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• Railway head's Lac-Mégantic visit panned by PR experts
• Aggressive black bear attacks man in Mission, B.C.
• Chilliwack man attempted to take boy, allege police
• Speculation about Jim Flaherty’s future heats up ahead of cabinet shuffle
• Toronto flood highlights the challenges of severe weather forecasting
• Lac-Mégantic death toll rises to 24
• Canadian organized crime groups forging links with Mexican outlaws: RCMP
• Canadian scientists help unravel the cause of autism
• Senator LeBreton in final days as backup prime minister
• Supreme Court will hear case dealing with privacy rights for cellphones
• What was NDP leader Thomas Mulcair doing in France?
• 16% of Canadians are so-called 'cord cutters' who only watch web video: report
• Kenney slams Suzuki for his 'extreme anti-immigration views'
• Video: U of T students win big prize with human-powered chopper
• Winnipeg man launches ‘name and shame’ campaign against johns
• Myth Buzz-ters: Can a table lamp really melt Canadian bills?
• Ontario Wal-Mart worker fired for mentioning dog in locked car
• Mother sued two years after son killed in CN Rail crash
• SNC-Lavalin launches another round of legal action against ex-employees
• Portrait emerges of train engineer linked to Quebec derailment disaster
• Shrinking fund leaves Maine vulnerable to an oil spill accident

Railway head's Lac-Mégantic visit panned by PR experts Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:50 PM PDT Edward Burkhardt's heart may have been in the right place when he held a news conference in Lac-Mégantic, Que., but PR experts say the head of the rail company at the heart of the explosion that devastated the town offered a lesson in how not to handle a crisis.

Aggressive black bear attacks man in Mission, B.C. Posted: 11 Jul 2013 10:26 PM PDT Conservation officers are searching for an extremely aggressive black bear that attacked a man on a Mission area trail Thursday evening.

Chilliwack man attempted to take boy, allege police Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:40 PM PDT Crown prosecutors are seeking a peace bond against a 41-year-old man who allegedly tried to take a four-year-old boy from an apartment building in Chilliwack, B.C.

Speculation about Jim Flaherty’s future heats up ahead of cabinet shuffle Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:43 PM PDT The waiting game in Ottawa continues. Stephen Harper was supposed to announce a major cabinet shuffle this week but for a lot of reasons that didn't happen. Many are now expecting the shuffle to take place next week. Because of … Continue reading →

Toronto flood highlights the challenges of severe weather forecasting Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:26 PM PDT The record-breaking rainfall that caused all the flooding in Toronto on Monday certainly came as a surprise to many of us, and that included the weather forecasters that are responsible for issuing the watches and warnings to keep the public … Continue reading →

Lac-Mégantic death toll rises to 24 Posted: 11 Jul 2013 04:39 PM PDT Police said Thursday that four more bodies have been found in Lac-Mégantic following the train derailment that set off a series of explosions in the town's busy core. That raises the confirmed death toll to 24.

Canadian organized crime groups forging links with Mexican outlaws: RCMP Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:31 PM PDT OTTAWA - Canadian organized-crime groups have forged links with Mexican outlaws in an attempt to secure a direct supply of cocaine and increase their profits by eliminating the middleman, says the RCMP.

Canadian scientists help unravel the cause of autism Posted: 11 Jul 2013 02:57 PM PDT Autism diagnoses seems to have grown exponentially over the past ten years. The rate of diagnosis in Canada was 1 in 450 in 2003, whereas the most recent estimate out of the United States puts the number at … Continue reading →

Senator LeBreton in final days as backup prime minister Posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:37 PM PDT Senator Marjory LeBreton, the government's leader in the Senate, is in her final days as Canada's substitute prime minister. When Stephen Harper shuffles his cabinet, she'll be bumped out of that role.

Supreme Court will hear case dealing with privacy rights for cellphones Posted: 11 Jul 2013 08:07 AM PDT OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is taking on the question of whether police can access information on a cellphone that isn't protected by a password.

What was NDP leader Thomas Mulcair doing in France? Posted: 11 Jul 2013 12:27 PM PDT Over the past couple of weeks Stephen Harper and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau have been doing what party leaders have always done during the summer break: They're 'doing' the barbeque circuit. The past couple of days, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair … Continue reading →

16% of Canadians are so-called 'cord cutters' who only watch web video: report Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:53 AM PDT TORONTO - About 16 per cent of Canadian adults said they no longer watch any conventional TV and strictly stream online content, according to a report by measurement firm comScore.

Kenney slams Suzuki for his 'extreme anti-immigration views' Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:06 AM PDT The old Reform Party was always accused of being anti-immigration. 'They'll close the doors' was a narrative perpetuated by the 'left' as a scare tactic against the upstart renegades from the West. But Jason Kenney — Canada's most pro-active immigration … Continue reading →

Video: U of T students win big prize with human-powered chopper Posted: 11 Jul 2013 09:00 AM PDT A human-powered helicopter built by a Toronto team has won an international prize that lay unclaimed for decades. The chopper was the first in the contest to reach three metres and stay up for a minute in a 10-square-metre area.

Winnipeg man launches ‘name and shame’ campaign against johns Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:33 PM PDT If you knew prostitutes were walking the streets outside your home, pulling johns to a residential neighbourhood where children and families live, what would you do? One Winnipeg man has decided to answer that question with an old fashioned "name … Continue reading →

Myth Buzz-ters: Can a table lamp really melt Canadian bills? Posted: 11 Jul 2013 01:07 PM PDT A woman from London, Ont., says Canada's new polymer bank notes can't even withstand the heat of a table lamp. Trina Moniz told the Toronto Sun she placed $1,200 cash in an envelope on a table for a few hours … Continue reading →

Ontario Wal-Mart worker fired for mentioning dog in locked car Posted: 11 Jul 2013 07:56 AM PDT An animal rights battle involving a fired Wal-Mart employee, a customer and a dog trapped in a hot vehicle has led to changes from the international chain store. The company says it will post signs warning people not to leave children and dogs alone in hot cars. … Continue reading →

Mother sued two years after son killed in CN Rail crash Posted: 11 Jul 2013 06:51 AM PDT It not a celebratory time for the rail industry, in terms of the kind of headlines it is making these days. Take this story about a two-year-old collision near Glencoe, Ont., between a train and a truck, which left the … Continue reading →

SNC-Lavalin launches another round of legal action against ex-employees Posted: 11 Jul 2013 08:07 PM PDT MONTREAL - Engineering giant SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) is taking a former employee and a consultant to court alleging they "conspired" to commit illegal actions involving company funds.

Portrait emerges of train engineer linked to Quebec derailment disaster Posted: 11 Jul 2013 06:04 PM PDT LAC-MEGANTIC, Que. - His face gripped with terror, the train driver sprang out of bed at the inn where he'd retired for the night and raced to the scene of an impending catastrophe in the town that served as his second home.

Shrinking fund leaves Maine vulnerable to an oil spill accident Posted: 11 Jul 2013 06:47 AM PDT By Dave Sherwood AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) - A steep decline in revenues from pipeline tariffs and a loophole that allowed companies shipping crude by rail to avoid payment have slashed Maine's oil-spill fund to levels experts say could hurt its ability to respond to an accident. Focus on the safety issue has intensified in the wake of the deadly Lac-Megantic disaster in Quebec. Maine's emergency fund has shrunk more than 40 percent over nine years. Surging train shipments, meanwhile, are making the state one of the biggest conduits of crude produced from U.S. shale to Canada. ...

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