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• What is Rob Ford going to say next?
• Five dead in Bearskin Airlines crash at Red Lake in northwest Ontario
• Manitoba faces $40M tab to rebuild provincial parks after devastating 2011 flood
• Tough new Alberta smoking restrictions to include non-tobacco pipes
• Why Harper chose not to come clean on the Senate scandal
• Gov't slammed for cutting welfare to failed refugee claimants still in Canada
• Senate scandal: Does it matter where a senator is from?
• Join the conversation: Twitter chat about Rob Ford on Nov. 11
• Ceremonial flags stolen from Vancouver-area Legion days before Remembrance Day
• One of two remaining types of polio may be wiped out
• Canada's new 'spy palace' damaged by overnight fire
• Harper's sixth Supreme Court nomination leads to rare legal mess at top bench
• Members of Canada's Filipino community come together to aid typhoon victims
• Why Jim Flaherty’s loss for words over Rob Ford was important
• Why the PQ won’t back down on charter of values
• Idle No More anniversary sees divisions emerging
• Remembrance Day goes smartphone-friendly in Calgary

What is Rob Ford going to say next? Posted: 10 Nov 2013 12:23 PM PST Scott Feschuk looks ahead to the mayor's next newser

Five dead in Bearskin Airlines crash at Red Lake in northwest Ontario Posted: 10 Nov 2013 10:25 PM PST RED LAKE, Ont. - Five people have been killed in a plane crash in northwestern Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say a Bearskin Airlines twin engine turbo prop crashed just after 6:30 local time Sunday evening on its approach to the airport at Red Lake. Police said the 19 passenger Metro Fairchild had taken off from Sioux Lookout, Ont., bound for Red Lake, 270 kilometres north of Kenora, and about 100 kilometres east of the Manitoba boundary. There's no word yet on the cause of the crash, but the Transportation Safety Board said a team of investigators would be at the scene Monday morning.

Manitoba faces $40M tab to rebuild provincial parks after devastating 2011 flood Posted: 10 Nov 2013 09:17 PM PST WINNIPEG - A report commissioned by the Manitoba government says it could cost up to $40 million to repair and rebuild provincial parks devastated by spring floods in 2011. The report, delivered to the government last year and recently obtained by The Canadian Press, details the damage caused by the flooding — one provincial park stood under water for four months — and sets out three options to rebuild with price tags ranging from $17 million to almost $40 million. "Some buildings in parks that experienced higher flood levels and longer flood periods had significant mould issues," says the report prepared by engineering company AECOM. Manitoba experienced one of the worst and longest floods in its history in the spring of 2011.

Tough new Alberta smoking restrictions to include non-tobacco pipes Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:36 AM PST Alberta isn't known as a trail blazer when it comes to restricting personal behaviour, but a proposed ban on using non-tobacco hookahs in public places probably qualifies. The Progressive Conservative government is putting its weight behind a private member's bill … Continue reading →

Why Harper chose not to come clean on the Senate scandal Posted: 10 Nov 2013 12:14 PM PST Why the PM chose not to come clean on the Senate scandal

Gov't slammed for cutting welfare to failed refugee claimants still in Canada Posted: 10 Nov 2013 01:10 PM PST The Harper government is being slammed, once again, for its treatment of Canada's refugees. The Toronto Star is reporting that Ottawa is actively lobbying provincial authorities to cut refugees off welfare "as soon as the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) … Continue reading →

Senate scandal: Does it matter where a senator is from? Posted: 10 Nov 2013 10:00 AM PST There have been a lot of jokes about how senators should be smart enough to know where they live, but there's no consensus about whether senators should have to live in the province they are appointed to represent.

Join the conversation: Twitter chat about Rob Ford on Nov. 11 Posted: 10 Nov 2013 01:22 PM PST The past week has left Toronto shaken – and provided fodder for news cycles around the world. On Tuesday, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine, probably while under the influence. Two days later, the Toronto Star published … Continue reading →

Ceremonial flags stolen from Vancouver-area Legion days before Remembrance Day Posted: 09 Nov 2013 05:21 PM PST RICHMOND, B.C. - Members of a Royal Canadian Legion branch near Vancouver are reeling after 10 ceremonial flags were stolen just days before Remembrance Day. William Spencer, president of legion branch No. 291 in Richmond, south of Vancouver, said the flags were stolen from a locked storage container during in the past week. The flags were put into storage last Saturday, a day after they were used during a ceremony at a B.C. Lions football game in Vancouver, said Spencer. They were discovered and reported missing on Friday when a member of the legion went to fetch them for Remembrance Day rehearsals.

One of two remaining types of polio may be wiped out Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:50 AM PST TORONTO - The effort to rid the world of polio is too often a journey of one step forward and two steps back, with the heartbreaking news that polio is crippling toddlers in war-ravaged Syria the most recent evidence of that stuttering progress. Still, there is some good news on the polio front. Sunday marks one year since Type 3 polio viruses have been found, suggesting vaccination efforts may — heavy stress on may — have wiped out the second of three strains of polio. If the Type 3 viruses are indeed gone, it will mean that only Type 1 polio viruses remain to be vanquished before the long-overdue goal of polio eradication can be realized.

Canada's new 'spy palace' damaged by overnight fire Posted: 10 Nov 2013 07:26 AM PST A fire has damaged the new headquarters of a federal agency located in east Ottawa that monitor foreign communications, including those coming into Canada.

Harper's sixth Supreme Court nomination leads to rare legal mess at top bench Posted: 10 Nov 2013 11:00 AM PST OTTAWA - Last April 22, Justice Morris Fish announced he was resigning from the Supreme Court of Canada at the end of the spring session. More than six months later, his eight colleagues on the country's highest court convene this Tuesday to hear an important constitutional reference on one of the Conservative government's legacy policies: Senate reform. Fish's vacated Quebec seat on the bench will sit empty. An unprecedented legal challenge has been mounted by a Toronto constitutional lawyer to the appointment of Marc Nadon, the semi-retired Federal Court of Appeal judge picked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to replace Fish.

Members of Canada's Filipino community come together to aid typhoon victims Posted: 10 Nov 2013 02:30 PM PST TORONTO - Canada's Filipino community is cobbling together resources to send to the Philippines as many people frantically try to contact friends and loved ones missing in what appears to be the country's deadliest storm yet. As prayers went out Sunday for survivors of typhoon Haiyan, plans were also being quickly drawn up to send over assistance to the hardest-hit areas. Rev. Ben Ebcas Jr. told rows of concerned congregants at his midtown Toronto church his fears about his two brothers who are missing on Leyte Island, which saw some of the worst of the storm. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said the government is considering activating the Disaster Assistance Response Team to help typhoon victims.

Why Jim Flaherty’s loss for words over Rob Ford was important Posted: 10 Nov 2013 12:21 PM PST "At the end of the day, he has to make his own decision about what he ought to do." — Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's future

Why the PQ won’t back down on charter of values Posted: 10 Nov 2013 12:52 PM PST So the Parti Québécois finally introduced its so-called 'charter of Quebec values.'

Idle No More anniversary sees divisions emerging Posted: 10 Nov 2013 04:34 AM PST Some indigenous activists are voicing concern about the direction the founders of Idle No More want to take the movement, which marks its first anniversary today.

Remembrance Day goes smartphone-friendly in Calgary Posted: 10 Nov 2013 09:38 AM PST Making Remembrance Day more smartphone-friendly is helping to connect youth to the sacrifices made by Canada's military veterans.

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