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• Trudeau takes a swing at Quebec religion plan; other politicians stay on sidelines
• Regina hotel lets construction crews work, sleep on site
• Rain, hail blasts parts of southern Manitoba
• Pamela Wallin Expense Scandal: Senator ordered to pay back $139,000
• Video: Sikh doctor 'hurt' by proposed Quebec ban on religious symbols
• Canada focused on need for competition in telecoms - minister
• Video: Native Canadian women sold on U.S. ships, researcher says.
• Last of Nixon tapes released, includes Pierre Trudeau call about Watergate
• No plans to intervene in housing market, Flaherty says
• Number of patrons who fell ill after eating food at Toronto's CNE reaches 34
• Vancouver one of top cities at risk from rising sea levels
• Can James Forcillo get a fair trial?
• Grits alert voters to potential for electoral fraud in coming byelections
• Canada reopens embassy in Cairo after days of deadly clashes
• Skull found near Banff confirmed as human
• Vancouver retailer stands his ground against U.S. grocery giant Trader Joe's
• Nanny was a virtual slave, Crown says at human trafficking sentencing
• Maple Leafs introduce tiered pricing for single games
• Second contender for Manitoba Liberal leadership makes it official
• Alberta health care system compromised by queue-jumping: inquiry
• Failed robber returns to scene of crime to apologize; police make arrest
• Flooded town says it can't take any more donations:no space to store it
• Canada's Flaherty says government on track to balance books by 2015-16
• Insight: Barrick Gold's Peter Munk seeks to regain his Midas touch

Trudeau takes a swing at Quebec religion plan; other politicians stay on sidelines Posted: 21 Aug 2013 07:17 PM PDT Justin Trudeau became the first prominent federal politician to oppose Quebec's controversial plan to ban religious headwear for public employees.

Regina hotel lets construction crews work, sleep on site Posted: 21 Aug 2013 09:29 PM PDT A Regina hotel that has been fully booked for the Grey Cup is letting construction crew sleep on site as it rushes to have renovations done in time for the big game.

Rain, hail blasts parts of southern Manitoba Posted: 21 Aug 2013 09:24 PM PDT Some wild weather swept through southern Manitoba on Tuesday, pounding some places with hail, ripping down trees and damaging buildings.

Pamela Wallin Expense Scandal: Senator ordered to pay back $139,000 Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:34 PM PDT OTTAWA - Sen. Pamela Wallin's final bill is in — and it's a whopper.

Video: Sikh doctor 'hurt' by proposed Quebec ban on religious symbols Posted: 21 Aug 2013 01:00 PM PDT A Quebec doctor says a proposed ban on religious headwear in hospitals makes him feel like a second-class citizen. The Parti Quebecois plans to introduce a bill prohibiting public employees from wearing religious symbols at work.

Canada focused on need for competition in telecoms - minister Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:08 PM PDT By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada is focused on boosting competition in the telecom sector and will examine any move by industry leader Rogers Communications Inc to back a private equity bid for two small wireless carriers, Industry Minister James Moore said on Wednesday. The deal would be a way to thwart the possible entry of U.S. giant Verizon Communications Inc into a Canadian market where Rogers and two other players, BCE Inc and Telus Corp, hold some 90 percent. ...

Video: Native Canadian women sold on U.S. ships, researcher says. Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:24 PM PDT Report says First Nations women from Thunder Bay, Ont., trafficked in sex trade in Minnesota. Jillian Taylor reports.

Last of Nixon tapes released, includes Pierre Trudeau call about Watergate Posted: 21 Aug 2013 02:05 PM PDT The Nixon Library has released the last batch of embargoed materials from the Richard Nixon White House. The materials consist of 140,000 pages of documents and 340 hours of old recordings covering topics such as Watergate, Vietnam and the historic 1972 summit between Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev.

No plans to intervene in housing market, Flaherty says Posted: 21 Aug 2013 04:18 PM PDT Federal finance Minister Jim Flaherty said today he is satisfied with the measures his government has already taken to calm the housing market and has "no plans" to intervene any further.

