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• Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, cabinet to take pay reduction
• Second H7N9 bird flu case confirmed in B.C.; husband of first patient
• Education minister: students who want gay-straight alliances should have them
• Canada spy agency given more powers to disrupt terror attacks: media
• Canadian man loses appeal on missing lotto jackpot by 7 seconds

Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, cabinet to take pay reduction Posted: 29 Jan 2015 06:06 PM PST Alberta Premier Jim Prentice says he and his cabinet will take a voluntary five per cent pay reduction.

Second H7N9 bird flu case confirmed in B.C.; husband of first patient Posted: 29 Jan 2015 09:38 PM PST A British Columbia man suspected of having been infected with H7N9 bird flu has tested positive for the virus, the deputy provincial health officer said Thursday. On Monday, provincial and federal health authorities announced that a woman — the man's wife — was diagnosed with North America's first case of H7N9 flu. Additional cases are not expected to arise from this event, Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer said via email. The couple are believed to have contracted the virus during a recent trip to China.

Education minister: students who want gay-straight alliances should have them Posted: 29 Jan 2015 08:52 PM PST Alberta students who want gay-straight alliances in their schools should be allowed to have them, and be able to hold their meetings on school property, the province's education minister says. Gordon Dirks attended a meeting in Edmonton on Thursday night hosted by a civil liberties group that wants to find out what the public thinks about legislation for GSAs. Kelly Ernst, president of the Rocky Mountain Civil Liberties Association, said his organization will review the information it gathers then pass it on to the province. "And clearly, one of them is that children who desire a GSA should be able to have one.

Canada spy agency given more powers to disrupt terror attacks: media Posted: 29 Jan 2015 09:34 PM PST Canada's main spy agency will get new powers aimed at disrupting potential terror attacks under security legislation to be unveiled on Friday, Canadian media said on Thursday. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), which currently only gathers information and then hands it over to police for action, will be given powers to act itself to prevent potential attacks, Canadian media said. Under the new law, which will be presented in Parliament, CSIS will be able to block financial transactions, stop people from traveling abroad to join extremist groups and intercept material that can be used in an attack. "The goal is for CSIS to move from an intelligence-gathering service to an agency that will have the power to disrupt or diminish potential terrorist threats under appropriate judicial oversight," CBC News quoted an unnamed source as saying.

Canadian man loses appeal on missing lotto jackpot by 7 seconds Posted: 29 Jan 2015 08:55 AM PST A Canadian man who was denied part of a C$27 million jackpot because he missed the deadline to buy the ticket by seven seconds has lost his appeal to get the money. The Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Thursday ended a seven-year legal battle by Joel Ifergan, an accountant, to claim his share of the prize. Ifergan went to a local convenience store just before 9 p.m. on May 23, 2008, to purchase tickets for that night's "Lotto Super 7" drawing. The second ticket, the winning one, was printed and registered on the Loto-Quebec computer at seven seconds after 9 p.m., eligible for the following week's drawing.

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