September 14th, 2012

• How and where to pay tribute to Peter Lougheed

  Alberta Premier Alison Redford has invited Albertans to pay their respects to Peter Lougheed…

  by macleans.ca - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Flags at half-staff, white roses at legislature for former premier Lougheed

  EDMONTON – Flags flew at half-mast, a vase of white roses stood beneath his legislature portrait and tributes from across the country poured in Friday for former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed.

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Twitter hands over records in Occupy Wall Street case

  NEW YORK, N.Y. – Twitter on Friday agreed to hand over about three months’ worth of tweets to a judge overseeing the criminal trial of an Occupy Wall Street protester.

  by Alex Katz, Colleen Long, The Associated Press - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Auto talks making no progress as strike deadline looms, says Lewenza

  The head of the Canadian Auto Workers union says it has made no progress in talks with the Big 3 automakers as the countdown continues to a strike.

  by macleans.ca - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Competition Bureau sues Canada’s three wireless giants over texting advertising

  The Competition Bureau is suing Canada’s three biggest wireless carriers and an industry association…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Canada to stop defending asbestos, striking blow to once-mighty industry

  MONTREAL – The federal government has tossed in the towel and will stop fighting international efforts to list asbestos as a dangerous substance, striking another blow to a once-mighty Canadian industry now on the verge of extinction.

  by Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press - Friday, September 14, 2012

• ‘This is not about freedom of speech’

  In a news release issued this evening, Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai objects to the…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 14, 2012

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  The Innocence of Muslims and the dirty conscience of Ron Banerjee

  Emma Teitel digs up a few telling quotes by the director of the Canadian Hindu Advocacy

  by Emma Teitel - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Cheering the demise of asbestos

  Conservative MP Patricia Davidson, one of those Conservatives who dissented from the party line…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Legal battle is launched over photos of Kate topless, with William applying sunscreen

  The topless photos of Kate Middleton printed in a French publication have prompted Prince…

  by Scaachi Koul - Friday, September 14, 2012

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  Harper vs. the PQ: the element of surprise is key

  Ten days after Quebecers elected a Parti Québécois government, the government of Stephen Harper…

  by Paul Wells - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Abandoning asbestos

  A little less than a year ago, the House voted on an NDP motion…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 14, 2012

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  Bell’s final pitch to CRTC: We will not dominate

  CEO George Cope says Bell will have 33.5 per cent of the market

  by LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Moody’s: Even a short strike could ‘jeopardize’ Canada’s economic growth

  A debt ratings agency that covers the auto industry believes that even a short…

  by Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press - Friday, September 14, 2012

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  Are we in for another doctor exodus to the U.S.?

  Science-ish looks at the evidence on what it takes for a Canadian MD to leave

  by Erica Alini - Friday, September 14, 2012

• ‘We cannot be selective about which basic human rights we defend’

  In a speech in Montreal, John Baird lays out the Harper government’s international agenda…

  by Aaron Wherry - Friday, September 14, 2012

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  REVIEW: Ballerina: Sex, Scandal and Suffering Behind the Symbol of Perfection

  Book by Deirdre Kelly

  by Joanne Latimer - Friday, September 14, 2012

• iPhone 5 shipping dates delayed

  Canadians are going to have to wait a little longer to get their hands…

  by Scaachi Koul - Friday, September 14, 2012

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  REVIEW: Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor

  Book by Hali Felt

  by Kate Lunau - Friday, September 14, 2012

• Chris Brown albums defaced by anti-domestic violence stickers

  Chris Brown has been targeted in London HMV stores by anti-domestic violence activists. His…

  by Scaachi Koul - Friday, September 14, 2012

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