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-- OTTAWA -- The federal government announced Friday it is authorizing Parks Canada to arm up to 100 park wardens, enabling them to resume the law enforcement duties they were stripped of last May.

"Parks Canada's enforcement officers have the important responsibility of protecting visitors and staff in Canada's National Parks, and they require the right tools to do the job safely," said Environment Minister John Baird in a news release.

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-- OTTAWA -- The last surviving Canadian veteran of the World War I will become a Canadian again, just in time for his 108th birthday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed yesterday.

He joined a Canadian Army youth battalion as a teenager and was sent overseas as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

Who is John Henry Foster Babcock?

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