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• What is the appeal of Justin Trudeau? The pollsters weigh-in
• Saskatchewan at the Olympics: Feb. 18
• 12-year-old player hurt in wild end to peewee hockey game in Winnipeg
• Last of Canada’s Afghan military gear headed home almost three years late
• Vancouver woman gave birth in secret, killed two newborn sons: Crown
• Expense list shows DND picked up tab for disgraced general's move to UAE
• Tim Hortons changes Roll Up the Rim program
• Gilles Duceppe says he won't run for the PQ in the next Quebec election
• Quebec man arrested on sex charges as he leaves jail on other sentence
• Canada downs Switzerland 3-1 to go for Olympic women's hockey gold again
• Federal government opens up prostitution law rewrite to public input
• Ontario man can't get his $10K in suspected drug money back, judge rules
• Ombudsman slams lax review of federal prison deaths from natural causes
• More air-travel links between Canada, Mexico to be unveiled during Harper visit
• Canadian Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir settle for silver in Sochi
• Fed study says education can combat low public confidence in justice system
• Endangered whale shipped through Canada, prompting call for tougher trade laws
• Cancer patient misdiagnosed, then denied treatment

What is the appeal of Justin Trudeau? The pollsters weigh-in Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:53 AM PST Later this week, Justin Trudeau will oversee his party's first policy convention since being elected Liberal leader. According to reports, the Tories are scheming: a leaked memo to the Toronto Star suggested that the Conservatives will be orchestrating a campaign … Continue reading →

Saskatchewan at the Olympics: Feb. 18 Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:00 PM PST Chelsea Valois of Zenon Park is the brakeman on the sled piloted by Calgary's Kaillie Humphries. The team begins the women's two-man bobsleigh competition Tuesday in Sochi.

12-year-old player hurt in wild end to peewee hockey game in Winnipeg Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:40 PM PST Kainen (KAY-nin) Bell was hurt in the dying minutes of a semifinal game between peewee teams from the Brokenhead Ojibway First Nation and the Sagkeeng First Nation as part of the Southeast Winter Tribal Days annual hockey tournament in Winnipeg on Sunday. "When I hit the ground it went dark for two seconds, then I rolled to the side and a kid on my team pulled me out of the game," Kainen said Monday in an interview with Global Winnipeg at his home on Sagkeeng First Nation, his left arm in a sling. Sagkeeng coach Stepahnie Tardiff said Brokenhead was on its way to a 4-0 victory when a fracas started around the Sagkeeng net. As the referees pulled the kids apart, Tardiff says a Brokenhead player skated in front of the Sagkeeng bench and taunted the players.

Last of Canada’s Afghan military gear headed home almost three years late Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:39 PM PST A lot of us have had the experience of being parted from our luggage during a trip. Sometimes it disappears forever, possibly into the same spatial dimension as socks that vanish from the dryer. But usually we get our bags … Continue reading →

Vancouver woman gave birth in secret, killed two newborn sons: Crown Posted: 17 Feb 2014 04:41 PM PST Sarah Leung, 28, was charged with second-degree murder after the body of a baby boy was found in a plastic bag outside the home in April 2009. On Monday, Crown lawyer Sandra Cunningham told a jury on the first day of Leung's trial that after she was charged with another count of second-degree murder in June 2010, Leung confessed to police that she was afraid to tell her parents about her pregnancy.

Expense list shows DND picked up tab for disgraced general's move to UAE Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:07 PM PST OTTAWA - National Defence paid nearly $40,000 to move a disgraced general to the United Arab Emirates after he was court-martialled for having sex with a subordinate and trying to cover it up, expense records for the military's top brass show. The revelation about former brigadier-general Dan Menard is in the same set of records that show retired lieutenant-general Andrew Leslie was allowed to claim more than $72,000 for a move within Ottawa after he left the military. The Department of National Defence allows a retiring member of the Canadian Forces up to two years to claim a final relocation expense, which is then approved and audited. It shows at least three other officers billed taxpayers in 2010 a total of $47,495 for moves between Afghanistan and Ottawa, Halifax and Kingston, Ont.

Tim Hortons changes Roll Up the Rim program Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:52 PM PST That's right, folks. RRR-Roll up the Rim is back at Tim Hortons starting Feb. 17. This year, however, instead of doing one roll up per cup, you get two. Mind. Blown.

Gilles Duceppe says he won't run for the PQ in the next Quebec election Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:11 PM PST QUEBEC - Former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe says he will not run in the next Quebec election. Duceppe told The Canadian Press on Monday he won't seek a Parti Quebecois nomination and hasn't been asked by the PQ if he would be interested. Speculation is swirling that Premier Pauline Marois is poised to call a provincial election in the days or weeks after her minority government tables its budget on Thursday.

Quebec man arrested on sex charges as he leaves jail on other sentence Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:41 PM PST LONGUEUIL, Que. - A man who was being freed from prison last week after serving a year for sex crimes has been arrested on similar charges. Eduard-Stefan Georgescu was nabbed on Friday as he left Bordeaux jail. He faces 32 new charges, including armed sexual assault, sexual assault, attempted kidnapping, and weapons possession. Capt. Nancy Colagiacomo, a Longueuil police spokeswoman, said the break in the case came after a Montreal woman who had been assaulted came forward last November.

