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CBCNews.ca stories generating the most discussion on blogs in the past week.
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- Government proposes $60B in tax cuts, with further GST drop
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- "but it's been busy here at Castle Evil. Between work, military and party commitments, there just hasn't been much time to do any blogging. So now that I have a few minutes here we go. I've watched with some interest the banter back and forth over the financial update of the Harper government. It seems that with the throne speech not gaining the Tories any traction in the polls, a mass of tax cuts is in order. So we have the Tories re-instating the low income tax cuts the Liberals put in place" — Evilness - A view into the mind of Jason
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- Tories drop 2 would-be Ontario candidates
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- " Two conservative party candidates, elected by local party consituents to run in the next election have been given the boot." — Soup Is Good Food
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- Acadia strike pushes students to exit
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- Habs defend Saku Koivu's French
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- "Koivu responded by saying that he tries not to listen to what politicians are saying about him or his team, and that he certainly can't control them. For their part, the rest of les Canadiens say that it isn't a problem for them that the captain ne parle pas francais. Even head coach Guy Carbonneau, himself a very French francophone, says that he doesn't care who can or can't speak French, as long as everyone can understand him in English. And when it really comes down to it," — The Sportramblers
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- Loonie hits modern-day high above $1.06 US
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- "What did you dress up as for Halloween? 911 Dispatcher that fielded the first calls about the North Carolina beach house fire is now receiving death threats (w/ creepy audio). Want to beat cancer? No red meat. No wine. Eat less. The Canadian dollar is worth more than the American dollar. Double, oh no way. UK comes out with invisible tank (w/pictures). Dog The Bounty Hunter gets yanked from A&E due to Dog's racist remarks, bro. FLASH! UT fraternities and sororities think they're above the law." — Austinist
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- Liberals won't force election over mini-budget
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- "15% by 2012. The finance minister also proposed to pay down the debt by $10 billion, but the key element of course is Mr. Flaherty's populist and fiscally responsible initiative to start putting taxpayer dollars back into our pockets. Liberal leader St�phane Dion says he won't bring the government down over the proposals, which in my opinion reflects quite well on the man. By embracing political discomfort now in the hopes of experiencing more favourable political conditions in the future, Dion is demonstrating the fundamental political skill; timing. However, his" — Right Up Your Alley: Kamloops
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- Facebook group about prostitute assault 'blown out of proportion:' member
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- "group called "For those people who have thrown something at those lovely girls on Higgins." People in the group were going on about how they threw things at the prostitutes in one area of Winnipeg. The original story seems to have been replaced with a new one, where one member of the group claims it's being "blown all out of proportion"" — Soup Is Good Food
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- Tories' mini-budget survives confidence vote
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- " If it was wrong for the PM to come down hard on Bill Casey for defying the party whip on a vote of confidence, is it every bit as wrong for Steffi Dion to do essentially the same thing to Mauril Belanger??" — Dispatches from the Socialist Gulag
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- Mulroney tried to cover up cash payments he received in hotel rooms: Schreiber
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- "The headline on the CBC website, Mulroney tried to cover up cash payments he received in hotel rooms is causing PM Steve to crap his pants as the governing Tories will face quite the attack over this scandal involving Lord Vader and Karlheinz Schreiber. This is not the first time that this corner has raised questions about Muldoon's adversity to coming clean with canadians. I just want to know when control freak PM Steve ordered the Department of Justice" — pumpernickel
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- Cellphones as wallets? RBC, Visa test mobile technology
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- "to simply swipe their phone in front of a scanner to make simple purchases. The pilot program will begin with laboratory testing followed by two trials, one for RBC employees in early 2008 and another, larger trial�later in the year�with consumers. Read the full story in �CBC News�" — LIRNEasia
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- Liberals would consider repealing GST cuts: Dion
