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On Sammy Yatim, police chief wants answers: DiManno 26 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
On video replay, Sammy Yatim drops to the floor of that Dundas streetcar over and over again: Stop, rewind. Stop, rewind.You’ve likely seen it and have reacted, whether with rage or consternation or a...
Kelly McParland: Potential Syrian intervention risks limited gains against enormous costs 26 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
There are lots of good reasons for western powers to stay out of Syria, and one supporting intervention. The argument in favour of military involvement is a strong one: basic human compassion. During ...
UNESCO chief calls on Egyptian authorities to investigate death of three journalists 26 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the deaths of three Egyptian journalists and called for a thorough investigation into these incidents. ...
Presentation of Credentials at Rideau Hall 26 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will receive the credentials of three ambassadors on Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at 2 p.m., at Rideau Hall. ...
Ma praises robust Taiwan-US relations 26 Aug 2013 | 06:19 pm
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"Rise of the Rainbow Hawks" 26 Aug 2013 | 06:17 pm
Jonathan Kay penned an interesting article in Saturday’s National Post on the Conservative Party of Canada’s support for gay rights:Prime Minister Stephen Harper hasn’t just come around to gay rights:...
Famed King speech almost didn’t include ‘I have a dream’: author 26 Aug 2013 | 06:15 pm
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – Clarence Jones was sitting 50 feet behind his boss, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the brilliant, sunny day in 1963 when King delivered the speech that would forever ...
CNE roller coaster’s sketchy-looking supports are eccentric but effective, regulators say 26 Aug 2013 | 04:19 pm
They look dangerous. They scare riders away. They might be more at home in a junkyard than an amusement park. But, by all accounts, the precarious-seeming lumber and cellophane pillars undergirding a ...
Chicago students begin new term with fewer teachers, schools 26 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Three months after Chicago Public Schools’ controversial decision to close 50 schools, the new term will begin with sharp cutbacks in staff and more children squeezed into fewer cl...
Fort Hood jury to begin weighing fate of convicted shooter 26 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) – The fate of a convicted U.S. Army psychiatrist hangs in the balance as a military jury on Monday begins to hear evidence on whether to sentence him to death for firing on ...
