See some of the best photos taken around the world this week.
Photos of the week - April 1, 2013
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HMCS Toronto makes history with massive heroin haul
Canada says it has intercepted one of the largest heroin seizures on the high seas.
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Snow in April
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Canada opens mission in Baghdad
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Monday that Canada has opened a permanent diplomatic mission in Iraq.
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Defence Minister Peter MacKay, wife welcome son
They are already shopping for rugby shoes. Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his wife, Nazanin Afshin-Jam, are parents of a new baby boy.
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Hero recounts rescue of two girls from icy Edmonton river
It took Adam Shaw a few moments to realize that what he was witnessing was not a game.
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Senator Patrick Brazeau tweets resignation in April Fools’ joke
Tory Senator Patrick Brazeau played a late April Fools joke Monday night when he announced his ‘resignation’ over Twitter.
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Avid hunter bags 300 animal trophies
After 40 years of hunting in all corners of the planet, Canada's "Crocodile Dundee" has given the world a first-ever look at the $8-million collection of animal trophies that's transformed his house into a museum.
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Roadside guardian angel busts drunk drivers
Anthony Leclerc has made it his mission to turn in drunk drivers, and he's inviting Canadians to follow his example.
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Government supports west-east oil pipeline
The Conservative government nudged Washington on Tuesday to decide on the Keystone XL oil pipeline by endorsing a plan to carry Alberta crude to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick.
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Daughter sues senior care centre, alleges staff let her mother starve
A lawsuit alleges staff at a senior care centre in Montreal stopped feeding a 94-year-old woman who later died.
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Sen. Patrick Brazeau apologizes for April Fool's resignation
A Tory senator accused of sexual assault apologized for his April Fool's Day prank in which he announced his resignation over Twitter.
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Unborn child up for sale in Kijiji ad
Whether it’s a joke or not, RCMP officers in Alberta are looking into a Kijiji ad that had a woman pregnant with twins looking to sell one of her children.
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Feds want to 'recommit' to combating homegrown terrorists
While refusing to confirm the identities of two young men from London, Ont., involved in the Algerian gas plant terror attack in January, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says the case highlights the difficulties of combating Islamist radicalization at home.
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Two London, Ont. men linked to Algerian terrorist attack: Report
Xristos Katsiroubas was completely forgettable. That’s the memory — such as it is — of a former school classmate of the London, Ont., teenager she remembers bedecked in hoodies, saying little and keeping few friends.
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Former Tory staffer Michael Sona charged in robocalls
A former Tory staffer has been charged in connection with the so-called robocall affair.
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Canadians with terror ties
From the FLQ crisis in 1970 that forced the prime minister to implement the War Measures Act to the Air India Flight 182 bombing, Canada’s history has been marred by acts of terrorism. Here we list some of the most notorious Canadian ties to terror.
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Questions surround Londoners' role in Algeria terror attack
A shocked city is wondering how and why two Londoners ended up at an Algeria gas plant where their actions led to the deaths of about 70 people.
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Third former London student linked to two men killed in Algeria terror attack
A third former London high school student has been linked in media reports to the two London men killed in a January terror attack in Algeria.
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Revamped newcomers' guide includes some blunt tips
Newcomers to Canada are now getting a beefed up guide to Canadian life that includes brand new chapters on the monarchy and the military.
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