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			        <title>Transit fire forces riders onto highway</title>
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About 20 transit passengers made an unexpected stop in the westbound collector lanes of Hwy. 401 at Hwy. 410 this morning after their bus caught fire. The Ontario Provincial Police reported that the bus caught fire at around 7:37 a.m.&nbsp;
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16977</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Mississauga Transit, bus, fire]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Teacher talks slow, Chair not worried</title>
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Teachers and employees at the Catholic school board have accepted a
basis for crafting new labour contracts, while public school teachers
have yet to sign onto a provincial bargaining framework that could
replace contracts set to expire next month.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16978</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Joe Geiser, Catholic school board, Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Has the King's bubble burst?</title>
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Fan Yang of Mississauga, the Bubble King of the world, is on a slippery slope. Thanks to a June 10 break-in at his Hoboken, N.J., warehouse where more than three tonnes of bubble-making solution was stolen, Yang's off-Broadway hit, <em>The Gazillion Bubble Show</em>, may be forced to close.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16979</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Fan Yang, The Gazillion Bubble Show,]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Robberies force shop owner out of business</title>
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Kishore Muthreja just can't take it anymore. In less than a week, the local convenience store owner was robbed twice by what he believes are the same four masked thugs. And that's just recently. In the last three or so years since the Mississauga man bought the
Neighbourhood Mini-Mart at Kingston R.d and Elmer Ave. in Scarborough,
Muthreja's been hit about 10 times by thieves.]]></description>
			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16975</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Kishore Muthreja]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Employees take part in mass tree planting</title>
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More than 30 Mississauga employees of Baxter Corporation (Canada)
turned out yesterday to plant 200 trees and spread woodchips on a
nature trail in Meadowwood Park. They were thanked by Eugene Furgiuele from the City of Mississauga’s community services department.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16983</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Baxter Corporation (Canada), tree planting, Meadowwood Park]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Medtronic expands to Brampton</title>
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Mississauga's Medtronic of Canada Ltd. has announced it will soon begin construction of its new Canadian headquarters in Brampton. The company, which is located on Kitimat Rd. in Mississauga, will open its second location in Brampton that will house a training and education centre as well as sales, marketing and administrative departments.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16985</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Medtronic of Canada Ltd. ]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Live agent is just a click away</title>
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My Mississauga Home has added a new option to its website that allows customers to chat live with a licensed real estate agent. In the high-pressure world of real estate, customers with questions want them answered right away. The Live Realtor option, accessed through the click of a button, will connect the consumer with agents.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16986</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[My Mississauga Home, Deepak Verma]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Murder victim was asphyxiated, say police</title>
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No weapon was used to kill 31-year-old Erin Mills woman Karina Neff. Peel Regional Police released the cause of death this morning,
revealing she died of asphyxiation from pressure to the face and neck.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16989</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Karina Neff, Jason Osborn, Peel Regional Police]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Spend a lazy afternoon in the gardens and galleries</title>
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Those looking to spend a lazy afternoon enjoying art and a relaxing stroll can do so this Sunday at an outing organized by the Art Gallery of Mississauga. <em>A Lazy Sunday Afternoon in the Gardens &amp; Gallery</em> includes a walk through Gairloch Gardens in Oakville followed by lunch provided by the Whole Foods Market.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16981</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Lazy Sunday Afternoon in the Gardens & Gallery]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Traditional Goan theatre comes to LAC</title>
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A story of two young lovers who start off as close friends before their relationship blossoms will be told in the traditional Goan style tonight at the Living Arts Centre. <em>Adeus</em>, which takes to the Hammerson Hall stage at 7 p.m., is being presented in Konkani, the native language of the people who live in the Indian state of Goa.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16987</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Goan Konkani Troupe, Adeus, Junior Menezes]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Hip, modern-looking restaurant offers Vietnamese cuisine</title>
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Situated for the last 14 years in the back corner of the Mississauga
Chinese Centre (888 Dundas St. E.) is West 88 Vietnamese Cuisine. It's
definitely the most hip, modern-looking restaurant in the complex, as
it has recently gone through a name change and major renovations.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16988</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[West 88 Vietnamese Cuisine]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/25</pubDate>
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			        <title>Firefighters douse blaze in laundry room of home</title>
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Firefighters quickly doused a blaze that began in the laundry room of a central Mississauga home this morning. Members of the City's Fire and Emergency Services department arrived at a home at 2232 Medhat Dr., in The Queensway and Stavebank Rd. area, shortly after 8:30 a.m. to find smoke coming from the main floor of the residence.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16935</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Transit 'cheque is in the mail'</title>
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After a couple of years of hearing that the 'cheque is in the mail' from the federal government, the City of Mississauga expects to see the money today, when the Stephen Harper government announces a $7 billion infrastructure deal with Queen's Park.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16933</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Bus Rapid Transit]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Trucks down hydro wires in two neighbourhoods</title>
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Traffic and electrical problems plagued a couple of Mississauga
neighbourhoods this morning after two separate incidents of trucks
striking and downing hydro wires. The incidents were less than an hour apart with the first occurring
just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of Lakeshore and Clarkson Rds.
