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• Should Ottawa be taxing women's periods?
• Mother says body of missing rescue tech has been recovered from mountain
• Mark Salesse: body of missing RCAF member recovered
• Canada 'inclined' to extend mandate of forces in Iraq: minister

Should Ottawa be taxing women's periods? Posted: 11 Feb 2015 03:21 PM PST A group of women is reviving an effort to exempt feminine hygiene products from GST, a move that could cost Ottawa millions.

Mother says body of missing rescue tech has been recovered from mountain Posted: 11 Feb 2015 08:49 PM PST The body of a military search-and-rescue technician who died after being buried in deep snow during a training exercise on an Alberta mountain was recovered late Wednesday. Sgt. Mark Salesse, 44, who was based at CFB Winnipeg, was swept off the Polar Circus ice-climbing route in Banff National Park last week during an avalanche. "It's not the news we were wanting," his mother, Liz Quinn, said in an interview from her home in Moncton, N.B. Quinn said because of jurisdictional issues, Parks Canada search and rescue personnel were the ones to retrieve her son's body, though his military colleagues were on standby around the perimeter of the area in case they were needed.

Mark Salesse: body of missing RCAF member recovered Posted: 11 Feb 2015 07:52 PM PST The family of Sgt. Mark Salesse has confirmed their son's remains were found today in Banff National Park. "The door bell rang, and the three military people were there and I thought, 'oh my God they found him, they found him,'" said Liz Quinn, Salesse's mother from her home in Moncton, N.B. The RCAF search and rescue technician was swept away by an avalanche on Feb. 5 while performing military training exercises in an ice climbing area in Banff National Park known as the Polar Circus. According to the RCMP, Parks Canada Visitor Safety specialists located and recovered Salesse today around 1:30 p.m. MT on Wednesday.

Canada 'inclined' to extend mandate of forces in Iraq: minister Posted: 11 Feb 2015 03:18 PM PST Canada is inclined to extend the six-month mandate of its military mission in Iraq, which comprises special forces on the ground as well as fighter bombers, Defence Minister Jason Kenney said on Wednesday. Kenney said the right-of-center Conservative government had not yet taken a formal decision to keep the forces in Iraq beyond the end of March. "Our government believes that Canada has a role in fighting the so-called Islamic State terrorists, stopping their campaign of genocide, and we are inclined to continue with that fight," he told CTV television. Canada has six fighter bombers taking part in U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State attacks as well as around 70 special forces members in northern Iraq.

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