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Attorney general tries to stop retired aboriginal Mountie's human-rights hearing
The Harper government is trying to block the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal from hearing a retired aboriginal Mountie's complaints about the alleged discrimination and harassment he faced over the course of his long RCMP career.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-22 19:06:24



Barack Obama should apologize to Maher Arar, rights groups say
Maher Arar gestures during a panel discussion at the Criminal Lawyers Association annual conference in Toronto in 2010. Human rights groups are urging President Barack Obama to apologize to the Canadian, who was sent to Syria in 2002 and tortured. U.S. human rights groups have submitted a 60,000-signature petition to the White House calling for a formal apology to Canadian Maher Arar, who was deported from the U.S. to Syria.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-22 19:06:23



Union cash flowing into Quebec to fund student protests
People gather at the start of a protest to mark the 100th day of a student strike, in Montreal, Tuesday, May 22. Trade unions based outside Quebec have already confirmed sending more than $36,000 into the bank accounts of the province’s largest student federations.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-22 19:06:23



A snakehead fish has apparently breached B.C. (Cue the horror)

A snakehead fish in Weston, Fla. The snakehead, a predatory fish, was spotted last week for the first time in British Columbia, at an urban park.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-22 07:04:06



Man accused of swallowing diamond passes real gem; still has fake one inside
Police in Windsor, Ont., say a stone passed this weekend by a man accused of swallowing a $20,000 diamond is the real thing.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-21 11:04:43



B.C. salmon farm: virus forces cull of half million fish
A virus outbreak at a salmon farm near Tofino, B.C., has led to a site quarantine and the cull of more than half a million fish. Atlantic salmon farms around Vancouver Island have begun testing and formed a special outbreak management team after a virus outbreak at one farm led to a site quarantine and the cull of more than half a million fish.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-20 19:04:07



Occupy protesters in Nova Scotia to explore possible legal action
Police look on at the Occupy Nova Scotia camp in Halifax on Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Occupy Nova Scotia is exploring the possibility of legal action over arrests made more than six months ago during the dismantling of the group's tents in Halifax.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-20 08:28:20



Paul Watson granted bail as Sea Shepherd founder faces extradition to Costa Rica
Canadian animal rights and environmental activist Paul Watson is being released from a Frankfurt jail next Monday. Jailed anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, facing extradition to Costa Rica for a decade-old attempted murder charge, will be released on bail Monday.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-18 20:34:18



Walkom: After Afghanistan failure, NATO should scale back or call it quits
NATO flags fly in downtown Chicago in preparation for the NATO Summit. NATO has had a good run for 63 years. Maybe it's time to gracefully exit the world stage.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-18 20:34:17






Quebec Premier Jean Charest speaks during a special debate on Thursday in Quebec City. The latest move by the Charest government guarantees that the echoes of the Quebec spring will resonate through the summer and a possible fall election.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-18 20:34:16



Barbara Amiel: Conrad Black feared he'd be denied entry to Canada
Conrad Black, right, and his wife Barbra Amiel Black watch their two dogs as he arrives at his Bridle Path residence in Toronto on Friday, May 4, 2012. Even just three days before his release from a U.S. federal prison, an anxious Conrad Black phoned his wife, troubled by media reports that he might not be allowed out of the U.S., unable to sleep for fear that debate in Parliament would result in the cancellation of his temporary Canadian resident permit.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-18 12:35:06



Roman Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey stripped of clerical duties
Raymond Lahey, a former bishop of Antigonish, can no longer work as a cleric nor preside at any religious services or sacraments A Roman Catholic bishop who was convicted of importing child pornography into Canada has been stripped of his clerical duties.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-16 20:32:48



Lobster fishermen in P.E.I. adopt lidded box to improve catch quality
Lobsters are sorted and their claws  are banded in preparation for transportation. P.E.I fishermen are turning to new lobster storage containers to help improve the quality of their catch.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-16 20:32:47



