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• Red and blue all over, again: Quebec's political tug-of-war is back
• Air force chief says missing Malaysian Airlines jet may have turned back, citing radar
• Lev Tahor members stopped in Trinidad return to Canada Sunday night
• Malaysia Airlines: 2 Canadians were on missing plane
• How the Canadian Navy got lost at sea
• Birth of Trudeau's son poses political opportunity, risk of exploitation
• Military says it has finished last of its Arctic DEW line cleanups
• Canadian athletes open Paralympic Winter Games with three medals Saturday
• Manitoba doctor warns of threatening phone scam
• 5000 Winnipeg properties at risk of losing water, say officials
• Alta. job numbers suggest overheating economy, says ATB head
• Jason Kenney on 6-day study tour to Germany, U.K.
• Canadian scientists studying whether immediate treatment 'cures' infants of HIV
• Rob Ford takes in Downton Abbey exhibit at historic Spadina Museum
• Fugitive who ditched monitoring bracelet won't face new charge in U.S.
• Can exercise stop cancer? Canadian researchers want to find out
• B.C. MP Alex Atamanenko wants most horsemeat off the menu
• Canada imposing travel ban on those it blames for Ukraine crisis
• Unionized drivers reject tentative deal at Canada port

Red and blue all over, again: Quebec's political tug-of-war is back Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:46 PM PST What a difference seven years make. As Quebec ventures into its fourth election in less than a decade—Quebecers may head to the ballot boxes in mid-April—the province appears to be returning to the tug-of-war politics of yore.

Air force chief says missing Malaysian Airlines jet may have turned back, citing radar Posted: 08 Mar 2014 10:57 PM PST KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back, Malaysia's air force chief said Sunday as scores of ships and aircraft from across Asia resumed a hunt for the plane and its 239 passengers — including two Canadians. There was still no confirmed sighting of debris in the seas between Malaysia and Vietnam where it vanished from screens early Saturday morning en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. The weather was fine, the plane was already cruising and the pilots didn't send a distress signal — unusual circumstance for a modern jetliner to crash. Air force chief Rodzali Daud didn't say which direction the plane might have taken when it apparently went off route.

Lev Tahor members stopped in Trinidad return to Canada Sunday night Posted: 08 Mar 2014 10:38 PM PST TORONTO - Police say nine members of a fringe Jewish sect who left the country amid child custody proceedings only to be stopped in Trinidad and Tobago have now been returned to Canada. Peel Police Sgt. Dave Housdon says the Lev Tahor members landed at Toronto's Pearson International Airport Saturday at 10:30 p.m. and the six children were placed in the care of the Children's Aid Society. Housdon said the three adults were being processed by the Canada Border Services Agency. At least two Lev Tahor families left Canada for Guatemala last week, but some of them were stopped in Trinidad.

Malaysia Airlines: 2 Canadians were on missing plane Posted: 08 Mar 2014 10:38 AM PST The two Canadian passengers on a missing Malaysia Airways flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing have been identified by the airline.

How the Canadian Navy got lost at sea Posted: 08 Mar 2014 01:42 PM PST The Royal Canadian Navy has been hoping its collection of banged-up ships, aging arguably beyond repair and sidelined by a year of unprecedented bad luck, can stay afloat until planned new vessels are seaworthy. But destroyers and supply ships from a bygone era are eating up repair budgets as austerity chokes the Defence Department. And a recent mishap has proved particularly embarrassing.

Birth of Trudeau's son poses political opportunity, risk of exploitation Posted: 08 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PST OTTAWA - For a compulsive social media junkie, Justin Trudeau has fallen uncharacteristically silent since his third child was born 10 days ago. The Liberal leader announced Hadrian's birth to his 330,000-plus followers on Twitter, with a discreet close-up photo of the baby's tiny hand clutching his finger. But while Trudeau seems intent on shielding his infant son from the glare of the public spotlight, the Liberal party has had no qualms about using Hadrian's birth to help build up its data base of potential supporters and donors.

Military says it has finished last of its Arctic DEW line cleanups Posted: 07 Mar 2014 05:27 PM PST YELLOWKNIFE - The military says it is finished cleaning up the last of its old DEW Line sites strung across the Arctic. The radar installations were built by Canada and the United States during the Cold War to monitor the continent's northern frontier. The string of 63 stations stretched from Alaska to Baffin Island. The DEW line sites had a major impact on northern society.

Canadian athletes open Paralympic Winter Games with three medals Saturday Posted: 08 Mar 2014 01:08 PM PST SOCHI, Russia - Mark Arendz recorded a first for Canada on the opening day of competition at the Paralympic Winter Games. The 24-year-old from Hartsville, P.E.I., won a silver medal Saturday in the biathlon, the first Canadian ever to do so in the event. Arendz finished just .07 seconds behind gold medallist Vladislav Lekomtcev of Russia, who posted a winning time of 19 minutes 3.7 seconds. Arendz's coach, Robin McKeever, guided his brother and 10-time Paralympic medallist, Brian, to Canada's only other Paralympic medal in biathlon.

