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Quebec government polls public on 'problem' of religious accommodation

QUEBEC - The Parti Quebecois government, already involved in a political battle to toughen the province's language law, has placed another emotionally charged identity issue on the back burner....

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CBC warns of lawsuit over government efforts to control salary negotiations

OTTAWA - The CBC is warning the federal government that its efforts to control salary negotiations at the Crown agency could be at odds with the Broadcasting Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, leading to litigation....


Pressure increases on Conservatives to stay or leave F-35 program

OTTAWA - The Harper government may have "hit the reset button" on the purchase of F-35s, but planning for the stealth fighter continues — and Canada is facing a series of deadlines that will increase pressure to stick with the program....


Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but some restrictions remain

TORONTO - Canada is lifting a nearly 30-year-old ban on gay men giving blood, though for the time being only those who are abstinent will be allowed to donate....


'I did not know,' Harper says about chief of staff's $90K payment to Duffy

LIMA, Peru - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government deploys a vast early-warning communications system to warn of potential problems on the horizon....


Man killed after test drive a regular guy, and it cost him his life: widow

HAMILTON - Tim Bosma was a jokester, a mischievous man with a "crazy laugh," but most of all he was just a regular guy — and it cost him his life, family and friends said Wednesday in a poignant tribute to a man whose death cast him in the ...


Mayor Rob Ford says crack video allegations false, according to his brother

TORONTO - Rob Ford's staunchest supporter attempted on Wednesday to quell the storm of controversy raging around Toronto's mayor over his alleged use of crack cocaine by citing his record in office and blasting the media....







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