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Quebec issues demand for bilingual judges
By RHÉAL SÉGUIN
QUEBEC -- The Quebec National Assembly voted unanimously yesterday to demand that the federal government appoint bilingual judges to the Supreme Court of Canada. Premier Jean Charest insisted that the motion calling on Supreme Court judges to master the French language as an essential condition of their appointment wasn't just a simple request but a firm demand expressed by all members of the National Assembly. FULL STORY 
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ATV casualties likely to increase, police warn
By CAROLINE ALPHONSO
TORONTO -- The list of casualties stretches across the country: A two-year-old was thrown from an all-terrain vehicle near Taber, Alta.; a Simcoe, Ont., man died in an ATV mishap in the Orillia area; and two women were killed in a head-on collision when the four-wheel, all-terrain vehicle driver tried to pass a car on a bridge near Christina Lake, B.C. FULL STORY
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Manitoba moves on Senate reform
A plan for provincewide hearings adds momentum to push for elected chamber
By BRIAN LAGHI AND BILL CURRY
OTTAWA -- Stephen Harper's plan for an elected Canadian Senate will receive a boost from a third province this spring when Manitoba launches provincewide hearings asking residents how such votes should be held. FULL STORY
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Tying the knot, then cutting the ties
A jilted spouse is among those pushing for a crackdown on marriages of convenience
By BILL CURRY
OTTAWA -- In the fall of 2005, the love story of Toronto's Ramesh Maharaj was splashed on the front page of this newspaper.''The bureaucracy is destroying my family,'' he fumed at the time, expressing his outrage at Canada's immigration system for refusing to allow his new wife, Sudha Arora, to immigrate to Toronto. FULL STORY
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Glossy magazine wakes up on 'wheat sheets'
Paper-making development could help alleviate some of the pressure on Canadian forests
By JOE FRIESEN
-- For the first time in North America, a glossy magazine will be published on paper made from the pulp of wheat straw, a development advocates say could herald the birth of a new resource industry that would alleviate some of the pressure on Canadian forests. FULL STORY
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Is Canada becoming a 'nation of corner stores'?
Telecommunications tycoon Sir Terence Matthews warns the profound decline in Canada's industrial fabric must be addressed
By GORDON PITTS
-- Government must re-examine its research funding and procurement policies to address the profound decline in Canada's industrial fabric, telecommunications tycoon Sir Terence Matthews urges.''We have a problem in this society in terms of industry,'' the chairman of Ottawa-based telecommunications supplier Mitel Networks Corp. said yesterday. ''We have fallen below critical mass.'' FULL STORY
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