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• Save the bees? Enviro.l groups call on Health Canada to ban new insecticide
• 164 reasons for Canada to celebrate the U.S.'s 'do-nothing' Congress
• Angela Mancini set to win the English Montreal School Board election
• Canadian transport minister says having surgery, taking time off

Save the bees? Enviro.l groups call on Health Canada to ban new insecticide Posted: 02 Nov 2014 09:24 AM PST A Health Canada review of a new insecticide has reignited the debate about what's killing our bees. At issue, is a product called flupyradifurone — currently at the public consultation stage with Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) — which, if approved could be applied to vegetable, fruit and nut crops to interfere with the nerve functions of insects who come into contact with it.  Some of Canada's leading environmental groups, however, warn that it could harm Canada's already dwindling bee population.

164 reasons for Canada to celebrate the U.S.'s 'do-nothing' Congress Posted: 02 Nov 2014 09:05 PM PST WASHINGTON - Even if Americans are historically unhappy with their Congress as they head to the polls this week, there are a few good reasons for Canadians and other foreigners to celebrate this era of legislative lethargy.

Angela Mancini set to win the English Montreal School Board election Posted: 02 Nov 2014 08:55 PM PST Incumbent Angela Mancini is poised to beat Anne Lagacé Dowson in the hotly-contested race for the English Montreal School Board chairperson.

Canadian transport minister says having surgery, taking time off Posted: 02 Nov 2014 01:24 PM PST TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt will have surgery this week to remove a growth from her ovaries and will take an indefinite amount of time off from her duties to recover, she said on Sunday. Raitt, one of the higher-profile ministers in the cabinet of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, told Global Television's "The West Block" that tests suggest the growth is not cancerous, but that doctors won't know until it is removed. She said she is also uncertain how much time she will take off after the surgery. ...

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