossed from UN over Israel remarks 5:57 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Guards at the United Nations whisked away a UN-accredited Canadian commentator this week after she denounced a controversial report that focuses heavily on alleged Israeli war crimes.
Opposition MPs could thwart HST plan 5:27 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Ontario's plan to adopt the controversial Harmonized Sales Tax could hit a roadblock on Parliament Hill.
Two people injured in store stabbing 5:12 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The intervention of a 21-year-old drugstore employee may have saved the life of a woman who was involved in an apparent domestic assault inside a Shopper's Drug Mart Friday afternoon.
Who killed Nortel - Part 8: The man who wasn’t there 5:12 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
On a frigid day several winters ago, a solitary, angular man made his way across his property near Caledon Hills, north of Toronto. It was very nearly a disastrous journey.
Lebanon opposition set to form new government 5:12 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.

Friday Nov 6

Berlin Wall 20 years on: A nation, free of its cage 7:57 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Twenty years ago this week, the people of one of the least happy countries on the planet were forced to build a new existence from the powder of a shattered barrier and the foam of a half-formed dream
Ex-car dealer pleads guilty to fraud 5:27 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
A man who engaged in a well-publicized high-speed chase of a sex assault suspect while on a cell phone with a 911 operator in September has pleaded guilty to fraud in an unrelated case.
Toronto awarded 2015 Pan Am Games 2:57 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Toronto has won the 2015 Pan Am Games, on the first ballot.
Toronto to host 2015 Pan-Am Games 2:27 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Toronto has been awarded hosting rights for the 2015 Pan Am Games.
Ottawa's transit committee votes to cut 2010 fare hike in half 1:12 PM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
City council's transit committee has voted to cut the proposed transit-fare increase for next year in half.

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Mar 20, 2010

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Food Extravaganza 2009 at Cedarhill Golf & Country Club
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Nov 29, 2009

Geoff Lapp Trio plays Chamber Music at Cleary at Chamber Music at Cleary -First Unitarian Ottawa
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