after a dump truck accidentally struck some hydro wires.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16944</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Hydro, truck]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Supreme Court quashes convicted lawyer's appeal</title>
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Canada's highest court has shot down the bid of a once-prominent
criminal lawyer to appeal his conviction of abducting an eight-year-old
Mississauga boy and keeping him from his mother. Today, the Supreme
Court of Canada denied Kadir Baksh, 58, the opportunity to appeal his
case by dismissing his leave to appeal application.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16954</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Kadir Baksh, Justice Casey Hill]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Boyfriend charged in murder</title>
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A 22-year-old man accused of murdering an Erin Mills woman, whose body
was found Tuesday in a park near her home, had a long history with the
victim, according to police and neighbours.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16969</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Karina Neff Jason Osborne]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Privacy commissioner demystifies Right to Know legislation</title>
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Do you really know your rights? Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, doesn’t think so. That’s why she’s sending staff to three cities — one of which is
Mississauga — on Sept. 29 for a Right to Know Blitz Day. The goal is to
increase people’s awareness of their rights under Ontario’s freedom of
information legislation.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16955</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Butterfly release marks anniversary</title>
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It was a sunrise ceremony without sun but that didn't dampen the
spirits of the 50 or so people out early this morning to celebrate the
150th anniversary of the day that Streetsville became a village. Although the sun failed an appearance as scheduled at 5:45 a.m., the
event was still a big success, due to the release of three dozen
butterflies by Streetsville citizens.<br />
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16939</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Carol Kairns, Métis elder Joe Pacquette, Streetsville]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Summer school student assaulted</title>
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A 16-year-old girl going to summer school was assaulted in the south parking lot of Loyola Secondary School yesterday morning by three young assailants. Peel Regional Police say the student was making her way to school about 8 a.m. when she was accosted by three other young women who began attacking her for her personal items. <br />]]></description>
			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16934</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Loyola Secondary School, assault, robbery, Peel Police]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Airline disables credit card readers</title>
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WestJet, one of 13 airlines that use automated kiosks at Pearson Airport
has announced it will disable credit card readers on its machines
across the country as a precaution. &quot;We have done it to ensure that there is no possibility of something
happening to a passenger's personal information,&quot; said an airline
spokesperson.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16937</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[WestJet, kiosks, Pearson Airport, GTAA]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Wie a possibilty at PGA championship</title>
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Where there is a faint glimmer of light, there is hope. Although all the stars will have to be perfectly aligned, organizers are cautiously hinting that much-publicized and oft-troubled Michelle Wie could possibly be part of the field next month for the Canadian PGA Women’s Championship.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16941</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Canadian PGA Women’s Championship, Michelle Wie]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Mississaugans among dragon boat crew going to Malaysia</title>
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There are at least six Mississaugans among the huge Canadian contingent
that will compete next week in the Club Crew World Championship dragon
boat races in Penang, Malaysia. Four Mississaugans, Angus Shuttleworth, Simon Liu, Andre Mikelakis and
Sandun Weerasinghe are among the 23 members of the Rip the Fondue that
will compete in three events.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16942</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Angus Shuttleworth, Simon Liu, Andre Mikelakis, Sandun Weerasinghe, Club Crew World Championship, dragon boat, races, Penang, Malaysia]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Organization gets a peek into a year in the life of a warship</title>
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What a year it's been for the HMCS Toronto. Officers from the multi-role Halifax class patrol frigate made a
presentation in Streetsville Monday, at the behest of the Mississauga
Chinese Board of Professionals and Businesses.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16948</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[HMCS Toronto, Halifax class patrol frigate, Mississauga Chinese Board of Professionals and Businesses]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Mississauga food warrior chews up the competition</title>
			        <description><![CDATA[There are summer jobs — and then there's Pete Czerwinski’s summer job. Evidently disdainful of slinging burgers at the neighbourhood joint or hooking up with a landscaping crew, Czerwinski travels the continent, wolfing down huge amounts of food as a competitive eater.
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16951</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Pete Czerwinski]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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			        <title>Watch your wallet, say police</title>
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Distraction-style thefts are on the rise at Pearson International
Airport, and police are warning travellers to protect their belongings. Officers with the Peel Regional Police Airport Division also remind those using Pearson to be alert to their surroundings. 
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			        <link>http://www.mississauga.com/article/16956</link>
			        <category>News</category>
			        <keywords><![CDATA[Distraction-style thefts, Peel Police]]></keywords>
			        <pubDate>2008/07/24</pubDate>
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