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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:30 PM

Northern America (non-US)

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Name: Northern America (non-US)

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 9 Documents (in Politics)

Canada to review soldier's asylum

Ottawa - A Canadian court on Friday ordered the country's refugee board to review the rejected asylum application of a lesbian US soldier who claimed her sexual orientation had prompted death threats.Private Bethany Smith, 21, claimed she was the victim ... [News24.com - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Canada, Gay, Discharge, Refugees

First Reported 21 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 5 Documents

Bermudan officials search for missing Nova Scotia sailor

HALIFAX - U.S. and Canadian aircraft are searching an area near Bermuda for a missing solo sailor from Nova Scotia.U.S. search officials confirm that Hubert Marcoux, 67, of Halifax left the province Nov. 9 and was supposed to reach Bermuda last Monda ... [CTV.ca - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Halifax (Canada), Bermuda, Flotation, Rescue

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 5 Documents

November 2009 Bits and Bites (Anti-Racist Canada)

Well it looks like we may (or may not) have some copycats in Calgary now:Police probe more anti-Semitic graffitiLast Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009For the second time in less than a week, anti-Semitic graffiti has been spray-painted on several ... [Progressive Bloggers - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Calgary, Canada, Anti-Semitism

First Reported 19 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 13 Documents

Jim Flaherty

Flaherty says government will undertake no ne...

TORONTO - Emphasizing that government stimulus spending is a temporary measure, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget.Rather, it will continue ... [Canadian Business Magazine - 13 mins ago]

Entities: Jim Flaherty, Bank of Canada, Canada

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 10 Documents

Flood waters prompt evacuation on Vancouver Island

After a week of wet weather, the local Cowichan and Koksilah Rivers rose high enough to spill into the city's streets.That prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency in the area, which lies on the southeast of Vancouver Island and is home to ... [Sympatico - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Vancouver, water level, State of Emergency, Middle School

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 41 Documents (in Politics)

Peter MacKay

Defence Minister Peter MacKay denies knowledge of torture

The accusations of Canadian complicity in the torture of Afghan detainees who'd been turned over to Afghan authorities by the canuks is not new. Ottawa, ON - Opposition parties were given a big plate of cannon fodder Wednesday when Richard Colvin testified ... [Digital Journal - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Torture, Richard Colvin, Peter MacKay

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 9 hours ago - 36 Documents

Once the invisible man, now the centre of attention

Intelligence officer and ex-diplomat Richard Colvin, right, arrives at a commons special committee on Afghanistan hears witnesses on transfer of Afghan detainees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. The Canadian PressAfghanistan whistleblower Richard ... [Globe and Mail - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Richard Colvin, Waterdown, Canada

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 3 Documents

Canada: Yukon confirms 2nd swine flu death

Via CBCnews.ca: Yukon confirms 2nd swine flu death. Excerpt:A middle-aged woman in the Yukon has died of swine flu, health officials confirmed Friday. Yukon medical officer Dr. Brendan Hanley released little information about the woman, who died Thursday ... [H5N1 - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Swine Flu, Canada, Whitehorse (Canada), Medical Officer

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents

Magazine releases ranking of Canada's wealthiest people, Thomson family on top

TORONTO - The wealthy Thomson family remains number one on the latest Canadian Business magazine list of the 100 richest Canadians.The Thomson clan, which controls the Thomson Reuters (TSX:TRI) news and specialized data company, has amassed roughly $21.99 ... [Canadian Business Magazine - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Toronto stock exchange, Canada, Robert Friedland, John Irving, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 3 Documents

Media Advisory - Campaign 2000 to Release 2009 Report Card on Child Poverty in Canada

TORONTO, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Campaign 2000 will release its annual Report Card on Child and Family Poverty on Tuesday, November 24th in Ottawa. This year marks 20 years since unanimous House of Commons' resolution to end child poverty in Canada by 2000.The ... [Globe Investor - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Child Poverty, Canada, Ottawa, Toronto

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 9 Documents

Williamsburg celebrates new affordable housing

Guy Lauzon, Member of Parliament for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and Minister Responsible for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Jim Brownell, ... [Canadian Business Magazine - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Cda Mtg & Hsg Corp, Jim Brownell, Guy Lauzon, Government of Canada

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Sponsorship player gets two years in prison

Gilles-Andre Gosselin answers a question during his testimony before the Gomery inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal on Monday March 14, 2005 in Montreal. CPFormer adman Gilles-André Gosselin, who billed taxpayers $655,276 in fake invoices, pleaded ... [Globe and Mail - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Fraud, Jean Brault, DETERRENCE, Bankrupt, Ottawa

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The First In A Series? (BigCityLib Strikes Back) [Progressive Bloggers - 1 hour ago] Wildrose Alliance "strategist" Stephen Carter on Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach's Ukranian accent:"Just saw da premier making a speech. Dat was quite a speech. Dem ...
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Julia Moulden: Top 10 New Radical Gifts [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 1 hour ago] Are you like me -- suddenly realizing that the holidays are only weeks away? And are you totally and completely convinced that you don't want to give the ...
Small steps (Impolitical) [Progressive Bloggers - 1 hour ago] Item: "It looks like the Liberals are caught in that old classic pincer movement," said Bricker, "where they're now not just losing their centrist and slightly right-wing ...

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