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- Quebec launches $60-billion lawsuit against big tobacco – Globe and Mail
CBC.caQuebec launches $60-billion lawsuit against big tobacco
Globe and Mail
More than half of Canadian provinces have now sued big tobacco companies in an attempt to recoup health costs, with the Quebec government announcing a $60-billion lawsuit Friday. Six provinces have filed similar lawsuits – British Columbia, Ontario, …
Quebec launches $60B lawsuit against tobacco companiesCTV.ca
All tobacco dangerous: Imperial Tobacco CEO testifies in Quebec class-action …Vancouver Sun
Quebec sues tobacco industry for C$60 billionReuters Canada
AFP
all 96 news articles » - Luka Rocco Magnotta: Outpouring of support inspires plan to honour … – Toronto Star
Toronto StarLuka Rocco Magnotta: Outpouring of support inspires plan to honour …
Toronto Star
MONTREAL—The university where the victim of one of Canada's most gruesome slayings studied is taking several steps to keep his memory alive amid an outpouring of public support. There will be an award named after Jun Lin for a deserving student along …
Concordia creates fund for body-parts victimCANOE
Chinese families fear for childrenMontreal Gazette
University starts fund to honor slain Chinese studentAFP
Winnipeg Free Press
all 99 news articles » - Feds close loophole to ensure child-porn convicts barred at border – Montreal Gazette
Feds close loophole to ensure child-porn convicts barred at border
Montreal Gazette
OTTAWA — The government has quietly closed a loophole that could have theoretically allowed someone with a minor child pornography conviction to enter Canada under a new directive aimed at making it easier for US hunters and anglers to cross the border … - Villeneuve gets threats following his blast against Quebec protesters – Winnipeg Free Press
National PostVilleneuve gets threats following his blast against Quebec protesters
Winnipeg Free Press
MONTREAL – Race-car champion Jacques Villeneuve has apparently received threats since he took the rare step, for a Quebec celebrity, of blasting the province's student movement. Villeneuve would not provide details but said Friday he had received some …
Villeneuve gets threats following his blast against protestersGlobe and Mail
Villeneuve threatened following criticism of protesters, he saysCanada.com
Security tightened at Montreal Grand Prix weekendCBC.ca
MiamiHerald.com
all 982 news articles » - Syria massacre: ‘Calculated attempts’ to cover up in Qubair – BBC News
BBC NewsSyria massacre: 'Calculated attempts' to cover up in Qubair
BBC News
UN monitors have been in the Syrian village of Qubair to investigate the scene of a massacre which took place on Wednesday. The BBC's Paul Danahar, who was travelling with them, said they were met by the smell of burnt flesh in gutted buildings, …
UN observers reach 'ghastly' Syrian massacre villageHerald Sun
Monitors find grim proof of killing as they finally reach Syrian villageThe Independent
UN team sees massacre site in Syrian villageBoston.com
Los Angeles Times -NPR
all 1,424 news articles » - ‘Frankenfish’ caught in BC pond – CANOE
CANOE'Frankenfish' caught in BC pond
CANOE
By QMI Agency VANCOUVER — BC's environment ministry confirmed Friday it had caught the elusive "Frankenfish" that's been inhabiting the waters of the Central Park pond in Burnaby. Ministry and municipal staff captured the predator Friday.
Elusive snakehead fish finally caught after Burnaby lagoon partially drainedVancouver Sun
Invasive snakehead predator fish caught in pond in BC parkToronto Star
Notorious snakehead fish caught in BurnabyCTV.ca
Burnaby Now -CBC.ca
all 64 news articles » - Ontario ordered to release general location of sex offenders – Globe and Mail
CTV.caOntario ordered to release general location of sex offenders
Globe and Mail
A journalist who wanted to know how many registered sex offenders live in an area identified by partial postal codes should be given the information, Ontario's top court ruled Friday. The decision in the long-running battle to get the data rejects …
Better to let the public knowNG News
Sex Offender Data By Postal Code: Court Orders Ontario To Release Information …Huffington Post Canada - ‘Super-hero’ sting leads to child luring charges against three men – Chilliwack Progress
CBC.ca'Super-hero' sting leads to child luring charges against three men
Chilliwack Progress
By Robert Freeman – Chilliwack Progress Charges against three men accused of child luring via the Internet are the result of the police investigation into "super-hero" stings by Chilliwack caped crusaders last year. But the outing of suspected sex …
3 men charged with child luring in 'superhero' video caseCANOE
Superhero sting helps police catch three men accused of child luringVancouver Sun
Three B.C. men charged with child luring after super hero online stingCalgary Herald
The Province
all 32 news articles » - Jean-Pierre Blais new CRTC head – CBC.ca
CBC.caJean-Pierre Blais new CRTC head
CBC.ca
Jean-Pierre Blais has been appointed chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, the Prime Minister's Office announced on Friday. The appointment takes effect June 18 and is for five years. Blais "brings a strong legal …
Harper names new CRTC bossLondon Free Press
Jean-Pierre Blais appointed chairman of CRTCOttawa Citizen
