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Feb 8, 2012

CBC World News, Feb 08, 2012

Canada-China deals: one big one and a 'blizzard'
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Here are a few details of the major investment deal coming soon between Canada and China, as well as a list of whatCBC chief political correspondent Terry Milewski calls a "small blizzard of incremental agreements," signed in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court hears HIV disclosure case
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"I would be very afraid for the health of Canadians, because I certainly think that would discourage testing," he told CBC News on Wednesday. "If people don't test, they don't get treated. If they don't get treated, the viral load increases, ...
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Community reaction to government OK'ing torture 'tainted' info
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The change also generated a strong reaction from the CBCcommunity, many of who said the move runs counter to time-honoured Canadian values and that information obtained through torture is unreliable. "Tortured people will confess and/or say anything ...
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StatsCan accused of not accommodating blind man
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Now, a blind Fredericton man is questioning why StatisticsCanada's surveys aren't more accessible. Fikru Gebrekidan told CBC News he received a call a couple of weeks ago that he had been randomly selected to fill out a two-hour survey.
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Crowds line up to see Stanley Cup on PEI tour
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Hockey fans of all ages have come in droves in person to see the Stanley Cup on PEI as part of Scotiabank Hockey Day inCanada celebrations. "You wouldn't believe the wide eyes of the kids that first saw the Stanley Cup in Crapaud," said CBC...
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Migrant workers killed in crash were 'breadwinners'
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A cousin who lived in Canada drove to the farm to confirm that Omar Graham died in a crash. "I lost a husband and my husband was the breadwinner of our home," Georgina Graham told CBC News on Tuesday. "He never met his baby son.
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Something fierce makes Canada Reads interesting, for once (and the contentious ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
One of the authors at the centre of a nasty fight over CBC's Canada Reads contest is now in Ottawa, performing a play based on her contentious book. Carmen Aquirre is performing her one-woman show, Blue Box, at the Great CanadianTheatre Company to Feb ...
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10 infamous RCMP shootings in Canada
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The men in red took on the name the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920. (CBC Archives) Many more died in combat with Métis who sought to establish an independent homeland in the Battle of Duck Lake, and among other skirmishes of the Northwest ...
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Transport minister urges patience in crash probe
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Eleven people were killed, and three more are in hospital (Dave Chidley/Canadian Press) A number of the victims spoke Spanish, CBC'sSteven D'Souza said, which made it difficult for emergency workers to communicate with them.
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Vander Zalm defamation suit to go to jury
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(CBC)Former British Columbia premier Bill Vander Zalm should be found guilty of defamation for maliciously attacking the man whose inquiry led to his downfall, says a defence lawyer. Irwin Nathanson told a BC Supreme Court jury Tuesday that Vander Zalm ...
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Juno Award contenders include Drake, Feist, Bublé
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A wide field of talent is in contention for Canada's Juno Awards, with City & Colour, Dan Mangan, Drake, Feist, Hedley and Nickelback earning a leading four nods apiece. TheCanadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, which administers the annual ...
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Verdict expected in death of teen in Dominican Republic
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(CBC) A verdict is expected Wednesday in the case of two men charged in the beating death of a Canadian man who was on vacation in the Dominican Republic. Jordan Morrison, a 19-year-old resident of Barrie, Ont., was killed outside a resort nightclub in ...
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Weekend newscasts to be added to CBC Montreal television, radio
Montreal Gazette
“It's a really good half-hour,” Marquard said of the Saturday newscast, which will lead into Hockey Night in Canada. Because CBC airs West Coast hockey games at 10 pm on Saturdays, there's no room for a late newscast then, she said.
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Make It the Canadian Webcasting Corporation
TheTyee.ca
By Crawford Kilian, Today, TheTyee.ca Former CBC journalist (and now Tyee writer in residence) Kai Nagata here makes a suggestion to the Mother Corp.: Drop the television branch. But Crawford Kilian argues Nagata isn't bold enough. Canada's public ...
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Generic breast cancer prevention drug overlooked
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After a study of 4600 healthy women concluded that exemestane, sold under the brand name Aromasin, decreased the risk of breast cancer by 65 per cent was published in the New England Journal of Medicine last June, Canadianresearchers examined its bone ...
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Should Health Canada limit trans fat in packaged food?
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(CBC)Documents obtained by the Centre for Science in the Public Interest show Health Canada had prepared an entire communications plan, news releases and briefing notes for Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq to announce the regulations.
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Throne speech promises smart spending, better health care
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(CBC) Ethell said investments in education is another key pillar for the government. Education, health care mentioned The government says it's going to strengthen the post-secondary sector and improve health care, promising to improve access to primary ...
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IOC, union talking again
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The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) and its unionized workers in Labrador City are heading back to the bargaining table. A conciliator has been contacted and Ron Thomas, president of Local 5795 of the United Steelworkers of America, said he expects ...
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Budget could put CBC Hamilton in jeopardy
Hamilton Spectator
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting spokesperson Ian Morrison said the cuts would “have devastating consequences for listeners and viewers and could well scuttle new services the CBC has promised to Hamiltonians and residents of several other communities.
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Union campaigns to help Zellers workers
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Target is converting more than 100 Zellers locations inCanada, including the Intercity Mall in Thunder Bay. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union said employees must re-apply for the same job — but at starting pay.
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NDP demand changes to foreign investment law
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The NDP want the House of Commons to spend Thursday debating a motion on foreign buyers and the InvestmentCanada Act in the wake of two plant closures, party leader Nycole Turmel told Evan Solomon, host of CBC's Power & Politics.
