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• Parti Quebecois won't call a snap election in 2013, Pauline Marois says
• B.C. criminal record checks to be free for volunteers
• Harley Lawrence vigil in Berwick draws hundreds
• Dollarama clarifies poppy position, says vets can sell poppies at B.C. store
• Alberta school bus crash 'not about pointing blame,' says mayor
• Ottawa backs off oilsands assessments, concedes greenhouse gas targets not met
• "Loud and proud" Wildrose party affirms gay rights, moderates social policies
• B.C.-bound dog lost at airport before Air Canada flight confirmed dead
• Vancouver police looking for high-risk sex offender
• Police warn drivers ahead of 1st Alberta snowfall
• UBC sexual assaults prompt calls for education
• S.W. ring road deal approval 'historic,' says Tsuu T'ina chief
• Rock star or punchline: Rob Ford stirs interest in Toronto mayoral race, experts say
• Ontario funds tougher enforcement of animal-welfare laws
• Nova Scotia town holds vigil for homeless man who died in bus shelter blaze
• Alberta mayor says kids hurt in school bus crash show signs of improvement

Parti Quebecois won't call a snap election in 2013, Pauline Marois says Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:07 PM PDT SAINT-MICHEL-DES-SAINTS, Que. - After weeks of speculation, Pauline Marois says she's decided not to call a snap election in 2013.

B.C. criminal record checks to be free for volunteers Posted: 26 Oct 2013 08:00 PM PDT The province of British Columbia is making it easier for many volunteers who work with children or vulnerable adults to get criminal record checks, by making the process free starting Nov. 30.

Harley Lawrence vigil in Berwick draws hundreds Posted: 26 Oct 2013 07:57 PM PDT Hundreds of people attended Saturday night's candlelight vigil for 62-year-old Harley Lawrence — a homeless man who died in a burning bus shelter in Berwick, N.S., this week.

Dollarama clarifies poppy position, says vets can sell poppies at B.C. store Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:10 PM PDT KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A dollar store in B.C.'s Interior that drew the ire of veterans' groups for refusing to sell poppies in advance of Remembrance Day says vets are welcome to sell poppies at its stores.

Alberta school bus crash 'not about pointing blame,' says mayor Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT One day after a horrific school bus crash in Crossfield, northeast of Calgary, the town's mayor says people need to focus on healing, not blame.

Ottawa backs off oilsands assessments, concedes greenhouse gas targets not met Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:42 PM PDT OTTAWA - The federal government has confirmed that the fastest-growing sector of the oil sands won't come under federal environmental assessment, one day after acknowledging it won't come close to meeting greenhouse gas reduction targets.

"Loud and proud" Wildrose party affirms gay rights, moderates social policies Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:22 PM PDT RED DEER, Alta. - Proclaiming themselves "loud and proud," Alberta's opposition Wildrose party voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to affirm party policy denouncing intolerance against anyone, including gays.

B.C.-bound dog lost at airport before Air Canada flight confirmed dead Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:59 PM PDT VANCOUVER - An American woman who was attempting to relocate an Italian greyhound to a family in British Columbia, only to learn the dog was missing after it bolted from Air Canada employees at San Francisco's airport, says she's confirmed the animal died after apparently being hit by a car.

Vancouver police looking for high-risk sex offender Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:10 PM PDT VANCOUVER - The police in Vancouver say they've arrested a man they describe as a high-risk sex offender who failed to return to his halfway house.

Police warn drivers ahead of 1st Alberta snowfall Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:41 AM PDT With southern and central Alberta's first snowfall expected to hit on Sunday, police are warning drivers to take precautions to prepare for dangerous winter conditions.

UBC sexual assaults prompt calls for education Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:32 AM PDT A string of recent stranger sexual assaults at Vancouver's University of British Columbia can be an opportunity for the university to educate students and address campus rape culture, say experts and alumni.

S.W. ring road deal approval 'historic,' says Tsuu T'ina chief Posted: 25 Oct 2013 09:13 PM PDT Members of the Tsuu T'ina First Nation have voted in favour of allowing the southwest leg of Calgary's ring road to run through their reserve.

Rock star or punchline: Rob Ford stirs interest in Toronto mayoral race, experts say Posted: 26 Oct 2013 07:20 AM PDT TORONTO - To some he's a rock star, to others he's a punchline, but there's no denying Toronto Mayor Rob Ford gets tongues wagging more than the average Canadian politician.

Ontario funds tougher enforcement of animal-welfare laws Posted: 25 Oct 2013 03:59 PM PDT In a move other provinces no doubt will be watching, Ontario has given the province's SPCA branch $5.5 million to set up a special-investigations union to crack down on puppy and kitten mills and beef up oversight of zoos and … Continue reading →

Nova Scotia town holds vigil for homeless man who died in bus shelter blaze Posted: 26 Oct 2013 07:01 PM PDT BERWICK, N.S. - A few hundred people gathered Saturday night for a candlelight ceremony in a small Nova Scotia community where a homeless man died Wedsnesday in a horrific fire inside the bus shelter where he slept.

Alberta mayor says kids hurt in school bus crash show signs of improvement Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:08 PM PDT CROSSFIELD, Alta. - The mayor of an Alberta town where a school bus crash critically injured three children and seriously injured six others says the conditions of the victims appears to be improving.

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