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Toronto Sun Tori Stafford's family holds vigil in her honour ... Today at 11:00:07 - Just over a week after Michael Rafferty was found guilty of murdering and raping eight-year-old Tori Stafford, hundreds gathered in Woodstock, Ont., to remember the slain girl. Police make first move in G20 report review ... Today at 11:00:07 - Toronto’s police watchdog agency is already reviewing a damning report on G20 activities — including considering applications for officers to face disciplinary hearings. Libyan convicted of Lockerbie bombing dies ... Today at 11:00:07 - The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people has died, his brother said on Sunday. He was 59. Chicago protests on eve of NATO summit raucous, peaceful... Today at 11:00:07 - Hundreds of demonstrators staged raucous protests against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget cuts and other economic issues on the eve of the NATO summit, but police said there were few arrests and o ... Sahar Biniaz crowned Miss Universe Canada ... Today at 11:00:07 - Sahar Biniaz, of Vancouver, has been crowned Miss Universe Canada.	National Post Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, in Canada for whi... Today at 10:19:51 - Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, in Canada for whirlwind tour. Too soon to say if other pageants will follow Miss Universe Canada’s t... Today at 10:19:51 - TORONTO — A civil rights breakthrough at Miss Universe Canada may not be universal. Miss Universe publicity director Brenda Mendoza says transgender competitors are welcome at all of its pageants arou ... Fire, arrests and a Rolling Stone: Quebec student protests get interna... Today at 10:19:51 - A plan to restore order in Montreal appeared to erupt in smoke late Saturday, with fiery blockades blazing on a busy downtown street corner in a dispute gaining international attention. NATO to pressure Canada to help foot bill for Afghanistan security Today at 10:19:51 - Canada’s long-term involvement in Afghanistan will be centre-stage when Prime Minister Stephen Harper sits down with leaders from 60 countries for this weekend’s NATO summit in Chicago. The prime mini ... Nazanin Afshin-Jam tells story of girl trapped by Iran’s twisted cultu... 19/05/2012 at 13:22:22 - Three middle-aged male patrons at a midtown Toronto restaurant stop sipping their coffees and stare. Another man, a younger man, reading a book, does a double take before putting the book down. The wo ...	Canda Television Canada, U.S. tuna treaty grows testy ahead of talks Today at 10:19:51 - The Canadian government has raised the ire of American tuna fishermen by cutting off their Canadian port privileges just as exploratory talks are set to start over the lucrative Canada-U.S. albacore f ... Investigation underway after B.C. lumber mill fire Today at 10:19:51 - Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an unwieldy blaze that tore through a lumber mill in southern British Columbia, the third mill fire the province has seen this year. Defying crisis law, Quebec protesters take to the streets Today at 10:19:51 - A plan to restore order in Montreal appeared to erupt in smoke, with fiery blockades blazing on a busy downtown street corner in a dispute gaining international attention. Don't be a royal pain: An etiquette guide Today at 10:19:51 - With Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall touching down in Canada later this month, CTVNews.ca has put together this helpful guide on what to do, and perhaps more importantly what not to do, whe ... CP Rail workers give strike notice as talks continue Today at 04:43:58 - Unionized workers at Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) have turned up the heat at the bargaining table, serving 72 hour strike notice.
The Globe and Mail Prince Charles and Camilla's royal tour to honour service by Canadians Today at 10:19:51 - When Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrive Sunday in Canada to mark the Queens Diamond Jubilee, the visit will also be a chance to celebrate how Canadians are serving their communities. Flames, barricades, and Arcade Fire: Quebec protests make waves Today at 10:19:51 - A plan to restore order in Montreal appeared to erupt in smoke late Saturday, with fiery blockades blazing on a busy downtown street corner in a dispute gaining international attention. Paul O'Sullivan, Canadian comedic actor, dies in car accident Today at 10:19:51 - Performances of Lost in Yonkers, featuring his wife, cancelled for the weekend No crown for transgendered Miss Universe Canada contestant Today at 10:19:51 - The first-ever transgendered contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title. Niagara bishop who disappeared amid abuse case found in Montreal Today at 10:19:51 - Bishop James Wingle faces a lawsuit, accused of not doing enough to help sex-abuse victims in his diocese	CBC News Montreal police teargas marchers defying protest laws Today at 05:39:28 - Authorities called in the provincial police to arrest protesters taking part in a rally Saturday night in downtown Montreal, the 26th night in a row of demonstrations. G20 charges coming against Toronto police commanders 17/05/2012 at 18:02:02 - A handful of senior Toronto police commanders are expected to be charged in coming weeks for a variety of misconduct offences over their leadership at the G20 summit in June 2010, CBC News has learned ... Alta. wildfire prompts voluntary evacuation of 12 homes 15/05/2012 at 21:25:14 - A change in wind direction has prompted the voluntary evacuation of 12 homes to an encroaching wildfire in northeastern Alberta. Falcon chicks emerge from shells atop Winnipeg hotel 12/05/2012 at 17:22:00 - Princess and Ivy, a pair of Peregrine falcons nesting in a dedicated space atop the Radisson Hotel in downtown Winnipeg, complete with a live web-cam, have three new mouths to feed. Libya mission's final costs reach $347M 12/05/2012 at 17:22:00 - Defence Minister Peter MacKay is defending the government's accounting of the costs of Canada's military mission in Libya after the release of department figures that show it cost much more than the $ ...	Canoe Tori Stafford's family holds vigil in her honour Today at 04:43:58 - Just over a week after Michael Rafferty was found guilty of murdering and raping eight-year-old Tori Stafford, hundreds gathered in Woodstock, Ont., to remember the slain girl. Sahar Biniaz crowned Miss Universe Canada Today at 04:43:58 - Sahar Biniaz, of Vancouver, has been crowned Miss Universe Canada. No clarity from Mounties on gun shop ledgers 19/05/2012 at 23:05:58 - Gun shop owners hoping for clarity from the Mounties on the so-called backdoor long-gun registry are out of luck. Another mill in B.C. razed by fire 19/05/2012 at 23:05:58 - A massive fire early Saturday morning has caused extensive damage to a lumber mill in Abbotsford, B.C. Harper to Eurozone: Stimulus alone won't save you 19/05/2012 at 23:05:58 - World leaders emerged from the isolation of Camp David on Saturday confident the Eurozone financial crisis can, and will, be solved. Grit senator pushes French into more airports, train station 19/05/2012 at 23:05:58 - A Liberal senator who tried last year to make sure Mounties could give you a speeding ticket in English and French anywhere along the Trans-Canada highway has given up her quest.
