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• Canada says sees no net increase in emissions from Keystone
• 1940s-themed proms held for seniors who missed out due to war
• Province acting on 2006 flood report, minister says
• Frustration in High River between those who stayed and those who didn't
• Conservative Cabinet Minister Vic Toews to retire from politics: report
• Canadian terror suspect tortured in Mauritanian prison: Amnesty International
• Brigette DePape and Sh#% Harper Did crew applying for government contract
• 'I’m not looking for votes': Former Ontario premier skewers partisan political games
• Who is Laurent Blanchard, Montreal’s newest interim mayor?
• PMO allowed Tory interns to pose as protesters at Justin Trudeau speech
• Rehtaeh Parsons' strip-search allegations prompt review
• One in five Ontario students report serious brain injury, new study says
• Non-profit group relaunches campaign for gender neutral national anthem
• Tourists stranded on Arctic ice floe get supply air drop
• Government introduces new foreign holdings requirements to track tax cheats
• Teen hockey player to be charged in beating of another player
• Most Calgary downtown buildings to get power tonight
• Via suspect still unable to find lawyer willing to push for Qur'an-based trial
• Saskatchewan dive team looking for bodies in flooded Alberta community
• Saskatchewan woman survives second lightning strike in 20 years
• Canada's oil capital Calgary starts slow clean-up from floods

Canada says sees no net increase in emissions from Keystone Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:43 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada does not think there would be a net increase in carbon emissions if TransCanada Corp builds its proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta's oil sands to Texas, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, U.S. President Barack Obama had indicated he would block the pipeline if it significantly increased the problem of carbon pollution and said the net effects of its impact on the climate would be a critical factor. ...

1940s-themed proms held for seniors who missed out due to war Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:05 PM PDT Some seventy years ago, as the world was caught up in war, many graduates missed out on one of the seminal ceremonies from school days: a prom. Now, a senior's home is setting things right.

Province acting on 2006 flood report, minister says Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:00 PM PDT The Alberta government says that it is committed to follow recommendations from a 2006 report on flood mitigation that wasn't released for six years.

Frustration in High River between those who stayed and those who didn't Posted: 25 Jun 2013 05:46 PM PDT HIGH RIVER, Alta. - Kelly Dennis is unapologetic about disobeying a mandatory evacuation order and remaining in her southern Alberta home while most residents were forced out to high ground as flood waters raged in.

Conservative Cabinet Minister Vic Toews to retire from politics: report Posted: 25 Jun 2013 05:28 PM PDT It appears that Federal Public Safety minister Vic Toews is on his way out. The Winnipeg Sun is reporting that the sometimes controversial cabinet minister from Manitoba "is on the verge of retiring from politics." Toews, 60, will be leaving … Continue reading →

Canadian terror suspect tortured in Mauritanian prison: Amnesty International Posted: 25 Jun 2013 06:57 PM PDT OTTAWA - Amnesty International says it supports the claims of a Canadian man who alleges he has been tortured while behind bars in the North African country of Mauritania.

Brigette DePape and Sh#% Harper Did crew applying for government contract Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:05 PM PDT Last month, the Globe and Mail reported that the Harper government has put a call out for a "creative contractor" to produce the next wave of Economic Action Plan commercials. Brigette DePape and her Sh#% Harper did (SHD) group want … Continue reading →

'I’m not looking for votes': Former Ontario premier skewers partisan political games Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:54 PM PDT Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty returned to the political battlefield on Tuesday, tasked with answering questions from a commission investigating the costly and politically opportune gas plant cancellations. He did that, sure. Although maybe not to the degree the opposition-led … Continue reading →

Who is Laurent Blanchard, Montreal’s newest interim mayor? Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:37 AM PDT Montreal's city council chose a new temporary leader on Tuesday, naming Laurent Blanchard the latest to try to shepherd the scandal-plagued government through to the next election. Blanchard, chairman of the city's executive committee, was voted in as Montreal's latest … Continue reading →

PMO allowed Tory interns to pose as protesters at Justin Trudeau speech Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:13 AM PDT What is happening at the PMO? On Tuesday, the Huffington Post reported that Conservative Party interns were recruited for a Justin Trudeau protest on Parliament Hill earlier this month. HuffPost has learned the PMO assembled several Conservative party interns and … Continue reading →

Rehtaeh Parsons' strip-search allegations prompt review Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT The province has appointed an independent expert to review the practices at a Halifax hospital in the wake of allegations that hospital staff strip-searched Rehtaeh Parsons, who was receiving treatment for suicidal thoughts a year before her death.

One in five Ontario students report serious brain injury, new study says Posted: 25 Jun 2013 02:19 PM PDT TORONTO - A new study shows one in five middle and high school students in Ontario report they have suffered at least one head injury that knocked them unconscious for more than five minutes or required overnight hospitalization.

Non-profit group relaunches campaign for gender neutral national anthem Posted: 25 Jun 2013 03:54 PM PDT The debate about a gender-neutral national anthem has been in hiatus for the past couple of years — at least in the public sphere. But an Ottawa-based non-profit group wants it back on the national agenda. Informed Opinions — a … Continue reading →

Tourists stranded on Arctic ice floe get supply air drop Posted: 25 Jun 2013 04:31 PM PDT The Canadian Forces have dropped off emergency supplies to tourists stranded on an ice floe drifting in Admiralty Inlet near Arctic Bay, Nunavut, while a group of 11 hunters who were stranded on another floe nearby have made it back to shore.

Government introduces new foreign holdings requirements to track tax cheats Posted: 25 Jun 2013 12:42 PM PDT OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing in new rules to monitor people who may be hiding property offshore.

Teen hockey player to be charged in beating of another player Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:40 AM PDT The parents of a 16-year-old Ontario hockey player who was repeatedly punched in the face and head by another player have been told by police that charges will be laid in the case after they came forward to CBC News Go Public with video evidence.

Most Calgary downtown buildings to get power tonight Posted: 25 Jun 2013 04:36 PM PDT Power is set to return to most downtown Calgary buildings on Tuesday night, as crews work to restore services disrupted by flooding.

Via suspect still unable to find lawyer willing to push for Qur'an-based trial Posted: 25 Jun 2013 10:30 AM PDT TORONTO - The cases of two terror suspects charged in an alleged plot to attack a Via Rail passenger train couldn't move forward Tuesday because one of the men cannot find a lawyer.

Saskatchewan dive team looking for bodies in flooded Alberta community Posted: 25 Jun 2013 08:12 PM PDT HIGH RIVER, Alta. - Members of a dive team from the Saskatchewan RCMP have been searching for bodies in the submerged basements in the flooded-out community of High River, Alta.

Saskatchewan woman survives second lightning strike in 20 years Posted: 25 Jun 2013 07:41 PM PDT REGINA - A Saskatchewan woman says she's survived a lightning strike not once, but twice.

Canada's oil capital Calgary starts slow clean-up from floods Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:55 PM PDT By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's oil capital, Calgary, started the slow process of cleaning up its downtown on Tuesday in the aftermath of record-breaking floods, with many business owners returning for the first time to properties they were forced to leave last week. Parts of the city's center were still without power, and most shops, hotels and businesses were closed for a fifth consecutive day. "It's kind of spooky, it's so quiet," said Calgary resident Don Usselman, a remediation technologist, as he carried hoses to help pump out a basement. ...

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