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Toronto school board moots all-boys school for underachievers

Oct 21, 2009
Boys are falling behind in the city's public schools, says the Toronto board's new Director of Education, who released Tuesday an aggressive plan to launch an all-boys academy next fall and introduce 300 boy-friendly classrooms across the boa...

Body bag order 'a clear overestimation,' report says

Oct 7, 2009
Despite speculation that Health Canada masterminded last month’s controversial shipment of body bags to Manitoba’s Wasagamack First Nation, the body bags were ordered by the community’s nursing station in preparation for a possible second wave ...

'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery to surrender for U.S. extradition

Sep 28, 2009
Canada's "Prince of Pot," Marc Emery, is expected to surrender to authorities Monday and await extradition to the U.S. where he is expected to serve up to five years in prison for shipping marijuana seeds across the border. Mr. Emery, 51 was indicted...

Canada reports a surprising gain in employment

Sep 4, 2009
The last piece of the economic recovery puzzle is falling into place as Canada unexpectedly created jobs in August and the bleeding in the U.S. job market contiued to slow, figures showed Friday. "There's no more positive sign of confidence than when...

Bill becomes first hurricane of 2009 season

Aug 17, 2009
Hurricane Bill, the first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season, gained strength quickly as it churned across open ocean on Monday in the direction of Bermuda, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Two other tropical cyclones, Ana and Claudette,...

Detainee was in Canadian custody prior to abuse, top general admits

Dec 9, 2009
Canada’s top soldier backtracked Wednesday on his earlier assertions that a beaten and bloodied Afghan was never detained by Canadian troops before he was transferred to local authorities

Pastor jailed for making teen 'rape' video

Dec 9, 2009
A British Columbia pastor has been sentenced to 15 months in jail after he admitted making an explicit video that simulated the rape of a young teenager

Ireland defends abortion law in court

Dec 9, 2009
Ireland defended its strict abortion law at the European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday, countering a legal challenge by three women

Much of Eastern Canada gripped by snowstorms

Dec 9, 2009
A low pressure system pushing through the eastern part of the country brought stormy conditions and caused school closures, while highway conditions were poor throughout much of Eastern Canada

Facebook redraws site's privacy boundaries

Dec 9, 2009
Facebook took a step toward opening up parts of its site to outsiders Wednesday by introducing more options for user's privacy settings


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