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October 13th, 2008
ENOCH CREE NATION -- A world-class casino and hotel are bringing piles of cash to a First Nations reserve west of Edmonton and yet many residents are living in mouldy houses. This year alone more than $4 million of River Cree Casino's earnings were ...
October 13th, 2008
OYAMA, Japan -- Fernando Alonso won the Japanese Grand Prix yesterday, but the victory was almost a sideshow to a breathless race that provided another twist in the title fight. While the rejuvenated Spaniard made it consecutive wins in his Renault ...
October 8th, 2008
Ontario Slots and Casinos or Ontario Lottery Gaming Corporation doled out another $100,000.00 in purse money Monday night to the Ontario horsemen - give or take a few thousand bucks. The fans answered back by betting a $172,083.00 on the night's ...
October 10th, 2008
BRANTFORD - Conservative leader Stephen Harper said a $25-billion package to ease credit lending in Canada is not a "bail-out" of banks, comes at no cost to the government or taxpayers, and is "good for the economy." "This is a market transaction ...
September 17th, 2008
RICHMOND, B.C. -- It was an emotional roller-coaster yesterday for B.C.'s newest lottery millionaire. Fifty-two-year-old bus driver Glen Bell was in Richmond to pick up a cheque for more than $4.3 million after winning the Lotto 649 draw on Saturday ...
October 11th, 2008
Fortune smiled on the bad guys at Jackpot Casino in Red Deer, when a quantity of gold bars were stolen from the establishment. Glen Simekins, a security officer at the casino, said the gold bars were "memorabilia" and have been on display for "quite ...
September 30th, 2008
Frank Hunt and his granddaughter Kelsey Lett hang out at the CHEO Dream Home in Nepean's Winding Way development. (Donna Casey, Sun Media) Kelsey Lett will stop going to CHEO next year, but she knows she hasn't thanked everyone enough at the children ...
September 26th, 2008
DETROIT - A Canadian man is trying to recover more than $100,000 seized from his car by police in suburban Detroit. Documents show federal agents kept track of Norman Wilding by secretly slapping a GPS device on the car when he crossed the border at ...
September 26th, 2008
DETROIT - An Ontario man is trying to recover more than $100,000 seized from his car after U.S. border agents secretly slapped a GPS device on the vehicle and tracked it from Michigan to Georgia and back. The U.S. government says the money is tied to ...
October 1st, 2008
- Collection of cigarette butts from around 155 Ontario and Quebec high schools details widespread and growing teen use of contraband tobacco - Study demonstrates sustained access to illegal cigarettes by 26% of teen smokers in Ontario and 36% in ...
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