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• Ottawa to close ‘loophole’ exploited by Via terror suspect
• Worker killed in crane accident on Martin Grove Road
• Home care clients learning about service provider changes
• Quebec must test 1,000 for HIV after hospital problem
• Liberals want public inquiry into Senate scandal; Tory senate leader seeks audit
• Canada not among 60 countries signing landmark treaty on world arms trade
• B.C. man living in a van for a year
• Quebec investigation into 2012 student protests begins
• Feds kick in $250k for youth-led anti-bullying campaign
• Calgary teen 'punished' after protecting student from bully
• Quebec’s soccer federation upholds controversial turban ban
• Calgary student dies on Ecuador volcano hike
• Ottawa fat cat put down after ballooning to more than 11kg, owner charged
• Autistic boy swindled out of family pet, mother says
• Canadians can break cell contracts after two years
• Manitoba teen mistaken for bear shot, killed on camping trip
• Should the government allow do-overs for people who fail the citizenship test?
• Ontario town to ban the number four due to Tetraphobia
• Military police probed CTV News report on Canadian general, Citizen reports
• Quebec soccer federation to kids with turbans: Play somewhere else
• Canadian agency says investigating death at Calgary railway yard

Ottawa to close ‘loophole’ exploited by Via terror suspect Posted: 03 Jun 2013 01:32 PM PDT The Conservative government is taking yet another run at the rules governing pardons for criminal offences after a review turned up a "loophole" that allowed one of the suspects in the alleged VIA Rail terror plot to be pardoned, despite … Continue reading →

Worker killed in crane accident on Martin Grove Road Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:50 PM PDT A man in his 50s has been killed in an industrial accident involving a crane in north Toronto late Monday morning.

Home care clients learning about service provider changes Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:07 PM PDT Albertans who rely on home care are now receiving letters telling them that their service providers are changing.

Quebec must test 1,000 for HIV after hospital problem Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:57 PM PDT QUEBEC - About 1,000 patients will need to be screened for HIV and hepatitis after sterilization problems at Quebec City-area medical establishments.

Liberals want public inquiry into Senate scandal; Tory senate leader seeks audit Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:49 PM PDT Do we need a public inquiry into the Senate scandal currently plaguing the Harper government? We already have federal ethics commissioner Mary Dawson investigating whether or not Stephen Harper's former Chief of Staff, Nigel Wright broke any conflict of interest … Continue reading →

Canada not among 60 countries signing landmark treaty on world arms trade Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:53 PM PDT OTTAWA - Canada isn't saying whether it will join more than 60 other countries in signing a landmark treaty to regulate the multibillion-dollar global arms trade.

B.C. man living in a van for a year Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT VANCOUVER - Last fall, Mathew Arthur found himself looking for a new place to live.

Quebec investigation into 2012 student protests begins Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:50 PM PDT MONTREAL - The head of the Quebec government-appointed commission looking into the 2012 student protests has sought to reassure its critics with a promise to remain apolitical.

Feds kick in $250k for youth-led anti-bullying campaign Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:54 PM PDT A $250,000 funding announcement made by the federal government on Monday may not seem to address the issue of schoolyard bullying as directly as recent Ontario laws, but it could help cut bullying at its roots by giving students a … Continue reading →

Calgary teen 'punished' after protecting student from bully Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:00 AM PDT The exploits of Briar MacLean, a Calgary teen reportedly reprimanded after protecting a student from a knife-wielding bully, have garnered massive interest lately with national newspapers and U.S. websites running with the story of the "punished hero." But MacLean's principal … Continue reading →

Quebec’s soccer federation upholds controversial turban ban Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT The Quebec Soccer Federation's decision to retain its ban on turban-wearing players is once again setting the province's soccer establishment apart from the rest of Canada. The federation announced Sunday its board of directors had voted to continue the ban, … Continue reading →

Calgary student dies on Ecuador volcano hike Posted: 03 Jun 2013 05:12 PM PDT A University of Calgary student has been killed while trying to climb a volcano in Ecuador.

Ottawa fat cat put down after ballooning to more than 11kg, owner charged Posted: 03 Jun 2013 03:06 PM PDT OTTAWA - An Ottawa woman faces neglect charges after it's alleged she let her cat fill out to more than 11 kilograms and left the feline in such poor shape he had to be put down.

Autistic boy swindled out of family pet, mother says Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:22 PM PDT A Saint John mother is warning parents to keep an extra close eye on their children after her 14-year-old autistic son was taken from his backyard on Saturday afternoon.

Canadians can break cell contracts after two years Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:28 PM PDT OTTAWA - Cellphone customers will be able to walk away from their contracts after two years without any early-cancellation penalties under a set of new rules unveiled Monday by the CRTC.

Manitoba teen mistaken for bear shot, killed on camping trip Posted: 03 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT NAMAY FALLS, Man. - A teenager who was mistaken for a bear outside a tent has been shot and killed in a remote area of northeastern Manitoba by a fellow camper.

Should the government allow do-overs for people who fail the citizenship test? Posted: 03 Jun 2013 08:26 AM PDT "Allowing applicants to have a second try will hopefully result in more worthy candidates for Citizenship being approved," explains immigration attorney Michael Niren. Do you agree?

Ontario town to ban the number four due to Tetraphobia Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:28 AM PDT Four is the loneliest number in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Residents in that city have shunned the number four, saying they don't want to live with it on their houses. And now they won't have to. The Richmond Hill Liberal reported … Continue reading →

Military police probed CTV News report on Canadian general, Citizen reports Posted: 03 Jun 2013 08:21 PM PDT OTTAWA - An Ottawa newspaper reports that military police were called in to investigate after CTV reported embarrassing information about Canada's top military commander in 2011.

Quebec soccer federation to kids with turbans: Play somewhere else Posted: 03 Jun 2013 07:19 PM PDT MONTREAL - The Quebec Soccer Federation says if Sikh kids want to play soccer while wearing a turban there's an easy solution: they can play in their own yard.

Canadian agency says investigating death at Calgary railway yard Posted: 03 Jun 2013 12:45 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on Monday it was investigating the death of a railway employee at the Ogden Park railyard in Calgary, Alberta. The board had no details on when or how the fatality occurred. (The stpry corrects first paragraph to make clear that Transportation Safety Board of Canada did not mention Canadian Pacific Railway in its statement. References to Canadian Pacific have been removed from this story.) (Reporting by Solarina Ho and Susan Taylor; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson)

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