Paralyzed MP supports euthanasia (3)
OTTAWA – A disabled federal cabinet minister who supports euthanasia says he will abstain from voting on a contentious right-to-die bill, even though he calls it “a provocative starting point” on the issue of assisted suicide. Conservative MP Steven Fletcher, a quadriplegic, says that despite his belief that terminally ill or physically disabled people should [...]



#1 -- CBC | GG-designate visits Queen
David Johnston, Canada's governor general-designate, paid a visit to Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sunday for his first official audience with Queen Elizabeth.
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#1 -- BBC | El Salvador police find barrel stuffed with $9m
Police in El Salvador have found a plastic barrel stuffed with $9m (£5.8m) of suspected drug money on a farm in the centre of the country.
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I've never understood the claim that American politics are more interesting than ours. My guess is it only seems that way. The outcomes of U.S. political battles don't immediately or directly impact Canadians' daily lives, so the stakes for Canadians ...
Many conservatives look at their first chance to defeat the left in six years when nervous Democrats try to explain away Obama's disastrous leftward lurch. The left is not only looking at a big defeat in America in two ... 



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