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Dream job ends in death for pilot, photographer

Career airman and his passenger remembered as stalwart military men; inquiry begins into unknown cause of Thursday's plane crash

By JOSH WINGROVE AND KATHERINE O'NEILL

TORONTO, EDMONTON -- After 6,000 flying hours, Captain Bryan (Mav) Mitchell had just landed his dream job.The 46-year-old was something of a mentor for young pilots at 15 Wing Moose Jaw, the home of the Canadian Forces' iconic Snowbirds flight team. A career airman who flew both planes and helicopters, Capt. Mitchell previously served in Israel and Egypt before taking up his job with the Snowbirds' ''home team,'' the training arm of the 85-member squadron. FULL STORY 


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Officials defend their response to strep outbreak

Nurses with free antibiotics are now being sent to high-risk areas in Thunder Bay, but some say action should have been taken sooner

By KATE HAMMER AND LISA PRIEST

THUNDER BAY, TORONTO -- Health officials continued to defend their decision not to alert the public to an outbreak of invasive Group A streptococcus yesterday, as more voices joined a chorus questioning whether their secrecy enabled the bacteria to spread. FULL STORY 


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Student residence going to the dogs (and cats)

Unique partnership between a university housing program and the SPCA allows students to take in foster pets

By CAROLINE ALPHONSO

-- The 2008 version of Animal House is the real deal: less beer, more kibble.Unlike the raunchy and rambunctious human cast of the three-decade-old National Lampoon campus comedy, the raciest antics of the four-legged cast of Mount Allison University's Animal House include chasing their own tails and nibbling on house plants. FULL STORY 


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Film fest honours the best in the West

Final awards gala puts spotlight on Irish spy thriller, Mexican documentary and others

By FIONA MORROW

VANCOUVER -- The 2008 Vancouver International Film Festival wrapped last night with a gala screening of Laurent Cantet's Palme d'Or-winning The Class. The screening was preceded by the award ceremony for the audience and jury prizes. FULL STORY 


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