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• Hospitals' concerns about CT, mammogram test results first raised in March
• Edmontonians enjoy nice fall day, forecasters say it won't last
• Inspectors find 'areas of concern,' close part of MMA track near rail disaster
• Will Ontarians and Quebecers be heading to the polls this year?
• Calgary mayor, Nenshi, wants answers from Canadian Pacific about derailment
• Boy, 5, starved to death by grandparents was called a pig, inquest told
• Public release of Project Traveller drug bust documents opposed
• Alberta municipal politician caught in Weiner-like sex scandal
• Canadian Bomber Command vets endure a final snub from Ottawa
• Quebec MP removed from Bloc caucus for opposition to values charter
• 9/11 ‘truther’ billboards appear in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver
• Montreal waitress fired after stopping drunken patron from driving home
• Canadian woman busted for trying to smuggle drugs in fake pregnancy belly
• Video: Calgary train derailment
• Ontario hospital aims to woo workers from Quebec disgruntled by the values charter
• B.C. woman dubbed ‘serial killer in waiting’ appealing ban on owning pets
• Canada-U.S. poll suggests Canadians souring on cooperation with Americans
• Some track run by Quebec train-disaster firm in bad shape: probe
• B.C. Appeal Court adds two years to drug sentence for notorious B.C. brother

Hospitals' concerns about CT, mammogram test results first raised in March Posted: 12 Sep 2013 05:09 PM PDT TORONTO - The two Ontario hospitals where there are fears about possible errors in the reading of 3,500 mammograms and CT scans were alerted to concerns about one radiologist in March, but only made their worries public late Wednesday night — more than five months later.

Edmontonians enjoy nice fall day, forecasters say it won't last Posted: 12 Sep 2013 05:40 PM PDT EDMONTON - The City of Edmonton has reached a high of 30.3 C, a record for Sept. 12.

Inspectors find 'areas of concern,' close part of MMA track near rail disaster Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:26 PM PDT OTTAWA - An inspection of track owned by the Montreal, Maine and Atlantic rail company at the centre of the Lac-Megantic disaster has found so many deficiencies that one section is effectively closed.

Will Ontarians and Quebecers be heading to the polls this year? Posted: 12 Sep 2013 02:05 PM PDT Rumours abound that residents of Canada's two most populous provinces could be headed to the polls before year end. While the rumours are just speculation at this point, Fall elections for both Quebec and Ontario make a lot sense. Both … Continue reading →

Calgary mayor, Nenshi, wants answers from Canadian Pacific about derailment Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:30 PM PDT CALGARY - Calgary's mayor is again demanding answers from Canadian Pacific Railway after eight rail cars full of oil chemicals derailed at a train yard in the city, forcing the closure of major road and the evacuation of some homes.

Boy, 5, starved to death by grandparents was called a pig, inquest told Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:12 PM PDT TORONTO - A six-year-old girl raised to think of herself and her little brother as "pigs" — they were treated as such — thought she might die after the emaciated boy succumbed to starvation at the hands of his grandparents.

Public release of Project Traveller drug bust documents opposed Posted: 12 Sep 2013 12:06 PM PDT A court battle to have documents related to a massive Toronto police drug investigation, with reported ties to Mayor Rob Ford, released to the public moved forward today, although its pace remains at a cautious crawl and its outcome is … Continue reading →

Alberta municipal politician caught in Weiner-like sex scandal Posted: 12 Sep 2013 12:39 PM PDT Alberta now has its own Anthony Weiner. The political career of an Edmonton-area municipal councillor is in jeopardy after he revealed he'd had a cyber-sex relationship with a woman he never met in person, which included explicit emails and texts … Continue reading →

Canadian Bomber Command vets endure a final snub from Ottawa Posted: 12 Sep 2013 03:16 PM PDT Two news item this week related to Canada's oldest veterans struck me as an indication of the governments hypocritical attitude (and by extension, ours) towards the country's revered warriors. After seven decades, Ottawa is finally getting around to recognizing the … Continue reading →

Quebec MP removed from Bloc caucus for opposition to values charter Posted: 12 Sep 2013 08:25 AM PDT A Quebec MP has been removed from the Bloc Quebecois caucus as punishment for her opposition to Quebec's proposed Values Charter. According to Globe and Mail, Maria Mourani was expelled on Thursday for saying that the Parti Quebecois' secularization plan … Continue reading →

9/11 ‘truther’ billboards appear in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver Posted: 12 Sep 2013 07:23 AM PDT The 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington is now behind us, but one group of vocal "truthers" are pushing for Canadians and Americans to rethink the accepted narrative from that day. Advertisements promoting … Continue reading →

Montreal waitress fired after stopping drunken patron from driving home Posted: 12 Sep 2013 09:33 AM PDT Sometimes reason and civic duty are ignored, thrown out of the window and even punished in the face of threatened legal action. That, at least, is what one Montreal-area waitress learned when she was fired from her job after stopping … Continue reading →

Canadian woman busted for trying to smuggle drugs in fake pregnancy belly Posted: 12 Sep 2013 09:20 AM PDT When a pregnant-looking Canadian woman tried to board a flight home from Colombia in August, police touched her belly and found it was hard and freezing cold, according to the Associated Press. BBC News reported a police officer at Bogota's … Continue reading →

Video: Calgary train derailment Posted: 12 Sep 2013 06:25 AM PDT More than 140 people forced to leave homes when 6 tanker cars containing flammable diluents overturn

Ontario hospital aims to woo workers from Quebec disgruntled by the values charter Posted: 12 Sep 2013 11:00 AM PDT Now, this is clever. An Ontario hospital is using the controversy surrounding Quebec's values charter to their advantage. Lakeridge Hospital — in Oshawa, Ontario — will be running a new recruitment ad (pictured above) in Montreal with the slogan: "We … Continue reading →

B.C. woman dubbed ‘serial killer in waiting’ appealing ban on owning pets Posted: 12 Sep 2013 11:10 AM PDT A young B.C. woman who's been painted as a serial killer in waiting wants some of the probation restrictions she's under loosened. Kayla Bourque, originally from Prince George, B.C., spent nine months in custody for killing two of her pets … Continue reading →

Canada-U.S. poll suggests Canadians souring on cooperation with Americans Posted: 12 Sep 2013 07:42 AM PDT It appears that Canada and the United States are drifting apart. Not physically — of course. But according to a nine year tracking study conducted by Nanos Research and the State University of New York at Buffalo, Canadians are losing … Continue reading →

Some track run by Quebec train-disaster firm in bad shape: probe Posted: 12 Sep 2013 12:03 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Some of the railway track operated by the firm whose train blew up in a Quebec town, killing 47 people, is in poor condition and does not meet safety standards, said federal Canadian transport inspectors. A team from Transport Canada examined 210 of the 250 miles of track operated in Quebec by Montreal, Marine & Atlantic, the now bankrupt firm whose fuel tanker train derailed and exploded in the small town of Lac-Megantic on July 6. The inspections occurred from July 20 to 24 and then August 6 to 7. ...

B.C. Appeal Court adds two years to drug sentence for notorious B.C. brother Posted: 12 Sep 2013 04:28 PM PDT VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has added two years to the drug trafficking sentence of one of three notorious brothers with links to the province's violent gang world.

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