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		<title>Featured videos June 18, 2013</title>
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		 Video gallery archives Justin Trudeau on speaking fees he charged charities: "I will be happy to pay them back." - June 17, 2013.Mulcair: "Where kids are forced to sell chocolate bars, how in heaven's name can you justify taking tens of thousands? - June 17, 2013.The infamous 'Hat Trick' speech at a 2011 Rob Ford <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/19/featured-videos-june-18-2013/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fracking straining US water supplies</title>
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		<dc:creator>AlterNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of America&#39;s most intensive oil and gas development is occurring in drought-prone regions where water is scarce. from AlterNet &#34;As the level of hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells in the United States has intensified in recent years, much of the mounting public concern has centered on fears that underground water supplies could <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/19/fracking-straining-us-water-supplies/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facing climate reality, US cities look for ways to adapt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mayors of over 40 cities have signed agreeement to &#34;prepare and protect their communities&#34; from climate change. from grist &#34;Since the 2007 release of PlaNYC, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s sustainability vision, the city has chipped away steadily at its carbon emissions, cutting them to 13 percent below 2005 levels already. But nothing New <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/19/facing-climate-reality-us-cities-look-for-ways-to-adapt/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Huge Alberta pipeline spill raises safety questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Provincial NDP accuses government of witholding results of internal pipeline safety report. from Think Progress &#34;As the Obama administration&#8217;s decision regarding whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline draws nearer, the latest disaster is raising serious concerns about the safety of Canada&#8217;s rapidly expanding pipeline network. &#34;A massive toxic waste spill from an oil <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/19/huge-alberta-pipeline-spill-raises-safety-questions/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>MPs grill Trudeau over big-fee charity speaking gigs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PMO spread letter requesting speaking fee return by Samantha Bayard OTTAWA, June 17, 2013 (Straight Goods News) &#8212; The five-figure speaking fees Justin Trudeau took after becoming MP and before becoming leader came back to haunt him this week, with charges that his fees beggared the charities he spoke to. Grace Foundation, a New Brunswick <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/18/trudeau-grilled-for-high-priced-speaking-gigs-for-charities/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian submarine program faces bleak future</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Bayard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report blasts government for &#34;gross mismanagement.&#34; by Samantha Bayard OTTAWA, June 11, 2013 (Straight Goods News) &#173;- A report on the future of Canada&#8217;s submarine program says &#34;gross mismanagement&#34; and decreasing need have combined to make Canada&#39;s submarine program questionable at best. Political science professor Michael Byers and defence analyst Stewart Webb today released a <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/18/bleak-future-for-canadian-submarine-program-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New report outlines barriers faced by aboriginal people in Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadian Human Rights Commission finds aboriginal adults have lower median income, higher unemployment. from the Georgia Straight &#34;The Canadian Human Rights Commission has released a new report that indicates aboriginal people continue to face barriers to equality of opportunity. &#34;The report shows, among other findings, that aboriginal adults have lower median income than non-aboriginal adults, <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/18/new-report-outlines-barriers-faced-by-aboriginal-people-in-canada/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pesticides spark broad biodiversity loss</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agricultural chemicals affect invertebrates in streams and soil, even at &#34;safe&#34; levels. from nature &#34;Agricultural pesticides have been linked to widespread invertebrate biodiversity loss in two new research papers. &#34;Pesticide use has sharply reduced the regional biodiversity of stream invertebrates, such as mayflies and dragonflies, in Europe and Australia, finds a study published today in <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/18/pesticides-spark-broad-biodiversity-loss/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit reveals Guantánamo’s &#8220;indefinite detainees&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama administration considers four dozen prisoners too dangerous to transfer but won&#39;t try them in court. from the Miami Herald &#34;The Obama administration Monday lifted a veil of secrecy surrounding the status of the detainees at Guant&#225;namo, for the first time publicly naming the four dozen captives it defined as indefinite detainees &#8212; men too <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/18/lawsuit-reveals-guantanamos-indefinite-detainees/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>End the tar sands greenwash</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greenpeace</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greenpeace counters tar sands ads with satirical commercials. from Greenpeace Canada The federal government&#8217;s &#8220;Responsible Resource Development&#8221; ads depict the tar sands as environmentally friendly and have been running since 2012. Recently, Ottawa announced it will spend another $16 million this year to keep the ads running on television. What this ad campaign doesn&#8217;t tell <a href='http://sgnews.ca/2013/06/17/end-the-tar-sands-greenwash/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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