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• Newfoundland and Labrador pumps another $60K to promote floundering seal industry
• Vancouver Canucks back to work Wednesday night
• Acidic ocean deadly for Vancouver Island scallop industry
• Conservatives defeat NDP bid to take electoral reform act hearings on the road
• Brad Butt 'deliberately misled' House with voter fraud claim, NDP says
• Justin Trudeau apologizes for his quip about Ukraine
• 3 held after Grande Prairie RCMP find baby and stolen truck
• Toronto doctor sentenced to 10 years for sexually assaulting patients
• Introduce tax cuts in exchange for a $12 minimum wage: Ontario NDP
• Quebec Premier Pauline Marois celebrates hockey gold but snubs Canada
• Foreign Minister Baird to lead Canadian delegation to Ukraine
• Kenney, premiers, hint deal is looming on Canada Job Grant
• Inquest called into death of Mexican woman who died in border agency's custody
• Ex-Liberal senators’ expense disclosures come up short, taxpayer watchdog says
• Greyhound killer Vince Li likely to get unescorted passes from psychiatric hospital
• Mr. Ford goes to Ottawa: Toronto mayor eyes federal funds to pay for subways
• Brutal cold grips the Prairie provinces; Sask. braces for -50 C wind chills
• Ontario hiking fine for drivers using electronic devices as problem grows
• Canadian Space Agency boss holds conference on future of space program
• Police end Amber Alert for Alberta baby; child found on doorstep, three arrests
• Toronto mayor says had been drinking, but feels 'fantastic'

Newfoundland and Labrador pumps another $60K to promote floundering seal industry Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:53 PM PST Newfoundland and Labrador is giving $60,000 to a sealing group in the latest bid to sustain an industry viewed with distaste in much of the world. The Canadian Press reports the provincial government is handing over the money to the … Continue reading →

Vancouver Canucks back to work Wednesday night Posted: 25 Feb 2014 08:43 PM PST The Vancouver Canucks will take to the ice Wednesday night against the St. Louis Blues and if they want to make the playoffs, they'll need to start winning.

Acidic ocean deadly for Vancouver Island scallop industry Posted: 25 Feb 2014 08:39 PM PST The deteriorating health of B.C.'s oceans is impacting not only the province's marine life, but also its economy.

Conservatives defeat NDP bid to take electoral reform act hearings on the road Posted: 25 Feb 2014 03:17 PM PST Conservatives closed ranks to vote down an NDP motion that would have seen a Commons committee hold two months of meetings across Canada, where citizens could express their views on electoral reform. New Democrats say the sweeping overhaul of the Elections Act will tilt the field in the governing Conservatives' favour, disenfranchise some voters and muzzle and emasculate the chief electoral officer who oversees election rules. The NDP wanted hearings across the country to give voters a chance to learn about the rule changes and express their views where they live. However the Conservative government rushed the bill through second reading in the House and says anyone who wants to talk about the legislation is welcome to come to Ottawa and testify at committee.

Brad Butt 'deliberately misled' House with voter fraud claim, NDP says Posted: 25 Feb 2014 11:34 AM PST A Conservative MP who yesterday retracted his claim that he saw voter cards misused has deliberately misled the House, NDP House leader Nathan Cullen says.

Justin Trudeau apologizes for his quip about Ukraine Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:34 AM PST Justin Trudeau has finally apologized for an unpopular remark he made last week about the deadly conflict in Ukraine. In an interview with Radio Canada taped last Thursday — after violent clashes that killed dozens in Ukraine — the Liberal … Continue reading →

3 held after Grande Prairie RCMP find baby and stolen truck Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:29 PM PST Three people are in custody after a pickup truck containing a baby girl was stolen from a residential driveway in Grande Prairie, Alta., Tuesday afternoon.

Toronto doctor sentenced to 10 years for sexually assaulting patients Posted: 25 Feb 2014 07:34 AM PST Dr. George Doodnaught, a Toronto anesthesiologist who was found guilty of sexually assaulting 21 women while they were under sedation, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Doodnaught was found guilty in November of assaulting women who were in … Continue reading →

Introduce tax cuts in exchange for a $12 minimum wage: Ontario NDP Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:26 PM PST The minimum wage debate continues to rage on both sides of the border. Those in favour of a wage increase argue that there are so many working individuals living in poverty; opponents claim that small businesses just can't afford any … Continue reading →

Quebec Premier Pauline Marois celebrates hockey gold but snubs Canada Posted: 25 Feb 2014 11:35 AM PST Quebec Premier Pauline Marois managed to do something every politician had hoped they could do: Extract political capital from the glorious gold-medal performance of the Olympic men's hockey team. But instead of celebrating Canada's success at its national pastime to … Continue reading →

Foreign Minister Baird to lead Canadian delegation to Ukraine Posted: 25 Feb 2014 02:05 PM PST OTTAWA - Canada is encouraging Ukrainians to reject "the past" as they form a new government after weeks of turmoil and deadly violence, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In a clear indication of where his Conservative government's support lies in the midst of the Ukrainian crisis, Harper joined other western leaders Tuesday in reaching out to Ukraine's yet-to-be formed transitional government, announcing that a high-level delegation would meet with the new leadership in Kyiv. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird was to depart Wednesday with a group of parliamentarians and Ukrainian Canadians bound for the capital, the epicentre of political unrest that has rocked Ukraine for months. "I think we really have to credit the Ukrainian people themselves with resisting the attempt to overturn their democracy and to lead their country back into the past," Harper said, flanked by Conservative MPs Ted Opitz and James Bezan and Sen. Raynell Andreychuk.

