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• Shocking undercover video exposes abuse of turkeys at Ontario factory farm
• HMCS Protecteur too badly damaged to sail home on her own
• Redford facing more criticism, riding president calls on her to quit
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper to visit Ukraine during overseas trip next week
• Cylinders carrying radioactive material dropped at port, no leak detected
• Marois tells Canada not to be afraid of Quebec election outcome
• Shoe may belong to Jeffrey Boucher, missing teacher from Whitby, Ont.
• Guatemalan authorities question members of Canadian Jewish sect: Star
• Man stabbed near Russian embassy in Ottawa
• Conservative party reluctant to talk about latest TV ads targeting Trudeau
• Ombudsman questions speaking fees for CBC employees
• NDP, Tory MPs outed for ties to separatist parties
• U.S. wouldn't have recognized Quebec independence in wake of Yes vote in 1995
• York University shooting leads to arrest of man, 22
• Royal Bank accused by FDIC in LIBOR fixing lawsuit
• Joke candidate Rob Ford wins student election at UBC
• Canadian lawsuit to seek $500 million from exchange as bitcoins go missing
• Canada to make it easier to shut down problem railroads
• Truckers to enter talks on plan to end Vancouver port strike

Shocking undercover video exposes abuse of turkeys at Ontario factory farm Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:49 PM PDT We've been warned about how cruelly chickens, cattle and pigs are treated in the modern factory-farming system. Now animal-welfare activists want us to think about the torment turkeys go through before they reach our Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner tables. CBC … Continue reading →

HMCS Protecteur too badly damaged to sail home on her own Posted: 14 Mar 2014 10:31 PM PDT A little more than a week after it was towed into Pearl Harbor, CBC News has learned HMCS Protecteur is so badly damaged following a fire in the mid-Pacific it will have to be towed home.

Redford facing more criticism, riding president calls on her to quit Posted: 14 Mar 2014 10:18 PM PDT EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Alison Redford is facing more criticism from within her party ahead of a weekend meeting of Tory executives. The president of a Progressive Conservative riding association in northeast Edmonton said Friday that Redford has to resign or the party will lose the next election. Steve Robson, who heads the Tory association in the NDP-held seat of Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview, said Redford is an "arrogant" leader who doesn't listen to her caucus and has no regard for the Tory establishment. Redford told Global Edmonton that Robson is entitled to his opinion.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper to visit Ukraine during overseas trip next week Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:26 PM PDT OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper will briefly visit Ukraine next week during a European trip, the first G7 leader to do so since the new government took office under the shadow of Russian intervention. But his first stop in Europe will be Kyiv on March 22 to meet the country's new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk. "Canada remains united with its allies in recognizing the government of Ukraine, and in supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty," the prime minister said in a statement Friday. Harper last visited Ukraine in October 2010.

Cylinders carrying radioactive material dropped at port, no leak detected Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:00 PM PDT HALIFAX - Halifax fire officials say normal operations could resume Saturday morning at a container port where cylinders carrying radioactive material fell about six metres as they were being unloaded from a ship. The four steel cylinders carrying granular uranium hexafluoride fell Thursday at around 10 p.m., setting off a short-lived radiation scare at the Ceres terminal in the city's north end. Firefighters determined there wasn't a leak of radioactive material when the cylinders encased in concrete, each weighing about 4.5 tonnes, fell from a pallet as they were being lifted off the ship and landed in a contained area of the vessel. Phil McNulty, the city's executive fire officer, said one of the lift's arms failed and sent the cylinders tumbling onto other containers on the ship.

Marois tells Canada not to be afraid of Quebec election outcome Posted: 14 Mar 2014 03:44 PM PDT MONTREAL - Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois scoffed Friday at her main opponent's plan to get Quebec's distinctiveness recognized by the rest of Canada. Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard said if he becomes premier on April 7, he'll push federal, provincial and territorial officials to take Quebec's unique status into account in any constitutional talks. "I was absolutely flabbergasted to see Mr. Couillard wants to do this," Marois said. She wanted to know whether Couillard will consult Quebecers on their demands and whether he even knows if Prime Minister Stephen Harper is interested in reopening constitutional talks.

Shoe may belong to Jeffrey Boucher, missing teacher from Whitby, Ont. Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:32 PM PDT Police have found a shoe they believe may belong to Jeffrey Boucher, the Whitby, Ont., teacher missing since January.

Guatemalan authorities question members of Canadian Jewish sect: Star Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:22 PM PDT TORONTO - There are media reports that Guatemalan authorities have picked up six children who are members of a Jewish sect who fled Canada earlier this month. The Toronto Star is reporting that police questioned three adults and six children who were staying at a hotel in the town of Panajachel. About 200 members of the sect — 114 of them children — settled in Chatham, Ont., last year after suddenly leaving from Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Que. Child-welfare authorities in Quebec spent a year investigating issues related to hygiene, health and allegations that the children weren't being educated according to the provincial curriculum.