Man in critical condition after being struck by falling bricks in Montreal
A man is in critical condition Wednesday after being struck by dozens of bricks that came loose from a building in downtown Montreal.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-16 12:30:43



Tim Hudak: Selling part of Hydro One, OPG can slow rise in electricity prices
Hydro towers at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station located in Clarington in the Durham Region. Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has proposed selling off the government's stake in OPG and Hydro One. Ontario can slow the rise in electricity prices by going back to former premier Mike Harris's plan to sell off stakes in Ontario Power Generation and Hydro One, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-15 20:31:00



Conservatives' wage model will hurt all workers, unions say
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty holds a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday Changes to EI and foreign worker program will hurt all workers, critics warn.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-15 20:30:59



Toronto police charge Olympic sprinter and gold medalist Donovan Bailey
Former world  and Olympic sprint champion Donovan Bailey speaking at a press conference in 2004. Bailey has been charged with driving with an alcohol level of more than 80 milligrams. It is the third time Bailey has been before the courts on driving charges. (Feb. 5, 2004) Donovan Bailey, once the fastest man on the planet, has been charged with having a blood-alcohol level of more than 80 milligrams while driving a car in Toronto.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-15 12:35:27



Doctor asks bus beheading hearing to allow Vince Li escorted trips into community
A review board was asked Monday to grant more freedom to Vince Li, who was found not criminally responsible for stabbing and decapitating Tim McLean in July, 2008, near Portage la Prairie. Crown prosecutors do not oppose letting a man who beheaded a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus off of the grounds of a Manitoba mental hospital.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-14 20:25:42



Feuding Simcoe doctors swap stethoscopes for boxing gloves
Dr. Mark Miller, chief of family practice at Norfolk General Hospital  in SImcoe, trains at a gym in Delhi for the World Physicians Heavyweight Championship, a charity match. Simcoe, Ont., will be host to a heavyweight sanctioned boxing match in July between two local doctors wanting to settle who is the tougher medicine man.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-14 12:25:59



Conservative government doubles maximum penalty to 10 years jail for masked rioters
The Conservative government has moved to double the maximum penalty proposed for rioting while wearing a mask or concealing your identity to 10 years.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-10 20:11:12



Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon to become ambassador to France
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is naming one-time Tory cabinet minister Lawrence Cannon to be Canada's next ambassador to France. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is naming one-time Tory cabinet minister Lawrence Cannon to be Canada’s next ambassador to France.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-10 20:11:11



Tobacco company knew smoking was deadly in the '80s, memo shows
Cecilia Letourneau is seen during a break at her class-action lawsuit against Canada's three main tobacco companies in Montreal last month. An internal memo showing that Imperial Tobacco has known cigarettes to be deadly and addictive since the 1980s has been entered into evidence in Quebec's class-action lawsuit, despite objections from the company's lawyers.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-09 19:50:34



NDP tries to slow passage of budget bill
Government House leader Peter Van Loan says the Conservatives will not split up the omnibus budget bill. New Democrats vowed to use every parliamentary tactic available to stall passage of the government's budget legislation after the Conservatives rejected opposition demands to break up the bill for more study
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-09 19:50:33



Israel President Shimon Peres lauds Canada as 'never indifferent, never neutral'
Israeli President Shimon Peres talks with Canadian Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper before a meeting on Parliament Hill on Monday. Shimon Peres thanked Stephen Harper for his staunch support of Israel, and Canada for its 60 years of friendship Monday as the Israeli president began a full state visit.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-07 19:52:04



Federal Budget 2012: New Democrats want budget bill split up
NDP House Leader Nathan Cullen says his party wants the Conservative government's massive budget bill split up. The Conservatives' budget legislation is a "Trojan horse" that will change laws for a generation, NDP says.
Newspaper: Toronto Star
Feed: Canada Date: 2012-05-07 19:52:03



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