Monday, November 24, 2014

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Wild ride: Two opposition Wildrose members cross floor to join Alberta PCs
Decals on City of Calgary vehicles to honour 1st responders for a year
'Long journey,' says man freed in possible case of wrongful murder conviction
Canada ups spending plans as PM says on track to balance budget
Canada telecom regulator starts review of fixed-line services

Wild ride: Two opposition Wildrose members cross floor to join Alberta PCs

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 05:37 PM PST

EDMONTON - Alberta's Official Opposition Wildrose party continued a descent into disarray Monday as two members — including key caucus lieutenant Kerry Towle — bolted to join Premier Jim Prentice.

Decals on City of Calgary vehicles to honour 1st responders for a year

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 08:50 PM PST

The city has received the first batch of 5,000 decals for city vehicles to honour first responders over the next year. "Decals will be placed on every city vehicle," said Coun. Keating believes the decals are timely in light of the shootings on Parliament Hill and the death of a soldier in Quebec.

'Long journey,' says man freed in possible case of wrongful murder conviction

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 08:35 PM PST

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia man who was serving a life sentence for stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death walked from court on bail Monday, calling his release "surreal" and his time in the criminal justice system a nightmare.

Canada ups spending plans as PM says on track to balance budget

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 01:31 PM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, gearing up for an election next October and taking advantage of improving federal finances, announced C$5.8 billion ($5.1 billion) in new spending on Monday. "We are ahead of track in terms of balancing the federal budget next year," Harper said in his announcement in London, Ontario. "This gives us flexibility to make additional investments ahead of schedule in a wide range of necessary federal infrastructure projects. ...

Canada telecom regulator starts review of fixed-line services

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 02:31 PM PST

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's telecom regulator began the last of three major policy reviews on Monday as it seeks to strike a balance between ensuring consumers have broad access to new technologies while avoiding rules that would discourage investment. The hearing by the regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), on the wholesale telecom services market will consider whether big telephone and cable companies should be forced to share so-called "last mile" wiring, which brings services directly to the retail customer's door, with smaller rivals. ...

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