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• Are there ethical questions about buying the alleged Rob Ford crack video?
• Man stabbed in Vancouver
• Gordon Barnhart critical of Senate expense claims he saw as clerk
• NDP launches new campaign to abolish the Senate
• Hostage taking at Edmonton courthouse sends prisoner to hospital
• School discipline fail: Halifax-area after-school instructor tapes kids’ mouths shut
• Stephen Harper says he’s 'frustrated' and 'sorry' about Senate scandal
• RCMP says it is 'disappointed' by harassment lawsuit so many years later
• Mark Smich named as second suspect arrested in Bosma murder
• Rob Ford’s brother makes ‘one of the worst’ attempts at damage control
• Purse stolen from woman who died in Toronto subway station: police
• Adrian Dix to stay on as B.C. NDP leader despite election loss
• Montrealers told to boil water after tests show it’s unsafe to drink
• Gay men can now donate blood in Canada, as long as they abstain from sex
• Mike Duffy remains defiant while pressure to quit the Senate mounts
• Ottawa is Canada’s most boring city, according to inaugural Boring Awards
• Timothy Bosma memorial held as murder suspect’s lawyer urges against speculation
• Yukon couple Alice and Arthur John have Canada’s longest marriage
• In low interest rate environment, home affordability remains stable: RBC
• Canadian father of 'hatchet hitchhiker' stands by son in NJ homicide case
• Canada's Harper says 'very sorry' about expenses scandal
• CP Railway reopens line, cleans up after oil spill

Are there ethical questions about buying the alleged Rob Ford crack video? Posted: 22 May 2013 02:46 PM PDT In the midst of a bizarre media appearance on Wednesday, the brother of embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford turned the city's attention to a crowdsourced attempt to buy a video purportedly showing his brother smoking from a crack pipe. The … Continue reading →

Man stabbed in Vancouver Posted: 22 May 2013 09:46 PM PDT Vancouver police are investigating after a man was stabbed in the city's Downtown Eastside on Wednesday night.

Gordon Barnhart critical of Senate expense claims he saw as clerk Posted: 22 May 2013 09:20 PM PDT A former clerk of the Senate, Gordon Barnhart, gives a harsh assessment of how senators handled expense claims based on what he experienced.

NDP launches new campaign to abolish the Senate Posted: 22 May 2013 02:46 PM PDT The recent Senate expense scandal seems to have buoyed the NDP into relaunching their 'abolish the senate' campaign with renewed vim and vigour. On Wednesday morning, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair held court in front of the Senate chambers announcing "Roll … Continue reading →

Hostage taking at Edmonton courthouse sends prisoner to hospital Posted: 22 May 2013 02:48 PM PDT A female inmate allegedly used the lens of her eyeglasses to take another female prisoner hostage in the cells area of the Edmonton courthouse on Wednesday.

School discipline fail: Halifax-area after-school instructor tapes kids’ mouths shut Posted: 22 May 2013 01:49 PM PDT Should tape be a disciplinary tool in Canada's classrooms? In a word, no. I understand teachers today feel they have less and less latitude to deal with unruly students. Mouthy kids, chatterboxes, class comedians; they've been part of a teacher's … Continue reading →

Stephen Harper says he’s 'frustrated' and 'sorry' about Senate scandal Posted: 22 May 2013 12:51 PM PDT He did it on another continent, but he finally did it. While on an official visit to Peru, Prime Minister Stephen Harper took questions from reporters about the Senate expense scandal that has dominated headlines and plagued his government for … Continue reading →

RCMP says it is 'disappointed' by harassment lawsuit so many years later Posted: 22 May 2013 02:38 PM PDT OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is disappointed a former member of the Musical Ride has waited so long to sue over sexual assault and harassment she allegedly suffered in the 1980s.

