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• Winter 2013/2014 report card: What is Canada's grade?
• 3 dead in Washington mudslide: 'evacuate before nightfall'
• CN Rail and its employees give talks one last try
• Was sexism a factor in the downfall of Alberta Premier Alison Redford?
• Quebec tries to clarify rules after English-speaking students turned away
• Stephen Harper pledges continued support for Ukraine
• 'Crippling' storm could be headed to the Maritimes
• Harper should "get out of the way" on efforts to reform pensions: Wynne
• Higher youth turnout could change tone, content and outcome of political debate
• Spring storm comes to southern Quebec
• Maritime medical marijuana users greet court decision
• Cities are now battlefields, but does tighter security make sense?
• NDP politicians taking train ride to promote passenger rail in Maritimes
• Immigrants hit citizenship roadblocks with language forms
• Sleight-of-hand jewelry thefts continue, Vancouver police warn
• Co-op breads recalled due to possible listeria contamination
• McMaster whiz kid, 15, reflects on first-year experience
• UFOs sighted in southern Alberta, claims family
• Conductors' union accepts Canadian National Railway's bargaining offer

Winter 2013/2014 report card: What is Canada's grade? Posted: 22 Mar 2014 10:29 AM PDT Well, we did it! We finally made it into spring! That doesn't mean the cold and snow are going to go away and stay away, of course, but at least we've left the season of winter behind ... and what … Continue reading →

3 dead in Washington mudslide: 'evacuate before nightfall' Posted: 22 Mar 2014 06:04 PM PDT The Snohomish County Sheriff confirmed that three people died as a result of a mudslide that struck at least six houses and carried one of the homes across a rural Washington State road Saturday.

CN Rail and its employees give talks one last try Posted: 22 Mar 2014 06:01 PM PDT MONTREAL - CN Rail (TSX:CNR) and its yard workers and train crews are going to try one last time to negotiate a new contract after already failing twice. CN says the union representing the three-thousand workers, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, has agreed to resume talks. CN says both sides have agreed the dispute will go to binding arbitration if negotiations fail. The workers rejected a second tentative contract on Thursday after turning down one in January.

Was sexism a factor in the downfall of Alberta Premier Alison Redford? Posted: 22 Mar 2014 01:20 PM PDT Alberta Premier Alison Redford had barely walked out of legislature rotunda after announcing Wednesday she was stepping down when some observers began playing the gender card. Redford, whose resignation takes effect Sunday evening, is the third Alberta premier to be … Continue reading →

Quebec tries to clarify rules after English-speaking students turned away Posted: 22 Mar 2014 05:31 PM PDT MONTREAL - Quebec's chief electoral office is trying to clarify the rules for voter eligibility after a number of English-speaking university students from elsewhere in Canada complained they were unable to register for the April 7 provincial election. Denis Dion, a spokesman for the electoral office, said there are certain cases that are more difficult to assess and the key point is to determine whether a person is committed to living in Quebec. The comments come after a number of university students came forward saying they had been denied the right to vote. Earlier Saturday, the controversy moved in a different direction when Montreal's Le Devoir cited an electoral officer who was concerned about the high number of anglophones and allophones trying to register to vote at a downtown Montreal riding.

Stephen Harper pledges continued support for Ukraine Posted: 22 Mar 2014 07:36 AM PDT Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in Kyiv for a one-day visit today, promised continued assistance to Ukraine and praised its new leaders for showing restraint in the face of "obvious provocations" by the Russian government.

'Crippling' storm could be headed to the Maritimes Posted: 22 Mar 2014 12:30 PM PDT It may be spring, but a major storm looks like it will hit the Maritimes on Wednesday, bringing with it strong winds and blizzard-like conditions to large swathes of the region.

