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Air Canada allows flight attendants to wear gloves to protect against Ebola
MONTREAL – Air Canada's flight attendants have won permission from the carrier to wear disposable gloves to help protect themselves from the risk of coming into contact with the Ebola virus.
As oilpatch reporting season begins, crude price drop top of mind
CALGARY – The recent rout in oil prices will likely be top of mind for investors as Canada's top oilpatch players release their third-quarter results over the next few weeks.
Talk to your kids about the Ottawa shootings, limit TV exposure: Psychologists
TORONTO – The extraordinary events on Parliament Hill on Wednesday had the look of a Hollywood movie or a video game.
World leaders react to a shooting in Canada, in a hallway they once walked
WASHINGTON – Countless world leaders have walked that hallway before. On Wednesday, they reacted to news of an attack that saw gunfire sprayed through the hall of honour in Canada's Parliament.
Harper waited among MPs, terrifying unknown on other side of doors
OTTAWA – For a few moments that must have felt like an eternity, the prime minister of Canada stood hiding in a closet-like space within the Conservative caucus room.
‘You are so loved’: Ottawa lawyer describes trying to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo
OTTAWA – Lawyer Barbara Winters was headed to a meeting Wednesday near her office at the Canada Revenue Agency when she passed the National War Memorial, stopping to snap a few pictures of the two honour guards standing soberly at attention.
Slain soldier riding Highway of Heroes on last trip to Hamilton hometown
Strains of "O Canada" mingled with traffic noise as thousands of people paid their respects to a soldier gunned down at the National War Memorial this week as he made his final journey back to his hometown of Hamilton on Friday.
Kinder Morgan to file court action against protesters blocking pipeline work
VANCOUVER – Energy giant Kinder Morgan is seeking a court order to stop local residents from blocking survey work for a pipeline route through a conservation area in Metro Vancouver.
Magnotta trial hears he was scared of jail staff and heard Marilyn Monroe’s voice
MONTREAL – Luka Rocco Magnotta hated his life, wondered why he had been born and claimed he often heard directly from Marilyn Monroe, his psychiatrist testified at his first-degree murder trial Monday.
WHO asks Canada to justify visa ban for residents of Ebola-affected countries
TORONTO – The World Health Organization has asked Canada to justify its decision to limit travel to this country from the West African countries combating Ebola.
Divers recover body of conductor in Quebec train derailment
SEPT-ILES, Que. – Quebec provincial police say a dive team has found the body of the conductor of a freight train whose lead locomotive plunged into a river.
Family of aboriginal girl with cancer can opt for traditional medicine: Judge
BRANTFORD, Ont. – The family of an 11-year-old aboriginal girl with cancer has a constitutional right to opt for traditional medicine over chemotherapy, an Ontario judge ruled Friday in what some observers called a landmark decision.
Additional $200M announced for military mental health programs over 6 years
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Bill Cosby, under oath, says he gave tabloid exclusive in 2005, had accuser’s story spiked
PHILADELPHIA – Bill Cosby testified under oath in 2005 that he gave the National Enquirer an exclusive interview about looming sexual-assault accusations by a Canadian woman against him in exchange for the tabloid spiking a second accuser's story.
Oldest Canadian, Merle Barwis, held title for almost two years; dies at 113
VICTORIA – Canada’s oldest person who was known for celebrating her birthday with a cold beer has died just one month and one day shy of her 114th birthday.