Rahim Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:40pm - Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer pleaded guilty to careless driving Tuesday and has been sentenced to a $500 fine. Charges of cocaine possession and drunk driving were withdrawn.
Ont. premier calls two fallen officers heroes, says they're owed gratitude - ... - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:36pm -
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Ont. premier calls two fallen officers heroes, says they're owed gratitude
The Canadian Press
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. ? Ontario's premier described two police officers who died in the line of duty in the province in a single week as heroes who, like each of their colleagues, is "owed our gratitude, respect and support." "They're the ones who keep us ...
Thousands say goodbye to fallen officerToronto Sun
Hundreds Pay Final Respects To Peel Police Officer Killed On DutyCityNews
Peel constable killed in car crash remembered at full police funeral680 News
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Jean pays emotional visit to friends, troops in Haiti - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:34pm - Gov.-Gen. Michaelle Jean met with local leaders in her family's hometown city of Jacmel Tuesday and described her "big dream" of a revitalized port in the wake of January's devastating earthquake.
U.S. telemarketer wakes up Calgarians - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:13pm - A California telemarketing campaign had dozens of Calgarians jumping out of bed in the early-morning hours.
Ex-MP Jaffer fined for careless driving - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:08pm - Drunk driving and drug possession charges are dropped against former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer as he pleads guilty to the lesser offence of careless driving.
Suspect identified in fatal shooting of OPP officer - Globe and Mail - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:03pm -
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Suspect identified in fatal shooting of OPP officer
Globe and Mail
Investigators look over the scene of a shooting incident between Ontario Provincial Police Officer Vu Pham, 37 and a motorist he was attempting to stop near the hamlet of Winthrop, Ontario, north of London, Monday, March 8, 2010. ...
Slain officer 'loved his career' and 'adored his family'CTV.ca
Man identified in shooting death of OPP officerMontreal Gazette
Suspect Identified In Shooting Of OPP OfficerCityNews
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OPP shootout suspect named - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:02pm - Ontario's Special Investigations Unit has identified the man wounded in a shootout that left an OPP officer dead on Monday as Fred Preston, 70, of Burk's Falls, Ont.
Thousands attend funeral for Peel officer killed in crash - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:02pm - The wife of a Peel Region Police officer who died in a tragic car accident last week, said at his funeral service Tuesday afternoon that she has lost her "hero" and the "love of her life."
Visible majority?: The changing face of Canada - Globe and Mail - 9 Mar 2010 at 3:00pm -
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Visible majority?: The changing face of Canada
Globe and Mail
The number of visible minorities is expected to nearly double by 2031, when one in every three Canadians will be non-white, according to new Statistics Canada projections. In Toronto, nearly two in three faces will be non-white. ...
Visible minorities in GTA could double by 2031: StatsCanToronto Star
Vancouver's visible minorities to be in majority by 2031 - Statistics CanadaVancouver Sun
TO to become even more multicultural: StatsCanToronto Sun
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InevitablePMOTalkingPointWatch: Super Special Seal Hunt Spectacular! - CBC.ca - 9 Mar 2010 at 2:41pm -
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InevitablePMOTalkingPointWatch: Super Special Seal Hunt Spectacular!
CBC.ca
By Kady O'Malley Okay, so normally, I eschew posting talking points, PMO-issued or otherwise, in full and without context, but since I totally predicted these ones -- I mean, practically word for word, even, although I find it more fun to imagine them ...
PMO harpoons Liberal divisions on seal huntGlobe and Mail (blog)
HSI, Senator Harb Call for Cancellation of 2010 Commercial Seal SlaughterHSUS News
Orders of the Day (03/09/10) - Battle of the Seal-Hunt-Obsessed SenatorsCBC.ca
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Officer's reputation under fire at inquest - Montreal Gazette - 9 Mar 2010 at 2:25pm -
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Officer's reputation under fire at inquest
Montreal Gazette
Protesters demonstrate against Montreal police officer Jean-Loup Lapointe, who shot and fatally wounded 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva in Montreal North in August 2008. MONTREAL ? As Montreal police ...
