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Canadian police receive new powers

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:55:11 +0000

Police in Toronto now have the right to search anyone who is too close to the buildings used for the G20 meetings. “Ontario’s cabinet quietly passed the new rules on June 2 without legislature debate,” reports CBC News.

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Canadian arrested in bomb plot in Denmark

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:51:46 +0000

The National Post reports, “The FBI has arrested a Canadian for his role in an alleged terrorist plot against the Danish newspaper that published the controversial Muhamad cartoons.

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, owner of First World Immigration Services, was charged with aiding a conspiracy to attack the Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen.”

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Boat seized off British Columbia coast

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:53:37 +0000

A ship off Canada’s British Columbia coast has been seized after it had sailed in Canadian waters unannounced, reports the Globe and Mail.

“In all, 76 men were found on the ship and were believed to be in good health, considering the voyage they had just undertaken, Rob Johnston, of the Canada Border Services Agency, said at a news conference.

Their vessel, the “Ocean Lady,” was also described as being in decent condition.”

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Canadian house sales up 18% in Q3

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:04:09 +0000

[CBC News]– The Canadian Real Estate Association says 135,182 homes were sold countrywide in the third quarter, up 18 per cent from a year earlier and the most ever for the period.

It’s the biggest year-over-year increase since early 2002, the group said Thursday.

Building on two previous quarterly increases, seasonally adjusted home sales on the agency’s Multiple Listing Service now stands 48 per cent above the low reached in the fourth quarter last year.

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Canada rejects Mexican police officer’s claim for asylum

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:42:39 +0000

[The Globe and Mail]– Ottawa rules that his government will protect him. But Gustavo Gutierrez says it was the authorities who advised him to flee, and he is certain that danger waits for him and his family at home.

Gustavo Gutierrez Masareno was the model Mexican law-enforcement officer.

His portrait was displayed on billboards in Ciudad Juarez as the new face of authority: trustworthy, respectful of human rights.

He had been honoured by the state governor of Chihuahua for solving cold-case murders of women and girls in a region notorious throughout the world for its feminicidios – more than 400 femicides in the past 10 years alone linked to sex crimes.

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Gas shortage due to Shell refinery repairs

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:05:20 +0000

[CBC News]– A longer than expected maintenance at a Shell refinery has resulted in another gasoline shortage at retail stations in Alberta.

The company’s own stations, as well as others supplied by Shell, began running out of gas and diesel over the long weekend.

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International drug ring busted in Queenstown

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:51:59 +0000

[The New Zealand Herald]– Police raids in Otago and Canterbury have uncovered a sophisticated international drug syndicate.

Queenstown police have recruited the help of Australian and Canadian police after the syndicate was exposed during eight raids yesterday.

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In Canada, a move toward a private healthcare option

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:26:55 +0000

[Los Angeles Times]– In British Columbia, private clinics and surgical centers are capitalizing on patients who might otherwise pay for faster treatment in the U.S. The courts will consider their legality next month.

When the pain in Christina Woodkey’s legs became so severe that she could no long hike or cross-country ski, she went to her local health clinic. The Calgary, Canada, resident was told she’d need to see a hip specialist. Because the problem was not life-threatening, however, she’d have to wait about a year.

So wait she did.

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Scandal in Montreal mayor’s election bid

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:56:20 +0000

Like good, clean drinking water, the incumbent in Montreal’s race for mayor is known for having no colour, little odour and not much flavour.

But a growing scandal over a massive contract to improve his city’s water system is poisoning his hope for a third term.

Just days into his re-election campaign, Mayor Gérald Tremblay was forced Tuesday to fire two officials, including the city manager, and cancel a $356-million contract – the biggest in Montreal’s history.

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Thousands rally against HST

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:42:52 +0000

Thousands of taxpayers angry about the introduction of the harmonized sales tax rallied throughout British Columbia Saturday.

Leading the charge against the plan to blend the provincial sales tax and the federal goods and services tax were former premier Bill Vander Zalm and current provincial NDP Leader Carole James.

At least 15 rallies took place across the province, the largest of which was outside the new convention centre in Vancouver, where an estimated 2,000 people gathered to voice their opposition.

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