Number of patrons who fell ill after eating food at Toronto's CNE reaches 34 Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:44 AM PDT Mild nausea is commonplace on the midway. Food poisoning? Less so. Although it appears something sold at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition may have made a dozen people sick last night. As many as 34 people have been assessed with gastrointestinal … Continue reading →

Vancouver one of top cities at risk from rising sea levels Posted: 21 Aug 2013 07:57 AM PDT Rising sea levels due to climate change are a major threat to coastal cities around the world, and according to a new study, Vancouver ranks near the top of the list of cities most at risk. This study, which is … Continue reading →

Can James Forcillo get a fair trial? Posted: 21 Aug 2013 08:45 AM PDT Since the first bystander video of Sammy Yatim being shot on a Toronto streetcar by a police officer was first uploaded to YouTube, it and others like it have been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. There have been dozens … Continue reading →

Grits alert voters to potential for electoral fraud in coming byelections Posted: 21 Aug 2013 02:34 PM PDT OTTAWA - Voters in four impending federal byelections are being warned to be on the lookout for possible scams aimed at dissuading them from casting ballots.

Canada reopens embassy in Cairo after days of deadly clashes Posted: 21 Aug 2013 02:35 PM PDT OTTAWA - Two Canadians detained in Cairo remained behind bars Wednesday as an uneasy calm allowed the reopening of the Canadian embassy in the Egyptian capital.

Skull found near Banff confirmed as human Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:34 PM PDT A skull found by two hikers at the base of Cascade Mountain near Banff, Alta., has been confirmed as human. RCMP also discovered other bones after an intensive search in the area west of Calgary.

Vancouver retailer stands his ground against U.S. grocery giant Trader Joe's Posted: 21 Aug 2013 04:14 PM PDT VANCOUVER - Michael Hallatt has never worked harder for what he says is less money, re-selling someone else's products.

Nanny was a virtual slave, Crown says at human trafficking sentencing Posted: 21 Aug 2013 06:06 PM PDT VANCOUVER - Leticia Sarmiento was a modern-day slave, working 16 hours a day, seven days a week as a nanny for a wealthy family in British Columbia, says the Crown, urging a judge to hand down a sentence for her former employer that will deter others from trafficking vulnerable women.

Maple Leafs introduce tiered pricing for single games Posted: 21 Aug 2013 03:28 PM PDT Toronto Maple Leafs fans already struggling to pay for tickets will have to dig a little deeper for certain games this season.

Second contender for Manitoba Liberal leadership makes it official Posted: 21 Aug 2013 01:56 PM PDT Dougald Lamont has made it official. He filed his papers to become a contender for the leadership of the Manitoba Liberal Party Wednesday.

Alberta health care system compromised by queue-jumping: inquiry Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:50 AM PDT Alberta's health care system has been compromised by queue-jumping and preferential treatment, according the long-awaited results of an investigation into allegations of impropriety. Justice John Vertes announced on Wednesday that queue-jumping has occurred in the Alberta health care system. Not … Continue reading →

Failed robber returns to scene of crime to apologize; police make arrest Posted: 21 Aug 2013 08:08 PM PDT WINNIPEG - If only all crime cases were this easy to solve.

Flooded town says it can't take any more donations:no space to store it Posted: 21 Aug 2013 07:41 PM PDT HIGH RIVER, Alta. - The southern Alberta town that everyone had to leave due to flooding says it will no longer take donations of goods because it has run out of storage space.

Canada's Flaherty says government on track to balance books by 2015-16 Posted: 21 Aug 2013 11:31 AM PDT By David Ljunggren WAKEFIELD, Quebec (Reuters) - Canada is on track to balance its budget by 2015-16 and the Conservative government anticipates no major shift in policy or new spending cuts to achieve that goal, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. "We will do what it takes to balance the budget in 2015-16, not for the sake of balancing the budget, but to put Canada in a position of strength so we can react adequately to any sort of economic pressure that comes from outside our country," Flaherty said on the sidelines of a policy retreat in Wakefield, Quebec. ...

Insight: Barrick Gold's Peter Munk seeks to regain his Midas touch Posted: 21 Aug 2013 01:29 PM PDT By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Peter Munk has long driven the agenda for Barrick Gold Corp, the company he formed in 1983 and built into the world's largest gold producer, but recent missteps have raised questions about the leadership of a man once seen as a visionary in the industry. Munk, who owns a stake of less than a quarter of a percent in the company, still steers Barrick's strategy from his position as chairman, and he is now attempting to shore up the miner's position. ...

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