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• Full text: Pamela Wallin’s statement in the Senate
• B.C. woman pleads for return of pet pigeon
• Chief wants digging stopped in area where remains were found
• Conservative campaign database fiasco costs party millions
• Police expand investigation of ex-senator Mac Harb
• Bank of Canada downgrades economy for next three years
• Atlantic mayors want task force on exotic-pet rules
• Strokes now affecting more younger people: Study
• Harper fires back at Duffy: 'darn right' he asked senator to repay expenses
• Pamela Wallin attacks fellow senators in emotional speech
• Nothing 'stood out' about starved boy's family: Children's aid
• Sex offender Michael Stanley held in Seattle on $100,000 bail
• Canada's Telus agrees to buy start-up Public Mobile
• Twitter hoax pretended to expose hateful message from PM Harper
• PQ could come out on top if election forced by end of year
• Canada portrayed as ‘dirty old man’ in U.S. anti-oilsands posters
• Human trafficking ring busted, Montrealer arrested
• Twittersphere reacts to hilarious video of John Baird screaming
• Do we, the Canadian public, owe Senator Mike Duffy an apology?
• His political career on hold, Laraque says: 'Sure I could help' an NHL team again
• Canadian prime minister under pressure over expenses scandal
• Canadian billionaire Stronach to end foray into Austrian politics
• Saskatoon lawyer wins nearly $15 million in Lotto 649 draw earlier this summer
• Conservative government's Canadian energy ads fail to impress in United States

Full text: Pamela Wallin’s statement in the Senate Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:35 PM PDT Below is the full text of Pamela Wallin's statement to the Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Honorable senators, I rise to comment on Senator Cowan's motion for special hearings. I have long called for an open, fair, transparent process. But … Continue reading →

B.C. woman pleads for return of pet pigeon Posted: 23 Oct 2013 10:25 PM PDT A Vancouver Island woman is devastated after her pet pigeon Tweety was taken to an animal rescue centre, which now refuses to give the bird back.

Chief wants digging stopped in area where remains were found Posted: 23 Oct 2013 10:24 PM PDT A Saskatchewan First Nations chief is calling on a pipeline company to stop digging in the area where ancient human remains were found.

Conservative campaign database fiasco costs party millions Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:30 PM PDT The Conservative Party of Canada has scrapped a multi-million dollar database paid for by money raised through supporter contributions.

Police expand investigation of ex-senator Mac Harb Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:16 PM PDT OTTAWA - The RCMP has expanded its investigation into dubious expense claims by former Liberal Sen. Mac Harb.

Bank of Canada downgrades economy for next three years Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:05 PM PDT OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has pointedly dropped its warning about the potential for higher interest rates, triggering a sell-off in Canadian dollars that pushed the loonie almost one cent lower Wednesday and raised speculation that rates could actually fall further.

Atlantic mayors want task force on exotic-pet rules Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:14 PM PDT The deaths of two New Brunswick boys killed by a massive python last summer have prompted Atlantic Canada mayors to call for a task force on the private ownership of exotic animals. The region's top civic leaders passed a resolution … Continue reading →

Strokes now affecting more younger people: Study Posted: 23 Oct 2013 04:18 PM PDT LONDON - Strokes are increasingly hitting younger people and the incidence of the crippling condition worldwide could double by 2030, warns the first global analysis of the problem.

Harper fires back at Duffy: 'darn right' he asked senator to repay expenses Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:44 PM PDT OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has mounted his most spirited defence in months on the Senate spending scandal, accusing Sen. Mike Duffy of playing the victim card because he was ordered to refund inappropriate expense claims.

Pamela Wallin attacks fellow senators in emotional speech Posted: 23 Oct 2013 04:35 PM PDT Pamela Wallin finally gets her say on the floor of the Senate, and uses the podium to take some shots at fellow senators.

Nothing 'stood out' about starved boy's family: Children's aid Posted: 15 Oct 2013 02:55 PM PDT TORONTO - A Toronto couple's history of child abuse did not come up when they took custody of their grandchildren, one of whom they ultimately starved to death, because it was a "private arrangement" with the children's parents, an inquest heard Tuesday.