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Is organized labour doomed?
rabble.ca (blog)
The company, the only one to make locomotives in Canada, is owned by Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest equipment manufacturer. They had locked out the entire workforce of 450 workers on New Year's Day after demanding wage cuts as high as 50 per ...
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Stobbe trial shown photos of wife hours before her death
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(CBC) A few metres away in the public gallery, one of Rowbotham's sisters looked over at him, her face expressionless. The pictures are a key piece of evidence in the second-degree murder trial of Stobbe, a high-ranking political adviser who had worked ...
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No warnings in Fort McMurray fire after alarm pulled
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Johnston and Bookel have made a statement to RCMP and want answers from Shelter Canadian Properties, the company that owns the building. Company officials declined to comment because the fire is under investigation With files from theCBC's Tim Adams ...
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Canadians saddle up and ride West, but they don't turn into cowboys
Winnipeg Free Press
The show proved Canadians were thirsty for stories set in the West, said executive producer Virginia Thompson. Other western shows followed suit, such CBC's "Heartland" and "Little Mosque on the Prairie." Thompson, born in Montreal, still splits half ...
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Drug cap affecting bottom line for pharmacies
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(CBC) A cap on generic drug prices is gradually affecting the bottom line of pharmacies across Nova Scotia, says a lobby group for pharmacists. Allison Bodnar, executive director of the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia, said anecdotal evidence...
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The Sheepdogs snag 3 Juno nominations
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(CBC) The Saskatoon-based group, The Sheepdogs — who shot to fame thanks to promotional contest with Rolling Stone magazine — are in the running for three Juno awards. The rock band is up for Single of the Year, New Group of the Year and Rock Album ...
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City lays off theatre artistic producer
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I guess it turned out to be me," McFarland, who was employed by the city since 2006, told the CBC's Ashley Burke Tuesday. "[I'm] shocked, mystified. In six years with the city, every year there's been a performance evaluation, which has been stellar," ...
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NDP leadership candidate Martin Singh answers your questions
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By Community Team "Under the Harper government Canadahas developed a more militaristic and partisan approach to foreign policy. That do you thin our general stance on foreign policy should be and what steps as Prime Minister would you initiate to ...
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Zoë Kessler, ADHD Warrior Princess
PsychCentral.com (blog)
It's the one day of the week I cut myself some slack and listen to my favorite comedy show, The Debaters, and to advertising genius, Terry O'Reilly, on CBC Radio,Canada's national broadcaster. A couple of weeks ago I was listening to the early morning ...
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Kasabonika sewage woes still unanswered
CBC.ca
... and Northern Development Canada. A November 2011 report from Northern Waterworks to Aboriginal Affairs said "failure to take immediate action will only result in continual problems with this [sewage] system." CBC News asked Aboriginal Affairs more ...
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Speaking Out in Canada opens Words Without Borders
Gulf Islands Driftwood
CBC Radio host Shelagh Rogers will moderate the Friday night discussion featuring three strong advocates of free speech: author/actor/playwright Carmen Aquirre, “rogue” Senate page Brigette DePape and Charles Foran, author and president of PEN Canada.
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Walkom: What the fake citizenship scheme says about Harper
Toronto Star
Many have criticized the role of Sun TV in broadcasting, as news, a hoked-up photo-op in which federal bureaucrats posed as new Canadians. But the bizarre incident is more interesting in what it says about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative ...
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Banks increasing fees customers pay
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Canadian banks are putting the pinch on some customers by charging higher and unexpected fees, along with tightening rules for lending, theCBC's Havard Gould reports.
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MIA: "Obscene, Completely Inappropriate, Disappointing"... Would Canada Give A...
CBC Radio 3 (blog)
Do you ever hear offensive material on CBC Radio 3? Let us know your purest of thoughts by commenting on our blog, emailing grant.lawrence@cbc.ca, or tweeting us up @cbcradio3 and we'll discuss your wholesome comments throughout the show.
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MorningFile: Vancouver's population growth, drama at the VSB continues and a ...
Open File (blog)
For more on the data, the CBC has put together a nice population and density map. Mayor Gregor Robertson saysCanada's largest cities will try to convince federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to bring in modest “targeted” programs to help spur the ...
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Canadian doc apprenticeship program calling for applications
Realscreen
Giving Voice: Filmmakers Working with Filmmakers, a mentorship initiative established by the Documentary Organization of Canada and CBC digital channel documentary, is accepting applications for its 2012 program. This year's program will offer up to ...
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Mexican police seek man in Canadian's beating - World - CBC News
A surveillance video taken at the Mexican resort where a Calgary woman was badly beaten has become a key part of the investigation, authorities say.
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Canada to face U.S. in World Cup qualifier tuneup | Soccer | CBC ...
Canada's first, albeit unofficial, international game was against the U.S. in 1885. ... he is the founder of Canadian Soccer News, the host of the popular podcast ...
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Canada's Hudec takes World Cup downhill, Guay 3rd - CBC.ca
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Canada's Guay skis to silver in World Cup downhill - CBC.ca
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Norovirus strikes 3rd American cruise ship - World - CBC News
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Canada's Hudec takes World Cup downhill, Guay 3rd - News - MSN ...
Jan Hudec made the most of an icy slope and freezing conditions to seal a surprising victory in Saturday's World Cup downhill — more than four years a.
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Canada to play World Cup soccer qualifiers in Toronto - CBC.ca
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Canada's Kingsbury wins 5th straight World Cup moguls title - CBC.ca
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