Coroner cuts off questioning at Villanueva inquiryCTV.ca
No gun safety demo required: Villanueva coronerCJAD
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Finance Minister says Canada may sell government assets - Montreal Gazette - 9 Mar 2010 at 2:25pm -
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Finance Minister says Canada may sell government assets
Montreal Gazette
Canada may announce plans in the coming year to sell government assets following a review of its operations, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said. Flaherty, who this week outlined the Conservative ...
Flaherty blasted for $3100 Hortons photo-opCANOE
You call that an austerity budget?Canada.com
Tories defend record on government plane usageCTV.ca
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Name of suspect in officer's slaying released - 9 Mar 2010 at 2:15pm - Investigators have released the name of the man involved in a shootout with two police officers Monday, in which a veteran OPP officer, Const. Vu Pham, was killed.
Danny Williams' popularity still rising: poll - Toronto Sun - 9 Mar 2010 at 1:42pm -
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Danny Williams' popularity still rising: poll
Toronto Sun
By QMI Agency A trip to the US for private health care hasn't hurt Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams' reputation at home. A Corporate Research Associates poll released Tuesday says 80% of decided voters would pick a candidate from ...
Williams, PCs enjoying record support: pollCBC.ca
Provincial PCs get high gradeSt. John's Telegram
Satisfaction With Williams' Government Climbs Further: SurveyVOCM
TopNews New Zealand
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Coroner cuts off questioning at Villanueva inquiry - 9 Mar 2010 at 1:35pm - A frustrated coroner cut off the wide-ranging cross examination of a Montreal police officer who shot and killed teenager Fredy Villanueva.
Syncrude duck pictures not seen by Stelmach - CBC.ca - 9 Mar 2010 at 1:33pm -
CBC.ca
Syncrude duck pictures not seen by Stelmach
CBC.ca
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach said Monday he has not seen pictures of oil-soaked ducks dying and struggling on a lake that have been shown at the Syncrude trial into environmental charges against the company. An Alberta official uses a paddle in an ...
Court watches tailings pond rescueEdmonton Journal
Snowfall stalled efforts to scare off birds, trial toldMontreal Gazette
Duck hunting no excuse to dismiss Syncrude deathsCalgary Herald
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Woman again removed from class for wearing niqab - 9 Mar 2010 at 1:31pm - A Muslim woman in Quebec is once again being asked by the Quebec government to remove her religious face covering.
Windsor nurses allege doctor made sexual comments - 9 Mar 2010 at 1:13pm - Windsor police are investigating allegations that an off-duty emergency room doctor at Hôtel-Dieu Grace Hospital was intoxicated and made sexual advances to two nurses.
Visible minorities to make up 1/3 of population by 2031 - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:49pm - The next generation of Canadians could be comprised of nearly one-third visible minorities according to new projections from Statistics Canada, which also suggest that the majority of immigrants will continue to make their homes in large urban centres.
Rahim Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving charge - Globe and Mail - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:42pm -
Globe and Mail
Rahim Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving charge
Globe and Mail
Rahim Jaffer leaves the courthouse in Orangeville, Ontario on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The former Edmonton MP was fined $500 for careless driving after the crown dropped charges of driving over the legal blood-alcohol limit and possession of cocaine. ...
Drug, drunk driving charges dropped against former Tory MPToronto Star
Rahim Jaffer pleads guilty to careless drivingCTV.ca
Former MP Jaffer pleads guilty to careless drivingNational Post
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N.L. memorial to mark one year since chopper crash - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:22pm - A memorial service Friday for the victims of a deadly helicopter crash off Newfoundland will mark the one-year anniversary of the tragedy.
Anglicans closing seven Vancouver Island churches - 9 Mar 2010 at 12:07pm - The Anglican church is closing or consolidating 11 churches on southern Vancouver Island because of declining attendance and revenues.
NAFTA pullout bill fails to scare Ottawa - 9 Mar 2010 at 11:41am - Fresh off a recent skirmish over "Buy American," some Canadian cabinet ministers are expressing confidence that a new protectionist push from some U.S. politicians won't succeed.
Tim Hortons busts gift card scam - 9 Mar 2010 at 11:04am - A Surrey, B.C., mother and son have been charged with defrauding the Tim Hortons restaurant chain by using illegally reloaded gift cards to make major purchases.