Harper should "get out of the way" on efforts to reform pensions: Wynne Posted: 22 Mar 2014 02:28 PM PDT TORONTO - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's antipathy to pension reform that would help middle-class Canadians is somewhere between "offensive and inexplicable," Ontario's premier said Saturday as she girds for a possible spring election. "Now this statement may be true on a number of fronts, but on this one in particular: I'm impatient with Stephen Harper," Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne said amid roaring cheers at the party's annual general meeting in Toronto. "That might be Stephen Harper's way, but it's not our way. The Harper Conservatives are standing in the way of strengthening the Canada Pension Plan, she added.

Higher youth turnout could change tone, content and outcome of political debate Posted: 22 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PDT OTTAWA - "My vote won't make any difference." If young people had turned out to vote in the same numbers as the population overall in 2011, pollster Nik Nanos says his research suggests they would have changed not just the outcome of the election but the tone and content of the political debate. His answer: Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives likely wouldn't have won a majority. More importantly, he says the political debate would have been more hopeful and would have revolved around a broader range of issues if young people had been more engaged in the process.

Spring storm comes to southern Quebec Posted: 22 Mar 2014 10:19 AM PDT Transport Quebec says road conditions may be dangerous as 15 cm of new snow is expected in the Montreal area, Montérégie and the Eastern Townships.

Maritime medical marijuana users greet court decision Posted: 22 Mar 2014 09:35 AM PDT Medical marijuana users in the Maritimes who want to continue using home-grown pot are greeting a federal court judge's decision to put on hold new rules from Health Canada.

Cities are now battlefields, but does tighter security make sense? Posted: 22 Mar 2014 02:00 AM PDT Cities have become the modern battlefields in everything from insurgencies to drug wars, but is tighter security and surveillance making us any safer?

NDP politicians taking train ride to promote passenger rail in Maritimes Posted: 22 Mar 2014 12:54 PM PDT HALIFAX - Several NDP politicians are taking the train to Ottawa from Halifax to promote passenger rail service in eastern Canada and to push the federal government to save a vital New Brunswick line. MPs Robert Chisholm, Megan Leslie, Peter Stoffer and Philip Toone will start their 1,500 kilometre journey at the Via Rail station in Halifax on Sunday morning, with stops in New Brunswick and Quebec.

Immigrants hit citizenship roadblocks with language forms Posted: 22 Mar 2014 04:58 AM PDT Immigrants trying to become citizens of Nova Scotia are meeting additional obstacles when it comes to the proof of language they must supply with their application.

Sleight-of-hand jewelry thefts continue, Vancouver police warn Posted: 22 Mar 2014 11:46 AM PDT Police are warning the public to be wary of strangers offering jewelry after several seniors were recently overwhelmed and tricked by con artists who approached them on the street.

Co-op breads recalled due to possible listeria contamination Posted: 22 Mar 2014 08:33 AM PDT Canada's Food Inspection Agency is warning shoppers about a recall on Co-op and Market Town Co-op brand bakery products due to possible listeria contamination.

McMaster whiz kid, 15, reflects on first-year experience Posted: 22 Mar 2014 09:54 AM PDT Alex D'Souza, of Mississauga, made headlines last year after being accepted at age 14 to study chemical engineering at McMaster University.

UFOs sighted in southern Alberta, claims family Posted: 21 Mar 2014 06:23 PM PDT A mother and daughter who live on a ranch just outside of Nanton are scratching their heads after a couple of unidentified flying objects flew over their southern Alberta home late last Sunday night.

Conductors' union accepts Canadian National Railway's bargaining offer Posted: 22 Mar 2014 07:14 PM PDT The Teamsters union representing conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators agreed to meet with Canadian National Railway Co one last time in hopes of reaching a new a settlement, Canada's biggest rail operator said late on Saturday. CN Rail's labor negotiation offer, made on Friday, was on the condition that the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC-CTY) accepts a binding arbitration should talks fail. The union, which represents some 3,000 CN workers, will meet with the railroad next week, the Montreal-based company said. The latest offer came after members had narrowly rejected a second tentative contract by a vote of 891 to 852, which the union said was because CN was not respecting rest periods under the current contract.

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