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A man gives blood in Montreal, Thursday, November 29, 2012.A new study suggests that offering incentives to blood donors may alter the proportion of people who are willing to roll up their sleeves.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

CRTC hits Alberta's Wildrose Party with $90,000 fine for robocalls in 2011, 2012

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition Wildrose Party says it has paid a $90,000 penalty imposed by federal regulators for violating automated phone call rules.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says Wildrose broke the rules in 2011 and before, during and after the April 2012 provincial election.

Wildrose party president David Yager (YAY-ger) ...

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Federal Court upholds 2011 election results in 'robocall' ridings

OTTAWA - Fraud was definitely a factor in the rash of misleading robocalls that bedevilled voters in six federal ridings in the 2011 election, but not enough of one to justify overturning the results, a Federal Court judge has decided.

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Mount Cashel orphanage survivors reach settlement worth more than $16.5 million

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Survivors of abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John's, N.L. have reached a settlement with the Christian Brothers of Ireland worth more than $16.5 million.

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Duffy says he's won't quit Senate in first public comments since expense scandal

OTTAWA - Mike Duffy is blowing off any talk of his voluntary resignation from the Senate amid an expense scandal that has reached all the way to the Prime Minister's Office.

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Vancouver Aquarium breeds endangered frogs, plans to release amphibians

VANCOUVER - Scientists at the Vancouver Aquarium have sprung into action, as part of an effort to prevent an endangered frog population from becoming extinct in eastern British Columbia.

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