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• Attawapiskat fire leaves almost 70 homeless
• Ottawa taking a wait-and-see approach to the nuclear deal with Iran
• Fire in Whistler Village
• Murder, severe beating of Canada's cabbies highlight profession’s danger
• Major producer of medical isotopes back up and running after repairs made
• Alberta's Premier Redford gets strong support in PC party leadership review
• Mood somber at N.B. shale gas protest camp after testing order granted
• 5th suspect arrested after naked, beaten man found in Ottawa park
• Harper's handling of crumbling Montreal bridge 'inexcusable,' Mulcair says
• Youth protection scrambles after Quebec's Jewish sect vanishes
• Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary: Is time travel actually possible?
• Calgary boy died from flesh-eating strep infection, grandpa says
• 5 things the RCMP documents tell us about Nigel Wright
• Criminal uses 3 different names to get Canadian citizenship
• T-shirts mocking Rob Ford sold to help troubled youth
• Canadian car buyers blocked from cheaper U.S. prices
• Highway 400 reopens after 40 car crash in Ontario
• Attawapiskat residents flown out Saturday after fire destroys makeshift homes

Attawapiskat fire leaves almost 70 homeless Posted: 23 Nov 2013 01:27 PM PST Flights will leave from Attawapiskat today to transport 70 people forced from their homes by a fire in the remote First Nation community in northern Ontario.

Ottawa taking a wait-and-see approach to the nuclear deal with Iran Posted: 23 Nov 2013 10:47 PM PST OTTAWA - The Canadian government is taking a wait-and-see approach to the newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran. Rick Roth says the government wants to see every diplomatic measure used to ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. The agreement reached in Geneva during talks between Iran, the United States and five other world powers commits Tehran to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for limited and gradual relief from crippling economic sanctions. In a statement issued late Saturday Roth said the Canadian government appreciates "the earnest efforts" of the negotiating parties, but now it wants to see Iran act.

Fire in Whistler Village Posted: 23 Nov 2013 06:15 PM PST Alex B. Taylor shot this remarkable footage of a building on fire in Whistler Village on Saturday morning.

Murder, severe beating of Canada's cabbies highlight profession’s danger Posted: 23 Nov 2013 10:55 AM PST Here's a fact that might surprise you: Driving a taxi in Canada is statistically a more dangerous profession than being a police officer. As Montreal police investigate the shotgun death this week of cabbie Ziad Bouzil, police in Vancouver have … Continue reading →

Major producer of medical isotopes back up and running after repairs made Posted: 23 Nov 2013 02:18 PM PST TORONTO - The aging Chalk River nuclear reactor was back up and running on Saturday after an unplanned shut down which had triggered worries of a possible medical isotope shortage. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited said repairs had to be made to the fuel rod flask — which fuels and de-fuels the reactor. "AECL has begun processing and will resume supplying molybdenum-99 to its customer, Nordion Inc., over the weekend." Molybdenum-99 isotopes made by nuclear generators are used to obtain technetium isotopes, which are needed for a wide range of medical tests including diagnosing pulmonary embolisms — potentially fatal blood clots in the lung — or blockages in arteries that lead into the heart.

Alberta's Premier Redford gets strong support in PC party leadership review Posted: 23 Nov 2013 03:47 PM PST RED DEER, Alta. - Alberta Premier Alison Redford received a strong vote of confidence from members of her Progressive Conservative party in balloting at the party's convention Saturday. Redford received 77 per cent of the vote in secret ballots cast by 1,197 delegates. "I'm a little overwhelmed," said Redford, as the hundreds of delegates in the ballroom gave her a standing ovation and chanted "Redford! Redford! Redford!" The 77 per cent Redford received matched the figure that her predecessor, Ed Stelmach, received in 2009.

Mood somber at N.B. shale gas protest camp after testing order granted Posted: 23 Nov 2013 12:17 PM PST A day after a New Brunswick judge ordered anti-shale gas protesters not to interfere in seismic testing conducted by SWN Resources Canada, some remained at a camp near Laketon, N.B.

