| Drinking fracking chemicals won’t make protests go away Posted: 03 Nov 2013 01:52 PM PST  If you've been following the protests against shale-gas development in Canada you might be confused about what the frack is going on (apologies to Battlestar Galactica geeks). Your position on the issue probably wasn't influenced much by this week's publicity … Continue reading →
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| Car crashes into Vancouver restaurant injuring four police officers Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:54 PM PST  VANCOUVER - Four Vancouver police officers had an unexpected, and unwelcome, dinner guest Sunday evening.
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| Scandal-plagued Montreal elects Denis Coderre as mayor Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:25 PM PST  MONTREAL - The stewardship of a scandal-afflicted city has now been entrusted to Denis Coderre, the back-slapping political populist who was elected Sunday as mayor of Montreal. Coderre's knack for grabbing attention has followed him from the federal arena, where he was a perennial purveyor of high-publicity causes who built a huge online following, in part by live-tweeting Montreal Canadiens games. The former minister and party organizer for the federal Liberals held a five-percentage-point edge in his first attempt at municipal politics. Polls all year showed Coderre ahead of his lesser-known rivals but the final result wound up tighter than expected, as he received just under 32 per cent of the ballots cast on a day when a clear majority of eligible voters chose to stay home.
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| Toronto Mayor Rob Ford apologizes for public drunkenness, but will not step down Posted: 03 Nov 2013 10:03 AM PST  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford made a public apology amid an ongoing crack video controversy on his Sunday radio program, promising to make personal changes but saying he would not step out of office. It comes days after the chief of police confirmed the existence of a video reportedly showing the mayor smoking from a crack pipe.
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| Tories hope to turn page on Senate scandal but new chapters keep emerging Posted: 03 Nov 2013 02:25 PM PST  OTTAWA - Conservatives are hoping a vote to suspend three errant senators without pay this week might help turn the page on a scandal that has jammed their political momentum for months. MPs and a handful of senators are returning to Ottawa from Calgary after wrapping up a two-day biennial policy convention that just might have added another chapter or two to the saga however. "Honestly, what most of our MPs are hearing from constituents is that they're sick of the whole story and the issue, they want to see something decisive done in terms of accountability and then to move on," Employment Minister Jason Kenney said in a weekend interview. "I hope that the Senate makes a decision on that motion as soon as possible and I do hope that we can make some lemonade from the lemon of this whole issue by re-energizing efforts for fundamental Senate reform through democratization."
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| Train, including tanker with dangerous goods, derails west of Edmonton Posted: 03 Nov 2013 03:27 PM PST  Thirteen train cars, including a dangerous goods tanker carrying sulphur dioxide, derailed near Peers, west of Edmonton, Sunday morning.
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| BlackBerry nears key Monday deadline as potential bidders prepare moves Posted: 03 Nov 2013 03:37 PM PST  TORONTO - A major deadline in the battle for BlackBerry's future is set for Monday, and will likely reveal how many outsiders want — or can afford to — get their hands on the Canadian smartphone maker....
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| Supreme Court quarantines contested nominee Marc Nadon from rest of bench Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:34 AM PST  OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's latest choice for the Supreme Court of Canada has been quarantined from the rest of the bench while it hears a legal challenge to his appointment. The Supreme Court has filed a letter with Canada's attorneys general stating that Marc Nadon is not permitted to have contact with the other eight justices on Canada's top court. Nadon, a semi-retired Federal Court judge, was appointed by Harper last month to fill one of the three Quebec seats on the nine-member Supreme Court. The Canadian Press reported last week that Nadon has been given an office in the Supreme Court building just down the street from Parliament Hill, and that the reference on his appointment was causing some discomfort within the court.
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| Survey suggests minorities, women and natives in military suffer more harassment Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:00 AM PST Women, aboriginals and visible minorities in the Canadian Forces say they experience higher rates of sexual and personal harassment than their peers in the military, according to a survey that found many don't bother reporting it for fear of being labelled troublemakers. The Canadian Forces Workplace Harassment Survey found that over a 12-month period, 16 per cent of Canadian Forces members who took part in the research experienced personal harassment, which could include offensive comments relating to race, religion, sex or physical traits. Of that, roughly one third of so-called designated group members — aboriginals, visible minorities or people with disabilities — said they suffered some form of personal harassment. "There is still harassment out there so our work is not done," Lt.-Col. Monique Goyette, an expert on the military's harassment policy, said in an interview from Ottawa.  |
| Slushy snow, heavy rain and high winds hit B.C. Posted: 03 Nov 2013 11:12 AM PST  Rainfall warnings are in place for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, while a wind warning has been issued for Greater Victoria, as heavy rains continued on Saturday.
