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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Yahoo! News Canada - Canada Headlines


Did Rehtaeh Parsons' father breach Canada's cyberbullying laws?

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 02:25 PM PST

Rehtaeh Parsons is shown in a handout photo from the Facebook tribute page "Angel Rehtaeh." Nova Scotia's attorney general says no one will be prosecuted for identifying Rehtaeh Parsons as the victim in a recent high-profile child pornography case unless her name is used in a derogatory manner. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-FacebookThe father of Rehtaeh Parsons is being accused of violating cyberbullying laws – the same laws he helped pass in the wake of his daughter's death.


Jim Prentice slams Conference Board report on possible Alberta recession

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:41 AM PST

Falling gas prices and a weakening loonie are raising hopes within Canada's tourism industry that 2015 will be a banner year. Ian Jack, a spokesman for the Canadian Automobile Association, says if the current price at the pumps holds until the spring, he expects an increase in the number of people travelling by car this year. A person pumps fuel in Toronto after gasoline prices rose overnight on Wednesday, September 12, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michelle SiuAlberta faces a very real possibility of slipping into recession this year because of dramatically lower oil prices.


CBC denies `sabotage' allegation against anchor Amanda Lang

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:38 AM PST

Amanda Lang's new showThe CBC, still dealing with fallout from the Jian Ghomeshi scandal, is defending one of its highest-profile personalities against a report that she attempted to "sabotage" a 2013 story about a bank that had sponsored some speeches or events at which she spoke.


Man barricades himself in home in Côte-des-Neiges, with hostages

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:42 PM PST

A man in his 40s barricaded himself, and two members of his family, inside an apartment in Côte-des-Neiges late Tuesday evening.

1,500 copies of latest Charlie Hebdo issue available in Canada on Friday

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 07:39 PM PST

TORONTO - The Canadian distributor for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo says 1,500 copies of the latest issue — which features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover — will be available in different parts of the country Friday.

'Five Eyes' countries to meet on anti-terrorism fight: Canada

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 05:42 PM PST

Canada's Public Safety Minister Blaney speaks in the House of Commons in OttawaBy David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The five nations that make up the world's leading intelligence-sharing network will meet in London next month to confer on strategies to fight terrorism in the wake of the Paris attacks, Canada said on Tuesday. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said the so-called Five Eyes - the United States, Australia, Canada, Britain and New Zealand - had scheduled a meeting for Jan 22. A Canadian government official later said the five would actually meet in London some time in February. ...


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