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• Toronto officer involved in shooting of Sammy Yatim has been suspended
• Hundreds march to protest deadly Toronto police shooting
• Controversial skywalk now under construction in Jasper
• Edmonton police probe 2nd suspicious death in one day
• Video: answers will come in Toronto streetcar shooting - Police chief
• Saskatchewan RCMP look for answers in crash that killed six teens
• Video: Keystone XL job numbers debate
• Mountie not guilty of perjury in Polish immigrant Taser probe
• Inquest into Winnipeg tragedy could help moms, expert says
• Quebec orders MMA Railway, World Fuel to pay for crash cleanup
• Canada's U.S. ambassador disputes Obama's Keystone claims
• Liberal emails leaked reveal plot to bully Ontario Speaker
• Overcrowded jails cause concern inside Canadian correctional system
• Montreal woman, 67, dies after being attacked on the street
• Council votes to put $52M tax surplus toward Calgary flood relief
• Migrant worker wins human rights case after he and co-workers called 'monkeys'
• Financial noose tightens around U.S. firms at centre of Quebec rail disaster
• Dead fish surface after jet fuel spill into B.C. river
• Women charged in alleged prostitution-extortion scandal that felled Laval mayor
• Smartphone use continues to grow in Canada: survey

Toronto officer involved in shooting of Sammy Yatim has been suspended Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:16 PM PDT As residents of Toronto express anger over the death of Sammy Yatim, shot dead on a downtown streetcar, Police Chief Bill Blair has vowed to investigate the actions of his officers. Continue reading →

Hundreds march to protest deadly Toronto police shooting Posted: 29 Jul 2013 06:02 PM PDT TORONTO - Hundreds of protesters shouted at police and called for justice Monday as public outrage grew over the death of a young man shot in an altercation with police officers on a city streetcar.

Controversial skywalk now under construction in Jasper Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:17 PM PDT The controversial Glacier Skywalk project is now under construction in Jasper National Park.

Edmonton police probe 2nd suspicious death in one day Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:14 PM PDT Police are investigating a suspicious death in a northeast Edmonton apartment.

Video: answers will come in Toronto streetcar shooting - Police chief Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:00 AM PDT Toronto's police chief is assuring the public there will be answers after the death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim on Saturday. The teen was killed on a streetcar following an altercation with police, prompting outrage.

Saskatchewan RCMP look for answers in crash that killed six teens Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:29 PM PDT LLOYDMINSTER, Sask. - Saskatchewan RCMP believe it will take at least three months before an investigation is complete into the deaths of six teens in a car crash.

Video: Keystone XL job numbers debate Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:10 PM PDT Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer and TransCanada's Alex Pourbaix on the environmental and economic debate over the Keystone XL pipeline

Mountie not guilty of perjury in Polish immigrant Taser probe Posted: 29 Jul 2013 04:50 PM PDT VANCOUVER - It is impossible to say for certain that one of the four Mounties who confronted Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver's airport worked with his three colleagues to concoct a story about what happened that night, says a judge who found the officer not guilty of perjury Monday.

Inquest into Winnipeg tragedy could help moms, expert says Posted: 29 Jul 2013 04:17 PM PDT The CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada says an inquest into the deaths of two young Winnipeg children and their mother would help Canadians.

Quebec orders MMA Railway, World Fuel to pay for crash cleanup Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:27 PM PDT By Louise Egan OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Quebec government has ordered the rail and fuel companies involved in a devastating train crash that killed 47 people in the town of Lac Megantic to pay for cleaning up the crude oil that spilled in the town and surrounding lakes and rivers. Quebec Environment Minister Yves-Francois Blanchet invoked powers under a provincial law on Monday to force the companies to take financial responsibility for fixing environmental damage. "The citizens of Quebec are not the ones that will have to pay for this," Blanchet said in a televised news conference. ...

Canada's U.S. ambassador disputes Obama's Keystone claims Posted: 29 Jul 2013 06:36 PM PDT Canada's ambassador to the U.S. is disputing U.S. President Barack Obama's claim that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would generate few jobs.

Liberal emails leaked reveal plot to bully Ontario Speaker Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:38 PM PDT Leaked emails related to a pair of cancelled gas plants in the Greater Toronto Area are causing more problems for the Ontario Liberals.

Overcrowded jails cause concern inside Canadian correctional system Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:37 PM PDT Everybody stop committing crimes, we are running out of places to put you. New details suggest that half of Ontario's jails are overcrowded and holding more prisoners than they should. Continue reading →

Montreal woman, 67, dies after being attacked on the street Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:58 PM PDT MONTREAL - A 67-year-old Montreal woman is dead after being savagely attacked by a stranger.

Council votes to put $52M tax surplus toward Calgary flood relief Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:30 PM PDT City council has voted to spend $52 million in surplus tax revenue on repairing infrastructure damaged in the flooding that devastated Calgary last month.

Migrant worker wins human rights case after he and co-workers called 'monkeys' Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:13 PM PDT TORONTO - A St. Lucian migrant worker who was called "a monkey" while working at a farm in Ontario and fired after he complained about it has been awarded $23,500 by the province's human rights tribunal.

Financial noose tightens around U.S. firms at centre of Quebec rail disaster Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:23 PM PDT The financial noose tightened Monday around companies connected to the deadly Quebec derailment, with a hint that the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway could close shop.

Dead fish surface after jet fuel spill into B.C. river Posted: 28 Jul 2013 05:49 PM PDT VANCOUVER - Dead fish have been found following a tanker crash that saw up to 35,000 litres of jet fuel empty into a creek in B.C.'s West Kootenay region, says an official with the provincial environment ministry.

Women charged in alleged prostitution-extortion scandal that felled Laval mayor Posted: 29 Jul 2013 12:19 PM PDT LAVAL, Que. - Criminal charges have been laid against two women involved in an alleged prostitution scandal that brought down the mayor of Laval, Que.

Smartphone use continues to grow in Canada: survey Posted: 29 Jul 2013 02:31 PM PDT The findings of a recent survey on smartphone use in Canada are sure to surprise very few of us north of the border.

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