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- "oil prices hit a record high. This in response to the U.S. declaring last week that its domestic oil supply dropped by 3.9 million barrels instead of rising by the expected 100,000. In other news, peak oil? What peak oil? St�phane Dion says a Liberal government would consider reversing the GST cut. Which is honest politics, because from an economic point of view the GST cut is kind of mediocre if you want to propel economic growth��but not necessarily smart politics, because people hate taxes they see all the time. "Honest and kind of dumb,"" — Torontoist
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- Israelis, Palestinians weigh in on CBC's Little Mosque
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- " From CBC: Israelis, Palestinians weigh in on CBC�s Little Mosque �A Canadian sitcom about Muslims living in rural Saskatchewan had its first broadcast in Israel Monday night, aiming to deliver a touch of Canadian humour to an often tense region.� Read more." — TV, eh? - What's up in Canadian television
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- Healthy lifestyle counters female infertility: study
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- "This particular study found that that fitness and healthy eating helps with female infertility. Is there anything that regular exercise and healthy eating can't do? I guess it can't bring world peace, but that is probably about it. Here is the link: http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/10/3" — Athlete365.com Fitness Blog
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- Singer, actor Robert Goulet dies at 73
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- " CBC.ca Arts - Singer, actor Robert Goulet dies at 73" — Daryl Lorette
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- Lethbridge students urged to get second dose of mumps vaccine
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- "working with Medicare, I do not recommend any more government-run medical I�m going to dumb down the schools so the illegals won�t feel bad! If we can control Georgia, and now Florida�s water is down. That�s why many people here are adamant Lethbridge students urged to get second dose of mumps vaccine CBC News - free mumps vaccines to students and staff at two Lethbridge post-secondary schools Karen Grimsrud, Alberta�s acting chief medical officer of health, in a news release tropical storm Noel soaked parts of Cuba on Tuesday and put southeast" — Medical School Options for You
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- Toronto man struck in eye by police Taser
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- "Liberties Association is urging the solicitor-general to take tasers away from cops, claiming that too many hilarious and/or tragic news stories have been caused by tasers in the past few months for anybody to take them seriously anymore. (UPDATE: And another one.) - 1 A New West man was arrested for drunk driving on his way to court to field a DUI charge. - 12 Here�s the story about how these new tax cuts got through because the Liberals let Harper do them in the butts, and here" — Only Magazine: Because this is what it sounds like when blogs cry.
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- Chrysler cutting up to 12,000 jobs, eliminating models
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- "he was cutting corproate taxes �deeper and much faster than ever contemplated before�. The result would be �substantial shot of adrenalin for all Canadian businesses.� �Hallelujah!� cried the usual Bay Street suspects. Then, along comes Chrysler todayto ruin a good story by announcing thousands of layoffs in Ontario (not to mention jobs now under threat at their Canadian suppliers). What part of �substantial shot of adrenalin� didn�t Chrysler understand?" — Blogging a Dead Horse
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- Income trust investors still angry one year later
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- " Income trust investors still angry one year later" — Wednesday-Night
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- Crown offers deal to charged poker players
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- "Among the tournaments are The Race to $200k, the BigSmarty Shootout (fashioned after the head-to-head bracketed tournaments of ... We've combined the fame and fortune aspects of Fantasy Football, American Idol, MySpace and The World Poker Tour and ... Crown offers deal to charged poker players Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:59:00 GMT CBC News - The charges were laid in June, when a series of raids ended the seven-month "Project Kaleidoscope" investigation by police and the Manitoba Gaming Commission into poker tournaments. Investigators allege illegal" — card tricks-Info Site
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- Weir holds off Hensby at Fry's Electronics Open
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- "69 while Billy Mayfair, a Scottsdale resident and Arizona State product, carded a 68 to finish third at 10 under. Carl Pettersson, who led after three rounds, and Sean O�Hair tied to make mandatory recent automotive technology that helps prevent loss Continue" — Hair Loss Prevention - Hair Care Solutions