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Harper's 'culture of secrecy' attacked
By JANE TABER
WINNIPEG -- Stephane Dion began framing what Liberals expect to be a volatile election campaign yesterday, saying Prime Minister Stephen Harper is turning Canada into a ''very right-wing country.''The Liberal Leader's attack on Mr. Harper came on the last day of his party's three-day summer caucus retreat and just a day after party pollster Michael Marzolini told Liberal MPs that Mr. Harper was their No. 1 target in this campaign. FULL STORY 
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Pre-election ads portray Tory Leader as family guy
By LES PERREAUX
MONTREAL -- The sale of a warm and loving Stephen Harper launched yesterday with a series of pre-election ads designed to give feeling to the Prime Minister's steely image.One of the 30-second spots, entitled ''Family is everything,'' portrays Mr. Harper as just an ordinary guy who loves nothing more than spending time with his kids. FULL STORY
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Tories to make big gains in Quebec, poll predicts
By RHÉAL SÉGUIN
QUEBEC -- The Conservatives and the Bloc Quebecois are in a virtual tie in Quebec, with polling numbers suggesting that Stephen Harper is poised to make major inroads in the province as he prepares to call an election this weekend. FULL STORY
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Abortion protesters' appeal denied
B.C. law that created no-go zone around clinics infringes justifiably on freedom of expression, province's top court rules
By WENDY STUECK
VANCOUVER -- The British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by two men who argued that a ''bubble zone'' around abortion clinics violated their right to freedom of expression.The decision, released yesterday, came as a relief to pro-choice groups and clinics that had signed on as intervenors in a case with its roots in sidewalk confrontations a decade ago. FULL STORY
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Ahead of Games, city reaches out to Vancouver homeless
Mental health effort aims to take hundreds of people off streets of Downtown Eastside
By IAN BAILEY
VANCOUVER -- As many as 300 homeless people, largely from the Downtown Eastside, are to be moved off the streets and into housing next summer as part of a project by the Mental Health Commission of Canada that will have the side effect of helping clear the poverty stricken area before the 2010 Winter Olympics. FULL STORY
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Greens drop candidate over blog post
By ROD MICKLEBURGH AND MATTHEW CAMPBELL
VANCOUVER, TORONTO -- The Green Party announced yesterday that it would drop John Shavluk, its nominee in the suburban Vancouver riding of Newton-North Delta, as a candidate over an allegedly anti-Semitic remark in a years-old blog post. FULL STORY
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