9/11 image on poster 'bad taste': Sask. NDP

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 20:03
Saskatchewan's opposition New Democratic Party is slamming an advertisement distributed in a government-held constituency announcing a fundraising dinner that includes an image of the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in flames and refers to a pig roast.
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Passengers held up flight to watch hockey

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 18:49
Travellers the world over know the pains of flight delays due to fog, weather, late pilots or just plain busy airports. But how about a delay due to a hockey game?
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Villanueva mother breaks down at inquest

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 18:22
The mother of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva breaks down during the coroner's inquest into her son's shooting by Montreal police.
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MPs approve federal budget

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 18:21
The House of Commons has voted to support the federal budget.
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Accused killer calmly recounts LRT slaying

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 18:07
The man accused of killing Arcelie Laoagan calmly described how he was drunk and stoned when he raped and beat the Calgary woman to death near an LRT station.
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2 listeriosis cases investigated in Ont.

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 17:07
Health officials in Ontario are investigating two cases of listeriosis that appear to be linked to salami recalled from stores in Ontario and Quebec about three months ago.
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Seal-meat loin on MPs' lunch menu

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 16:54
MPs and senators from across the political spectrum enjoyed a special lunch Wednesday featuring Canada's best-known furry sea mammal - the seal.
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Alberta counterfeiters nabbed in B.C.

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 16:53
Police in Surrey, B.C., have busted a counterfeiting operation they say was run by an escaped Alberta inmate and seized $75,000 US in fake U.S. bills, fraudulent credit cards and drugs.
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Liberals feared Abu Ghraib-type detainee scandal: source

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 16:52
The Liberal government of 2005 feared Canada's detention of Afghan prisoners would spark a controversy similar to Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, according to a current government official who spoke with CBC News.
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TB rate 185 times higher for Inuit than others

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 16:45
Tuberculosis remains a serious health problem in Canada's North, with the infection rate among Inuit 185 times greater than for others born in the country, a national analysis shows.
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Federal contractor racks up hefty bills

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 16:37
Federal contract workers charged the government $5,266 to install six potlights and $1,000 to replace a light switch.
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Manitoba girl, 6, sexually assaulted

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 16:15
A six-year-old girl from The Pas, Man. was abducted on her way to school Wednesday, taken to a home and sexually assaulted by a teenaged boy, RCMP say.
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Alleged victim testifies in RCMP sex-assault trial

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 15:07
A Yukon Supreme Court judge has heard testimony from a woman who claims two off-duty RCMP officers raped her a year ago but defence lawyers argued it was the plaintiff who initiated sexual contact with the Mounties.
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Mother of OD baby asked to try methadone

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 14:38
A Calgary couple argued about how their baby daughter got a hold of methadone rather than focusing on her health after she ingested the drug, a former friend testified in court.
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$2.25M for players, coach in 2005 bus crash

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 14:01
Three members of an all-girls hockey team in Windsor, Ont., have been awarded $2.25 million in damages after a fatal bus crash in New York state in 2005.
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Hockey Canada finds Crosby's missing gear

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 13:34
The mystery surrounding Sidney Crosby's missing stick and glove from the Olympic gold-medal game on Feb. 28 has been solved, Hockey Canada announced Wednesday.
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Rare Canadian flag on auction block

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 13:12
A rare, 1868 Canadian Red Ensign flag will hit the auction block this summer.
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Religion ban in Quebec's public daycares welcomed

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 12:20
Publicly funded daycare operators in Quebec are welcoming the province's announcement it will ban religious instruction in government-subsidized daycares.
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Photos of dying ducks delivered to legislature

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 11:16
The controversy over what Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has seen of the images of dying birds from the Syncrude trial over the deaths of 1,600 ducks continued Wednesday inside and outside the legislature.
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Seeing-eye dog refused entry to restaurant

CBC Canada - Wed, 2010-03-10 10:49
The manager of a Subway restaurant has apologized to a visually impaired Ottawa man who was refused service at the restaurant because he wasn't allowed to bring his seeing-eye dog inside, and advocacy groups for the blind say this happens far too often.
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