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• Mike Duffy says PMO wrote second cheque to cover his legal fees
• 2 seats tied, Eva Aariak loses in Nunavut election
• Funeral for Regina teen draws hundreds
• Man charged over alleged attempt to bring explosive material onto plane
• Canada won't clamp down for now as housing prices rise
• Collection agency fined $500K over automated phone calls
• Site of iconic Toronto store Honest Ed's sold to Vancouver developer
• Pipeline leaks doubled by construction flaws: whistleblower
• Tim Hortons to test new dark roast coffee
• Regina mom says online bullying preceded daughter's death
• Drivers fined for parking when not parked
• Flaherty says he will table surplus budget in 2015, and not a 'tiny surplus'
• Saskatchewan education minister says anti-bullying report won't be delayed
• Canadian researchers use bees to drop pesticides on crops
• Is Celine Dion endorsing the PQ values charter?
• Ottawa, N.L. unsure who will pay UN tax on new oil finds
• Premier loses seat, former premier wins, ties in two ridings in Nunavut election
• John Furlong says police have cleared him of abuse allegations made by student

Mike Duffy says PMO wrote second cheque to cover his legal fees Posted: 28 Oct 2013 01:02 PM PDT Last week, Senator Mike Duffy took the Senate floor to defend himself against a motion to suspend him — along with Senators Patrick Brazeau and Pamela Wallin. He said that Senate leadership told him it was okay to claim a … Continue reading →

2 seats tied, Eva Aariak loses in Nunavut election Posted: 28 Oct 2013 10:41 PM PDT Two of 22 constituencies are tied, many new faces have been elected as MLAs and former Premier Eva Aariak has lost her seat as the votes have now been counted in Nunavut's fourth territorial election.

Funeral for Regina teen draws hundreds Posted: 28 Oct 2013 10:24 PM PDT The funeral service for Savhanah Turcotte, the Regina teen who is believed to have taken her own life, drew hundreds of people to a local church Monday.

Man charged over alleged attempt to bring explosive material onto plane Posted: 28 Oct 2013 03:07 PM PDT MONTREAL - A man who was born in Iran, but switched his birth name for an Italian one, has been charged in connection with an alleged attempt to bring explosive material onto a plane.

Canada won't clamp down for now as housing prices rise Posted: 28 Oct 2013 10:42 AM PDT By Louise Egan OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government has no plans for now to clamp down on the housing market even though prices are rising again, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday, but he pledged to investigate whether the price uptick looks to be more than temporary. Flaherty said that it would be his department's responsibility to act on housing prices since the Bank of Canada has "basically no room to move," but added: "I have no intention of interfering in the market for the time being. ...

Collection agency fined $500K over automated phone calls Posted: 28 Oct 2013 04:34 AM PDT One of the largest collection agencies in the country has been hit with a $500,000 fine from the CRTC, CBC News has learned.

Site of iconic Toronto store Honest Ed's sold to Vancouver developer Posted: 27 Oct 2013 11:54 PM PDT TORONTO - Media reports say the site of the iconic Toronto discount store Honest Ed's has been sold to a Vancouver-based luxury developer.

Pipeline leaks doubled by construction flaws: whistleblower Posted: 28 Oct 2013 03:05 PM PDT CBC News has learned the rate of spills and leaks involving federally regulated pipelines has doubled since 2000, and a whistleblower says construction flaws — not aging pipelines — are to blame.

Tim Hortons to test new dark roast coffee Posted: 28 Oct 2013 08:49 AM PDT OAKVILLE, Ont. - Tim Hortons (TSX:THI) is going to give customers a choice for their regular morning double-double.

Regina mom says online bullying preceded daughter's death Posted: 28 Oct 2013 09:14 AM PDT Savy Turcotte, 13, died last week and now hundreds are mourning her loss online. The girl's family has released a statement suggesting that Savy took her own life, and that online bullying may have played a part.

Drivers fined for parking when not parked Posted: 28 Oct 2013 05:14 AM PDT A company that says it's the world's largest privately owned parking firm is again under fire from drivers who complain they were slapped with unjustified $110 fines.

Flaherty says he will table surplus budget in 2015, and not a 'tiny surplus' Posted: 28 Oct 2013 12:49 PM PDT OTTAWA - The federal government will not only balance the budget in 2015, it will run up a sizable surplus before the next federal election, says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

Saskatchewan education minister says anti-bullying report won't be delayed Posted: 28 Oct 2013 03:20 PM PDT REGINA - Saskatchewan Education Minister Don Morgan says the government won't delay an anti-bullying report.

Canadian researchers use bees to drop pesticides on crops Posted: 28 Oct 2013 07:01 AM PDT The survival of the struggling bee population could soon be doubly important to agriculture.

Is Celine Dion endorsing the PQ values charter? Posted: 28 Oct 2013 08:57 AM PDT It appears that Quebec's 'Queen of Pop', Celine Dion, has endorsed — at least tacitly — the Parti Quebecois controversial values charter. Here's what Dion said to Maclean's Magazine, when asked about the proposed legislation that would essentially ban public … Continue reading →

Ottawa, N.L. unsure who will pay UN tax on new oil finds Posted: 28 Oct 2013 09:20 AM PDT Neither Ottawa nor the Newfoundland and Labrador government can say who is on the hook for fees payable to the United Nations for new oil finds pumped beyond Canada's 200-mile exclusive economic zone.

Premier loses seat, former premier wins, ties in two ridings in Nunavut election Posted: 28 Oct 2013 08:48 PM PDT IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut will have a new premier.

John Furlong says police have cleared him of abuse allegations made by student Posted: 28 Oct 2013 07:00 PM PDT VANCOUVER - The man who organized the Vancouver Olympics says he's been cleared by police of sexual-abuse allegations brought by a former student, though the RCMP says the file remains open.

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