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  Ontario has distributed 68 more ventilators to hospitals for H1N1 fight

  November 20th, 2009 - 18 h 18

  TORONTO - Ontario's Health Ministry showed off some of the ventilators that it has delivered to hospitals across the province on Friday. The wraps were taken off some of the ventilators that were delivered to Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital....

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  ERs, hospitals less busy; Alberta opens H1N1 clinics to general public next week

  November 20th, 2009 - 18 h 13

  EDMONTON - All Albertans wanting a swine flu shot will be able to get one starting Monday. Health officials say there is now enough vaccine to expand the H1N1 immunization program to everyone. They also say the province's emergency rooms...

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  Calgary police chief says new law that lets EMS share info with cops is necessary

  November 20th, 2009 - 18 h 13

  CALGARY - Calgary's police chief says a proposed legislative amendment that would clarify the ability of paramedics to share information related to crimes with police is necessary. Chief Rick Hanson says officers across the province have...

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  Teen pleads guilty in murder of Border Patrol agent shot 8 times, including 4 shots to head

  November 20th, 2009 - 18 h 12

  SAN DIEGO - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez admitted entering the United States...

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  Fashion and beauty news bites

  November 20th, 2009 - 18 h 07

  TORONTO - Sears Canada pilots new head-to-toe beauty concept Sears Canada is launching a one-stop, head-to-toe destination for beauty brands and personal care products in their stores. Oasis will feature a modernized, spacious layout and...

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  300 homes evacuated, schools closed after heavy rain, high tide flood Duncan, BC

  November 20th, 2009 - 17 h 44

  DUNCAN, B.C. - Flooding caused by heavy rain and high tides forced the evacuation of 300 homes in the southern Vancouver Island city of Duncan and surrounding areas on Friday. Public information officer Mark Ruttan of the municipality of North...

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  Hugs, not harassment: Facebook groups slam day of violence against redheads

  November 20th, 2009 - 17 h 40

  TORONTO - Have no fear, redheads - it appears this Nov. 20, you were more likely to be hugged than harassed, consoled rather than kicked. The day had been dubbed by some as Kick a Ginger Day, a nod to a 2005 episode of the satirical animated...

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  Eminem's 'Relapse 2,' originally scheduled for 2009, pushed back to next year

  November 20th, 2009 - 17 h 14

  DETROIT - Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums. That turned out to be only partially true. "Relapse," the Detroit rapper's first original studio album in more than four years, debuted at No. 1...

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  Q&A: Rapper Wale recruits Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele on debut CD

  November 20th, 2009 - 17 h 12

  NEW YORK - Wale wanted to infuse his debut album with a woman's touch, so the rapper recruited singing divas like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Chrisette Michele and Jazmine Sullivan to get that feeling across. "I need a woman to help me convey the...

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  'Big Brother 9' winner renews bail request in drug case

  November 20th, 2009 - 17 h 11

  BOSTON - The winner of the CBS reality TV show "Big Brother 9" accused of trying to sell a powerful prescription painkiller is again asking to be released on bail until his trial. Adam Jasinski, of Delray Beach, Fla., was charged last month...

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