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• Adding up the ways we’re falling behind in education
• Jets blank Devils 3-0, snap three-game losing streak
• Man, 82, arrested after wife fatally stabbed in Vaughan
• What to expect in the Harper government’s Throne Speech
• Vancouver hospital introduces Chinese-food menu to patients
• Cable and satellite TV services must offer more consumer choice, says Moore
• Governor General sharpens government focus in China
• Police charge 19-year-old in violent attack on gay N.S. man
• Man thrown out of Winnipeg bar charged with driving into pedestrians
• Vancouver Aquarium releases 11 seals at Crescent Beach
• Don’t mess with the national anthem
• Montreal-area family's hopes to leave Gaza dashed again
• Why it’s impossible to sum up Alice Munro’s writing
• Seeking Truth and Reconciliation in Vancouver
• Drugs and lack of safe housing part of Vancouver's mental health crisis:experts
• Pipe bomb injury sends young man who was building it to hospital in Saskatoon
• Canadian government to push cable providers to unbundle channels
• Man, 19, facing attempted murder charge after stabbing in Nova Scotia

Adding up the ways we’re falling behind in education Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:45 PM PDT A new study shows Canadians may be handy with computers, but we're terrible at math

Jets blank Devils 3-0, snap three-game losing streak Posted: 13 Oct 2013 08:41 PM PDT With the Winnipeg Jets starting goalie Ondrej Pavelec given the night off, it was backup Al Montoya who stole the show in a 3-0 win over the New Jersey Devils Sunday night at the MTS Centre.

Man, 82, arrested after wife fatally stabbed in Vaughan Posted: 13 Oct 2013 07:03 PM PDT Police have arrested an 82-year-old man after his wife was fatally stabbed at her home in Vaughan this weekend.

What to expect in the Harper government’s Throne Speech Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT The Conservative government's recent Throne Speeches can probably be described in five simple words: "it's about the economy, stupid." The next one — to be delivered this week — has a bit of a twist to it. Continue reading →

Vancouver hospital introduces Chinese-food menu to patients Posted: 13 Oct 2013 10:35 AM PDT There's more evidence hospital food may be starting a long, torturous climb out of the gastronomic abyss. St. Joseph's Hospital in Vancouver is introducing a Chinese menu that includes items like fried rice, barbecued pork, bok choy and black bean … Continue reading →

Cable and satellite TV services must offer more consumer choice, says Moore Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:10 PM PDT OTTAWA - The federal government will unveil plans this week to force cable and satellite TV providers to offer consumers so-called pick-and-pay services, says a prominent cabinet minister.

Governor General sharpens government focus in China Posted: 13 Oct 2013 04:00 AM PDT OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. David Johnston will serve as the sharp end of a political stick that the Harper government is pointing at China this coming week, amid renewed concern that Chinese investment in Canada is drying up.

Police charge 19-year-old in violent attack on gay N.S. man Posted: 13 Oct 2013 07:26 AM PDT Police in New Glasgow, N.S., have arrested a 19-year-old man from nearby Trenton, in connection with a violent attack that left a gay man paralyzed from the waist down.

Man thrown out of Winnipeg bar charged with driving into pedestrians Posted: 13 Oct 2013 01:36 PM PDT A 23-year-old man is facing several charges after causing ruckus outside a strip club and running into several pedestrians with a vehicle.

Vancouver Aquarium releases 11 seals at Crescent Beach Posted: 13 Oct 2013 01:01 PM PDT The Vancouver Aquarium released 11 harbour seals at Crescent Beach in South Surrey on Saturday.

Don’t mess with the national anthem Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:51 PM PDT This month, on the heels of the castrate-David-Gilmour campaign, Canadian author and Gilmour syllabus reject, Margaret Atwood, endorsed a feminist movement aiming to restore Canada's national anthem to a gender-neutral version.

Montreal-area family's hopes to leave Gaza dashed again Posted: 13 Oct 2013 09:58 AM PDT A Quebec man's hope of soon being reunited with his family have been dashed as Egypt has closed its border for a religious holiday, leaving his wife and three daughters stranded in Gaza.

Why it’s impossible to sum up Alice Munro’s writing Posted: 13 Oct 2013 12:57 PM PDT There's something about Alice Munro's writing that is impossible to sum up satisfactorily.

Seeking Truth and Reconciliation in Vancouver Posted: 12 Oct 2013 03:36 PM PDT The CBC's Duncan McCue gives an intimate, behind-the scenes look at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work in Vancouver.

Drugs and lack of safe housing part of Vancouver's mental health crisis:experts Posted: 13 Oct 2013 01:00 AM PDT VANCOUVER - A man wielding a knife threatens to kill passersby, another man says he'll burn down an apartment building and kill everyone inside, and a third man is taken to hospital after trying to throw himself off a bridge for the second time in one night.

Pipe bomb injury sends young man who was building it to hospital in Saskatoon Posted: 11 Oct 2013 09:55 PM PDT A young man has been taken to hospital after the pipe bomb he was building in the basement of a home accidentally detonated. Another 20-year-old man was also injured in the blast.

Canadian government to push cable providers to unbundle channels Posted: 13 Oct 2013 01:41 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian government will soon require cable and satellite television providers to make it easier for customers to buy only the channels they want rather than pay for bundles, the country's industry minister said on Sunday. "We don't think it's right for Canadians to have to pay for bundled television channels that they don't watch. We want to unbundle television channels and allow Canadians to pick and pay the specific television channels that they want," Industry Minister James Moore said during an appearance on CTV's "Question Period. ...

Man, 19, facing attempted murder charge after stabbing in Nova Scotia Posted: 13 Oct 2013 04:40 PM PDT NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - Police in Nova Scotia have charged a man with attempted murder after a stabbing in New Glasgow that has left another man paralyzed.

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