Crashed plane was chartered to count birds - 9 Mar 2010 at 10:51am - The two Environment Canada employees involved in Sunday's small-plane emergency landing on a Yarmouth County highway were counting birds.
Minorities to rise significantly by 2031: StatsCan - 9 Mar 2010 at 10:42am - About one-third of Canada's population - up to 14.4 million people - will be a visible minority by 2031, Statistics Canada projects.
Natuashish needs booze ban: Innu Nation - 9 Mar 2010 at 10:14am - The head of Labrador's Innu Nation says the northern reserve of Natuashish should keep a controversial ban on alcohol, despite a vow by its newly elected chief to repeal it.
Quebec schoolyard death inquest begins - 9 Mar 2010 at 9:11am - A coroner's public inquest into the schoolyard death of a 12-year-old St. Eustache, Que., boy begins Tuesday.
MacKay to repay bar fees - 9 Mar 2010 at 8:23am - Defence Minister Peter MacKay, MP for Central Nova, will pay back the $3,100 he claimed from taxpayers last year to cover his fees to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society.
Canadians reject rewording of 'O Canada': poll - 9 Mar 2010 at 8:23am - A new poll provides insight into why the Harper government popped its own O Canada trial balloon so quickly last week: massive and immediate public opposition.
McGuinty stakes out campaign territory with promise-rich Throne Speech - Glob... - 9 Mar 2010 at 7:27am -
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McGuinty stakes out campaign territory with promise-rich Throne Speech
Globe and Mail
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario David C. Onley and Premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty (back) arrive before the speech from the throne at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queen's Park in Toronto, March 8, 2010. MARK BLINCH/REUTERS Published on ...
Walkom: At heart, premier a 'Reddish' ToryToronto Star
University education focus of McGuinty Throne SpeechNational Post
McGuinty sees the economic lightOttawa Citizen
Toronto Sun -Toronto Star -Toronto Star
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Most Canadian payrolls to remain stable: survey - 9 Mar 2010 at 7:24am - A recent survey of more than 1,900 Canadian employers found that 17 per expect to see higher payrolls in the second quarter of 2010.
WestJet unveils credit card, frequent flyer program - 9 Mar 2010 at 7:08am - WestJet Airlines Ltd. unveiled Monday its long-delayed credit card and frequent-flyer programs as it competes with rival Air Canada for more lucrative business travellers.
Crown simplifies case against five Norbourg employees - 9 Mar 2010 at 7:03am - The Crown has reduced the number of charges against five former employees of the Norbourg investment firm to 607 from 722.
B.C. man gets 20 years for stabbing, murder plan - 9 Mar 2010 at 6:54am - A Canadian-born former U.S. Army Ranger imprisoned for leading a heavily armed bank heist in Tacoma, Wash., four years ago has had 20 years added to his existing sentence for stabbing a former crony and trying to have a prosecutor murdered.
Jury deliberations underway in Mountie murder trial - 9 Mar 2010 at 6:51am - An 11-member jury was expected to resume deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of a Nunavut man charged with first-degree murder for the slaying of a Mountie in a tiny Arctic community on Nov. 5, 2007.
Mulroney approves of Latin American free trade deals - 9 Mar 2010 at 6:39am - Former Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney gave a rare thumbs-up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday night, lauding his aggressive pursuit of free trade in Latin America.
Power outage fix expected in N.L. - 9 Mar 2010 at 6:26am - About 2,600 homes and businesses were still without power in eastern Newfoundland on Tuesday as crews worked to fix final connections.
APNewsBreak: Canadian doctor says HGH was for him - 9 Mar 2010 at 5:21am - TORONTO -- A sports doctor at the center of drug investigations in Canada and the United States said Monday he treated Alex Rodriguez after the Yankees slugger had hip surgery last year and prescribed anti-inflammatories but not human growth hormone.
Ottawa anticipated Afghan torture allegations: memo - 8 Mar 2010 at 11:50pm - An internal government memo obtained by CBC confirms that Canadian authorities began formulating a plan for dealing with accusations of torture of prisoners in Afghanistan as early as March 2007 - months before such allegations first came up in the media.
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