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• Ceremonies mark anniversary of murder of 14 women in Montreal in 1989
• Former Oilers owner Peter Pocklington avoids prison
• Extreme wind chill values prompt warning
• Mandela colleague thanks Canada for help building post-apartheid government
• Rob Anders still no fan of Nelson Mandela
• Man who urinated on Vancouver memorial may have committed a hate crime
• Flaherty says EI funds won't be used to create budget surplus in 2015-16
• Environment Minister Aglukkaq lauds polar bear hunt while at conservation summit
• Students at school named for Nelson Mandela honour the iconic statesman
• Tory senators fighting back, blast NDP for advocating Senate abolition
• Cystic fibrosis 'breakthrough' pills have $300K price tag
• Canada set to stake its claim of the North Pole
• Prairie justice: Rifle-toting homeowner puts new self-defence laws to the test
• Extreme deep freeze in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.
• More Americans know of Rob Ford than they do most world leaders
• 'Vanessa's Law' would let Ottawa pull dangerous drugs
• Calgary development group sorry it suggested gays, people with tattoos, don’t fit in the suburbs
• Drones active in Canadian skies well before UPS, Amazon considered delivery drones
• South African expats pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at Vancouver memorial
• Shell's Jackpine mine gets nod from Ottawa, despite environmental effects
• Canada adds 21,600 jobs in November, jobless rate stays at 6.9 percent

Ceremonies mark anniversary of murder of 14 women in Montreal in 1989 Posted: 06 Dec 2013 02:29 PM PST MONTREAL - Fourteen young women who were killed in Canada's worst mass shooting were remembered on Friday amid repeated calls for more to be done to eradicate violence against women. Outside the Ecole polytechnique engineering school where the slayings occurred on Dec. 6, 1989, bouquets of white and red roses were placed at the foot of a wall plaque with the names of the victims. A demonstration was also held on the steps of the Montreal courthouse where the names of the women were read aloud. The women were killed in what has become known as the Montreal Massacre, when lone gunman Marc Lepine rampaged through the halls of the engineering school ranting that feminists had ruined his life.

Former Oilers owner Peter Pocklington avoids prison Posted: 06 Dec 2013 08:26 PM PST Peter Pocklington will not begin serving a six-month prison sentence on Monday. The former Edmonton Oilers owner has appealed his conviction for breaching probation on a previous perjury conviction related to a bankruptcy fraud case.

Extreme wind chill values prompt warning Posted: 06 Dec 2013 08:24 PM PST Extreme wind chill values below -40 C have prompted Environment Canada to issue a warning for the City of Edmonton and the capital region.

Mandela colleague thanks Canada for help building post-apartheid government Posted: 06 Dec 2013 03:05 PM PST OTTAWA - They were a government in waiting — ready to follow their fearless, newly freed leader, Nelson Mandela — except for one major problem. None of the heady, young members of the African National Congress had any idea how to actually govern a country. Within a few years in the early 1990s, all that would change, thanks to a major training effort by Canada's International Development Research Centre. In 1994, when Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first democratically elected president, 18 cabinet ministers stood with him — 10 had been Canadian-trained.

Rob Anders still no fan of Nelson Mandela Posted: 06 Dec 2013 01:36 PM PST Conservative MP Rob Anders is clinging to his criticism of Nelson Mandela, remaining opposed to the man credited with bringing down South Africa's apartheid system and drawing harsh criticism from a caucus colleague.

Man who urinated on Vancouver memorial may have committed a hate crime Posted: 06 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST On a day Canadians reflect on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, we have word of a man urinating on a Vancouver memorial intended to remind us about the effects of racism. Last Monday, Pargan Mattu of Surrey, B.C., … Continue reading →

Flaherty says EI funds won't be used to create budget surplus in 2015-16 Posted: 06 Dec 2013 12:35 PM PST MARKHAM, Ont. - Federal finance Minister Jim Flaherty is denying a federal watchdog analysis that says he's using high EI premiums to beef up his expected budget surplus in 2015. That's what the Liberals did," Flaherty said Friday during a media conference in Markham, outside of Toronto, where he was holding pre-budget consultations with local academics, business and community leaders. A Parliamentary Budget Office report released Thursday said the Conservative government may need to depend on artificially high EI premiums, asset sales and spending restraint to balance the budget by the 2015 election. The PBO estimated the EI fund will have a $1.8 billion surplus in 2015, which represents almost half the surplus the government anticipates for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

Environment Minister Aglukkaq lauds polar bear hunt while at conservation summit Posted: 06 Dec 2013 11:51 AM PST OTTAWA - Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq is raising a ruckus in social media circles after posting a photo of a freshly killed polar bear on Twitter with the caption: "Enjoy!!" And she did so while in Moscow where she is celebrating the 40th anniversary of an agreement on the conservation of polar bears. Aglukkaq, an Inuk who was raised on the land, was relaying a message from someone in Arctic Bay, on Baffin Island, who boasted this week that his cousin had "caught his first polar bear" and included a photo of the dead, glassy-eyed carnivore. Messages of protest and support quickly followed Aglukkaq's post.

Students at school named for Nelson Mandela honour the iconic statesman Posted: 06 Dec 2013 10:59 AM PST TORONTO, Cananda - Inner city students joined people around the world Friday in a tribute to Nelson Mandela at their school that bears his name. Following a moment of silence, strains of "Inkozi Sikele Afrika," South Africa's post-apartheid national anthem, filled the hall bearing some of his famous adages at Nelson Mandela Park Public School, where the country's late president visited a decade ago. Kayla Negus, one of the relatively few white faces at the school in the heart of what was until recently seen as a ghettoized, low-income neighbourhood, said Mandela's work had a personal effect on her. "That was very bad but I'm glad Nelson Mandela did something because I wouldn't be having my friends here if he didn't do anything about it."

