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GRAYTON BEACH, Fla. – Country music star Jason Aldean has been fined for swimming in dangerous conditions at a Florida Panhandle beach.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Nik Wallenda says he felt like a kid on Christmas morning when the tightrope wire went up ahead of his planned walk across Niagara Falls.
TORONTO – Tyler Moore was a one-man show Wednesday.
TORONTO – CBC is bringing the true-life stories of Gordie Howe and Jack Layton to television with two newly announced biopics.

BANFF, Alta. – In a revelation that will likely come as a shock to few TV viewers, the executive producer of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” says many reality shows are rigged.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – “Suits” is bringing in a new skirt.
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Democracy Watch says proposed restrictions on access to information would make Newfoundland and Labrador less open than other parts of Canada and the world.

VANCOUVER – A B.C. philanthropist says he’ll mark the anniversary of Vancouver’s Stanley Cup riot by launching a foundation to raise awareness about alcohol and drug abuse.

OTTAWA – Justin Trudeau first caught the public heartstrings in October 2000, when he delivered a moving, deeply felt eulogy for his legendary father, weaving an emotional spell from inside the cavernous Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Federal prosecutors have filed an order dismissing the remaining criminal charges against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

BANFF, Alta. – If “Slings and Arrows” is coming back to TV, you can count Paul Gross in.

MONTREAL – Jean Pascal made drug-testing an issue before he lost his World Boxing Council title to veteran Bernard Hopkins last year but he won’t have that debate when he attempts to win another belt from Tavoris Cloud.
TORONTO – Canada’s broadcast watchdog says Sun News Network violated its code of ethics after host Ezra Levant aimed a “personal and particularly coarse” insult at the executive of a multinational food company.

IRVING, Texas – Canadian defensive lineman Tyrone Crawford is officially a Dallas Cowboy.

QUEBEC – If this was the launch of Premier Jean Charest’s re-election message, it came out a little muddled.
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange:
MONTREAL – While the Quebec government succeeded at keeping the gun registry alive just a little longer in the province Wednesday, the federal government made yet another move to bury it.
MCGREGOR, Texas – South Texas is the leading candidate for a launch site for the company that sent the world’s first commercial supply ship to the International Space Station.
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is moving to bar what he calls “back-door” gun registries.
OTTAWA – A former auditor general is one of two independent panellists appointed to oversee the redesign of Canada’s troubled plan to buy the F-35 stealth fighter.
MONTREAL – Neither starting quarterbacks will be on the field when the Montreal Alouettes play host to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the first CFL pre-season game for both teams at Percival Molson Stadium on Thursday night.

AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is bringing doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, threatening to strip his victories in the storied cycling race.
MONTREAL – The man initially tasked by the Quebec government to probe corruption in the province wasn’t given a budget or even a computer and was relegated to “squatting” for office space.
OTTAWA – The federal government has unanimously supported an international movement to honour the 11 Israelis slain at the 1972 Olympics.