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Fallen, wounded soldiers in line for new medal
The Queen has approved an award for troops injured or killed in Afghanistan since October, 2001
By OLIVER MOORE
HALIFAX -- Members of the Canadian military killed or injured in combat will be in line to receive a new Sacrifice Medal similar to the U.S. Purple Heart, the Governor-General announced yesterday. FULL STORY 
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List of recalled products from tainted meat grows
By MATTHEW TREVISAN
TORONTO -- As the recall list expanded yesterday for products linked to tainted meat at a Toronto processing plant, the mayor of Walkerton, Ont., called for a public inquiry into the outbreak of listeria, saying he cannot believe governments have failed to learn from his town's tainted-water tragedy in May of 2000 that killed seven people. FULL STORY
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Maple Leaf criticized in 2007 audit
By BILL CURRY
OTTAWA -- A mousetrap plugged with discarded pieces of meat and animal fat turned up in a May, 2007, inspection of Maple Leaf's meat plant in Brandon.The observation wasn't made by Canadian officials, but by Alam Khan, a senior auditor with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Mr. Khan said in a report that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency inspector accompanying him on the tour scooped the obstruction out of the trap. FULL STORY
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Canada fails to track food illnesses, expert says
'If we can't identify the risk, we can't manage it,' professor warns, urging country to improve surveillance and issue more warnings
By KAREN HOWLETT
TORONTO -- Rick Holley, a food-safety expert at the University of Manitoba, long suspected that the frozen chicken nuggets sold at his local grocery store might be contaminated with salmonella.So he spent three years testing a variety of brands. His findings: One in four nuggets was tainted. But consumers could avoid salmonella poisoning, which causes diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, by baking the nuggets at 80 C. FULL STORY
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Ottawa slashes grants for new media
Telefilm loses $14.5-million fund
By JAMES BRADSHAW
-- The Conservative government has axed a $14.5-million-a-year program designed to create and distribute Canadian interactive new media both domestically and internationally, The Globe and Mail has learned. FULL STORY
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Golf's language games not new in B.C.
As LPGA draws fire for English-only rule, Vancouver-area course says fluency is key to understanding club's rules
By IAN BAILEY
VANCOUVER -- To become a member of one of the Vancouver region's oldest golf clubs, you have to be able to have a conversation with the general manager. In English.Brent Gough of the Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam said yesterday the conversation test is a key part of becoming a member - a rule that caught national golf associations off guard. FULL STORY
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