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  • Liberal MP Bob Rae announces his resignation on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick)

    Toronto MP Bob Rae announces resignation

    Bob Rae will resign his House of Commons seat and wind up a 35-year political career in order to devote himself to work on behalf of First Nations in northern Ontario.

World

  • U.S. President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the German Chancellery on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Berlin. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Obama says NSA surveillance programs have saved lives

    Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats.

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Entertainment

  • Joni Mitchell sings during her 70th birthday tribute concert as part of the Luminato Festival at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

    Joni Mitchell gives rare public performance in Toronto

    After watching a succession of decorated musicians interpret her vast songbook in a celebration of her upcoming 70th birthday, Joni Mitchell took to the Massey Hall stage, kicked off her shoes and gave the adoring audience an unexpected -- and exceedingly rare -- gift of her own: a public performance.