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• West Kelowna, B.C., man arrested for making bombs not connected to terrorism
• UBC officials to probe reports of frosh chant endorsing non-consensual sex
• Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse victim revisits rink
• Quebec premier Marois says she didn't mean to offend with England comments
• 1 escaped Victoria, B.C., prisoner found, 1 still at large
• Baird says Canada cannot allow Syria to act with impunity
• Nova Scotia NDP premier targets Liberals as he bids for re-election on Oct. 8
• Harper's signals to U.S. on emissions flexibility prompt cynicism
• Massive haul of illegal chewing drug seized at Edmonton airport
• NASA satellite captures amazing views of arching solar plasma
• Toronto rally at U.S. consulate protests military involvement in Syria
• Canadian Rangers: the thin red line patrolling our harshest terrain
• Doctors group: private MRIs are barrier to access
• Lightning storm cleanup begins in B.C.
• Saint Mary's student president resigns over sex chant
• 'Enough is enough,' Oland lawyers argue
• B.C. man sends aid to war-torn Syria

West Kelowna, B.C., man arrested for making bombs not connected to terrorism Posted: 07 Sep 2013 02:05 PM PDT A British Columbia man has been arrested in the apparent process of buildings explosive devices but the public can breathe easy, sort of, because authorities do not believe there is a link to terrorists. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit … Continue reading →

UBC officials to probe reports of frosh chant endorsing non-consensual sex Posted: 07 Sep 2013 07:35 PM PDT VANCOUVER - Officials at the University of British Columbia say they will investigate reports that a chant endorsing non-consensual sex was recited during frosh week.

Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse victim revisits rink Posted: 07 Sep 2013 07:31 PM PDT A former victim of convicted Maple Leaf Gardens child molester Gordon Stuckless returned to the arena for the first time today, reclaiming the rink as the new home ice for his junior A hockey club.

Quebec premier Marois says she didn't mean to offend with England comments Posted: 07 Sep 2013 02:52 PM PDT QUEBEC - Quebec Premier Pauline Marois says she didn't mean to offend anyone with comments blaming multiculturalism for social unrest and bombs in Britain.

1 escaped Victoria, B.C., prisoner found, 1 still at large Posted: 07 Sep 2013 12:40 PM PDT The West Shore RCMP have caught a convicted murderer who escaped from the William Head Federal Correctional Centre near Victoria Friday night, but say another inmate is still at large.

Baird says Canada cannot allow Syria to act with impunity Posted: 07 Sep 2013 11:30 AM PDT Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says the world cannot stand by as the Assad regime gasses civilians, but he expects Russia to block any vote at the United Nations supporting military intervention.

Nova Scotia NDP premier targets Liberals as he bids for re-election on Oct. 8 Posted: 07 Sep 2013 03:03 PM PDT PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter returned Saturday to the scene of what his New Democrats see as an economic triumph to call a provincial election for Oct. 8, reminding voters that his party has directly intervened in the economy when jobs were on the line.

Harper's signals to U.S. on emissions flexibility prompt cynicism Posted: 07 Sep 2013 07:46 AM PDT OTTAWA - Environmentalists on both sides of the border are cynical about reports of a prime ministerial appeal to the White House for common North American greenhouse-gas emissions standards in the oil and gas sector.

Massive haul of illegal chewing drug seized at Edmonton airport Posted: 06 Sep 2013 06:34 PM PDT Board guards Friday announced the seizure at the Edmonton International Airport of 160 kilograms of dried khat, an illegal plant traditionally cultivated in Africa and the Arabian Pennisula.

NASA satellite captures amazing views of arching solar plasma Posted: 07 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has been keeping its unblinking eye on our Sun since 2009, and over the past two weeks it has been seeing some amazing activity that shows just how dynamic our Sun can be. Continue reading →

Toronto rally at U.S. consulate protests military involvement in Syria Posted: 07 Sep 2013 07:02 PM PDT TORONTO - Demonstrators rallied across the street from the U.S. consulate in Toronto to protest intensifying American efforts to win backing for a military strike against Syria.

Canadian Rangers: the thin red line patrolling our harshest terrain Posted: 07 Sep 2013 02:12 AM PDT Imagine maintaining a military presence over roughly four million square kilometres of exceedingly harsh terrain. That's the tricky thing about keeping "boots on the ground" in Canada's North, where the Canadian Rangers are patrolling the front lines.

Doctors group: private MRIs are barrier to access Posted: 07 Sep 2013 09:44 AM PDT Alberta's College of Physicians and Surgeons is proposing changes to its standards of practice that would prevent doctors from charging patients for essential treatments — including MRIs.

Lightning storm cleanup begins in B.C. Posted: 06 Sep 2013 07:36 PM PDT Residents in Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, the Sunshine Coast and the Okanagan are cleaning up today, after a heavy storm hammered the Lower Mainland Thursday night.

Saint Mary's student president resigns over sex chant Posted: 06 Sep 2013 05:55 PM PDT The president of the Saint Mary's University Student Association has resigned over a frosh-week chant that promoted non-consensual sex with underage girls.

'Enough is enough,' Oland lawyers argue Posted: 07 Sep 2013 10:38 AM PDT Dennis Oland's lawyer urged New Brunswick's chief provincial court judge, behind closed doors last summer, to keep information related to his client and the Richard Oland murder investigation sealed.

B.C. man sends aid to war-torn Syria Posted: 06 Sep 2013 07:41 PM PDT A British Columbia man is risking his life to provide medical aid to support his homeland of Syria.

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