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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines


Ottawa says two Canadians jailed in Cairo, Egypt have been released

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:04 PM PDT

Canadians' detention extendedCAIRO - Two Canadians held for seven weeks in an Egyptian prison in what they`ve described as brutal conditions have been freed, Canadian officials announced Saturday.


Canada and Malaysia sign deal to improve cooperation on security issues

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 10:08 PM PDT

Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes part in a business round table in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday, October 5, 2013. Harper will travel to the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, following his state visit to Malaysia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Canada and Malaysia have signed an agreement that Prime Minister Stephen Harper says will enhance security co-operation between the two countries.


Ring of Fire mining project no magic bullet for aboriginal communities: Rae

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 02:19 PM PDT

Bob Rae is shown in Ottawa on June 19, 2013. Rae says natural resource projects such as Ontario's massive Ring of Fire aren't "magic bullets" to eliminate poverty in remote Aboriginal communities. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean KilpatrickTORONTO - Former Liberal leader Bob Rae says natural resource projects such as Ontario's massive Ring of Fire aren't a "magic bullet" to eliminate poverty in remote aboriginal communities.


Greenpeace stages Canadian rallies for activists seized at Russian oil platform

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 02:18 PM PDT

A crew member keeps watch aboard a Russian coast guard boat, left, as the Greenpeace ship 'Arctic Sunrise', right, is anchored next to it, in a small bay near Severomorsk, Russia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. The ship was boarded last week by Russian authorities after a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling. Russia has filed piracy charges against Greenpeace activists who tried to board an offshore drilling platform in the Arctic owned by state-controlled natural gas company Gazprom. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)TORONTO - Greenpeace is organizing protests in a handful of Canadian cities to call for the release of two activists from Quebec and Ontario who were among 30 people charged with piracy for a protest at a Russian oil platform in the Arctic.


Video: Saskatchewan manhunt

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 09:33 AM PDT

Video: Saskatchewan manhuntHigh-risk sex offender Michael Stanley still on the run


Assisted suicide is climbing up the public agenda, whether politicians want it to or not

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 08:23 AM PDT

Manitoba's health minister Theresa Oswald announced a new adult abuse registry on Wednesday.A few years from now we may look back on the last couple of weeks as a tipping point in the debate over assisted suicide. Or is it death with dignity, the right to die, physician-assisted dying or euthanasia? What … Continue reading →


Harper meets with business leaders in Malaysia

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 03:34 AM PDT

Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks at the Institut National d'Optique as it celebrates its 25th anniversary Monday, September 30, 2013 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques BoissinotPrime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — a country that has about $3 billion in trade with Canada annually — for  meetings with business and government leaders ahead of this year's ...


Former Quebec premier Landry adds voice to charter critique

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 04:51 PM PDT

Former PQ leader and Quebec premier Bernard Landry spoke to media on Sunday, saying the current climate is more favourable to Quebec independence than any other time.Former Parti Québécois premier Bernard Landry has joined his predecessors Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard in asking the Marois government to soften the tone of the proposed charter of Quebec values, while former prime minister Brian Mulroney weighs in as well.


Protesters, politicians gather on Hill to demand justice for aboriginal women

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 02:57 PM PDT

Women take part in a rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, October 4, 2013 by the Native Women's Assoiciation of Canada honouring the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred ChartrandOTTAWA - They gathered by the hundreds on the rain-soaked steps of Parliament Hill, carrying sombre reminders of murdered and missing aboriginal women — and demanding justice from the federal government.


SIU probes Etobicoke, Ontario police shooting

Posted: 05 Oct 2013 09:25 AM PDT

Toronto police are seeking a suspect in connection with a series of break-ins that were reported overnight in an Etobicoke neighbourhood.The provincial Special Investigations Unit is probing a police shooting in Etobicoke that sent one man to hospital on Saturday morning.


B.C. pub's washroom camera causes concern

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 07:41 PM PDT

The Lighthouse Pub manager said they decided to install the camera after having problems with drugs and vandalism.A popular pub on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is coming under fire for openly installing a surveillance camera in the men's washroom.


Montreal Columnist accused of trivializing sexual assault

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 04:51 PM PDT

A Journal de Montreal columnist is being accused by a prominent federation of women's groups of trivializing sexual assault for a column published yesterday.

Sex offender Michael Stanley has 'horrendous record'; manhunt underway in Sask.

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 07:54 PM PDT

As the manhunt for a high-risk sex offender continued in western Saskatchewan Friday, more information emerged about Michael Sean Stanley, 48.

Jacket with blood on it was seized from Richard Oland's son

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 09:43 AM PDT

Saint John police seized a brown suit jacket with blood on it from Dennis Oland's home in the days following his father's slaying, newly released court documents reveal.

Two rescued seal pups released in B.C.

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 08:58 PM PDT

Two harbour seal pups rescued after being found emaciated off the coast of Vancouver Island have been rehabilitated and released back into the wild.

Aboriginal leader Shawn Atleo warns of 'grave' human rights crisis

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 01:23 PM PDT

Laurie Odjick holds a photo of her daughter, Maisy, who disappeared in 2008 at age 16.Canada is facing a "grave" human rights crisis, warned the National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations Shawn Atleo during a rally to honour and remember the lives of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls on Parliament Hill Friday.


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