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$11.5 billion to care for Afghan veterans; Media gets Vancouver’s Eastside Wrong; Toronto Transit Merger – 31 March 2009 Headlines

Post traumatic stress disorder is expensive A new Tyee series reports that caring for Canada’s Afghanistan veterans could cost as much as $11 and a half billion dollars. Carleton University researcher David Perry estimates that by July 2011, 41,000 Canadians … Continue reading

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Teen sex, HST in Ontario and Hunting the Seal Hunters: March 26 ’09 Headlines

My pick of the day’s national news, written for broadcast on Take 5, CIUT 89.5 FM. HST – it just rolls off the paycheque Ontario is blending its Provincial Sales Tax with the GST to make HST – a harmonized … Continue reading

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18 March 2009: The headlines

My pick of the day’s national news, written for broadcast on Take 5, CIUT 89.5 FM. Conservatives get busy — on campus and on the campaign trail Former premier Mike Harris is reportedly building support for MPP Tim Hudak in … Continue reading

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