Sex offender Michael Stanley held in Seattle on $100,000 bail Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:28 PM PDT Violent sex offender Michael Stanley is being held on $100,000 bail after being arrested on a misdemeanour charge of harassment, but suspected in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy.

Canada's Telus agrees to buy start-up Public Mobile Posted: 23 Oct 2013 03:51 PM PDT By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian telecom company Telus said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy 100 percent of struggling start-up Public Mobile from private equity firm Cartesian Capital and Thomvest Seed Capital, a Toronto-based investment vehicle backed by Peter Thomson. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Canadian government said in a separate statement that it has approved the transfer of Public's spectrum licenses to Telus, paving the way for the deal to proceed. ...

Twitter hoax pretended to expose hateful message from PM Harper Posted: 23 Oct 2013 11:10 AM PDT A poorly disguised — and poorly spelled — Twitter hoax tried to convince social media users that the Prime Minister's Office was planning to "crush" aboriginal protests this week. "Canada will NOT yield to these so called 'First Nations' and … Continue reading →

PQ could come out on top if election forced by end of year Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:19 PM PDT Believe it or not, it seems that the stars are aligning for the Parti Quebecois to force an election before the end of the year. Over the past couple of months, rumours abound that Quebec Premier Pauline Marois was contemplating … Continue reading →

Canada portrayed as ‘dirty old man’ in U.S. anti-oilsands posters Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:24 PM PDT For Prime Minister Stephen Harper, it's probably a pin-prick compared with the thermonuclear bombshell Sen. Mike Duffy dropped in the Senate expenses scandal, but a Toronto artist is also exacting revenge against the government she believes wronged her. Franke James … Continue reading →

Human trafficking ring busted, Montrealer arrested Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:51 PM PDT Marius Trifu Miclescu, 38, is being held in custody until a bail hearing on Friday on charges stemming from allegations of human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of young Romanian women.

Twittersphere reacts to hilarious video of John Baird screaming Posted: 22 Oct 2013 07:03 PM PDT This is one of the stories that's probably going to get lost in all the Senate scandal news this week. But boy oh boy — any other week, this would be pure link bait. Kudos to Postmedia News' Glen McGregor for … Continue reading →

Do we, the Canadian public, owe Senator Mike Duffy an apology? Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:09 PM PDT Senator Mike Duffy is the victim — at least that's what he'd like us to believe. On Monday, Duffy's lawyer Donald Bayne publicly claimed that his client did nothing wrong — that the Prime Minister's office and Senate leadership told … Continue reading →

His political career on hold, Laraque says: 'Sure I could help' an NHL team again Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:56 PM PDT MONTREAL - With his political career on hold while he fights fraud charges, Georges Laraque is expressing a willingness to return to his previous vocation: hockey pugilist.

Canadian prime minister under pressure over expenses scandal Posted: 23 Oct 2013 11:44 AM PDT By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's main opposition leader accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday of creating a "culture of corruption" as Harper faced an expenses scandal that looked to be spiraling into the biggest crisis of his seven years in office. Harper's Conservatives have been under pressure since May, when it emerged that his chief of staff had privately given a check for C$90,000 ($86,540) to help a senator repay expenses that the government said were improperly claimed. Nigel Wright, the chief of staff, resigned a few days later. ...

Canadian billionaire Stronach to end foray into Austrian politics Posted: 23 Oct 2013 11:17 AM PDT By Georgina Prodhan VIENNA (Reuters) - Austro-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is to retire from Austrian politics after a year-long adventure that culminated in a poor poll showing and the near self-destruction of his party. The maverick 81-year-old industrialist scored a disappointing 6 percent in national elections last month, after voter disenchantment with the centrist status quo had propelled him as high as 10 percent in early opinion polls. ...

Saskatoon lawyer wins nearly $15 million in Lotto 649 draw earlier this summer Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:40 PM PDT SASKATOON - A prominent Saskatoon lawyer has won nearly $15 million on Lotto 649.

Conservative government's Canadian energy ads fail to impress in United States Posted: 23 Oct 2013 06:11 PM PDT OTTAWA - Efforts by the Conservative government to sell Americans on the virtues of Canadian natural resources failed to impress those south of the border, according to a new report, and even left them puzzled over assertions that Canada is America's best friend.

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