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Online scam uses fake endorsements from media personalities to sell products

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
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Lisa LaFlamme is not quitting her job to sell skincare products. Neither is Marilyn Denis or Melissa Grelo.
But bogus online ads using fake endorsements from several Canadian media personalities have left many shoppers confused.
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7-year-old immigrant girl dies after U.S. Border Patrol arrest

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Category: World News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- A 7-year-old girl who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her father last week died after being taken into the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol, federal immigration authorities confirmed Thursday.
The Washington Post reports the girl died of dehydration and shock more than eight hours after she was arrested by agents near Lordsburg, New Mexico.
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Sri Lanka's top court says president violated constitution

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Category: World News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
CBC News
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that President Maithripala Sirisena's order to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections was unconstitutional — a much-anticipated verdict that further embroils the island country in political crisis.
A seven-judge bench of the highest court said Thursday the president lacks the power to dissolve Parliament before it has sat for at least 4½ years, citing a constitutional amendment that was passed in 2015, according to opposition counsel Jayampathy Wickramaratne.
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Ontario government says cannabis stores to be phased in

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
CBC News
The Ontario government says it plans to take a "phased approach" to introducing retail cannabis stores, with only a handful of licences being handed out at first.
In a statement Thursday evening, the province says it will issue up to 25 licences ahead of the first day of private retail sales on April 1.
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Cannabis stores to be phased in with a lottery for licences, Ford government says

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
CBC News
The Ontario government says it plans to take a "phased approach" to introducing retail cannabis stores, with only a handful of licences being handed out at first.
In a statement Thursday evening, the province says it will issue up to 25 licences ahead of the first day of private retail sales on April 1.
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How Ontario food banks fill their shelves via weekly swaps along Hwy 401

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
CBC News
A well-organized swap of donated food sends fresh cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers grown in Windsor-Essex along Highway 401 to hundreds of food banks that are struggling to find fresh produce.
In return, the Toronto Daily Bread Food bank sends items like boxes of cereal, pasta and soups back to Windsor-Essex.
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Avalanche warning issued for B.C.'s backcountry after series of storms

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
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REVELSTOKE, B.C. -- Avalanche Canada has issued a special public warning for backcountry users about the dangers of avalanche in several areas of British Columbia.
The agency says after a drought in late November and early December, the province has been hit with a series of storms with snow that isn't bonding with the old surface.
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Toronto and Ottawa vote to allow retail cannabis stores

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
CTV News
TORONTO -- Councillors in Toronto have voted to allow retail pot shops in Canada's most populous city.
Councillors voted 20-4 Thursday evening to allow privately run cannabis stores to operate in Toronto.
The decision came on the same day councillors in Ottawa voted to allow pot shops to open in the nation's capital, and a day after councillors in Markham and Mississauga voted not to.
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Trump invokes 'advice-of-counsel' defence in campaign probe

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Category: World News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
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NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump offered a simple defence Thursday to accusations he broke campaign finance law by directing attorney Michael Cohen to orchestrate hush-money payments to conceal Trump's alleged affairs: He was following terrible advice from a bad lawyer.
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'They're going to love us': Montreal restaurant sending entire staff to Cuba

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
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Anyone who’s worked in a restaurant knows that grueling hours, temperamental tippers and toxic kitchen culture can make even the most dedicated worker eye the door.
In a bid to keep his employees from jumping ship, a Montreal restauranteur is sending the entire team on a week-long trip to Cuba.
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Liberals' election reform bill becomes law on last day of parliamentary sitting

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Category: Canada News
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
CBC News
After receiving royal assent today — the final day of the current parliamentary sitting before the Christmas break — the Liberal government's electoral reform bill, C-76, is now law.
The Trudeau government tabled C-76 last year. It limits the length of federal election campaigns, restricts the amount of spending allowed in the period immediately before a campaign, works to prevent foreign interference and introduces new rules to regulate third-party political activity.
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Western oil price rally unlikely to last after curtailments begin: expert panel

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Category: Economic
Created: Friday, December 14, 2018
CBC News
It's unlikely a dramatic improvement in western Canadian oil prices since Alberta announced forced production curtailments two weeks ago will continue after the cuts begin on Jan. 1, 2019, a panel of experts agreed Thursday.
The difference between Western Canadian Select bitumen-blend heavy oil and New York-traded West Texas Intermediate oil prices had widened to as much as $52 US a barrel in October before recovering to about $25.50 US on Dec.
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