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at 07:57 on July 31, 2010, EDT.

Taliban terror tactics on Afghan civilians will backfire:Canadian General

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A nationwide campaign of terror against Afghan civilians this summer will backfire on the Taliban according to a senior Canadian military official.

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at 07:35 on July 31, 2010, EDT.

Conrad Black speaks out on his experience behind bars in Post column

PALM BEACH, Fla. - Former media baron Conrad Black is reflecting publicly on his time behind bars.

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at 03:28 on July 31, 2010, EDT.

No jackpot winner in $59 Million Lotto Max draw

TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot prize in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.

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at 23:28 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Honeymooner rescued after fall into Niagara River above Horseshoe Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - A tourist from New Hampshire will be spending the rest of his honeymoon in a cast after falling into the Niagara River just above the Horseshoe Falls.

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at 19:03 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Families of Pickton's victims still struggling for closure, calling for inquiry

VANCOUVER - Ernie Crey knows the police will never be able to say for sure who murdered his sister Dawn, one of more than two dozen women whose remains or DNA were found on serial killer Robert Pickton's farm.

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at 18:38 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Kevin Costner returns to music festival where wind killed a woman in 2009

EDMONTON - A year after some of his support crew was injured when a stage collapsed last year at an Alberta country music festival, actor and musician Kevin Costner admits that a ripple of nerves now goes through band members when the weather turns bad at outdoor gigs.

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at 15:50 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Ontario man ordered to pay $5,700 in restitution for trying to smuggle reptiles

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - An Ontario man has been handed a conditional sentence after he was caught trying to sneak almost 1,500 reptiles into Canada.

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at 14:47 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Census replacement heading for the printer's; time running out for compromise

OTTAWA - Time has almost run out for reaching a compromise on the now-notorious mandatory long census.

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at 13:56 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Former top spy assigned to look into RCMP troubles

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has asked Reid Morden, former head of the country's spy agency, to look into management troubles that have roiled the RCMP.

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at 12:13 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

More guards, but no fence at Manitoba hospital where bus beheader to take walks

SELKIRK, Man. - There will be more guards, but no fence at a Winnipeg-area mental health facility where bus beheader Vince Li has been granted escorted walks.

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