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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines


On two Canadians jailed in Cairo

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 02:14 PM PDT

Should Canada do more to free John Greyson and Tarek Loubani?Filmmaker John Greyson and doctor Tarek Loubani are currently jailed without formal charge in Cairo


Foul play suspected in Chilliwack baby girl's death

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 08:48 PM PDT

Police tape surrounds a home in the Promontory neighbourhood in Chilliwack, B.C. A 14-month-old baby girl in medical distress was rushed from the property Friday night, but was declared dead about an hour later in hospital. Police say foul play is suspected in her death.A 14-month-old baby girl in Chilliwack has died, and police say that a man is in custody as part of the investigation into her death.


Canada offers support to Kenya after mall attack, Canadians among victims

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 08:00 PM PDT

Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist gunmen lobbed grenades and fired assault rifles inside Nairobi's top mall Saturday, killing dozens and wounding over a hundred in the attack. Early Sunday morning, 12 hours after the attack began, gunmen remained holed up inside the mall with an unknown number of hostages. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)TORONTO - Canada offered its support to Kenya Sunday, saying it was "prepared to do more" to help the east African country recover from a horrific terrorist attack that killed at least 68 people, including two Canadians.


Thousands join Reconciliation Walk in Vancouver to heal wounds

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 02:17 PM PDT

A First Nations woman cheers while taking part in the Walk for Reconciliation in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday September 22, 2013. Thousands of people attended the walk that wrapped up a week Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada events in the city. From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 aboriginal children were required to attend state-funded Christian schools in an attempt to assimilate them into Canadian society. They were prohibited from speaking their languages or participating in cultural practices. The commission was created as part of a $5 billion class action settlement in 2006 - the largest in Canadian history - between the government, churches and 90,000 surviving students. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl DyckCanada will never completely erase the stain left from decades of abuse of aboriginal people at government-funded, church-run residential schools. But thousands of people walked through the streets of downtown Vancouver in a steady rain on Sunday to at least … Continue reading →


Flaherty got his securities deal by saying he’d go it alone

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 02:18 PM PDT

Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty speaks with the media after making an announcement at an RV dealership Monday September 9, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian WyldThere's nothing like the prospect—or should that be the threat?—of unilateral federal government action on a contentious issue to light a fire under negotiations with the provinces.


Pro-charter of Quebec values rally hits Montreal streets

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois responds to reporters questions over a proposed Charter of Quebec values while walking to her office to attend a cabinet meeting Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques BoissinotA rally in support of the charter of Quebec values brought several hundred people out on the streets of downtown Montreal.


Ontario monkey becomes an international star painter

Posted: 21 Sep 2013 02:08 PM PDT

Pockets Warhol is a 22-year-old capuchin who likes to paint and lives at Story Book Farm Primate sanctuary in Sunderland, Ont.My monkey could do that: It's primate art and Pockets Warhol is an international star


Omar Khadr making first public appearance as lawyers challenge detention

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 08:49 AM PDT

Première apparition publique d'Omar Khadr prévue lundi à EdmontonTORONTO - Former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr is expected to make his first appearance in public since American soldiers captured him as a badly wounded 15-year-old in Afghanistan 11 years ago.


CN, feds eyeing oil-by-rail to Prince Rupert, B.C., in same quantity as Gateway

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 04:21 PM PDT

OTTAWA - CN Rail, at the urging of Chinese-owned Nexen Inc., is considering shipping Alberta bitumen to Prince Rupert, B.C., by rail in quantities matching the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline, documents show.

Edmonton refinery flare caused by power outage

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 01:37 PM PDT

Alberta Health Services issues precautionary advisory due to smoke released in east Edmonton industrial area.

Harper says Ottawa will help extend Toronto’s subway system

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 03:56 PM PDT

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Ottawa will chip in to help Toronto expand its subway system further into the city's east end, though it is not immediately known precisely how much money the government will be providing.

Alberta pensioner fights to reclaim home, declared embassy by sovereign citizen

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:30 AM PDT

Rebekah Caverhill is interviewed at her home in Sylvan Lake, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The Alberta pensioner says she feels like a prisoner after her rental property was claimed as an "embassy" by a man she says identified himself as a Freemen-on-the-Land, a growing movement of so-called sovereign citizens that is raising concerns with authorities both north and south of the border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntoshSYLVAN LAKE, Alta. - An Alberta pensioner says she feels like a prisoner after her rental property was claimed as an "embassy" by a man she says identified himself as a Freemen-on-the-Land, a growing movement of so-called sovereign citizens that is raising concerns with authorities both north and south of the border.


Military was steamed about not being able to court martial navy spy

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 11:20 AM PDT

OTTAWA - The Canadian military was privately furious the Harper government did not allow it to court-martial a naval intelligence officer who sold top-secret allied information to the Russians.

Advocates say national strategy needed to save kids from becoming 'lost' in care

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 07:00 AM PDT

9-year-old Joshua and his 'pet' wolf at Children's Hospital ColoradoREGINA - In a home in Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask., just east of Regina, a little girl was confined to a windowless, dark basement room with just a small blanket.


Kenya mall attack: Most hostages freed, military says

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 03:29 PM PDT

An aerial view and map of the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, where an attack killed at least 30 people Saturday.Kenya's armed forces say the hostage standoff has nearly ended at the Westgate mall in Nairobi, where militants attacked shoppers with guns and grenades on Saturday, killing 68 people, including at least two Canadians.


Moose Jaw courthouse roof collapses

Posted: 22 Sep 2013 02:09 PM PDT

No one was inside the building when the ceiling and part of the roof at Moose Jaw's Court of Queen's bench collapsed Saturday. It's not yet clear why it caved in. Damages are estimated at $1 million.

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