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Military girds for climate change battles; expect conflict as supplies run short
OTTAWA - A navy planner says the Canadian Forces must be ready to be called to the front lines in the battle against the effects of climate change. A recently published article by Lt.-Cmdr. Ray Sno...
Proposed 'Fox News North' makes headlines south of the border
TORONTO - The controversy over a proposed conservative Canadian TV network is making news south of the border. The Hollywood Reporter has carried two stories in the past week detailing Quebecor’s...
Feds, Mounties launch PR campaign against human trafficking
OTTAWA - The federal government is teaming up with the Mounties and Crime Stoppers to raise awareness about human trafficking. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says Crime Stoppers will join his dep...
Cancer-stricken Quebec minister Claude Bechard quits politics
QUEBEC - A cancer-stricken Quebec cabinet minister is too ill to continue working. Claude Bechard, who recently turned 41, announced today he is quitting politics. Bechard was once seen as a pot...
Public hearings on dying with dignity get going in Montreal
MONTREAL - Public hearings into questions of dying with dignity have kicked off in Montreal. Commission vice-president Veronique Hivon says she understands that euthanasia and assisted suicide will...
Ottawa embarrassed by catch-and-release of Somali pirates, documents
OTTAWA - Ottawa was so embarrassed by the "catch-and-release conundrum" involving Somali pirates last year that it ordered the navy not to take any prisoners unless they had an iron-clad case that wou...
Conservatives float new law to stop migrant boats from coming to Canada
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are whittling down their legal options to go after rogue boats filled with migrants trying to get to Canada. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is expected to take a list o...
Embedding: Parents, teachers should keep eye out for severe self-injury in teens
TORONTO - By any objective measure, the girl's upper arm was a mess. A painful, pus-filled swelling about the dimension of a paperback novel had brought the 16-year-old to hospital desperate for help....
Snowboardcross had highest percentage of injuries at Vancouver Olympics; study
LONDON - Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 per cent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races, according to...
Source: Alouettes linebacker Walter Spencer taken to hospital after being stabbed
MONTREAL - Montreal Alouettes linebacker Walter Spencer was taken to hospital early Monday morning after being stabbed in a bar. A CFL source who requested anonymity said Spencer got into an argume...
OTTAWA - Millions of dollars in taxpayer stimulus cash doled out by the Harper government was
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