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• How Mike Duffy is like Vic Toews
• Cosmetic contact lenses a potential problem, opticians say
• Home invasion reported, but no invaders found by police
• Cable-TV unbundling: Will it really take us to viewing paradise?
• What the Conservative base is supposed to be
• Flood of security-related complaints overwhelms staff of info watchdog
• Senate Tories could alter proposed expense claims penalty
• Alice Munro: Never too much happiness
• Canada, Europe wrestle with stalled side deal linked to free-trade agreement
• More than 1,500 Canadians detained abroad
• B.C. case that could see condo owner evicted could become more common: experts
• Return to High River: Revisiting childhood hometown after the flood
• Education common issue as Nunavut voters head to polls in territorial election
• Why the death of privacy is a good thing
• Canadian artists remember Lou Reed, who played during Vancouver Olympics
• Video: Fear at UBC on party weekend
• Montreal police investigating suspicious package found at Trudeau airport
• Officers and dogs give special show to thank people following dog's death

How Mike Duffy is like Vic Toews Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:12 PM PDT Listening to Mike Duffy casually implicate Stephen Harper in the biggest scandal of the Prime Minister's political career, my thoughts turned to Vic Toews.

Cosmetic contact lenses a potential problem, opticians say Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:38 PM PDT The people trying to perfect a scary look this Halloween with cosmetic contact lenses purchased at party stores should think twice about doing so, say opticians who warn they can cause serious problems.

Home invasion reported, but no invaders found by police Posted: 27 Oct 2013 06:36 PM PDT Police in B.C.'s Interior received a call about a reported home invasion Sunday morning but when officers arrived at the allegedly targeted home, officers found nothing apparently amiss.

Cable-TV unbundling: Will it really take us to viewing paradise? Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:27 PM PDT As the government takes a tentative step into the brave new world of more TV choice, I keep thinking of that Bruce Springsteen song from the 1990s – 57 Channels (And Nothin' On). I just wonder whether after all the … Continue reading →

What the Conservative base is supposed to be Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:28 PM PDT There is a mythical entity—if you follow federal politics you've no doubt heard it mentioned in hushed tones—called "the Conservative base."

Flood of security-related complaints overwhelms staff of info watchdog Posted: 27 Oct 2013 10:42 AM PDT OTTAWA - Canada's information watchdog has been flooded with fresh complaints that the Harper government is too often citing security to withhold documents requested under the Access to Information Act.

Senate Tories could alter proposed expense claims penalty Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:50 PM PDT The Senate may consider alternative punishments for three senators facing suspensions without pay over allegations they made inappropriate expense claims, the leader of the government in the upper chamber says.

Alice Munro: Never too much happiness Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:07 PM PDT Inside the remarkable triumph of the world's greatest storyteller

Canada, Europe wrestle with stalled side deal linked to free-trade agreement Posted: 27 Oct 2013 09:08 AM PDT OTTAWA - Canada and the European Union are hoping the momentum of last week's free-trade announcement will carry over into a troublesome side agreement.

More than 1,500 Canadians detained abroad Posted: 27 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT MONTREAL - For nearly two months all eyes were turned to John Greyson and Tarek Loubani, the Canadian activists held in an Egyptian prison before being allowed to return to Canada.

B.C. case that could see condo owner evicted could become more common: experts Posted: 27 Oct 2013 09:47 AM PDT VANCOUVER - When Toronto resident Robert Jerome celebrated his 30th birthday by purchasing a unit in a low-rise condo development about 15 years ago, he was welcomed into a quiet, close-knit community of red-brick townhouses a few blocks east of Queens Park.

Return to High River: Revisiting childhood hometown after the flood Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:36 PM PDT A trip to my childhood hometown four months after a devastating flood was both hopeful and bleak

Education common issue as Nunavut voters head to polls in territorial election Posted: 27 Oct 2013 01:00 PM PDT IQALUIT, Nunavut - A world away from the high-tech, high-stakes political campaigns the rest of Canada has grown used to, Ron Elliott looks out the window of his home in Arctic Bay and sees no indication that voters are heading to the polls Monday.

Why the death of privacy is a good thing Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:59 PM PDT Albert Wenger is a partner at New York-based technology venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, an early investor in Silicon Valley success stories that include Twitter and Tumblr

Canadian artists remember Lou Reed, who played during Vancouver Olympics Posted: 27 Oct 2013 02:48 PM PDT Influential musician Lou Reed was no stranger to Canada, playing gigs here over several decades and having an effect on Canadian artists.

Video: Fear at UBC on party weekend Posted: 26 Oct 2013 06:34 PM PDT Some say they won't go out late on campus after recent sexual attacks

Montreal police investigating suspicious package found at Trudeau airport Posted: 27 Oct 2013 06:12 PM PDT MONTREAL - Montreal police blocked off a residential area near Trudeau airport on Sunday after the discovery of what authorities describe as a suspicious package at the airport's terminal earlier in the day.

Officers and dogs give special show to thank people following dog's death Posted: 27 Oct 2013 03:54 PM PDT EDMONTON - Edmonton police dogs and their handlers have performed public demonstrations before, but one on Sunday held special meaning following the fatal stabbing of one of the force's dogs earlier this month.

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