Manitoba doctor warns of threatening phone scam Posted: 08 Mar 2014 08:11 AM PST A Crystal City, Man. doctor is warning others about a sophisticated scam.

5000 Winnipeg properties at risk of losing water, say officials Posted: 08 Mar 2014 01:48 PM PST City of Winnipeg said late Saturday afternoon an extra 3,240 properties are now at risk of losing water due to frozen pipes, making for a total of 4,965 properties at risk. In a news release, the city said there are currently 806 properties on the list waiting for the city to thaw their frozen water pipes.

Alta. job numbers suggest overheating economy, says ATB head Posted: 08 Mar 2014 09:22 AM PST Alberta job numbers are up compared to this time last year but one economist in the province says that could be a sign of an overheating economy.

Jason Kenney on 6-day study tour to Germany, U.K. Posted: 08 Mar 2014 01:00 AM PST Employment Minister Jason Kenney is taking a Canadian delegation, including a small contingent from Saskatchewan, on a study tour of Germany and the U.K. this week to learn best practices from their respective education and skills training systems.

Canadian scientists studying whether immediate treatment 'cures' infants of HIV Posted: 07 Mar 2014 03:38 PM PST TORONTO - At least five Canadian children have been treated with a drug regimen some researchers are suggesting may be a cure for HIV infection in infants, Canadian researchers revealed Friday. They said some of the children treated in this manner currently show no signs of infection, though they declined to provide specifics. "Some of the early treated children exhibited sustained virologic suppression, meaning that their HIV viral load continues to be undetectable," said microbiologist Hugo Soudeyns from Ste-Justine Hospital in Montreal. Soudeyns is one of the investigators in a recently funded study which aims to see if starting at-risk infants on treatment-dose AIDS medications in the first 72 hours of life leads to better outcomes than starting the drugs after HIV infection has been confirmed.

Rob Ford takes in Downton Abbey exhibit at historic Spadina Museum Posted: 07 Mar 2014 01:49 PM PST TORONTO - The mayor of Toronto donned a tiny bowler hat and flourished a fashionable cane as he got a sneak peek at an exhibit featuring costumes from popular period drama "Downton Abbey." Rob Ford says the popularity of the British show will draw "thousands" of people to the historic Spadina Museum, which is hosting the exhibit. Ford says the exhibition is not just about costumes, but learning about how people lived and what they went through "day in and day out." "Dressing for Downton" features 20 costumes worn by characters from the television show, which Ford says he doesn't watch because he's too busy.

Fugitive who ditched monitoring bracelet won't face new charge in U.S. Posted: 08 Mar 2014 03:18 PM PST SEATTLE - A fugitive sex offender from Canada who fled south of the border after removing his electronic monitoring bracelet will not face charges in the sexual assault of a teenage boy in Seattle. The Seattle Times reports prosecutors there say they don't have enough evidence to support the charges against Michael Sean Stanley. Seattle police arrested Stanley on Oct. 22 after a series of calls about noise in a west Seattle alley. U.S. officials allowed Stanley, who is a U.S. citizen, into the country after determining he was not the subject of an extraditable arrest warrant.

Can exercise stop cancer? Canadian researchers want to find out Posted: 08 Mar 2014 02:31 AM PST Can exercise prevent cancer from recurring and boost patient survival rate? A group of Canadian researchers have launched an international study to find out.

B.C. MP Alex Atamanenko wants most horsemeat off the menu Posted: 08 Mar 2014 12:20 PM PST An MP from B.C.'s Kootenays is hoping his bill banning the slaughter of most horses in Canada gets traction in the House of Commons this month.

Canada imposing travel ban on those it blames for Ukraine crisis Posted: 07 Mar 2014 09:43 AM PST Canada will impose a travel ban on the people it blames for the Ukraine crisis, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday, without giving specific names. The Canadian government has already suspended military cooperation with Russia and said it will not recognize any referendum held in the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea as long as Russia's "illegal" occupation continues. Harper said in a statement that the ban would affect "a number of individuals responsible for threatening the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. Canada is home to a sizable Ukrainian diaspora, and the Conservative government has strongly condemned Russia's actions in Crimea.

Unionized drivers reject tentative deal at Canada port Posted: 08 Mar 2014 08:31 PM PST Unionized container truck drivers at Port Metro Vancouver voted on Saturday to reject a tentative deal reached earlier this week, setting the stage for an expanded work action at Canada's largest port. About 400 Unifor-represented drivers will go on strike on Monday, joining hundreds of their non-unionized colleagues who walked off the job on February 26 over a long-running dispute about pay and services at the city's port facilities. "Our members have spoken: the deal was too little, too late," said Paul Johal, president of the Unifor container truck local, in a statement. Both the unionized and non-unionized truckers are frustrated over long wait times at the port facilities, which they say cut into their profits.

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