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Ontario police rules changing after Sammy Yatim shooting 27 Aug 2013 | 03:55 pm
Ontario's governing Liberals will announce changes today to use of force options for police, which have come under scrutiny following last month's fatal shooting of Toronto teenager Sammy Yatim aboard...
Is the Big 3 telecom 'Fair for Canada' campaign working? 27 Aug 2013 | 03:26 pm
Bell, Rogers and Telus have joined forces and waged a public relations 'Fair for Canada' campaign to win the hearts and minds of Canadians. But some analysts question the effectiveness of the campaign...
Canada 'way behind' on home-care help, patient advocates say 27 Aug 2013 | 02:40 pm
Canada's already harried hospital system is pushing more patients into the arms of home-care agencies and private caregivers. But the services and expertise they need is not keeping up with the demand...
California crews gain ground on Yosemite wildfire 27 Aug 2013 | 10:39 am
Fire officials say crews are finally gaining ground on a massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park and they expect no water or power disruptions from ash raining on the main reservoir that ...
Syria faces growing threat of attack from West 27 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
The United States and its European allies appear to be laying the groundwork for military action in Syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons by the embattled regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
'I have a dream': 50 stories about the March on Washington 27 Aug 2013 | 06:38 am
Fifty years ago this week, some 250,000 people gathered before the Lincoln Memorial in a show of support for the burgeoning civil rights movement. CBC News explores the March on Washington in 50 diffe...
Senate scandal creates no paper trail in PM’s own department 27 Aug 2013 | 06:21 am
The Senate expenses scandal may have generated a lot of headlines this year, but apparently it hadn't prompted a single email, memo or even a sticky-note in Stephen Harper's own department by the heig...
Romeo Dallaire 'embarrassed' over mix-up with fringe group 27 Aug 2013 | 05:52 am
Senator Romeo Dallaire has pulled out of a speaking engagement organized by a Catholic group accused of anti-Semitism, but his name is still being promoted alongside those of anti-abortionists, conspi...
Miley Cyrus grinds and bumps into celebrity adulthood 27 Aug 2013 | 05:15 am
Jaws dropped for all the wrong reasons as former child star Miley Cyrus tried to sell herself as a grown-up entertainer at MTV's Video Music Awards Sunday. Reviews were generally poor, but some celebr...
Killer trades Calgary gang info for freedom, court document shows 27 Aug 2013 | 04:12 am
One of the Calgary's top criminals has been granted full immunity in exchange for his testimony against others in the notorious FOB gang.
