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Tamil migrant in B.C. deemed potential security risk [Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:01:50 Z]

One of the 492 Sri Lankan migrants who arrived in Canada last month allegedly travelled to foreign countries with a delegation of Tamil Tigers, a hearing into his detention heard Wednesday

Harper prepares to buy off Quebec [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:38:51 Z]

Don Martin: Canadian taxpayers are about to sink almost $200-million deeper into deficit to finance a hockey arena in Quebec’s “national” capital in exchange for more Tory seats

'The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore': Castro [Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:12:50 Z]

The comment in an interview with the Atlantic Monthly appeared to reflect Fidel Castro’s agreement with his younger brother, President Raul Castro, who has initiated modest reforms to stimulate Cuba’s troubled economy

Obama attacks Republicans as mid-term elections approach [Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:02:01 Z]

With Democrats at risk of losing control of Congress this November, President Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Republicans of putting politics before the country’s best interest

Recap: Toronto mayoral debate on prosperity and the economy [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:01:53 Z]

Join The Post's Natalie Alcoba as she tweets live from the Toronto mayoral debate. Coverage starts at 6:30 p.m. ET

Lorne Gunter: Voters want 'None of the above' [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:41:08 Z]

Were an election to be held today, Canadian voters’ first choice might well be “None of the Above.” No party or party leader truly inspires enough excitement for Canadians

B.C. premier insists he is not quitting [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:02:04 Z]

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell says he has no plans to resign, or replace Finance Minister Colin Hansen, over the government’s handling of the unpopular Harmonized Sales Tax

Loonie closes almost a penny higher [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:05:12 Z]

The Canadian dollar finished nearly a penny higher against the U.S. currency on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada raised interest rates and kept open the possibility of further near-term rate hikes, while bonds fell sharply.

Police in Orangeville appeal to public for help finding Sonia Varaschin's killer [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:55:57 Z]

Police are looking for a killer who wore size 10 or 11 boots and had an intimate knowledge of Orangeville, authorities told reporters this afternoon. Police released pictures of men’s size boots made by Wind River and Dakota

Canadian justice system giving Fleury fits [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:54:32 Z]

On the surface, Theoren Fleury seems consumed with mastering the fine art of jumps, lifts, and spins for his role on the CBC-TV reality series, Battle of the Blades.

What happened in Calgary schoolyard was shocking, horrible...and not true [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:17:47 Z]

There might have been some bizarre things about what happened behind Clarence Sansom Junior High on Monday. But certainly none of them were nearly as shocking as Calgarians had been led to believe

Iran suspends woman's stoning sentence: report [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:07:49 Z]

'The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped and it’s being reviewed,' Foreign Ministry Ramin Mehmanparast told Iran’s state-run English-language Press TV

7-Eleven is Casey's mystery suitor: WSJ [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:01:57 Z]

7-Eleven Inc. is the mystery suitor which trumped Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.'s bid for Casey's General Store, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

Pakistan police arrest three over failed New York bombing [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:02:38 Z]

Pakistan police have arrested three suspects linked to a Pakistani-American accused in New York of the attempted car bombing of Times Square, a senior police official said Wednesday

Cabinet minister Bechard to get state funeral [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:02:57 Z]

A state funeral will be held for Quebec cabinet minister Claude Bechard, Premier Jean Charest said Wednesday as he paid tribute to the young politician who died Tuesday

Canadian football player first university athlete to test positive for HGH [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:13:36 Z]

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport announced Thursday that one of the University of Waterloo football players tested in March had his urine and his blood sample return adverse analytical findings for testosterone and human growth hormone (HGH), respectively.

Mexican drug cartels have insurgency markings: Clinton [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:03:02 Z]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that violent Mexican drug cartels were starting to look like an insurgency

Don Martin: Nancy Pelosi won’t be swayed on oil sands [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:18:57 Z]

A suspicious observer would think Wednesday’s visit to Ottawa by the third-highest-ranking U.S. politician will be more about gathering input for a future trash-talking of the oil sands than a unbiased hearing of the facts

Bechard to get state funeral [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:03:17 Z]

A state funeral will be held for Quebec cabinet minister Claude Bechard, Premier Jean Charest said on Wednesday as he paid tribute to the young politician who died on Tuesday

John Ivison: Minister admits relations with Palestinians have cooled [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:07:29 Z]

Perhaps it should be no surprise that the Palestinian Authority is unhappy with Canada’s foreign policy in the Middle East. But it is a shock to hear a Canadian minister admit to a relationship that is less than cordial

Scott Stinson: How would Jack Bauer handle Canada’s problems? [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:41:48 Z]

Scott Stinson: Jack Bauer is coming to tiny Weyburn, Sask. to help unveil a statue of Tommy Douglas. OK, so it's really Kiefer Sutherland (Tommy’s grandson), but it got us thinking: How would Jack feel about the political issues of the day, and would he even vote NDP?

