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Blatchford: Nathan Cirillo killed performing most eternal, soldiery duty — standing guard over one of his own

He was such a modern young guy, Nathan Frank Cirillo, yet he died performing a task that is both so eternal and so soldierly, standing guard over one of his own. Cpl. Cirillo, just 24, was the soldier...

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Coyne: Micro-terrorism emerges as new threat in wake of Ottawa, Quebec attacks

How easy it is. How easy it was. How terribly, ineluctably easy. Since Sept. 11, 2001, authorities across the West have been bracing themselves for the second act, the big kill, the spectacular slaughter...

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• Blatchford: Nathan Cirillo killed performing most eternal, soldiery duty — Standing guard over one of his own
• Den Tandt: Attack on Ottawa reveals utter lack of readiness

Den Tandt: In the end, federal election will boil down to personality over issues

Political Canada is gearing up, we are told, for the longest, costliest, nastiest, rootin’ tootin’-est federal campaign ever, courtesy of the fixed-election date that says we will go to the...

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Stephen Harper seeks new home-ice advantage for Canada’s greatest export — hockey

BEIJING — Washington once used ping-pong diplomacy in the early 1970s to establish closer ties with China. Ottawa is trying to do the same with hockey. But there is a very 21st-century twist. The...

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Canadian-developed Ebola vaccine licensed to Merck

The small U.S.�company that holds the rights to a Canadian-developed Ebola vaccine has agreed to licence it to vaccine giant Merck, which should speed the development of the product that scientists...

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