Man stabbed near Russian embassy in Ottawa Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:27 AM PDT Ottawa police have a man in custody in connection with a stabbing in Ottawa's Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

Conservative party reluctant to talk about latest TV ads targeting Trudeau Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:39 PM PDT OTTAWA - The Conservative party is blanketing the country with a fresh round of television ads attacking Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau — but unlike past campaigns, it hasn't posted the spots online nor informed its supporters about the big ad buy. Vigilant politics watchers began posting ad sightings on Twitter on Monday, and by week's end it was evident that three different Trudeau ads are being aired on everything from morning news shows to prime time network TV and sports channels. Cory Hann, a spokesman for the Conservative party, would not agree to an interview Friday but said in an email that "Canadians should know where a man who wants to be prime minister stands on important questions like how to balance the budget, create jobs, manage the economy and keep communities and families strong." The governing party launched a barrage of television ads against Trudeau last spring immediately after he was elected Liberal party leader and have had a long-running series of Trudeau-focused radio ads airing across the country.

Ombudsman questions speaking fees for CBC employees Posted: 14 Mar 2014 04:04 PM PDT TORONTO - The CBC's ombudsman says anchor Peter Mansbridge did nothing wrong by accepting fees for speaking engagements but questions whether the public broadcaster's staff should accept such fees in future. Esther Enkin posted a response this week to a complaint from a member of the public against CBC commentator Rex Murphy for accepting fees for speaking to an oil industry gathering. Mansbridge wasn't part of the complaint, but Enkin noted her office has received concerns from viewers about a paid speech he gave to Canadian petroleum producers. She writes viewers expressed concerns about possible bias and questioned if CBC employees should get extra income through speaking engagements.

NDP, Tory MPs outed for ties to separatist parties Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:47 AM PDT In the United States, in the 1600's, they had the Salem Witch trials — a series of court hearings against women accused of practicing witchcraft. In the 1950s, there was the hysteria over McCarthyism and the outing of that nation's … Continue reading →

U.S. wouldn't have recognized Quebec independence in wake of Yes vote in 1995 Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:47 PM PDT WASHINGTON - Even if Quebec voters had said "Oui" to independence in 1995, the United States wasn't going to say "Yes" to immediately recognizing the new country or including it in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Newly released documents reveal that the U.S. government would have held back recognition of an independent Quebec in the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 30, 1995, sovereignty referendum. The material released Friday includes talking points, prepared for U.S. diplomats, as the official American response to two possible referendum outcomes: one for a united Canada, and one for a breakup. It's the response never delivered that offers a rare glimpse into American preparation for a vote to separate Quebec, an issue that has suddenly become timely again in the current Quebec election.

York University shooting leads to arrest of man, 22 Posted: 14 Mar 2014 07:39 AM PDT Toronto police have made an arrest in connection with the York University shooting that sent two women to hospital.

Royal Bank accused by FDIC in LIBOR fixing lawsuit Posted: 14 Mar 2014 01:43 PM PDT Canada's largest bank has been named in a lawsuit initiated by a top U.S. banking regulator that accuses RBC and more than a dozen of the world's largest banks of colluding to fix a key international lending ...

Joke candidate Rob Ford wins student election at UBC Posted: 14 Mar 2014 03:34 PM PDT The way things are going for the Toronto Mayor, this may be the only time, this year, that we write these words: 'Rob Ford wins the election'. Harsev Oshan was a candidate for Alma Mater Society Rep. for the UBC … Continue reading →

Canadian lawsuit to seek $500 million from exchange as bitcoins go missing Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:19 PM PDT TORONTO - A proposed class action will seek $500 million in compensation for Canadians with deposits in what was once the largest bitcoin digital-currency exchange in the world, according to a court notice ...

Canada to make it easier to shut down problem railroads Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:52 PM PDT By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will bring in new rules making it easier to quickly shut down unsafe railroads, the government said on Friday, eight months after 47 people died in the Lac-Megantic, Quebec, crude-by-rail disaster. In case of serious problems, Transport Canada "could suspend or cancel the company's operating certificate. This could put an immediate stop to the company's railway operations in Canada," it said. An official watchdog said last November that Canada was not doing enough to ensure rail safety.

Truckers to enter talks on plan to end Vancouver port strike Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:02 PM PDT By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Representatives of unionized and nonunionized container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver were set to meet with government and port officials on Friday to discuss a plan designed to end a 14-day strike at Canada's largest port. The plan, revealed late on Thursday by the Canadian and British Columbia governments and the port authority, sets out to address the concerns of the striking drivers on fair pay, reduced wait times at container facilities and the creation of an industry oversight committee. "We have a lot of questions about this document to be answered," said Gavin McGarrigle of Unifor, the union that represents about 400 container truck drivers. "We also note there are some glaring holes in the document." McGarrigle said the union leadership expected to meet with the government and port representatives later on Friday to review the 14-point plan.

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