Experience with suicide launches Quebec hearings on euthanasia [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:02:06 Z]

The Rouleau family travelled to Montreal to tell a legislative committee on euthanasia about the day last June the family’s wheelchair-bound patriarch ended his life with a hunting rifle

One in five Canadian teens not continuing education: StatsCan [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:02:15 Z]

As recently as 2008, one in five Canadian teens were not pursuing a formal education — a figure that falls below the average of other developed countries, a new Statistics Canada report suggests

Honour killings: The Muslims' self-inflicted genocide [Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:46:04 Z]

Jonathan Kay: I am hardly the first pundit to bemoan the lack of Western feminists who’ve shown any interest in this gendered genocide. Most are too busy denouncing the phallocentricity of free trade and unregistered guns

British medallist says 2010 Games cost Canada respect [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:04:28 Z]

Britain’s only gold medallist at the Vancouver Olympics claims Canada “lost a bit of respect” internationally during the 2010 Games by unfairly exploiting its home-field advantage in pre-competition training

Remains found near Orangeville identified as Sonia Varaschin [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:32:52 Z]

Ontario Provincial Police have confirmed that the human remains found just before 9 a.m. Saturday on a rural sideroad in Caledon belong to 42-year-old former nurse Sonia Varaschin

Critics blast new human trafficking education campaign [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:55:21 Z]

A national campaign to educate Canadians about human trafficking falls short of what is needed to tackle what Public Safety Minister Vic Toews describes as “one of the vilest crimes imaginable,” government critics say

HP suing Hurd over Oracle hiring [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:49:00 Z]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing former Chief Executive Mark Hurd following his hiring by rival technology firm Oracle Corp, court documents showed

Charges pending in alleged sex assault on young Calgary girl [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:02:56 Z]

Calgary police confirmed Tuesday charges are pending against a 16-year-old male in what they are calling a sexual assault against a 12-year-old girl in broad daylight

Tasha Kheiriddin: Tory propaganda shows signs of gross excess [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:50:37 Z]

When does government advertising cross the line between information and propaganda? Answer: when voters say it does

Worker killed in Pemex refinery explosion [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:17:49 Z]

A worker at Mexico's Cadereyta oil refinery was killed in an explosion, state oil monopoly Pemex confirmed on Tuesday. Pemex said in a press release that the accident occurred following a leak in a compressor

Crown wants eight-year sentence for Toronto 18's Steven Chand [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:33:33 Z]

A man convicted of trying to fundraise for the 'Toronto 18' terrorist group was motivated by 'bias or hatred' toward non-Muslims, a Superior Court judge heard Tuesday morning

The Down Goes Brown NHL 11 review [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:20:03 Z]

Tuesday is one of the most anticipated days on the hockey calendar, as it marks the annual release of the new version of EA Sports’ enormously popular NHL video game series

David Frum: How Wall Street laughed its way through the economic meltdown [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:55:37 Z]

In the fall of 2008, my banker friends expected a surge of punitive populism, but the visible public anger we see and hear has been skillfully redirected toward government, and especially to the president who inherited the mess

Australian Labor Party secures one-seat majority [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:02:01 Z]

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard secured a wafer thin parliamentary majority on Tuesday, ending a political impasse but hardly cheering investors worried about the fragility of her government and its plans to tax mining profits

Mozambique to reverse bread price hikes [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:02:23 Z]

Mozambique’s government will reverse a bread price increase after food riots in which 13 people were killed last week, the planning minister said on Tuesday

High-profile battles pushing pension funds into watchdog role [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:14:25 Z]

Executives at Canada’s largest pension funds say they don’t want to be Canada’s market watchdog. Increasingly, however, they appear to be playing that role

Fleury, Laraque join Battle of the Blades [Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:55:55 Z]

The new edition of CBC’s Battle of the Blades will feature a mix of some of the NHL’s former tough guys and slick skaters. Players such as Theo Fleury,Valeri Bure, Patrice Brisebois and Georges Laraque are among the eight players announced Tuesday by CBC