Canada downs Switzerland 3-1 to go for Olympic women's hockey gold again Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:11 PM PST SOCHI, Russia - Canada will play for Olympic women's hockey gold again although their road through the tournament was less dominant than at previous Winter Games. A 3-1 win over a tenacious Switzerland and their indefatigable goaltender Florence Schelling in Monday's semifinal propelled the Canadians to their fifth Olympic final. Toronto forward Natalie Spooner and Melodie Daoust of Valleyfield, Que., scored their first goals of the tournament and their first in a Winter Olympics for Canada. Spooner scored twice and Daoust added another in the first period before Jessica Lutz replied for Switzerland in the second.

Federal government opens up prostitution law rewrite to public input Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:58 PM PST OTTAWA - The Conservative government wants to hear from the public about how to rewrite the prostitution laws that were struck down by the Supreme Court late last year. A month-long, online consultation period on the Justice Canada website began Monday and runs to March 17. "Our government is concerned about the significant harms that flow from prostitution to communities, those engaged in prostitution and other vulnerable persons," Justice Minister Peter MacKay said in a release. We are therefore asking Canadians right across the country to provide their input through an online consultation to ensure a legislative response to prostitution that reflects our country's values."

Ontario man can't get his $10K in suspected drug money back, judge rules Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:30 PM PST A man from North Bay, Ont., cannot reclaim $10,000 in suspected drug money that police seized after they found it in several wads stuffed in his pockets, a judge has ruled. Jason Paquette at various times told police the source of the money was none of their business, that it was to buy a car and that it was his savings, and explained he didn't keep it in the bank because he didn't want any of it taken for child support, the Ontario Superior Court judge wrote in his ruling. "I am not persuaded by Paquette's explanation as to why he kept the money on his person," Judge M. Gregory Ellies wrote. A police officer spotted Paquette and his girlfriend in a heated argument in downtown North Bay close to midnight on Sept. 10, 2012.

Ombudsman slams lax review of federal prison deaths from natural causes Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:49 PM PST OTTAWA - The national prison ombudsman says he has serious concerns about the quality of care provided to ailing prisoners in federal custody. A report released Monday by correctional investigator Howard Sapers also found it often takes more than two years for Correctional Service Canada to complete a mandatory review when someone behind bars dies of natural causes. Sapers says he uncovered questionable diagnostic practices, incomplete records, lax information-sharing and delays or lack of follow-up on treatment recommendations. In addition, prison staff did not investigate the circumstances of natural deaths beyond recording the cause as either unexpected or sudden.

More air-travel links between Canada, Mexico to be unveiled during Harper visit Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:03 PM PST MEXICO CITY - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Mexico City with a plan that could pave the way for getting rid of his host's biggest complaint about Canada — the onerous visa on Mexican travellers. Trade Minister Ed Fast, who is also in Mexico with the prime minister, has been authorized by the federal cabinet to sign an expanded airline access agreement with Mexico, The Canadian Press has learned. That agreement would allow Mexican airlines greater access to more cities, and Canadians more direct flights to Mexico. A document dated earlier this month from the Privy Council Office, the bureaucratic arm of Harper's office, authorizes Fast "to sign, on behalf of the Government of Canada, subject to ratification, the agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United Mexican States on air transport."

Canadian Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir settle for silver in Sochi Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:03 PM PST SOCHI, Russia - With four-and-a-half minutes left of their 17-year career, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir wrapped each other in a long embrace and tried not to think about the end. "That's somewhere in the back of our minds and I tried to push that out while I was competing so I wasn't really focused on 'This is the last time I do anything,'" Moir said, Virtue biting her lip and fighting back tears. But it still wasn't enough to top American rivals and training mates Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who finished with 195.52. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., were seventh, while Alexandra Paul of Midhurst, Ont., and Mitchell Islam of Barrie, Ont., were 18th.

Fed study says education can combat low public confidence in justice system Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:42 AM PST OTTAWA - An internal Justice Department report says Canadians have little confidence in the courts and the prison system — and the best way to counter those perceptions is through education. Opposition critics argue that message is at odds with the Conservative justice agenda, which they say simply exploits public misunderstanding of justice issues by enacting tough-on-crime measures that can be harmful. The research indicates the public believes victims are too often ignored in the justice system, and that prisons do a poor job of rehabilitating offenders. Author Charlotte Fraser, a Justice Department employee, notes that Canadians' generally low levels of confidence in the justice system are similar to those of citizens in other western countries.

Endangered whale shipped through Canada, prompting call for tougher trade laws Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:05 PM PST HALIFAX - Canada's trade laws involving at-risk species are being called into question after meat of the endangered fin whale was recently shipped through the country, sparking outcry from environmentalists. Greenpeace Canada is urging Ottawa to implement stronger measures after it says fin whale meat arrived in Halifax from Iceland about three weeks ago and was transported by train across the country en route to Japan. "This isn't something we heard anything about before," Sarah King, oceans campaign co-ordinator for Greenpeace, said Monday from Fredericton. "To think that they shipped not only to a Canadian port but then by rail across Canada was definitely an eye-opener."

Cancer patient misdiagnosed, then denied treatment Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:59 PM PST The daughter of a dying cancer patient is going public about how Ontario hospitals misdiagnosed her mother's disease — delaying crucial treatment for months — then refused to operate. Her daughter believes they refused because her mom didn't have health insurance.

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