| Alberta prisons in trouble as wildcat strike continues Posted: 29 Apr 2013 11:07 AM PDT  The strike that started as a protest against the suspension of two jail guards is now threatening to paralyze much of Alberta's justice system. Sheriffs who keep order in the province's courtrooms and deliver prisoners to court, along with court … Continue reading →
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| 1 injured in fire at assisted living facility Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:43 PM PDT One person was injured in a fire that broke out in a facility for people with physical and mental disabilities Monday afternoon.  |
| B.C. party leaders jockey for position in televised debate Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:18 PM PDT  B.C.'s four major party leaders squared off in the only televised leaders' debate of the provincial election campaign Monday night, each vying for votes in the quest to become the province's next premier.
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| Loblaw to compensate victims of Bangladesh collapse Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:46 PM PDT  Loblaw has said that it will provide compensation for the families of victims who worked at the Bangladeshi garment factory that collapsed last Wednesday, killing almost four hundred people and leaving hundreds more unaccounted for.
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| Canada tightens rules for temporary foreign workers Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:19 PM PDT  By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government announced tighter rules on Monday to prevent employers from using its temporary foreign worker program to squeeze Canadians out of jobs, acting after two high-profile cases tarnished the program's reputation. The new rules will prevent employers from paying foreign workers less than Canadians, and will ensure that employers who rely on temporary foreign workers have a "firm plan" in place to transition to a Canadian labor force. ...
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| Magnotta trial set for September 2014 Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:29 AM PDT  Canada will have to wait until next year – late next year – before the dark clouds surrounding the death and decapitation of Jun Lin and the public manhunt for suspected killer Luka Magnotta are put to rest. A judge … Continue reading →
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| Alberta prison guards' wildcat strike picks up steam Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:30 PM PDT  Guards at Alberta correctional facilities have walked off the job over health and safety concerns, and support for the workers appears to be growing. A union representative says the workers' concerns are not being heard.
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| Ousted B.C. Conservative candidate says he won’t be ‘bull’-ied Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:24 PM PDT  British Columbia is living up to it's reputation of being the wild west of Canadian politics — this time, literally. Since the beginning of the election campaign two weeks ago, the fledgling B.C. Conservative Party has fired three candidates after … Continue reading →
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| Red River Floodway opens in Manitoba, Winnipeg recruits sandbaggers Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:48 PM PDT  The Manitoba government raised the Red River Floodway's gates on Monday evening, while Winnipeg city officials are looking for sandbaggers to help protect homeowners.
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| Similarities link Tamerlan Tsarnaev to dead Canadian jihadist Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT  New reports about Tamerlan Tsarnaev have linked the deceased Chechen-born Boston bombing suspect to a Russian-born Canadian jihadist, by way of their homelands. Tsarnaev, the elder of two brothers suspected of executing a fatal bombing during the Boston Marathon, who … Continue reading →
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| Prosecutor calls for law to bar Canadians from buying human organs overseas Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:31 PM PDT  A Canadian prosecutor who was involved in a landmark organ trafficking trial in Kosovo says Ottawa must pass legislation barring Canadians from buying human organs overseas.
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| Don’t expect military intervention in Syria any time soon: Canadian foreign affairs experts Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:53 PM PDT  What is 'the West' going to do about Syria? Last week, the White House disclosed intelligence that the Assad regime might have used chemical weapons against rebels in the civil war that has plagued the country for almost two years. … Continue reading →
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| Toronto cop killer going to mental hospital, can enter community Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:17 AM PDT  TORONTO - A man found not criminally responsible for killing a Toronto police officer with a snow plow will be detained at a mental hospital, though he will be allowed out into the community under supervision.
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| Feds cost-cutting will eliminate 14,000 jobs: watchdog Posted: 29 Apr 2013 06:58 AM PDT  OTTAWA - Canada's budget watchdog estimates the federal government's so-called jobs-and-growth budget will wind up costing jobs in the end.
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| 4 rescued after hot air balloon emergency landing Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:33 PM PDT  Four people aboard a hot air balloon was forced to make an emergency landing near a lake in Gatineau Park overnight, leaving them stranded for about 12 hours.
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| Second victim to testify at teen prostitution trial Posted: 29 Apr 2013 04:40 PM PDT  An Ottawa court today heard the account of a teenaged girl who said she was punched and sexually assaulted during an attempt to recruit her into an alleged teen prostitution ring last year.
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| Calgary man who opened first shelter for abused men commits suicide after being forced to sell refuge Posted: 29 Apr 2013 01:04 PM PDT  The apparent suicide of Earl Silverman, a longtime advocate for male victims of spousal abuse, is rippling through the men's rights movement. Silverman was found hanging Friday in the garage of his recently-sold Calgary home, which he'd turned into Canada's … Continue reading →
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| Do attack ads actually work? Posted: 29 Apr 2013 08:40 AM PDT  It's interesting — there is no federal election campaign underway, but there's no shortage of political advertisements currently on Canadian airwaves. In fact, the next federal election will likely not happen until the fall of 2015 — over two years … Continue reading →
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| Ontario PCs call for non-confidence vote on gas plant controversy Posted: 29 Apr 2013 07:01 AM PDT  Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak made it official Monday morning, announcing that his party will seek a non-confidence vote over the way the Liberal government has handled the expensive cancellation of two gas plants… Continue reading →
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| Teen denies killing couple east of Edmonton in 2009; was to impress crime bosses Posted: 29 Apr 2013 12:13 PM PDT EDMONTON - A 17-year-old teen who told undercover officers that he killed two people east of Edmonton says he lied to them.  |
| Mulcair pursues documents in allegations of top court misconduct Posted: 29 Apr 2013 02:11 PM PDT OTTAWA - Tom Mulcair is pressuring the federal government to disclose documents pertaining to allegations that the judicial process surrounding patriation of Canada's Constitution was tainted by political interference.  |
| Accused Canadian cannibal/killer to go on trial in September 2014 Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:20 AM PDT  OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian man accused of murdering and dismembering a Chinese student, eating parts of the corpse and posting an online video of the crime will go on trial in Montreal on September 15, 2014, an official said on Monday. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 30, is accused of killing Jun Lin in Montreal in May 2012, posting a video on the Internet of the stabbing death and defiling the body and eating parts of it. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, indignities to a body and publishing obscene materials. ...
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| Canada budget office sees rates on hold until mid-2015 Posted: 29 Apr 2013 09:26 AM PDT  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's parliamentary budget office (PBO) sees the country's central bank holding its key interest rate at the current 1 percent until the second quarter of 2015 as slow global recovery and Ottawa's spending restraint drag on economic growth. In its twice-yearly economic and fiscal outlook released on Monday, the PBO was more upbeat than the Conservative government on a return to surplus in the federal budget despite the sluggish growth. It predicted surpluses that were on average C$2.5 billion ($2. ...
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