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8 skiers killed in avalanche An avalanche crashed down a mountainside in eastern British Columbia
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| Jan.21 |
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Fog slows investigation of avalanche
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| Feb.2 |
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7 pupils killed in avalanche
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| Feb.10 |
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Man jailed for Air India bombing
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Hull becomes sixth player with 700 goals
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| Feb.19 |
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Concorde in emergency landing
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| Mar.27 |
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Electrical fire caused '98 Swissair crash
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| Mar.31 |
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Baseball Opening Day
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| Apr.1 |
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Deadly virus claims more lives
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| Apr.13 |
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Weir wins Masters title Mike Weir is the first Canadian to win the Masters, making 2 clutch pars to force a playoff with Mattiace
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| Apr.19 |
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SARS death toll rises
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| Apr.20 |
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Toronto transit passenger had SARS
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| Apr.23 |
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WHO increases SARS travel warnings The World Health Organization is urging people to avoid unnecessary trips to Shanxi Province, Beijing and Toronto, Ontario
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| Apr.28 |
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Air India trial opens, 18 years on
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| Apr.29 |
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Toronto travel warning lifted
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| May.11 |
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Canada gets World hockey title Carter scored in OT as Canada won its first Hockey World Championship title in 6 years by beating Sweden 3-2
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| May.20 |
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Mad cow disease reported The cow was tested and killed after showing signs of illness. It is the Canada's first case in 10 years
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| May.21 |
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Countries ban Canadian beef
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| May.23 |
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Devils advance to finals over Senators Friesen sent his team to the finals with a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals
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Toronto: 25 possible new SARS cases
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| May.24 |
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Toronto suspects 33 SARS cases
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| May.26 |
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Toronto back on WHO's SARS list| Toronto reported a rash of new cases in recent days. 800 people are in quarantine | |
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| May.28 |
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2 more SARS deaths in Toronto
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| May.29 |
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Canada SARS cases number 41
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| Jun.15 |
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Michael Schumacher wins GP
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| Jun.19 |
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Pilots wan't be prosecuted for friendly fire The Air Force dropped homicide and assault charges against 2 pilots who bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan
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| Jun.22 |
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SARS kills two more A 55-year-old man and an 81-year-old woman were ill for a long time and died of complications from SARS
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| Jul.2 |
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2010 Winter Games given to Vancouver| The International Olympic Committee selected Vancouver over bids from Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea | |
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Toronto removed from SARS list Last probable case was detected and isolated June 12, 20 days ago, or twice the incubation period
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| Jul.16 |
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Photojournalist died after interrogation Iran's Vice President: Canadian-Iranian Zahra Kazemi died as a result of a blow to the head
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| Jul.20 |
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Search in pig farm killer case expands Police have spent more than a year digging for bodies at the farm of alleged serial killer Robert Pickton
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| Aug.2 |
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Thousands flee blazes The worst fire season in a half-century in British Columbia has forced more than 8,500 residents from their homes
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| Aug.14 |
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Major power outage| An outage struck simultaneously across dozens of cities in the eastern U.S. and Canada | | |
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| Aug.15 |
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Inquiry hunts origin of blackouts The United States and Canada are setting up a joint taskforce to try to find out what caused the worst power cuts
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| Aug.21 |
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SoBig.F breaks virus speed records| The computer virus has already overwhelmed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide | |
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| Sep.23 |
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Arctic ice shelf splits The largest shelf in the Arctic has fractured, releasing all the water from the lake it dammed
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| Sep.27 |
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Juan strengthens, heads to Canada Hurricane picked up strength in the Atlantic with sustained winds of 85 mph
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| Oct.22 |
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El Al Jet Diverted After Security Threat An Israeli airliner was diverted twice after an unspecified threat to the plane and to Toronto airport
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| Nov.14 |
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Martin claiming leadership of Liberal Party 65-year-old Paul Martin will succeed retiring Prime Minister Jean Chretien without an election
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| Dec.8 |
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Toronto theater collapse kills 1 Firefighters rescued a student trapped for hours in the rubble of a theater that collapsed during demolition
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| Dec.12 |
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Chretien stepped down for Paul Martin| A former finance minister has pledged to seek smoother ties with the United States despite strains over Iraq | | |