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Defrocked Arctic priest says he’s sorry for sex abuse of children
IQALUIT, Nunavut – A defrocked priest who abused a large number of Inuit children has told a judge that he's sorry for his crimes and won't commit any more.
Women denied equal pay and promotions at Castlegar mill: human rights complaint
CASTLEGAR, B.C. – The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will hear a complaint made a former human resources manager at a Castlegar, B.C., pulp mill who says she and other female supervisors were denied equal pay and promotions.
For late figure skating great Toller Cranston, art was ‘terrifying obsession’
TORONTO – Once Toller Cranston left the ice behind, he focused his restless creative ingenuity on art — an all-consuming enterprise that he wryly referred to as his "terrifying obsession."
Independent Investigations Office probes police shooting in Castlegar
SURREY, B.C. – The Independent Investigations Office of BC is investigating a fatal police shooting on Thursday evening in Castlegar, B.C.
Spy service to get stronger anti-terror powers under federal bill
OTTAWA – Newly tabled anti-terrorism legislation would give Canada's spy agency more power to thwart a suspected extremist's travel plans, disrupt bank transactions and covertly interfere with radical websites.
Canadian woman dies at retreat in Peru after drinking tea in ceremony
Avid traveller Jennifer Logan had finished a job teaching English to women in Saudia Arabia, and was visiting family back in Canada, when she set off last month for her next adventure in Peru.
Family of imprisoned journalist launches ‘HarperCallEgypt’ campaign
TORONTO – The family of a Canadian journalist languishing in an Egyptian prison launched an online campaign Monday, urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to intervene in the case of Mohamed Fahmy.
Teamsters serve strike notice on CP Rail; could walk off the job Sunday
MONTREAL – The union representing 3,300 locomotive engineers and other train workers at Canadian Pacific Railway has issued strike notice to the company.
New hope for deaf children: Brainstem implant surgery aims to help them learn to hear, talk
WASHINGTON – At age 3, Angelica Lopez is helping to break a sound barrier for deaf children.
Canadian troops more likely to have experienced childhood abuse, violence: study
OTTAWA – Canadian soldiers appear to be more likely than their civilian counterparts to have experienced abuse, including corporal punishment, or to have witnessed domestic violence as children, new research aimed at exploring the incidence of depression and suicide in the military suggests.
CBC’s ‘X Company’ based on real Second World War spy camp in Ontario
TORONTO – It's 1942 and a group of Allied agents are training at a top-secret facility — not in Europe, but on the shores of Lake Ontario.
Canadian dollar higher amid concerns over Greece’s future in the eurozone
TORONTO – The Canadian dollar was higher Tuesday amid a higher tolerance for risk on financial markets despite concern about Greece's future in the eurozone.
CN Rail faces strike vote by Unifor
MONTREAL – Unifor says it will hold a strike vote among its 4,800 members at CN Rail.
Canadian dollar up sharply for second day on rising doubts about rate cut
TORONTO – The Canadian dollar continued to advance Wednesday amid increasing doubt that the Bank of Canada is set to deliver another interest rate cut.
Devil in the details at roundtable on murdered, missing aboriginal women
OTTAWA – Getting Canada's Aboriginal Peoples, the provinces and territories and the federal government to gather together in the same room is no small feat.