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Sistema Toronto extends a helping hand to their musical colleagues in the Philippines

Sistema Toronto has announced that it has made a donation of $730 to Sistemang Pilipino, a Sistema-inspired program in the …

Quebec corruption probe set to resume after holiday break

MONTREAL – Quebec’s corruption probe is scheduled to resume its public hearings today after breaking for the holidays. The commission …

No thanks: Petition to make Rob Ford a U.S. citizen not getting much support

WASHINGTON – A petition to make Rob Ford an honorary U.S. citizen hasn’t garnered much support so far. The petition …

Federal lawyers uniquely positioned in coming 2014 labour turmoil

OTTAWA – The Harper government has promised hard-nosed contract talks this year with most of its public-sector unions, but one …

Safety board wraps up ground investigation of New Brunswick train derailment

PLASTER ROCK, N.B. – Canada’s Transportation Safety Board wrapped up its evidence gathering on Saturday at the site of a …

Canada’s disaster response team completes Yolanda mission

The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), deployed …

Statistics Canada says 45,900 jobs lost in December, unemployment rate rises

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says the Canadian economy lost 45,900 jobs in December and the unemployment rate rose as more people searched …

A list of recent railway accidents involving oil-laden tank cars

OTTAWA – A list of railway accidents involving oil-laden tank cars since the Lac-Megantic, Que., disaster last July: January: Seventeen …

Bugs will travel: Public health watches foreign outbreaks because diseases move

TORONTO—A Toronto grandmother came home from Hong Kong with SARS. A Colorado woman visited a Ugandan cave and brought back …

Is “reverse racism” keeping Filipino couple from adopting a Métis child?

“It is reverse racism,” says Paul Walsh. Paul Walsh is an attorney representing a Filipino-Canadian couple in Winnipeg who are …

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