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• Declining refugee numbers prove Tories save on backs of vulnerable: NDP
• Prime Minister Harper to wrap Mideast visit with tour of refugee camp in Jordan
• Thieves strip show home of $30,000 in furniture and appliances
• Rob Ford, Justin Bieber and the ‘impostor phenomenon’
• Five dead confirmed and more feared after fire at Quebec seniors' centre
• McMaster University students’ group latest hit by controversy over sexist, violent chants
• First case of deadly pig virus confirmed in Canada
• Edmonton airport screener opened pipe bomb
• Letter writers express anger, shame towards Harper, Baird on Palestine
• Continuing bitter cold extends propane shortage, causes a spike in prices
• TSB rail safety recommendations are one thing, getting them implemented another
• Hoard your Ovaltine, Marmite: CFIA bans sales of some British food products
• David Cronenberg, Alvin Curling among two dozen named to Order of Ontario
• Mayor Ford late to engagement because he was 'stuck in an elevator'
• Stephen Harper, Christy Clark ‘ethnic media’ events rile ‘mainstream media’
• Growing rift between Canada and U.S. affecting our economy, foreign policy
• Albertans call with questions about stolen laptop filled with health information
• B.C. woman charged with felony over alleged threats to hockey player boyfriend
• Yet another Quebec town reeling as fatal fire rips through seniors' residence
• Canada police search for 30 missing elderly in retirement home fire

Declining refugee numbers prove Tories save on backs of vulnerable: NDP Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:16 PM PST According to the new data, the total number of asylum seekers who came into Canada in 2013 dropped almost 50 per cent from the year before, to only 10,000. Continue reading →

Prime Minister Harper to wrap Mideast visit with tour of refugee camp in Jordan Posted: 23 Jan 2014 11:06 PM PST AMMAN, Jordan - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is preparing to go from the splendour of a presidential palace to the squalor of a massive refugee camp. Harper, on the final day of his visit to Israel and Jordan, will tour the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan, just 12 kilometres from the Syrian border.

Thieves strip show home of $30,000 in furniture and appliances Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:26 PM PST A show home in Spruce Grove, Alta. was completely stripped of its appliances and furniture by thieves so bold they even tried taking the kitchen sink.

Rob Ford, Justin Bieber and the ‘impostor phenomenon’ Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:59 PM PST Today's news that Canadian pop star Justin Bieber had been arrested for allegedly drag racing his yellow Lamborghini while reportedly high on drugs, pills and alcohol, marked the lowest depths of a public implosion for which the young celebrity had long seemed destined. Continue reading →

Five dead confirmed and more feared after fire at Quebec seniors' centre Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:26 PM PST Five people have been confirmed dead but the final count could be much higher after a devastating midnight fire burned an Eastern Quebec seniors' home to the ground, leaving the fate of 30 aged residents in doubt. Fire crews and … Continue reading →

McMaster University students’ group latest hit by controversy over sexist, violent chants Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:19 PM PST Apparently McMaster University's engineering students didn't get the memo about sexist pep chants. Or maybe they did and they just decided to thumb their noses at the powers that be in the most extreme manner possible. Continue reading →

First case of deadly pig virus confirmed in Canada Posted: 23 Jan 2014 05:00 PM PST The first case of a pig virus that has killed millions of baby pigs in the U.S. has been confirmed in Canada, but authorities say there's no risk to human health or food safety. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture said Thursday the case of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus was discovered in a farm in Middlesex County in the province's southwest. "For all intents and purposes, you can consider it confirmed," Dr. Greg Douglas said in a news conference. "We have no concerns... that any products, animals, are leaving the premises and causing any concern or any threat to the Ontario pork industry."

Edmonton airport screener opened pipe bomb Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:50 PM PST RCMP search warrant documents obtained exclusively by CBC News detail a shocking degree of ineptness and dangerous handling of a potentially lethal pipe bomb at Edmonton International Airport by nearly everyone involved in the screening process.

Letter writers express anger, shame towards Harper, Baird on Palestine Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:31 PM PST OTTAWA - The Harper government was flooded with angry letters from Canadians after it opposed the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations, newly disclosed documents show. More than 1,000 letters arrived over several weeks in late 2012 and early 2013 at the offices of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and several other Conservative MPs, the vast majority of them complaining that the government was not representing the balanced and fair-minded views of Canadian citizens on the divisive Middle East issue. More than 80 per cent of the correspondence expressed clear opposition to the Conservative government's own vocal attempts to block the Palestinian bid for greater recognition at the UN. The letters, released recently under the Access to Information Act, emerge just as Harper and a large delegation of Conservative MPs, cabinet ministers and Canadian business, religious and cultural leaders prepare to wrap up a week-long visit to Israel and Jordan.

Continuing bitter cold extends propane shortage, causes a spike in prices Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:57 PM PST OTTAWA - A shortage of propane in parts of Central Canada has suppliers scrambling to find extra fuel and rural consumers fuming about skyrocketing prices. The Canadian Propane Association insists there is no supply shortage in Canada. But the latest statistics from the National Energy Board show propane inventories were nearly 30 per cent lower across the country in January compared with the same month last year. And one of the country's biggest suppliers, Superior Propane, predicted Thursday that prices will likely remain high until May.

