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Violence Against Women Project
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VANCOUVER, BC - (Marketwire - Feb. 13, 2010) - The February 14th Annual Women's Memorial March is held on Valentine's Day each year to honour...
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TORONTO-A former senior Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan said Wednesday that top-ranking Canadian officials ignored evidence that prisoners Canada handed over to Afghanistan's intelligence service a few years ago were tortured.
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BC Ambulance Service suddenly found itself short-staffed over the weekend when dozens of paremedics booked off their shifts Friday night.
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The BC Ambulance Service is calling the shortage a ploy by
the paramedics union to disrupt services following back-to-work
legislation
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VANCOUVER - A shortage of
ambulance paramedics this weekend in the Lower Mainland has the BC
Ambulance Service warning the public of possible delays in service for
less serious calls.
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University of Toronto archaeologist at the site of a recently discovered temple in southeastern Turkey
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TORONTO, ON – Excavations led by a University of Toronto archaeologist at the site of a recently discovered temple in southeastern Turkey have uncovered a cache of cuneiform tablets dating back to the Iron Age period between 1200 and 600 BCE. Found in the temple’s cella, or ‘holy of holies’, the tablets are part of a possible archive that may provide insights into Assyrian imperial aspirations.
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The struggling airline said it will charge $100 per pet on domestic flights and $200 on international flights.
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But, in a statement Wednesday, the Montreal-based airline said it now will allow passengers to bring cats and small dogs in the cabin on its flights from July 1.
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An activist of the International Fund For Animal Welfare poses with a seal cap in front of a huge inflatable seal outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday.
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The federal government says it will launch a complaint with the World Trade Organization unless Canada is exempted from the European Parliament's ban on seal products.
"If the EU imposes a trade ban on seal products, it must contain an exemption for any country, like Canada, that has strict guidelines in place for humane and sustainable sealing practices," said Trade Minister Stockwell Day in a news release Tuesday.
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Police released images on Monday from surveillance footage of two people who 'may have information' on the Subway beating.
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A man who was beaten unconscious for trying to intervene in a fight in a downtown Calgary restaurant has been released from hospital after extensive surgery, as police continue to pursue his attackers.
Philly Roch, a local musician and the co-owner of a downtown bar, was at the Subway at 7th Avenue and 8th Street S.W. at about 2:30 a.m. on Friday getting a sandwich when he saw two men acting aggressively toward a male staff member.
FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2009) - Thirty-seven New Brunswick farms will open their doors to the public on Sunday, September 20, for the 8th annual Open Farm Day, a Maritime-wide agricultural awareness event that lets people learn more about local food production.
July 16, 2009 11:07: A Barrie man charged with murdering his estranged wife is without a defence lawyer.
Daniel Simon, 46, was arrested June 7 and was charged with second-degree murder after Michelle Simon, 45, was found stabbed in her Mary Street apartment.
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Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt reads a statement Wednesday describing the loss of her father and brother to cancer.
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Ontario police scour countryside for missing girl
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CANADA - About 1,000 people, including relatives of Victoria Stafford, attended a candlelight vigil in Woodstock, Ont., on Sunday and prayed for the safe return of the eight-year-old girl, who went missing Wednesday.
The extended Stafford family gathered earlier Sunday night for Easter dinner before attending the vigil, which was held in the parking lot of a local department store at 8 p.m. ET.
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A tattoo of the legs of a Mara Salvatrucha gang member who has illegally entered Canada three times, and was ordered deported for being a member of a criminal organization - the MS-13. The M is on his right leg and the S is on his left leg.
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Before FOB and FK, there was the"Runaway Gang."
That's the nickname police investigators gave a ragtag bunch of troublemakers who either attended Forest Lawn High School or spent time hanging around the school a decade ago.
"We watched this group of goofy kids develop into a gang," recalls Henry Hollinger, a retired Calgary police officer who was working in the intelligence unit at the time.
From kids to killers, this is the story of Calgary's evolving gang war, how a group of teens went from cutting class together 10 years ago to shooting each other on city streets.
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