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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines


‘Down the hall’ from David Gilmour

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:23 PM PDT

David Gilmour 'not interested' in teaching on women authorsNews of David Gilmour's proud indifference to ideas and people unlike him has rocked the Canadian Twittersphere.


Search for 2 mushroom pickers missing near Terrace expands

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 07:24 PM PDT

Around 125 volunteers went out Saturday morning, looking for any signs of 26-year-old Ike Murray and 32-year-old Michael Sabo, who went missing last Sunday.

Two Canadians detained in Egypt say they saw dozens die before their arrest

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 07:20 PM PDT

Should Canada do more to free John Greyson and Tarek Loubani?TORONTO - Two Canadians imprisoned in Egypt say they were beaten and have been subjected to degrading treatment in a cockroach ridden jail cell since being detained at the height of violent protests in Cairo last month.


Calgary's freemen "embassy" empty - landlord preparing to reclaim premises

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:14 AM PDT

A Calgary Police van remains in front of a rental home that a Freemen-on-the-Land follower had claimed as an embassy in this photo taken Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill GravelandCALGARY - A Calgary home that the owner says was claimed as an "embassy" by a follower of the Freemen-on-the-Land movement is now freemen free.


Heavy rain, strong winds hit south coast of B.C. during fall storm

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:14 PM PDT

Bursts of rain drench a walker in the Halifax area on Friday.VANCOUVER - British Columbians living in the province's South Coast are being told to brace for more heavy rain and wind this weekend.


What Merkel’s victory means for Canada

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:07 PM PDT

German Chancellor Merkel gestures during news conference after CDU party board meeting in BerlinWhat Angela Merkel's victory mean for the eurozone and, by extension, the Canadian economy?


Overnight blaze chars building on iconic waterfront in Lunenburg, N.S.

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 10:31 AM PDT

Dozens of firefighters fought the blaze in Lunenburg.LUNENBURG, N.S. - RCMP say it appears electrical problems caused a fire that engulfed an 80-year-old building on an iconic Nova Scotia waterfront.


Quebec sends thousands of duplicate welfare cheques

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 09:40 AM PDT

The Quebec employment ministry has mistakenly sent duplicate welfare cheques to thousands of recipients, due to an "unfortunate operational error."

Time to liberate ‘liberation’ therapy from MS

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT

MS treatment in questionLast week's cancellation of a clinical trial in Albany, N.Y., researching treatment of CCSVI is a big setback for some


SpaceX to Launch Space Weather Satellite for Canada Sunday

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 07:45 AM PDT

SpaceX to Launch Space Weather Satellite for Canada SundayA new space-weather satellite could help better protect Earth's infrastructure from damaging solar storms, officials from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) say.


Toronto visit by Rwanda's Paul Kagame divides expats

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 11:18 AM PDT

Rwanda's Paul Kagame was re-elected as president in 2010 with close to 94 per cent of the vote. On September 18, his party won an overwhelming majority in legislative election — 40 of 53 available seats.

Canadian student’s Queen parody explaining science goes viral

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Science Guru Remakes Bohemian RapsodyA Canadian physics student has tuned the wonders of science to the melody of Bohemian Rhapsody, belting out an explanation of string theory in a viral video that's even caught the attention of Queen's guitarist. McGill University graduate student Tim … Continue reading →


Fire sprinklers force students out of U of R residence

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 01:10 PM PDT

About 150 University of Regina students are still out of their residence after a fire alarm and sprinklers forced the evacuation of the school's South Residence early Saturday morning.

Ottawa bus crash: Investigators simulate collision

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 09:05 AM PDT

Investigators re-enacted the situation at 8:48 a.m. ET, the time when a city bus crashed into a Via Rail passenger train in south Ottawa on Sept. 18.Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada and from Ottawa police simulated elements of a bus-train crash that killed six people in the nation's capital.


Canada 'skeptical' of Iran despite historic talk with U.S.

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 03:18 AM PDT

Daily editorial cartoon for September 26, 2013 by John Larter/ArtizansIt will take more than a rare phone call between U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to thaw diplomatic relations between Canada and Iran, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird indicated in an interview with CBC Radio's The House.


Polar bear that chased and bit man will get new home in a Winnipeg zoo

Posted: 28 Sep 2013 06:44 PM PDT

WINNIPEG - A polar bear that made headlines earlier this month after it chased and bit a man in northern Manitoba will get a new home in a Winnipeg zoo.

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