| Value Village pulls 'sexy, sexist' kids' Halloween costumes, but trend persists Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:36 PM PDT  Value Village, popular purveyor of second-hand duds, has been blasted by a Victoria, B.C. mother upset over some pre-packaged kids' Halloween costumes that not only reinforce gender stereotypes but make little girls look sexy. Raina Delisle was shopping at her local Value Village for a costume for her four-year-old daughter, whose possible choices included dressing as a firefighter. Value Village, which has an advertising blitz every Halloween to pitch its stores as a costume mecca, offered both girls' and boys' police and firefighter costumes.
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| PMO says man in attack against Canadian Forces members had 'become radicalized' Posted: 20 Oct 2014 09:39 PM PDT  SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. - A man who died from police gunfire after he struck two members of the Canadian Forces with his car had "become radicalized," the Prime Minister's Office said Monday.
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| Dangerous dog applications filed for 4 dogs in September attack Posted: 20 Oct 2014 08:53 PM PDT  The owners of four dogs involved in a September attack in Edmonton will have to wait a while longer to learn the final verdict on what will happen to their pets. The attack, which happened near 101st Street and 112th Avenue, sent a 54-year-old woman to hospital and her dog to the vet, both with serious injuries. Keith Scott with Animal Control said the city has been working with Edmonton police and the dogs' owners to determine the next steps in the dogs' management.
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| Canada police kill 'radicalized' driver after he rams two soldiers Posted: 20 Oct 2014 07:19 PM PDT  By David Ljunggren and Allison Lampert OTTAWA/MONTREAL (Reuters) - A Canadian man who was killed by police on Monday after trying to run over two soldiers in Quebec "had become radicalized," the government said after the first such incident in Canada since the country joined the fight against Islamic State militants. The Canadian government did not specify what it meant by radicalized but in the past has used the term to refer to Canadians who become supporters of militant Islamic groups. ...
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| Canada August wholesale trade rebounds to near record Posted: 20 Oct 2014 05:41 AM PDT  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian wholesale trade in August recouped most of July's decline and came in at the second-highest level on record, defying expectations of a 0.2 percent decline, according to Statistics Canada data released on Monday. Sales increased 0.2 percent from July to a seasonally adjusted C$53.07 billion ($46.96 billion), just shy of June's record C$53.10 billion, and 6.0 percent higher than a year earlier. July's fall was revised to 0.2 percent from 0.3 percent. The August level was also the second highest in constant dollars. In volume terms, sales rose by 0.1 percent. ...
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