Mark Smich named as second suspect arrested in Bosma murder Posted: 22 May 2013 09:44 AM PDT Hamilton police have made a second arrest in the Timothy Bosma murder investigation, naming 25-year-old Mark Smich as the second person to be charged in the death of the Ontario father. … Continue reading →

Rob Ford’s brother makes ‘one of the worst’ attempts at damage control Posted: 22 May 2013 11:32 AM PDT Six days after Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was accused of being captured on tape smoking from a crack pipe, his brother executed what one public relations expert "one of the worst" attempts at damage control he has seen in the … Continue reading →

Purse stolen from woman who died in Toronto subway station: police Posted: 22 May 2013 02:39 PM PDT TORONTO - Toronto police are searching for a suspect accused of stealing the purse of a woman who jumped to her death in a subway station Wednesday morning.

Adrian Dix to stay on as B.C. NDP leader despite election loss Posted: 22 May 2013 12:37 PM PDT Embattled B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix says he will stay on as head of the party despite last week's surprise election defeat.

Montrealers told to boil water after tests show it’s unsafe to drink Posted: 22 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT More than a million Montrealers are being advised to boil their drinking water after tests at a filtration plant indicated it wasn't safe to consume. CTV News reported 1.3 million residents of Canada's second-largest city were told to boil water … Continue reading →

Gay men can now donate blood in Canada, as long as they abstain from sex Posted: 22 May 2013 12:08 PM PDT Gay men will once again be allowed to donate blood in Canada, as long as they've been celibate for at least five years. Canadian Blood Services made the announcement Wednesday in a news release, saying it has received approval from … Continue reading →

Mike Duffy remains defiant while pressure to quit the Senate mounts Posted: 22 May 2013 09:15 AM PDT Mike Duffy has finally spoken about the ongoing Senate expense scandal that has dominated the headlines over the past several days. In a statement released on Wednesday afternoon, Duffy said that he welcomes a second review of his expenses by … Continue reading →

Ottawa is Canada’s most boring city, according to inaugural Boring Awards Posted: 22 May 2013 11:29 AM PDT If you're in search of a remedy for boredom, you won't find it here. Nor will you find it in Ottawa, apparently, as it was dubbed the most boring city in Canada last night at the inaugural Boring Awards in … Continue reading →

Timothy Bosma memorial held as murder suspect’s lawyer urges against speculation Posted: 22 May 2013 07:48 AM PDT The sordid details of an investigation into the death of Tim Bosma will be set aside for one day on Wednesday as the public gathers to remember the Ontario man who was found dead after taking two men out on … Continue reading →

Yukon couple Alice and Arthur John have Canada’s longest marriage Posted: 22 May 2013 09:39 AM PDT Alice and Arthur John of Ross River, Yukon, have been married since 1932. That year, the couple took part in an arranged marriage ceremony in the Dena'ina tradition. Three years later, in 1935, they followed up that ceremony with another, … Continue reading →

In low interest rate environment, home affordability remains stable: RBC Posted: 22 May 2013 09:00 PM PDT OTTAWA - A new analysis from the Royal Bank (TX:RY) finds home ownership in Canada remains largely affordable, even if there are signs of mild financial stress among indebted families.

Canadian father of 'hatchet hitchhiker' stands by son in NJ homicide case Posted: 22 May 2013 06:42 PM PDT NEWARK, N.J. - He was a gregarious, spontaneous child, his father said, a handful at times who loved music and playing the guitar.

Canada's Harper says 'very sorry' about expenses scandal Posted: 22 May 2013 01:44 PM PDT By Mitra Taj LIMA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday said for the first time that he was "very sorry" about a growing expenses scandal that threatens to derail his Conservative government after seven years in power. Harper is under heavy pressure to explain how he could not have known that Nigel Wright, his chief of staff, had written a personal check for C$90,000 ($87,000) to a senator to help him repay expenses he had improperly claimed. ...

CP Railway reopens line, cleans up after oil spill Posted: 22 May 2013 08:03 AM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Wednesday it has repaired and reopened a rail line near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and continues to clean up after a derailment that spilled 575 barrels of crude oil on Tuesday. CP, the country's second-largest rail carrier, said the line reopened late Tuesday night following repairs and inspections. It said an investigation continues into the cause of the accident, the largest of three oil spills for the company in two months. ...

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