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at 09:49 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Supreme Court rejects new trial for serial killer Pickton

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously rejected serial killer Robert Pickton's bid for a new trial.

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at 09:29 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Nearly three years in; roadside detection vehicles saving lives in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - After nearly three years the Canadian military says the use of demining vehicles has saved the lives of countless soldiers in southern Afghanistan.

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at 08:43 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Energy sector helps boost Canada's economy in May, GDP up 0.1 per cent

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy grew by 0.1 per cent in May.

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at 07:59 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Hundreds line up as Apple's iPhone 4 goes on sale in Canada today

TORONTO - Hundreds of people lined up in Toronto to be the first in Canada to hold the new iPhone 4.

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at 05:00 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Neighbourhood where women disappeared still struggling with poverty, addiction

VANCOUVER - When police descended on Robert Pickton's farm in 2002 and began to unearth the remains of missing sex-trade workers, public attention was focused on the gritty streets many of the women had walked — the streets of Vancouver's blighted Downtown Eastside.

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at 04:05 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Judge in Montreal to rule on bail for mother in so-called honour crime

MONTREAL - A Montreal judge is set to announce this morning whether a woman accused of stabbing her teenage daughter in a so-called honour crime will get bail.

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at 03:12 on July 30, 2010, EDT.

Apple's latest offering, the iPhone 4, goes on sale in Canada Friday

TORONTO - Canadians hungry for the latest offering from Apple will get to take a bite today when the iPhone 4 goes on sale.

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at 23:12 on July 29, 2010, EDT.

Body of missing Colorado pilot found in wreckage in Northwest Territories

NORMAN WELLS, N.W.T. - The body of a Colorado man who founded the MiniScribe disc-drive company has been found in the wreckage of his plane in a remote part of the Northwest Territories.

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at 20:06 on July 29, 2010, EDT.

Reptile footprints in New Brunswick providing new clues to evolution

FREDERICTON - An accidental discovery along the eroding Bay of Fundy shoreline in New Brunswick is giving scientists insight into the evolution of life on earth.

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at 19:23 on July 29, 2010, EDT.

Persistence doesn't pay off for winner of $16 million lottery prize

TORONTO - Sometimes persistence doesn't pay off.

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