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at 18:55 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Man at centre of judge's sex scandal ordered to return photos, emails

WINNIPEG - Two days after shocking Manitoba's legal world with claims that he was pressured to have kinky sex with a lawyer-turned-judge, Alexander Chapman was hit with a court order forcing him to return explicit photographs of the jurist.

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at 16:52 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Ex-justice minister Bellemare files lawsuit against former boss: Jean Charest

QUEBEC - Ex-Quebec justice minister Marc Bellemare has launched a $900,000 countersuit against his former boss: Premier Jean Charest.

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at 16:34 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Terry Fox 30th anniversary fundraising initiative includes Olympians

TORONTO - Betty Fox says the spirit of her son lives on in so many people who are the unsung heroes of the Terry Fox Run.

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at 16:34 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Arrival of East Coast hurricane season revives worries over dikes, seawalls

HALIFAX - The hurricane season is reviving fears about deteriorating dikes and seawalls that some East Coast residents rely on to shield them from the Bay of Fundy's immense tides.

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at 16:16 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Canada's shadowy war ends when troops leave Kandahar in 2011, overseas commander

OTTAWA - The shadowy war fought in Afghanistan by Canada's ultra-secret, elite special forces will come to end next year when the army ceases combat operations in Kandahar.

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at 14:28 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Body of Cpl. Brian Pinksen arrives at CFB Trenton for repatriation ceremony

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - A military plane carrying the body of the latest Canadian soldier to die during the Afghan mission arrived this afternoon at CFB Trenton, in eastern Ontario.

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at 13:05 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Free Parks Canada passes for Grade 8 students 'no federalist plot,' Harper says

KITCHENER, Ont. - Stephen Harper is dismissing accusations that free student passes for Canada's national parks are part of a federalist plot aimed at separatists.

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at 04:56 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Forecasters say hurricane Earl's track on course for Atlantic Canada by Saturday

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre says its numerical models continue to show little significant change in hurricane Earl's forecasted track toward Atlantic Canada.

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at 00:03 on September 02, 2010, EDT.

Hockey coach turned senator says he faces third operation after brush with death

MONTREAL - Senator Jacques Demers, a former NHL coach who almost died this summer after what should have a routine operation, says he will have to face another operation.

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at 20:15 on September 01, 2010, EDT.

Website of Discovery Channel gunman hosted in B.C.; RCMP interested

VANCOUVER - The U.S. gunman who took hostages at the Washington, D.C. headquarters of the Discovery Channel before being killed by police ran a website that was hosted by a Vancouver-area company.

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