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• Ottawa prepared to challenge Quebec values charter in court: Kenney
• NDP Leader Adrian Dix to reveal future plans next week
• 3 women attacked in Vancouver
• Much-delayed Jeffrey Baldwin probe prompts question about the value of inquests
• Police return to Dellen Millard farmland in Laura Babcock investigation
• Investigation launched into Arctic Coast Guard helicopter crash
• Quebec government introduces details of their Values Charter
• Writers, filmmakers demand Egypt free detained Canadians
• Video: UBC reacts to frosh rape chant
• Southern Ontario suffering through September heat wave
• Does the PQ Charter of Values violate Canada’s Charter of Rights?
• Man hurt by falling glass in downtown Toronto
• Children's aid worker tells inquest about stench in starved boy's locked room
• Montreal’s McGill University no longer Canada’s top-ranked school
• Keystone pipeline seen as unneeded as more oil moves by rail
• Neil Young slams oilsands, compares Fort McMurray to Hiroshima
• Study sees Quebec, Ontario as big economic winners from Energy East
• Tropical storm Gabrielle heading to N.S., N.L.
• Quebec seeks to ban public workers from wearing religious symbols
• Newspaper defends report on Toronto mayor crack allegations
• Diocese denies abuse lawsuit against Furlong; suggests student didn't attend
• NDP Leader Tom Mulcair denounces Quebec's proposed charter of values

Ottawa prepared to challenge Quebec values charter in court: Kenney Posted: 10 Sep 2013 01:22 PM PDT OTTAWA - It's not often top Tory cabinet minister Jason Kenney reads from prepared notes, or cuts questions short on two of his favourite subjects — multiculturalism and religious freedom.

NDP Leader Adrian Dix to reveal future plans next week Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:17 PM PDT New Democratic Party Leader Adrian Dix will make an announcement next week concerning his political future.

3 women attacked in Vancouver Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:12 PM PDT Police are warning the public after three women were attacked from behind in Vancouver, the third in a spate of warnings about sexually motivated attacks in the city this summer.

Much-delayed Jeffrey Baldwin probe prompts question about the value of inquests Posted: 10 Sep 2013 05:50 PM PDT An inquest into the horrible death of five-year-old Jeffrey Baldwin is underway in Toronto and the hearing is already getting stomach-churning evidence of neglect. Baldwin died more than a decade ago, but the inquest was delayed because of the time … Continue reading →

Police return to Dellen Millard farmland in Laura Babcock investigation Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:01 AM PDT Investigators with the Toronto Police Service returned to the notorious farmland of Dellen Millard this week after receiving new information in an ongoing search for a missing woman. Millard's property in Ayr, Ont., was subjected to police searches earlier this … Continue reading →

Investigation launched into Arctic Coast Guard helicopter crash Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:05 AM PDT An Arctic helicopter crash that resulted in the death of three people will be investigated in the hopes that questions can be answered about what caused the accident. The Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashed late Monday night while flying over … Continue reading →

Quebec government introduces details of their Values Charter Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:01 AM PDT Quebec's Parti Quebecois government has finally presented details of their so-called Values Charter. Democratic Institutions Minister Bernard Drainville addressed the media on Tuesday morning, outlining the proposed legislation which, if passed, would ban all public employees in that province from … Continue reading →

Writers, filmmakers demand Egypt free detained Canadians Posted: 10 Sep 2013 08:26 AM PDT A group of Canadian filmmakers is demanding the release of two Canadians — one a doctor, the other a filmmaker — who have been held in Egypt since Aug. 16.

Video: UBC reacts to frosh rape chant Posted: 09 Sep 2013 06:44 PM PDT Business school revokes support of commerce society's events

Southern Ontario suffering through September heat wave Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:39 AM PDT After a fairly comfortable start to the week, southern Ontario is getting a late-season reminder that it's still summer out there, as the mercury is expected to skyrocket today and tomorrow, and it will be pushing the humidex up along … Continue reading →

Does the PQ Charter of Values violate Canada’s Charter of Rights? Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:35 AM PDT The government of Quebec has finally unveiled its much-anticipated Values Charter, and it has federal leaders up in arms. "The text confirms our worst fears," NDP leader Thomas Mulcair said shortly after details of the charter were presented in Quebec … Continue reading →

Man hurt by falling glass in downtown Toronto Posted: 10 Sep 2013 09:26 AM PDT Toronto police say a man was hurt by glass that fell from a downtown hotel late Tuesday morning.

Children's aid worker tells inquest about stench in starved boy's locked room Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT TORONTO - The house in which a five-year-old boy was starved to death by his grandparents seemed normal to a children's aid worker who visited in the hours after the child died, that is, until he came upon a locked bedroom so putrid that the odour clung to his clothing.

Montreal’s McGill University no longer Canada’s top-ranked school Posted: 10 Sep 2013 07:13 AM PDT Montreal's McGill University continues to struggle to maintain its international reputation, after the release of another ranking that sees the once-dominant Canadian university drop further down the list. The 2013 QS World University Rankings have listed McGill as 21st on … Continue reading →

Keystone pipeline seen as unneeded as more oil moves by rail Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:33 AM PDT Oil producers and refineries are in the midst of a transition to shipping their oil by rail, and that means the Keystone XL pipeline is not needed, a report from Canaccord Genuity Inc. says.

Neil Young slams oilsands, compares Fort McMurray to Hiroshima Posted: 10 Sep 2013 12:05 PM PDT I wonder if they'll be burning Neil Young records in Fort McMurray after the Canadian rock icon trashed the Alberta oilsands city in front of a Washington, D.C., audience. The Globe and Mail reports Young, a fervent advocate of alternative … Continue reading →

Study sees Quebec, Ontario as big economic winners from Energy East Posted: 10 Sep 2013 12:03 PM PDT CALGARY - A study commissioned by TransCanada Corp. shows Ontario and Quebec among the biggest economic winners from construction of its proposed Energy East pipeline, though company CEO Russ Girling admits ...

Tropical storm Gabrielle heading to N.S., N.L. Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:35 AM PDT A tropical storm that has reformed near Bermuda is on track to hit Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador this weekend.

Quebec seeks to ban public workers from wearing religious symbols Posted: 10 Sep 2013 11:25 AM PDT By David Ljunggren (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Quebec will not allow public servants to wear Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps or other obvious religious symbols under a new charter unveiled on Tuesday that is designed to cement a secular society. The pro-independence government of the predominantly French-speaking province says its Charter of Quebec Values will help create a distinct identity for its 8 million people. ...

Newspaper defends report on Toronto mayor crack allegations Posted: 09 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's largest newspaper acted in the public interest in May when it published a report that contained allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford had been caught on video smoking crack cocaine, the Toronto Star's top editor told regulators on Monday. Toronto Star Editor-in-Chief Michael Cooke told the Ontario Press Council, a voluntary self-regulatory organization, that his newspaper's reporting on Ford, who has said he does not smoke crack, was both ethical and legal. ...

Diocese denies abuse lawsuit against Furlong; suggests student didn't attend Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:02 PM PDT VANCOUVER - The Roman Catholic diocese that ran a school where former Vancouver Olympic CEO John Furlong once taught is denying allegations of abuse in a lawsuit filed by two women, questioning in a statement of defence whether one of the students even attended the school.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair denounces Quebec's proposed charter of values Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:01 PM PDT SASKATOON - Tom Mulcair threw caution to the winds Tuesday as he categorically rejected Quebec's proposed charter of values.

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