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Ian Mulgrew: Justice won't be done for too many in the Pickton case

Vancouver Sun - Ian Mulgrew - ‎29 minutes ago‎
VANCOUVER - Serial killer Robert “Willie” Pickton now can be bundled off to penitentiary where hopefully he will suffer the tortures of the damned.

Toronto pair charged over G20 protest forced to wait for bail decision

Vancouver Sun - Linda Nguyen - ‎37 minutes ago‎
Rallies in support of activists arrested in Toronto at the G20 summit were held across the country on July 1st. Here, the one in Montreal started in Carré St-Louis and finished in front of the ...
Say no evil Macleans.ca (blog)

Calgary psychiatrist faces 20 new sex charges

CBC.ca - ‎2 hours ago‎
Calgary psychiatrist Dr. Aubrey Levin now faces 21 charges of sexual assault, based on allegations by patients. (CBC)A Calgary psychiatrist who had been facing a single charge of sexual assault against a patient now faces 20 additional counts, ...

Pakistan flood death toll hits 430

CBC.ca - ‎7 hours ago‎
AP Villagers move to safety from a flooded village near Nowshera, in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province, on Thursday. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press) Massive flooding in Pakistan has killed at least 430 people as monsoon rains continue to bloat ...

Putin takes control of wildfire crisis

RIA Novosti - ‎1 hour ago‎
MOSCOW, July 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered a total of 5 billion rubles ($165 million) to be disbursed from the federal budget to the central Russian areas worst affected by wildfires, his spokesman said on Friday.

WikiLeaks 'has blood on its hands' over Afghan war logs, claim US officials

The Guardian - ‎18 minutes ago‎
WikiLeaks and its editor-in-chief, Julian Assange, have come under attack from US officials and their allies for potentially endangering informants and troops in Afghanistan by posting the texts of thousands of leaked war logs.

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Ex-CSIS chief to probe Mountie mutiny

Globe and Mail - Daniel Leblanc - ‎22 minutes ago‎
The Harper government is calling on a former top spy to probe the workplace atmosphere at the RCMP. Reid Morden, former head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, has been called in to look into complaints from senior Mounties over the ...

Mom denied bail in attempted murder case

CBC.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
A Quebec Court judge has denied bail to a Montreal-area woman who is accused of trying to kill her daughter last month. Johra Kaleki, 38, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.

Bus killer Li to walk in unfenced area

CBC.ca - ‎1 hour ago‎
Vince Li was declared not criminally responsible last year for the killing of Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus in 2008. (John Woods/Canadian Press) There will be more guards but no fence at a Winnipeg-area mental health facility where bus beheader Vince ...

South Florida, East Coast likely spared oil impact

The Associated Press - ‎1 hour ago‎
NEW ORLEANS - Government scientists are saying South Florida and the East Coast will likely not see any oil impact from the massive Gulf of Mexico spill.

BP Well-Plugging Effort Hits Snag

Wall Street Journal - ‎32 minutes ago‎
AP NEW ORLEANS—The government's point man for the Gulf oil spill said Friday there has been a delay in a procedure that will help stop the gusher for good.

Markets volatile after mixed signals on economy's strength

Toronto Star - David Friend - ‎48 minutes ago‎
The Toronto stock market fell sharply and then rallied Friday near midday as North American markets endured volatile trading on the heels of underwhelming readings for both Canadian and US economic output.

Home sales seen dipping in 2010 in revision

Reuters Canada - Ka Yan Ng, Frank McGurty - ‎1 hour ago‎
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian home sales will decline 1.2 percent this year, not increase as previously forecast, an industry group said on Friday, but average prices should increase more than it forecast earlier.

Are ebook readers for book-lovers?

The Guardian - ‎9 hours ago‎
As Amazon unveils two lighter, more advanced versions of the Kindle e-reader, we ask: can they ever replace books? The latest version of Amazon's Kindle e-reader.

Microsoft, Get Back to Work!

PC World - Tony Bradley - ‎35 minutes ago‎
Steve Ballmer assured analysts and the world that Microsoft is hard at work developing a Windows 7-based tablet to compete with devices like the Apple iPad.

RIM Said to Plan Tablet for November to Take on Apple's IPad

Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - ‎1 hour ago‎

Ellen's Departure Doesn't Surprise 'American Idol' Experts

MTV.com - Gil Kaufman - ‎36 minutes ago‎
Ellen DeGeneres was the first to admit that her first, and as it turns out, last, season on "American Idol" was not smooth sailing.

Chelsea Clinton to wed amid media frenzy

CBC.ca - ‎2 hours ago‎
An aerial photo shows Astor Courts, the rumoured site of Saturday's wedding of Chelsea Clinton to Marc Mezvinsky. (Mike Groll/Associated Press) Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former US president Bill Clinton and current Secretary of State Hillary ...

Bon Jovi fans who gave baby 'a bad name' finally meet singer

Vancouver Sun - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Jeff DeDekker, Postmedia News July 30, 2010 7:04 AM A Regina couple who named their son Jovi got to meet the child's namesake, Jon Bon Jovi.

Flames sign D-man White

Toronto Sun - ‎2 hours ago‎
By RANDY SPORTAK, QMI Agency CALGARY -- So much for all the talk the Calgary Flames and Ian White were definitely headed to arbitration.

Lions Game Day: North Delta's Adam Braidwood drops the gloves

Vancouver Sun - Gary Kingston - ‎1 hour ago‎
Edmonton Eskimos lineman Adam Braidwood is expected to play in his first CFL game tonight since a left knee injury knocked him out of the lineup in October 2007.
CFL Notebook Victoria Times Colonist

Printers' season over? 'Not even close'

Vancouver Sun - Mike Beamish - ‎38 minutes ago‎
Casey Printers pointed out he was healthy enough to run around at practice, so he couldn't have a severe injury. 'Surgery is not being considered at this point,' Lions medical trainer Bill Reichelt said.

New plan would cut Canada's salt intake to a teaspoon a day

Globe and Mail - ‎4 hours ago‎
A front-end loader fills a truck with salt, deep in the Sifto Salt -Compass Minerals mine in Goderich, Ont., Thursday, December 18, 2008.

BC urged to join MS trials

National Post - ‎6 hours ago‎
VANCOUVER - BC should take Saskatchewan up on its invitation to help fund clinical trials of a controversial new treatment for multiple sclerosis, a provincial New Democrat says.

More about energy drinks and kids

CBC.ca (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Marketplace Staff There was a lot of discussion this week about kids and teens consuming caffeinated energy drinks. The coverage was spurred on by an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal calling for Health Canada to ban promotion of ...

Russian jet confrontation a 'close one,' Defence official says

Globe and Mail - Daniel Leblanc - ‎2 hours ago‎
Canada and Russia engaged in a war of words Friday over this week's confrontation between two Canadian CF-18 fighter jets and two Russian bombers.

Burnaby Mountain brush fire may have been set by youths

Vancouver Sun - ‎24 minutes ago‎
By Staff, Vancouver Sun July 29, 2010 Cars lineup on Underhill Ave Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Burnaby, BC as RCMP control access to Burnaby Mountain neighbourhoods close to where a wildfire was contained by fire crews early in the evening.

Economists decry census move

Globe and Mail - ‎31 minutes ago‎
An employee makes his way to work at Statistics Canada in Ottawa on on July 21, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS Globe and Mail Update Published on Thursday, Jul. 29, 2010 11:55PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Jul. 30, 2010 1:48PM EDT More than three-quarters of ...
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