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• Is Senator Mike Duffy becoming the most hated Canadian politician?
• Police allege fleeing driver fatally hit conservation officer in Saskatchewan
• Officials confirm charges laid in Alberta courthouse hostage taking
• Why being poor in Canada is better than being rich in France
• Father of paramedic killed in helicopter crash says son loved helping others
• Shawville, Que., hit by powerful microburst after 4 earthquakes
• Why Mike Duffy and the Senate are the least of our concerns
• City hall rally calls on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to resign over video scandal
• Two rivers near Quebec City overflow, flooding homes
• Who cares more about online privacy: teens or adults?
• Canadians said to be at risk from outdated sunscreen rules
• Spike in fatal fentanyl overdoses sparks warning in B.C.
• Laval mayor to stay on, city to be put under provincial trusteeship
• St. John's singer talks up province while on tour
• Government OKs nutritional labels on alcoholic drinks; companies to decide whether to use them
• For 90th birthday, pilot plans 90 passes over US-Canadian border with series of tricky turns
• Move over, mood rings: monitor your mental state with high-tech W/Me wristband

Is Senator Mike Duffy becoming the most hated Canadian politician? Posted: 31 May 2013 11:39 PM PDT On Friday evening I joined a few buddies for some pops at the local public house. Granted, it wasn't a Mensa reunion, but between the four of us we couldn't think of another Canadian politician ever criticized with as much … Continue reading →

Police allege fleeing driver fatally hit conservation officer in Saskatchewan Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:49 PM PDT SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan conservation officer who stopped to help first responders deal with a highway crash has died after being hit by a vehicle that was allegedly fleeing police.

Officials confirm charges laid in Alberta courthouse hostage taking Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:20 PM PDT EDMONTON - A spokeswoman with Alberta Justice has confirmed a female prisoner with a lengthy history of violent crimes has been charged after another prisoner was taken hostage at an Edmonton courthouse last month.

Why being poor in Canada is better than being rich in France Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:46 PM PDT The global recession helped rewrite the world order, turning wealthy nations into debtors

Father of paramedic killed in helicopter crash says son loved helping others Posted: 31 May 2013 03:02 PM PDT Two paramedics who were on board a helicopter that crashed Friday in northern Ontario died doing the work they were called to do — helping others in need, family and friends said Friday.

Shawville, Que., hit by powerful microburst after 4 earthquakes Posted: 01 Jun 2013 08:42 AM PDT Residents in Shawville, Que., just north of Gatineau, were hit by what Environment Canada is calling a microburst Friday, coming after four earthquakes shook the town in the past two weeks.

Why Mike Duffy and the Senate are the least of our concerns Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:55 PM PDT I'm starting to half-believe the theory that the Senate expense scandal was cooked up to cover other problems for the Conservative Party of Canada.

City hall rally calls on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to resign over video scandal Posted: 01 Jun 2013 01:30 PM PDT TORONTO - Several hundred protesters gathered outside Toronto city hall bellowed chants, held placards and scratched out messages using sticks of chalk Saturday as they made their case for Mayor Rob Ford to resign over an alleged drug video scandal.

Two rivers near Quebec City overflow, flooding homes Posted: 01 Jun 2013 09:45 AM PDT As much as 60 millimetres of rain fell over a short period overnight, causing the Lorette River in the western suburb of Ancienne-Lorette in Quebec City to overflow and flood dozens of basements.

Who cares more about online privacy: teens or adults? Posted: 01 Jun 2013 02:08 PM PDT New joint research from the Pew Internet Project and Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet challenges clichés about teens and social media privacy

Canadians said to be at risk from outdated sunscreen rules Posted: 31 May 2013 05:50 PM PDT Canadians might be exposing themselves to a type of UV radiation more likely to cause skin cancer because the country's labelling regulations are out of date.

Spike in fatal fentanyl overdoses sparks warning in B.C. Posted: 31 May 2013 09:32 PM PDT Health officials in B.C. have issued a warning to drug users to stay away from a powerful prescription painkiller that has been linked to nearly two-dozen deaths in the province already this year.

Laval mayor to stay on, city to be put under provincial trusteeship Posted: 31 May 2013 06:22 PM PDT The interim mayor of Laval, Que., Alexandre Duplessis, has agreed to a plan to put Quebec's third-largest city under trusteeship, a move likely to happen as early as Monday, by government decree.

St. John's singer talks up province while on tour Posted: 01 Jun 2013 07:59 AM PDT Singer-songwriter Mathias Kom has been in Germany doing research for his PhD in ethnomusicology— but he's been boasting to people there about artists and musicians from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Government OKs nutritional labels on alcoholic drinks; companies to decide whether to use them Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON - Alcoholic beverages soon could have nutritional labels like those on food packaging, but only if the producers want to put them there.

For 90th birthday, pilot plans 90 passes over US-Canadian border with series of tricky turns Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:26 PM PDT GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. - Loved ones of John Lawton will gaze heavenward on his 90th birthday Monday.

Move over, mood rings: monitor your mental state with high-tech W/Me wristband Posted: 01 Jun 2013 10:46 AM PDT If you haven't jumped on the fitness-tracking wristbands that are becoming ever-popular, like the FitBit Flex, Jawbone UP and the Nike FuelBand, you've likely at least started seeing people sporting them. They'll tell you how many calories you burn, how … Continue reading →

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