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Quebec education law to impose fines in tuition crisis

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 11:31pm

Quebec's legislature has gathered for a late-night debate on emergency education legislation Thursday night, as student protests were held in five of the province's biggest cities.

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Canada

Pickton admitted killings, former sex worker testifies

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 10:22pm

A former sex worker says she got into a vehicle driven by serial killer Robert Pickton almost two years before his arrest and he admitted to her he'd killed women on his farm, but that police did not believe her when she reported the encounter.

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Canada

Redford 'shocked' Mulcair dismissed western premiers

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 10:15pm

Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is 'wrong and misinformed' for his contention that the oilsands are hurting Canada's manufacturing sector, Alberta Premier Alison Redford says.

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Politics

Redford 'shocked' Mulcair dismissed western premiers

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 10:15pm

Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is 'wrong and misinformed' for his contention that the oilsands are hurting Canada's manufacturing sector, Alberta Premier Alison Redford says.

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Canada

Virus sparks quarantine on B.C. salmon farm

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:54pm

A salmon farm site north of Tofino operated by Mainstream Canada has been quarantined by CFIA, after the discovery of IHN, a highly contagious and lethal fish virus that wrecked havoc on the industry ten years ago

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Canada

Virus sparks quarantine on B.C. salmon farm

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:54pm

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Technology

Sex exhibit at sci-tech museum causes furor

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:51pm

Canada's Science and Technology Museum has raised the age limit for a controversial sex exhibit after complaints about the content.

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Politics

Sex exhibit at sci-tech museum causes furor

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:51pm

Canada's Science and Technology Museum has raised the age limit for a controversial sex exhibit after complaints about the content.

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Technology

Greyhound bus killer gets supervised outings from hospital

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:46pm

Greyhound bus killer Vince Li is now allowed to go on short, escorted outings from the Manitoba mental hospital where he has been committed.

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Canada

Murder parolee charged in N.S. teen Amber Kirwan's death

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:44pm

Christopher Alexander Falconer, a convicted killer who was on parole when Amber Kirwan disappeared seven months ago from a New Glasgow, N.S., street, has been charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder of the 19-year-old.

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Canada

George Zimmerman bloodied and bruised, files show

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:43pm

Newly released police documents show Travyon Martin was shot at close range and that the gunman, George Zimmerman, suffered a broken nose, bruises and cuts to his head from an apparently violent struggle.

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World

Teen attacked by coyote kicked it in the ribs

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 8:17pm

A 14-year-old boy who was attacked by an aggressive coyote earlier this week said he fought for his life when the animal pinned him down.

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Canada

Disco queen Donna Summer dies at 63

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 7:59pm

American singer Donna Summer, who rose to fame with disco-era hits including Love to Love You Baby, Last Dance and Hot Stuff, has died of cancer at age 63.

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World

Budget cuts claim famed freshwater research facility

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 7:04pm

A famous research facility in Ontario that pioneered investigations into acid rain is the latest victim of federal budget cuts.

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Canada

Budget cuts claim famed freshwater research facility

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 7:04pm

A famous research facility in Ontario that pioneered investigations into acid rain is the latest victim of federal budget cuts.

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Politics

Budget cuts claim famed freshwater research facility

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 7:04pm

A famous research facility in Ontario that pioneered investigations into acid rain is the latest victim of federal budget cuts.

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Technology

Conrad Black denies seeking 'special treatment'

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 7:00pm

Former media baron Conrad Black denies requesting "special treatment" from the Harper Conservatives to return to Canada on a temporary resident permit after his release from a Florida prison earlier this month.

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Politics

Conrad Black denies seeking 'special treatment'

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 7:00pm

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Canada

Rob Ford surprises, attends Toronto rainbow flag raising

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 6:45pm

The mayor of Canada's most populous city won cheers Thursday as he made an unexpected appearance at a rainbow flag-raising marking International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia.

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Canada

Inside Camp David, the secretive presidential retreat

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 6:18pm

G8 leaders, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, are convening at Camp David in Maryland. Take a virtual tour of the highly secretive facilities.

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Politics

Inside Camp David, the secretive presidential retreat

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 6:18pm

G8 leaders, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, are convening at Camp David in Maryland. Take a virtual tour of the highly secretive facilities.

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World

Immigration changes leave Chinese woman's dreams dashed

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 5:39pm

Among the more than 280,000 people whose applications to come to Canada will be deleted under changes to the foreign skilled worker program is Kathy Sun, an IT manager looking for a new life.

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Politics

Environmental review panels will set witnesses, MPs told

Submitted on May 17, 2012 - 5:22pm

Panel members will decide who will be allowed to appear at future environmental reviews on a "case-by-case, project-by-project" basis, a sub-committee looking into the government's budget implementation bill heard this morning.