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Harper says ‘most’ cases of murdered aboriginal women are solved – The Globe and Mail
Oct. 06, 2015 Conservative Leader Stephen Harper isn’t budging on his refusal to hold a federal inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, framing the issue Tuesday as a law-and-order problem and noting police have solved most of the crimes. Advocates for an inquiry swiftly criticized Harper for taking an overly narrow view of violence […]
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Senator calls on RCMP to provide data proving culpability of aboriginal men – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 6, 2015 By CKOM THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON _ A Saskatchewan senator is challenging the RCMP and the federal government to release statistics proving that 70 per cent of aboriginal females killed in cases solved by police have died at the hands of other aboriginals. Lillian Dyck, who was in Saskatoon for […]
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Prep Business Report – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Oct 7, 2015 The Toronto stock market advanced for a third straight session yesterday as sharply rising oil prices supported a continuing rally in the energy sector. Toronto’s S-and-P / T-S-X index closed 95 points higher at 13,647. In New York, the Dow Jones rose 13 points to 16,790. And […]
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Six stories in the news today, Oct. 7 – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 7, 2015 Six stories in the news today, Oct. 7 from The Canadian Press: TORIES VOW CASH FOR AUTO SECTOR TO EASE TPP Inside the Global Emissions System Inc. manufacturing plant in Whitby, Prime Minister Stephen Harper talked up the merits of a landmark trade agreement. Outside, about two dozen workers from […]
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Prairie Update – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Oct 7, 2015 4:01 (Mba-FedElxn-Hillier) A former top military commander is criticizing those who oppose military intervention in Iraq and Syria. Retired general Rick Hillier, a former chief of defence staff, said in Winnipeg yesterday that not much can be accomplished until the leadership of the Islamic State is taken out. […]
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BR Northern Gateway – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Oct 7, 2015 VANCOUVER – A lawyer representing the federal government says Canada spent four-million dollars to help First Nations participate in an environmental assessment for the Northern Gateway pipeline project. The seven-billion dollar proposal from Enbridge is facing 18 legal challenges in Vancouver’s Federal Court of Appeal. Lawyer Dayna […]
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BR Alta Cigarette Plant – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Oct 7, 2015 EDMONTON – A moratorium in Quebec on new tobacco manufacturing has a company from that province looking at southern Alberta as the possible location for a cigarette manufacturing plant. Four Winds Tobacco Products, which is registered on a Mohawk reserve in Quebec, sent representatives to a meeting […]
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Federal government defends ‘thorough’ Northern Gateway review in court – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 6, 2015 By Laura Kane THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Canada spent almost $4 million to help First Nations participate in a “thorough” and “fair” environmental assessment of the Northern Gateway pipeline project, court heard Tuesday. A lawyer for the government has asked the Federal Court of Appeal to dismiss 18 legal […]
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Alberta lax on chasing down back taxes from corporate deadbeats: auditor – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 6, 2015 By Dean Bennett THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON _ The auditor general says Alberta’s tax collectors are falling down on the job when it comes to going after corporate deadbeats. Merwan Saher says in a report issued Tuesday that some corporations have unpaid tax bills going back eight years. And he […]
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The election that could kill TPP trade deal: No, not the Canadian one – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Oct 6, 2015 By Alexander Panetta THE CANADIAN PRESS ATLANTA _ There was plenty of chatter at international free-trade talks about the election that could kill the new Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. No, not Canada’s. From the protesters outside, to the lobbyists indoors, the gaze at this convention site was cast a little farther […]
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