Canada July 29th, 2009 (12)

canada10#1 — CBC | PM communications chief Teneycke resigns

Kory Teneycke, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s director of communications, is resigning, CBC News has learned.

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#2 — CBC | $4M untendered eHealth contract revealed

The value of untendered contracts handed out by eHealth Ontario is nearly double what was previously reported, with the bulk going to a firm with ties to the Liberal government.

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#3 — CNews | Canal killing suspect attacked

KINGSTON — A Montreal mother, father and son accused of murdering four family members were attacked and subjected to death threats within hours of arriving at a detention centre in Napanee, Sun Media has learned.

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LFP | Minister: society can’t accept honour killings

#4 — CNews | Politicians feud over Nortel sale

The bankruptcy of a Canadian telecommunications icon, and the scramble over what to do with its assets, has reopened the rift between the federal Conservative and Ontario Liberal governments.

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#5 — CTV | Toronto union wants members back to work sooner

The president of Toronto union Local 79 says her members want to return to work on Thursday, but are frustrated they need to wait until after the city holds a ratification vote on a tentative deal.

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Globe | Miller faces heat for backing down on sick-day perk

#6 — Globe | Tories reach out to aboriginals with new caucus

The Conservatives launched an aboriginal caucus Tuesday in Ottawa and are considering a youth wing as the party looks to expand a support base long stalled in minority-government territory.

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#7 — NP | Lost skiers in B.C. contributed to own misfortune: documents

Those involved with the search for two out-of-bounds skiers at a B.C. resort – one of whom froze to death before being found – deny any wrongdoing, in recently filed court documents.

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#8 — NP | Wafergate costs paper’s editor, publisher their jobs

A controversy over whether the Prime Minister pocketed a Communion wafer has resulted in fallout at one of New Brunswick’s most prominent newspapers.

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#9 — NP | Carleton stops Diab from returning to classroom

OTTAWA – Carleton University has stopped Hassan Diab from returning to the classroom following at least one complaint from an outside organization.

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#10 — NP | Criminal charges shouldn’t preclude jury duty: Alberta lawyers

EDMONTON – A new Alberta law preventing people who are facing criminal charges from sitting on juries ignores the presumption of innocence and may be a violation of the Charter of Rights, say two Edmonton defence lawyers.

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#11 — OC | ‘He broke the law and walked away’

OTTAWA-A man who convinced a judge not to send him to jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting two children has been sentenced in absentia to three years in prison after disappearing.

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#12 — Star | A ‘truly malevolent’ crime

The teenaged killer trembled slightly as she learned her fate, but stared straight ahead, her long brown hair hiding most of her face.

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