Rabble Activist Communiqué: Toronto protest against the NATO summit in Chicag... Today at 02:59:46 - The deets: Saturday May 19, 20121:00 p.m. U.S. Consulate360 University Avenue The call out: NATO will be holding a summit in Chicago from May 19-21to decide the future of the war in Afghanist ... Video: Toronto protests NATO summit Today at 02:59:46 - Canadians joined the global days of protest against the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend. Coordinated by the Canadian Peace Alliance, the rally called on the Government of Canada to halt any propo ... Activist Communiqué: Occupy Toronto Free School this Sunday at St. Jam... Today at 02:59:46 - Occupy Toronto Free School this Sunday at St. James Park MEDIA ADVISORY - FREE SCHOOL (SKULE) OCCUPY AFFINITY GROUP OFFERING OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO RAISE FUNDS AND AWARENESS ABOUT ALTERNATIV ... Add 'Dutch Disease' to climate change as real phenomena denied by Step... 19/05/2012 at 16:03:18 - If the Alberta and federal governments' mismanagement of oil sands development were not so clear and their defence of their policies not so divisive and intellectually dishonest, one could feel a litt ... #CityTalk: Downtown Projects 18/05/2012 at 18:26:11 - This week's urban affairs report talks downtown social-public housing projects in North America. In Montreal, community groups in Cote-des-Neiges are calling on the city to create 2,500 social housing ...	Canada.com Manitoba opens public inquiry into sex scandal involving judge Today at 02:59:46 - A man who shocked Manitoba's justice community with claims that he was sexually harassed by a judge is asking for a publicly-funded lawyer to represent him. B.C. sailor rescues crew shipwrecked on remote island Today at 02:59:46 - A sailor in his 70s was looking for tsunami debris off the northern B.C. coast when he spotted three fishermen who had been stranded on a remote island for 10 days after their fishing vessel capsized ... $50-million Lotto Max jackpot ticket sold in Toronto Today at 02:59:46 - There is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot in the Lotto Max draw, and it was purchased in Toronto. Miss Universe Canada crowned tonight, Jenna Talackova no shoo-in Today at 02:59:46 - The Miss Universe Canada pageant crowns a winner tonight, and there is no certainty that Jenna Talackova will take it. OxyNEO another prescription for disaster? 19/05/2012 at 15:42:27 - More than two months after one of the most abused drugs in modern medicine - OxyCon-tin - was taken off the market, there are signs that Canadian drug users are trying to adapt and to fill the void th ...	The Star (Canada) Quebec student protesters find creative ways around controversial new ... 19/05/2012 at 23:05:58 - Only a day after becoming law, protesters were finding creative ways around Quebec’s ... Cohn: Playing politics with your hydro bill by cooking the books 19/05/2012 at 23:05:58 - Every party in power has made a mess of our energy landscape. Uniquely, however, the ... Nude portrait of Stephen Harper, sex-themed exhibit turning heads in O... 19/05/2012 at 23:05:58 - Naked pictures! Explicit sex content! No, it’s not an R-rated website, but jus ... Judge overturns election result in Etobicoke-Centre 18/05/2012 at 18:03:15 - Defeated Toronto Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj has won his legal case to have election ... Walkom: After Afghanistan failure, NATO should scale back or call it q... 18/05/2012 at 18:03:15 - NATO has had a good run for 63 years. Maybe it's time to gracefully exit the world s ...
Canada Newswire Mental Health Commission of Canada praises Nova Scotia's new mental he... 18/05/2012 at 16:02:40 - CALGARY, May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) commends this week's release of the first mental health and addictions strategy for Nova Scotia. "Together We Can" ou ... Retail Council of Canada honours Brian Hill with 2012 Distinguished Re... 18/05/2012 at 16:02:40 - TORONTO, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ - Retail Council of Canada (RCC) announced today that Brian Hill, Founder & CEO of Aritzia LP, will be honoured with the 2012 Distinguished Retailer of the Year Award. Health Canada - Notice to media 18/05/2012 at 16:02:40 - OTTAWA, May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Isabelle Tremblay Confirms: Mosport in Three Days, Followed by the Pre... 18/05/2012 at 16:02:40 - MONTREAL, May 16, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Isabelle Tremblay, the only woman driver registered in a major Canadian racing championship, announced today that she has signed several sponsorship agreements ... National health organizations call on Minister Kenney to rescind plann... 18/05/2012 at 16:02:40 - OTTAWA, May 18, 2012 /CNW/ - A group of eight national health organizations representing various health practitioners today sent a joint letter to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, the H ...