TSB rail safety recommendations are one thing, getting them implemented another Posted: 23 Jan 2014 12:10 PM PST The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has made recommendations to increase safety in the movement of volatile crude oil but when, how or even if they'll be implemented depends on the federal government, the rail industry and shipping companies. Regulators on … Continue reading →

Hoard your Ovaltine, Marmite: CFIA bans sales of some British food products Posted: 23 Jan 2014 01:29 PM PST I thought there were only two camps when it came to Marmite: Either you enjoy the British yeast-extract spread as a savoury treat on toast or you think it's a vile-smelling disgusting black goo in a jar. I'm on Team … Continue reading →

David Cronenberg, Alvin Curling among two dozen named to Order of Ontario Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:50 PM PST TORONTO - Acclaimed film director David Cronenberg and pioneering black politician Alvin Curling were among those invested Thursday into the Order of Ontario. Twenty-five people — including hockey great Paul Henderson — were appointed to receive Ontario's highest honour from Lt.-Gov. David Onley in a ceremony at Queen's Park. TVOntario host Steve Paikin, Toronto International Film Festival director Piers Handling, and George E. Carter, the first Canadian-born black judge, also were among the recipients. The Order of Ontario was created in 1986 and recognizes the highest level of individual excellence and achievement in any field.

Mayor Ford late to engagement because he was 'stuck in an elevator' Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:37 AM PST Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was more than an hour late to a speaking engagement with some of Canada's top economic minds on Thursday after he said he was trapped in an elevator without cell service.

Stephen Harper, Christy Clark ‘ethnic media’ events rile ‘mainstream media’ Posted: 23 Jan 2014 12:57 PM PST Is Stephen Harper afraid of "real journalists"? That's a question that the editor of Vancouver's oldest Indo-Canadian newspaper is asking after being excluded from a Harper ethnic media round-table event two weeks ago. At the 45 minute exclusive 'gathering', each … Continue reading →

Growing rift between Canada and U.S. affecting our economy, foreign policy Posted: 23 Jan 2014 07:39 AM PST The relationship between Canada and the United states has had its share of ebbs and flows, twists and turns and ups and downs. A new report by the Fraser Institute, released on Thursday, suggests that there is a growing rift … Continue reading →

Albertans call with questions about stolen laptop filled with health information Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:14 PM PST EDMONTON - Albertans worried about the theft of a laptop containing the health information of 620,000 patients are asking questions about whether their privacy has been compromised. A call centre set up by Medicentres Canada Inc., which operates 25 family health clinics in Edmonton and Calgary, received hundreds of calls Thursday, with many more expected. Dr. Arif Bhimji, a spokesman for the private company, said people are being told to come to a clinic to check whether their private details were on the laptop. The information on the stolen laptop included unencrypted names, birthdates, health card numbers, billing codes, billing amounts and diagnostic codes for patients who were seen at the clinics from May 2, 2011, to Sept. 19, 2013.

B.C. woman charged with felony over alleged threats to hockey player boyfriend Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:48 PM PST Tieja MacLaughlin, who has worked for several media outlets in Kelowna, was charged with one count of felony harassment, according to court documents. She remained in custody, with bail set at $50,000, and she was scheduled to appear in court in Kennewick, Wash., on Friday. She is alleged to have threatened Jackson Playfair, a 19-year-old junior hockey player on the Tri-City Americans, who she had been dating since last summer, according to the documents. None of the allegations have been tested in court, and police documents and court records indicate MacLaughlin denied threatening to kill Playfair when questioned by officers.

Yet another Quebec town reeling as fatal fire rips through seniors' residence Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:18 PM PST L'ISLE-VERTE, Qc - A Quebec village was jolted awake Thursday to the chaos of people scrambling to free neighbours from a seniors' residence as wind-fuelled flames rushed to swallow the building. Pascal Fillion, who lives near the seniors' home in L'Isle-Verte, said he ran outside to find a group of locals and firefighters already at the scene, trying everything to save the panicked people inside. "It was just like straw on fire," Fillion said in the waterfront town of 1,500 people in Quebec's Lower St. Lawrence region. Just six months after Canadians were rocked by the Lac-Megantic tragedy, another Quebec town found itself waiting to learn how many people it had lost after fire ripped through the Residence du Havre.

Canada police search for 30 missing elderly in retirement home fire Posted: 23 Jan 2014 08:21 PM PST By Matthieu and Belanger L'ISLE-VERTE, Quebec (Reuters) - Police were sifting overnight through burned remains of a wooden, three-story old-age home in the eastern Canadian province of Quebec, searching for 30 elderly residents who were still missing after a fire killed at least five people. Fanned by high winds, the fire early Thursday morning engulfed an older section of the Residence du Havre in the small community of L'Isle-Verte on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, about 230 km (140 miles) northeast of Quebec City. The building only had a partial sprinkler system, according to a document filed by the residence.

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