5th suspect arrested after naked, beaten man found in Ottawa park Posted: 23 Nov 2013 11:56 AM PST A 25-year-old Ottawa man has been arrested after a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with the discovery of a naked, beaten man in Andrew Haydon Park last weekend.

Harper's handling of crumbling Montreal bridge 'inexcusable,' Mulcair says Posted: 23 Nov 2013 09:19 AM PST MONTREAL - The federal government is coming under attack for its handling of one of Canada's busiest bridges. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair says Prime Minister Stephen Harper needs to personally take charge of plans to build a replacement for Montreal's crumbling Champlain Bridge. Mulcair says the Conservative government's handling of the file has been "inexcusable" and says construction of a new bridge should have been in place a long time ago. The Champlain Bridge is one of several bridges falling under federal jurisdiction.

Youth protection scrambles after Quebec's Jewish sect vanishes Posted: 22 Nov 2013 05:14 PM PST About 40 ultra-Orthodox Jewish families living in the Laurentians, in the closed community of Lev Tahor, disappeared this week without warning — leaving youth protection officials in Quebec worried about the safety of 120 children.

Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary: Is time travel actually possible? Posted: 23 Nov 2013 11:45 AM PST With Doctor Who celebrating its 50th anniversary today with Day of the Doctor, it's a good time to talk about time travel. We are, of course, travelling through time every moment of our lives. We're just doing so in one … Continue reading →

Calgary boy died from flesh-eating strep infection, grandpa says Posted: 23 Nov 2013 10:39 AM PST Calgary police have charged Tamara Sophia Lovett with negligence and failing to provide the necessaries of life in the death of her 7-year-old son, who they allege died after she tried to treat his strep infection with holistic remedies.

5 things the RCMP documents tell us about Nigel Wright Posted: 22 Nov 2013 03:47 PM PST Nigel Wright resigned as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff in May, just days after a news report identified him as the source of a $90,000 cheque to repay the ineligible expenses of Senator Mike Duffy. New court documents offer new insight into Wright's role and his fraught relationship with Duffy.

Criminal uses 3 different names to get Canadian citizenship Posted: 22 Nov 2013 03:45 PM PST The federal government is attempting to revoke the citizenship of a Vancouver man who allegedly used three different names to hide his criminal convictions so he could become a Canadian.

T-shirts mocking Rob Ford sold to help troubled youth Posted: 22 Nov 2013 07:38 PM PST T-shirts mocking Toronto mayor Rob Ford are being sold to help the iHuman Youth Society, an Edmonton agency that helps troubled teens.

Canadian car buyers blocked from cheaper U.S. prices Posted: 22 Nov 2013 07:56 PM PST A CBC Marketplace investigation reveals automakers are preventing Canadians from taking advantage of cheaper car prices south of the border.

Highway 400 reopens after 40 car crash in Ontario Posted: 23 Nov 2013 09:33 AM PST A sudden blast of snow squalls triggered a string of collisions involving up to 40 vehicles on Highway 400 just south of Barrie, Ont., on Saturday morning.

Attawapiskat residents flown out Saturday after fire destroys makeshift homes Posted: 23 Nov 2013 05:11 PM PST ATTAWAPISKAT, Ont. - A federal MP says a fire that forced about 70 residents from improvised housing in the remote Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario could have easily turned into a disaster. Charlie Angus, the New Democrat MP for the area, says it's lucky no one was hurt or killed in the blaze that broke out in a set of inter-connected construction trailers used as a makeshift housing complex. The evacuees were flown nearly 400 kilometres south to Kapuskasing by the Ontario government on Saturday, arriving in the late afternoon and evening, the government posted on its website. Angus says he spoke to Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and band councillors on Saturday morning and was told the cause of the fire is believed to be candles used for lighting after storms knocked out electricity.

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