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| Bank of Canada chief 'absolutely open' to idea of woman on currency next time Posted: 03 Nov 2013 04:49 PM PST  OTTAWA - Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says he is "absolutely open" to the idea of putting an identifiable woman back on Canada's currency, but that will have to wait until the next roll-out of bills. The petition, organized by author and historian Merna Forster, has been signed by a number of luminaries, including author Margaret Atwood and actors Kim Cattrall and Cynthia Dale. Canadian women may have to wait a few years, however, possibly as much as a decade. It falls on Poloz to defend the new bills, even though their design was chosen under his predecessor Mark Carney, who has since received praise by announcing he intends to place a portrait of Jane Austen on the new British 10-pound note.
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| Escaped inmate found hiding under a pile of leaves Posted: 03 Nov 2013 04:36 AM PST  Fredericton police spent the early hours of Sunday morning combing through a downtown neighbourhood looking for a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.
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| Video: Rob Ford apologizes for 'mistakes': Staying on as mayor Posted: 03 Nov 2013 02:00 PM PST  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took to his weekly radio show to make a public apology, saying he's learned from his mistakes and will stay on as mayor. Ford also asked that police publicly release the alleged crack video.
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| Manitoba neighbours fired guns, threw shoes, to scare bear that attacked Posted: 03 Nov 2013 04:00 AM PST  CHURCHILL, Man. - Mitch Paddock was at a friend's house in the town that's known as the polar bear capital of the world when he heard the screams of a woman who had just left the gathering. He ran outside in his sock feet and saw his retired neighbour, who he and others in the area have identified as Bill Ayotte, on the ground in front of his house being mauled by one of the huge white creatures. "I didn't know it was my neighbour at the time. It turned out Ayotte had run out of his house to help the woman, Paddock said, adding the man grabbed a shovel and hit the animal, distracting it and giving the woman time to flee to his home and shut the door.
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| Ottawa senator hockey cards as part of "Hall of Shame" unveiled by NDP Posted: 02 Nov 2013 01:44 PM PDT  CALGARY - The federal NDP is immortalizing members of the current Senate. The party has released a set of 99 Ottawa senator hockey cards as part of the "Senate Hall of Shame." "We think these playing cards that don't come with gum but come with a lot of information will become really popular on the streets of Canada in the coming weeks," said Peter Julian, the NDP Member of Parliament for Burnaby-New Westminster who was in Calgary to observe the Conservative policy convention. The more they know about Conservative and Liberal senators I think the more likely Canadians are going to join with the NDP to abolish the senate."
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| Man arrested in Newfoundland for traffic offences has $45K in fines Posted: 03 Nov 2013 08:51 AM PST ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A young man has been arrested in St. John's, N.L., for numerous traffic offences, including about $45,000 in outstanding fines. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in the area of New Gower Street around 12:30 a.m. today. They say the driver, a 23-year-old man, was charged with operating a vehicle with no license or insurance. The vehicle's owner was charged with allowing his vehicle to be operated by a unlicensed and uninsured driver.  |
| Video: Bon Jovi honoured in Toronto Posted: 03 Nov 2013 09:30 AM PST  American rock band Bon Jovi is the first group to be inducted into the Air Canada Centre Hall of Fame. Jon Bon Jovi and crew was honoured Saturday before playing their 17th show at the Toronto venue.
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| Toronto mayor urges police to release video, apologizes for 'mistakes' Posted: 03 Nov 2013 03:18 PM PST  By Jeffrey Hodgson TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Sunday urged his police chief to release a video that media reports say show him smoking what appears to be crack cocaine and issued a broad apology for mistakes in his past, including public drunkenness. But Ford, who previously said he does not use crack, said he could not discuss the content of the video until he had seen it. "Whatever this video shows ... Toronto residents deserve to see it, and people need to judge for themselves what they see on this video," Ford said on his weekly radio show.
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