Kenney, premiers, hint deal is looming on Canada Job Grant Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:13 PM PST OTTAWA - Federal and provincial officials said Tuesday that the future appears bright for the Canada Job Grant. Employment Minister Jason Kenney said his provincial and territorial counterparts are "pleased" with the flexibility the Conservative government has shown in negotiations on the once-contentious national job training program. "I'm pretty satisfied with the direction of everything," Kenney told the media outside the House of Commons. "I am very hopeful we'll get to ... an approach that does a better job of getting a bigger bang for the buck for what we spend on job training, connecting it with real jobs, and the provinces at the same time will be able to keep their best programs."

Inquest called into death of Mexican woman who died in border agency's custody Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:55 PM PST VANCOUVER - A coroner's jury will examine what happened when a Mexican woman died after hanging herself while in custody of border agents at Vancouver's airport, the B.C. Coroners Service announced Tuesday. Lucia Vega Jimenez, 42, was found in a shower stall in a holding cell at the airport on Dec. 20, and she died in hospital on Dec. 28, though the case didn't come to light until details surfaced in media reports in late January. Jimenez's suicide raised questions about how the Canada Border Services Agency handled the woman's case, and several advocacy groups have called for an independent investigation, ranging from a coroner's inquest to a full-scale public inquiry.

Ex-Liberal senators’ expense disclosures come up short, taxpayer watchdog says Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:39 AM PST This a good news / bad news story. The good news is that former Liberal senators have finally made good on a promise to proactively disclose their travel expenses. The bad news is that it really doesn't provide much detail at all. Continue reading →

Greyhound killer Vince Li likely to get unescorted passes from psychiatric hospital Posted: 25 Feb 2014 11:35 AM PST The dilemma of how to handle the mentally ill who've committed horrific crimes is front and centre again as officials in Manitoba consider granting Vince Li unescorted passes from the psychiatric facility where he's been held for five years. Li … Continue reading →

Mr. Ford goes to Ottawa: Toronto mayor eyes federal funds to pay for subways Posted: 25 Feb 2014 09:20 AM PST Toronto Mayor Rob Ford strongly believes taxpayers from other Canadian cities should help fund Toronto's subway expansion, prompting him to end a streak of absences and attend a Canadian mayor's caucus meeting this weekend. Ford announced on Tuesday that he … Continue reading →

Brutal cold grips the Prairie provinces; Sask. braces for -50 C wind chills Posted: 25 Feb 2014 08:21 AM PST From the eastern slopes of the Rockies to shores of Lake Superior, the polar vortex is once again plunging Canadians into the deep freeze this week. After enjoying a brief respite along with the rest of Canada last week, the … Continue reading →

Ontario hiking fine for drivers using electronic devices as problem grows Posted: 25 Feb 2014 01:23 PM PST It's going to get much more expensive to get caught using, or even seeing, your phone or other device while driving in Ontario. Faced with a continued rise in distracted driving, the province is hiking fines from the current $155 … Continue reading →

Canadian Space Agency boss holds conference on future of space program Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:28 PM PST LONGUEUIL, Que. - About 100 key players, including representatives from industry, academia and government, met at the Canadian Space Agency on Tuesday for what was billed as the country's first annual space conference. The event took place just a few weeks after Industry Minister James Moore announced Canada's new space policy framework. The federal policy framework makes sovereignty and security the top priority and one presentation at Tuesday's conference focused on the Department of National Defence's involvement in space strategies. Space agency boss Walt Natynczyk, whose mandate is to revitalize the space sector, opened the day-long conference.

Police end Amber Alert for Alberta baby; child found on doorstep, three arrests Posted: 25 Feb 2014 04:16 PM PST GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - Police have cancelled an Amber Alert for a seven-month-old baby girl who was in a pickup truck when it was stolen in northwestern Alberta. RCMP said Tuesday that a person in a rural home south of Grande Prairie found baby Addison sitting in a car seat on the front porch. "It's obviously very cold right now in Grande Prairie," said Cpl. RCMP said three people have been arrested after a police helicopter found the stolen truck at a forestry mill south of the city.

Toronto mayor says had been drinking, but feels 'fantastic' Posted: 25 Feb 2014 08:01 AM PST Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said on Tuesday that he had recently consumed alcohol, but not excessively, as he tries to get clean after admitting last year that he smoked crack while drunk and drove after drinking. Ford publicly pledged last year to stay away from drugs and alcohol and said at the time he had stopped drinking completely.

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