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• Notable Canadians call on Harper to push Mohamed Fahmy's case with Egypt
• Montreal police investigating Verdun stabbing death
• Former B.C. man sues over 'miscarriage of justice' in wrongful-conviction case
• CP Rail strike ends as two sides agree to arbitration
• CN Rail's cross-country line blocked as rail cars burn

Notable Canadians call on Harper to push Mohamed Fahmy's case with Egypt Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:18 PM PST A number of prominent Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to intervene "personally and immediately" in the case of a Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt. In an open letter released Monday, 250 people — including comedian Rick Mercer, filmmaker Atom Egoyan, author Michael Ondaatje and diplomat Stephen Lewis — urged Harper to press his Egyptian counterpart on Mohamed Fahmy's case. Fahmy was released on bail last Friday after spending more than a year in a Cairo prison, but he is set to return to court next week for the continuation of a retrial on terror-related charges his family has called ridiculous. The letter to Harper calls for the prime minister to ask that Fahmy be allowed to leave Egypt under a new law that allows foreigners convicted or accused of crimes to be deported.

Montreal police investigating Verdun stabbing death Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST Montreal police are investigating a suspicious death after a 57-year-old man was found with multiple stab wounds to his upper body in the entrance of his apartment on Manning Street in the Verdun borough.

Former B.C. man sues over 'miscarriage of justice' in wrongful-conviction case Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:14 PM PST A former British Columbia man whose sexual assault conviction was thrown out in what the Crown has called a "miscarriage of justice" is suing the RCMP, the lead investigator and prosecutor, the provincial and federal governments and even his own former defence lawyer. Jason Gratl, the current lawyer for Gurdev Singh Dhillon, said Monday he has also filed a judicial review to quash his client's deportation order and has appealed to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. Dhillon was convicted of sexual assault in 2005, imprisoned and deported to India in 2008. The notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court names the province's minister of justice, the federal attorney general, lead investigator Ryan Roth, lead prosecutor Don Wilson, defence lawyer Sukhjinder Grewal, and a civilian member of the RCMP known only as John Doe.

CP Rail strike ends as two sides agree to arbitration Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:40 PM PST By Leah Schnurr OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters Canada union have agreed to seek mediated arbitration, ending a one-day strike at the country's No. 2 railway, Canada's labor minister said on Monday. "The strike is over," Labor Minister Kellie Leitch told reporters. "Our intention is to get service working at 100 percent by tomorrow morning." The government had planned to introduce back-to-work legislation on Monday afternoon to force more than 3,000 locomotive engineers and conductors represented by the Teamster Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) union back on the job. "We are now going to mediated arbitration with respect to these parties," said Leitch, who has been involved in the talks.

CN Rail's cross-country line blocked as rail cars burn Posted: 16 Feb 2015 08:37 AM PST Canadian National Railway said its main railway line across the country remained blocked on Monday after a train carrying crude oil derailed in northern Ontario two days ago, setting seven rail cars on fire. The train, heading from Alberta's oil sands to eastern Canada, derailed late Saturday about 80 km (50 miles) south of Timmins, Ontario in a remote wooded area. CN said 29 of 100 cars were involved and seven had caught fire. "CN (has) safely removed derailed cars from the right of way, allowing workers to get closer to the core of the derailment, where a fire is still burning," CN spokesman Patrick Waldron said via email.

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