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He learned from mistakes as Ontario premier, Rae says
Liberals worry Tories will bombard public with negative ads about his economic baggage
By JANE TABER
OTTAWA -- Bob Rae knows his challenge is electability and overcoming his legacy as an unpopular premier who couldn't govern his way out of a recession.As he officially launched his bid yesterday to replace Stephane Dion as the leader of the federal Liberal Party, Mr. Rae, 60, attempted to insulate himself against what he knows is coming: an onslaught of criticism from his Liberal opponents about his economic record in the early 1990s, and unbridled efforts by the Tories to define him as a leader to be avoided in turbulent times. FULL STORY 
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PASSING THE TORCH THROUGH NATIVE HANDS
Vancouver Olympic organizers will unveil the 35,000-kilometre route of the torch relay for the 2010 Winter Games today. Billed as the longest route ever for the Olympic flame in a single country, the torch will be carried by 12,000 runners during its 100-day journey, which will start in November of next year. Beginning at 1:30 (ET), tune in to globeandmail.com for detailed coverage of the historic route.
By ROD MICKLEBURGH
VANCOUVER -- At least 100 aboriginal communities will be part of the marathon, cross-country Olympic torch relay, marking the largest involvement by an indigenous people in the history of the celebratory event, sources said yesterday. FULL STORY
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Budget chief's deficit forecast forces Ottawa to face reality
$3.9-billion shortfall estimate leaves Flaherty weighing amount of spending necessary to stave off recession
By KEVIN CARMICHAEL AND CAMPBELL CLARK
OTTAWA -- Ottawa is coming to grips with the reality that Canada's unprecedented streak of budget surpluses is at an end, setting the stage for a new debate over how aggressively to adopt deficit financing to spur a flagging economy. FULL STORY
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How two women became the unlikely faces of B.C. government's duel against unions
By JUSTINE HUNTER
VICTORIA -- Throughout this fall's busy electoral season, Gloria Laurence saw a flood of unsolicited political advice pour through her mailbox. Some of it came from her union.She's a special-education assistant who happens, as a requirement of her job, to be a member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. And she decided she didn't like seeing her own union dues being used to tell her how to vote. FULL STORY
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