Canada December 19th, 2010 (10)

#1 — CNews | Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan

The war in Afghanistan has claimed another Canadian, with the 154th soldier killed in combat Saturday.

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#2 — CNews | Edmonton homicide victim had gang ties

EDMONTON – Edmonton's latest homicide victim was a 31-year-old father of two who was involved with a notorious motorcycle gang once in a bloody war with the Hells Angels, QMI Agency has learned.

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#3 — CNews | DNA evidence sparks arrest in decade-old murder

CALGARY – Nearly 10 years after Corinne Rita Belanger was gunned down, police say tenacity by many detectives and advances in DNA analysis finally led to charges in her killing.

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#4 — Globe | B.C. New Democrats to pick new leader in April

The provincial council for B.C. New Democrats, mindful of provincial Liberal plans to elect a new leader in February, have set April. 17 as their date for their own convention to elect a successor for outgoing leader Carole James.

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#5 — Globe | 911 dispatcher appeals dismissal over failing to act on a call

An Edmonton police dispatcher who failed to act on a 911 call from a woman who was later killed by her son is appealing his dismissal.

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#6 — LFP | Ont. businessman denies Mafia allegations

TORONTO – The former owner of a recycling bin company that once had a contract with the City of Toronto is devastated he's named on Italian warrants for Mafia association, his lawyer said.

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#7 — NP | 2010 Olympics broke even, VANOC says

VANCOUVER — The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver broke even, according to the organizing committee behind the Games.

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#8 — OC | Equity pay taxation battle to go to Federal Court

OTTAWA — In 2000, the federal government paid $3.6 billion to 230,000 current and former public servants in six female-dominated occupations, representing 13 years of back pay, plus interest. It remains the largest pay equity settlement ever reached in Canada.

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#9 — MG | Vancouver cops to track gangsters with licence-plate readers

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver police department’s plans to use automatic licence-plate readers to track gangsters’ movements could have a real impact on gang violence, according to one of the first U.S. police departments to deploy the technology.

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#10 — Star | Mounties roll out next-generation breath test for drivers

REGINA—The Mounties are bringing in the next generation of breath-testing technology to help them get their man — or woman — who has been driving after drinking.

RCMP officers in Saskatchewan are training on the Intoximeter, which uses infrared and fuel-cell technologies.

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