Canuck

  Thursday, 30 October 2003

Three big record shops pull Stones albums... < 11:56:49 PM>.

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Early exit for Chrétien?
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has indicated he may be ready to step down before his scheduled departure in February. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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[GAM-National] 'Canada's quick fall can be traced mainly to "a perceived decline in the quality of public institutions," the WEF said.'

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[GAM-National]

Drugs are so severely overpriced in the US that many people are ordering from Canada. The drug companies are not happy about this.

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[GAM-National] 'It was smoke and mirrors after all. The voters of Ontario were hoodwinked into thinking that the Progressive Conservatives ran a good shop.

The disclosure yesterday that Ontario is running a $5.6-billion budget deficit is devastating for the Tories and their leader, Ernie Eves. It turns out that not only were they not keeping the books balanced, they were barely lifting a finger to do anything about it.'

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[GAM-National]

$5.6 Deficit

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Longer Arctic summers are causing sea ice to melt, threatening the habitat of polar bears, say scientists. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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New vehicles ordered to modernize army
The Defence Department will spend more than $500 million on 66 combat vehicles as part of a plan to modernize the army, Defence Minister John McCallum said on Wednesday. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]