Tory senators fighting back, blast NDP for advocating Senate abolition Posted: 06 Dec 2013 03:34 PM PST OTTAWA - Some Conservative senators are fighting back, defending themselves and the reputation of their maligned institution after taking a year-long drubbing over the Senate expenses scandal. Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais on Friday became the second senator this week to join the fray, directly challenging a New Democrat MP for advocating abolition of the upper house in a flyer sent to her constituents. In a letter sent to all parliamentarians, Dagenais referred to Charmaine Borg's flyer as "a rag" and suggested she's a whiny, ignorant, powerless Quebec MP who was elected by fluke and stands little chance of being re-elected. NDP House leader Nathan Cullen said sending such a "offensive" missive to a 23-year-old female rookie MP is "paternalistic, childish, condescending and frankly misogynistic." He served notice that he will ask the Speaker of the House of Commons next week to condemn Dagenais.

Cystic fibrosis 'breakthrough' pills have $300K price tag Posted: 06 Dec 2013 01:09 AM PST A man with cystic fibrosis says a drug that could potentially help him live longer is unaffordable for those who need it.

Canada set to stake its claim of the North Pole Posted: 06 Dec 2013 09:47 AM PST It's a widespread belief — at least in this country — that the North Pole is part of Canadian territory. Now, our federal government is trying to formalize that as part of a submission to a United Nations commission currently … Continue reading →

Prairie justice: Rifle-toting homeowner puts new self-defence laws to the test Posted: 06 Dec 2013 12:26 PM PST When I read that Saskatoon resident Hugh Lindholm had fired his rifle in the air to warn off a late-night intruder, my first reaction was not "good on ya!" I have no objection to a 72-year-old man, who lives with … Continue reading →

Extreme deep freeze in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. Posted: 06 Dec 2013 08:08 AM PST Frigid Arctic winds blowing down across Western Canada caused temperatures to plummet overnight and drove wind chills down to such an extreme low that warnings had to be issued, due to the high risk of suffering frost bite and hypothermia. … Continue reading →

More Americans know of Rob Ford than they do most world leaders Posted: 06 Dec 2013 07:16 AM PST If you want to make an impression on the hearts and minds of Americans, it turns out smoking crack, lying about it, consorting with known and suspected criminals and occasionally acting like the mayor of Canada's largest city is a … Continue reading →

'Vanessa's Law' would let Ottawa pull dangerous drugs Posted: 06 Dec 2013 02:06 PM PST New health legislation tabled in Parliament today would give the government more power to recall unsafe products and impose fines of up to $5 million a day for leaving unsafe products on shelves.

Calgary development group sorry it suggested gays, people with tattoos, don’t fit in the suburbs Posted: 06 Dec 2013 08:21 AM PST A Calgary development group has apologized for an article that suggested visible minorities, homosexuals and people with tattoos could not feel comfortable living "in a world of of heterosexual suburbanites." The Urban Development Institute – Calgary originally posted the article to its website, but it was later removed and apology was issued. … Continue reading →

Drones active in Canadian skies well before UPS, Amazon considered delivery drones Posted: 06 Dec 2013 09:23 AM PST Since Amazon announced its intention to use drones for local deliveries in the not-so-distant future, the world has been abuzz (no pun intended) with talk of the unmanned aircraft. But while many Americans are discussing drones as if they're still … Continue reading →

South African expats pay tribute to Nelson Mandela at Vancouver memorial Posted: 06 Dec 2013 08:16 PM PST VANCOUVER - Decades have passed since Cecil Abrahams first met Nelson Mandela on a South African soccer pitch, but memories of the event still make the Vancouver resident smile. I've got a game to play,'" said Abrahams who now heads the Vancouver campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. "At this time, at 11, obviously I didn't appreciate what the African National Congress stood for." Under the cold winter sky, some well-wishers huddled near propane heaters outside the art gallery, others wore South African flags as capes, but most just dressed in warm winter clothing, listened to speeches and music and chatted about past memories.

Shell's Jackpine mine gets nod from Ottawa, despite environmental effects Posted: 06 Dec 2013 05:53 PM PST Shell Canada's Jackpine oilsands mine expansion plan has received the go-ahead from Ottawa, despite the environment minister's view that it's "likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects." In a statement late Friday, environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq concluded that the effects from the 100,000-barrel-per-day expansion are "justified in the circumstances." The nearby Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation has said the project will violate several federal laws covering fisheries and species at risk, as well as treaty rights. They said they had received so little information on how Shell plans to live up to conditions imposed on it by a federal-provincial panel that they asked Ottawa for a 90-day delay on the decision — originally expected Nov. 6 — to work some of those issues through.

Canada adds 21,600 jobs in November, jobless rate stays at 6.9 percent Posted: 06 Dec 2013 10:03 AM PST By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada added 21,600 jobs in November, the third consecutive month of modest gains, and the unemployment rate stayed at a nearly five-year low of 6.9 percent, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The increase, greater than the 12,000 new jobs predicted by market analysts, is unlikely to put pressure on the Bank of Canada to raise rates. The central bank - concerned about the amount of slack in the economy - left its overnight interest rate at a near record low on Wednesday and expressed concern that inflation could be weaker than it predicted. "I think the Bank of Canada is focusing more on the inflation print that the employment print, though this will be welcome news for them.

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