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• Manitoba first in N.America to declare Hells Angels criminal organization
• Highway 1 east of Lytton reopens after fatal crash
• Vintage neon signs come to life again
• Conservative, NDP attacks fail to land as Liberals convene in Montreal
• Budget slashing at DND brings military back to 2007 spending levels: analyst
• Prairie provinces allow bars to open early for Olympic gold medal hockey game
• Alberta's top court rules laws don't have to be written in English and French
• Ottawa man killed in Somalia suicide bombing
• Canadian Space Agency wins hockey bet with NASA as Canada beats United States
• Winnipeg facility will study vaccine development, and be hub for HIV research
• Southern Ontario, Quebec get ready for big freeze as the polar vortex returns
• Brad Jacobs and Canada romp to curling gold at Sochi Olympics
• Family asks for help in search for Loretta Saunders, missing for over a week
• Retired general Andrew Leslie defends $72K expense, hints that Tories are bitter because he chose Liberals
• Internet provider TekSavvy ordered to release names of subscribers accused of pirating movies
• Man charged with shooting cat 17 times is being mistreated, lawyer says
• 1,500 carats in diamonds seized at Pearson
• 'My daughter will die' under new Canadian marijuana laws
• As Kenney agrees to province's demands, Canada Job Grant deal inches closer
• Leslie says jilted Tories retaliating with attacks over moving bill
• Harsh weather helps depress Canada December retail sales
• Quebec heading for provincial election, separatists lead

Manitoba first in N.America to declare Hells Angels criminal organization Posted: 21 Feb 2014 01:54 PM PST Hells Angels is more than just a club of motorcycle enthusiasts, according to the Province of Manitoba. According to a new ruling, it is a criminal organization. The Province of Manitoba became the first jurisdiction in North America to declare … Continue reading →

Highway 1 east of Lytton reopens after fatal crash Posted: 21 Feb 2014 08:17 PM PST Highway 1 east of Lytton has reopened between the Jackass Mountain Summitt and Spences Bridge after to a fatal multi-vehicle accident closed the highway early this afternoon.

Vintage neon signs come to life again Posted: 21 Feb 2014 08:16 PM PST Eight neon signs salvaged from old buildings and saved for years have now been installed outside the new Neon Sign Museum in downtown Edmonton. The CBC's Scott Lilwall captured the signs in their full retro glory at the museum's official launch Friday night

Conservative, NDP attacks fail to land as Liberals convene in Montreal Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:20 PM PST Call me a nut, if you will, but I'm a big fan of political strategy. I enjoy watching parties try to gain a political advantage over each other, whether its through policy development, public relations or even negative attacks. So, … Continue reading →

Budget slashing at DND brings military back to 2007 spending levels: analyst Posted: 21 Feb 2014 02:57 PM PST OTTAWA - Years of budget-cutting at National Defence has removed as much as $30 billion from the Harper government's original defence strategy, smudging much of the spit and polish on its claims of investing in the military, a defence economist says. The cumulative impact of the government's strategic review, deficit reduction plan and postponement of capital purchases means the department is actually going backwards in terms of spending, said Dave Perry, a senior analyst at the Conference of Defence Associations Institute. "As a result, adjusting for inflation, the Department of National Defence will spend less money this year than it did in 2007," Perry, who has conducted an exhaustive analysis of the numbers, told his organization's annual forum on Friday. "This means that the defence budget is now lower than it was before the Canada First Defence Strategy was launched."

Prairie provinces allow bars to open early for Olympic gold medal hockey game Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:08 PM PST EDMONTON - Hockey fans across much of the Prairies will be able to sip a beer early Sunday morning if they choose to cheer on Canada in the Olympic gold medal men's hockey game at a bar. The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission says it will allow all licensees to serve liquor as soon as the puck drops at 5 a.m. MST. CEO Bill Robinson says the commission appreciates the enthusiasm of people who want to gather to watch the game. Officials and police in Prince Albert asked the province not to allow bars to open early in their community.

Alberta's top court rules laws don't have to be written in English and French Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:58 PM PST EDMONTON - Gilles Caron plans to take a decade-long fight to the country's highest court to get an English-only traffic ticket written in French. The Alberta Court of Appeal sided with the provincial government Friday, ruling that its laws do not need to be printed and published in both English and French.

Ottawa man killed in Somalia suicide bombing Posted: 21 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST An Ottawa man who returned to his native Somalia to take up a senior post in the government there was killed Friday in a suicide attack on the presidential palace in Mogadishu.

Canadian Space Agency wins hockey bet with NASA as Canada beats United States Posted: 21 Feb 2014 01:26 PM PST UNDATED, - It was a sweet bet that paid off in mouthfuls for the Canadian Space Agency. On the line in the Canada-United States men's hockey wager with NASA was a box of cookies. Thanks to Canada's semi-final victory at the Sochi Olympics on Friday, the Americans will eventually ship a box of maple creams to the International Space Station. The Canadian Space Agency savoured the 1-0 victory, saying on its Twitter account: "Can't tweet.

Winnipeg facility will study vaccine development, and be hub for HIV research Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:30 PM PST WINNIPEG - Canada's public health agency has officially opened a new infectious diseases research facility in Winnipeg. The agency says the J.C. Wilt Infectious Diseases Research Centre will complement the agency's existing National Microbiology Laboratory in the city by providing extra capacity for diagnostic testing during emergencies. It will also carry out early vaccine development research, and act as a hub for HIV and AIDS research. The centre was named in honour of Dr. John Charles Wilt, who was a pioneer of infectious disease research in Winnipeg.

