#1 — CBC | Ontario health minister quits
Ontario’s health minister has resigned one day before the release of a report into spending scandals at an agency tasked with creating electronic health records in the province.
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#2 — CBC | Throw out ‘bizarre’ prostitution laws, court told
Canada’s prostitution laws are puzzling, ill-conceived and contribute to horrific violence against sex workers, a Toronto court heard Tuesday.
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#3 — CBC | Government trying to muzzle diplomat, lawyer says
The lawyer for a Canadian diplomat called to testify at a hearing into allegations of Afghan prison torture says the Conservative government is trying to keep her client silent.
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#4 — CBC | CSIS can spy on Canadians abroad, ruling reveals
A Federal Court decision released on Tuesday gives Canada’s spy agency the authority to eavesdrop on Canadians overseas.
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#5 — CTV | Canadian-born physicist named as Nobel prize winner
A Nova Scotia-born physicist who invented the Charge-coupled device 40 years ago has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics along with two American scientists.
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#6 –G lobe | The Asper dream ends, the sell-off begins
Canada’s largest media empire has taken its first step toward a historic breakup, as debt-laden Canwest Global Communications Corp. sought court protection from creditors to shelter some of its most crucial assets.
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#7 — Globe | Halfway houses seek to refuse parolees with gang ties
B.C.’s network of halfway houses will turn away parolees with gang ties after the “unprecedented” invasion of a facility to target a resident, the association representing most of the province’s halfway houses says.
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#8 — OC | Canada denies role in torture of Almalki
OTTAWA-The Canadian government says it bears no legal responsibility for the detention and torture in Syria of Ottawa’s Abdullah Almalki and will not compensate him for his ordeal.
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#9 — Star | Omar Khadr’s star lawyer falls with a thud
GUANTANAMO BAY–The U.S. military lawyer celebrated as Omar Khadr’s best chance for freedom was “paranoid” and “reckless” and allowed his own quest for fame to overshadow his defence of Khadr, affidavits obtained by the Star allege.
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#10 — Star | Insurance plan seeks justice for all
A company with a long history of providing “legal expense insurance” in Europe is quietly seeking approval to sell its product to Canadians, many of whom are just one legal problem away from declaring bankruptcy.
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Well, I see Quebec is at it again but this time have set their sights on Alberta - Quebec LIEberal Senator: Quebec has a superior culture to Alberta.
http://thealbertaardvark.blogspot.com/2009/10/liberal-senator-quebec-has-superior.html
CBC | Ontario health minister quits
Personally I blame the Federal Government. Think about it – it’s a Health Ministry!
* Every province and territory has one.
* The requirements are all about the same – record keeping, billing payments, health statistics, etc.
Why does every political entity need to design their own? How about a standard system maintained by the Federals. If there’s a privacy requirement then sure, each runs their own computers and network hardware; but the actual programs and databases can be a single standard. There’s absolutely no reason for the tax payers to pay and pay again to keep re-inventing the wheel.