Southern Ontario, Quebec get ready for big freeze as the polar vortex returns Posted: 21 Feb 2014 10:23 AM PST If residents of southern Ontario and Quebec happen to be feeling a touch of spring in the air right now, don't be fooled. The polar vortex is swinging through again next week, to remind us that we aren't escaping from … Continue reading →

Brad Jacobs and Canada romp to curling gold at Sochi Olympics Posted: 21 Feb 2014 07:58 AM PST Without hammer in the first end, Great Britain's skip David Murdoch decided to put his team's first rock of the men's gold medal game into the rings. "Let's play," Canada's third, Ryan Fry was heard to say. Play they did. … Continue reading →

Family asks for help in search for Loretta Saunders, missing for over a week Posted: 21 Feb 2014 12:49 PM PST HALIFAX - The sister of a missing university student in Halifax made an emotional appeal Friday for help in finding the young Inuit woman, saying her older sibling would do exactly the same thing if she disappeared. Delilah Terriak asked anyone who may have seen Loretta Saunders or her blue car to contact police, adding that she and dozens of supporters planned to plaster the city with posters bearing pictures of the missing 26-year-old. "She is so strong and that's what's keeping me going through this — knowing that she wouldn't want us wasting time crying," she said at a native friendship centre in Halifax. Terriak, who flew to Halifax from British Columbia to search for Saunders, is also appealing to the public for financial help to bring her five brothers and parents from Labrador to help locate the Saint Mary's University student who was last seen on the morning of Feb. 13 in the Cowie Hill Road area of the city.

Retired general Andrew Leslie defends $72K expense, hints that Tories are bitter because he chose Liberals Posted: 21 Feb 2014 08:50 AM PST The battle between the Conservative Party and retired general Andrew Leslie has, so far, overshadowed day two of the Liberal policy convention in Montreal. Leslie, of course, has been the subject of Tory attacks since last weekend. Continue reading →

Internet provider TekSavvy ordered to release names of subscribers accused of pirating movies Posted: 21 Feb 2014 12:33 PM PST A Federal Court of Canada decision this week has put the Internet's so-called copyright trolls on a short leash. In a decision released Thursday, the court ordered Ontario-based ISP TekSavvy to turn over the names of some 2,000 of their … Continue reading →

Man charged with shooting cat 17 times is being mistreated, lawyer says Posted: 21 Feb 2014 07:47 AM PST You will not be surprised to learn that, in the case of a Sarnia, Ont., cat that lost an eye after being shot in the head 17 times, there are accusations of savagery, cruelty and inhumane treatment. But those charges … Continue reading →

1,500 carats in diamonds seized at Pearson Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:56 PM PST Customs officials and the RCMP say they have seized a stash of smuggled diamonds at Toronto's Pearson airport, leading to smuggling charges against a woman who had flown in from Trinidad and Tobago.

'My daughter will die' under new Canadian marijuana laws Posted: 21 Feb 2014 02:22 PM PST The mother of an epileptic woman says the only treatment that works for her daughter's epilepsy will become unaffordable under Canada's new medicinal marijuana regulations — meaning she will be forced to either break the law or watch her child suffer.

As Kenney agrees to province's demands, Canada Job Grant deal inches closer Posted: 21 Feb 2014 06:54 PM PST OTTAWA - The federal government has agreed to two key demands from the provinces and territories on its contentious Canada Job Grant, a development that could pave the way for a deal on the national job-training program, The Canadian Press has learned. Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney sent what he called a final counter-proposal to his provincial and territorial counterparts on Friday that addresses the primary obstacles to an agreement. The offer, obtained by The Canadian Press, states that the federal government "agrees with the main request by provinces and territories in their most recent offer and will allow maximum flexibility in the source of funding for the program." Ottawa, meantime, will continue to transfer $2.1 billion a year in training-related funds to the provinces.

Leslie says jilted Tories retaliating with attacks over moving bill Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:14 PM PST MONTREAL - Andrew Leslie says the Conservatives wooed him when he retired from the military and are now acting like jilted lovers because he chose to join the Liberals instead. But the Tories say it was the other way around — Leslie approached them. The retired general has been in the Harper government's crosshairs for the past week over the revelation that he billed taxpayers $72,000 to move house one final time after leaving the military. Almost lost amid the continuing partisan back and forth Friday over Leslie's moving expenses was a glimpse at a possible plank in the Liberals' eventual election platform.

Harsh weather helps depress Canada December retail sales Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:56 AM PST Extreme weather helped slash Canadian retail sales by a seasonally adjusted 1.8 percent in December, data which will help cement expectations that the economy shrank in the month, according to a Statistics Canada release on Friday. The volume of retail sales, relevant for real gross domestic product, fell by even more, 2.2 percent.

Quebec heading for provincial election, separatists lead Posted: 20 Feb 2014 04:24 PM PST By Randall Palmer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Quebec's two main opposition parties said on Thursday they would oppose the separatist Parti Quebecois government's budget, assuring a spring election, and raising the possibility of an eventual third referendum on independence from Canada. The Parti Quebecois currently heads a minority government, and has a comfortable lead in the polls. If Premier Pauline Marois decided not to call an election on her own, her Parti Quebecois would need the support of either the Quebec Liberals or the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ), but both have said they oppose the budget. "It will be impossible for us to support the budget," Quebec media quoted Liberal leader Philippe Couillard as saying.

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