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Air Canada passengers feared for their lives when plane crash landed in Halifax
National Post
As it circled Halifax in a snowstorm late on Saturday night, Air Canada flight 624 from Toronto was running out of fuel. If ground visibility did not improve soon, passengers were told, it would have to redirect to Moncton. But after about half an hour, the pilots ...

Passengers aboard AC624 escape disaster after crash landing in Halifax   The Globe and Mail
Air Canada says “hard landing” — passengers say “crash landing”   iNews880.com
One person remains in hospital after Air Canada flight's 'hard landing' in Halifax   Toronto Star
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Missing Calgary family: Police return to rural property to gather additional evidence
CTV News
Investigators have renewed a search of a rural Alberta property believed to be connected to the homicides of five-year-old Nathan O'Brien and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes. On Sunday, investigators returned to an acreage east of Airdrie, Alta.
Nathan O'Brien, Alvin and Kathy Liknes: CPS continue search   Beacon News (blog)
Police return to Airdrie property for Nathan O'Brien investigation   Calgary Herald
Investigators return to Airdrie-area acreage to search for clues in Liknes, O'Brien ...   660 News
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Clayton Ruby “Looking Forward” to Cross-Examining Bieber
640 Toronto News
Ruby is representing Abdul Mohar, a limo driver accusing Bieber of assault during an incident back in December 2013. According to the Canadian Press, Ruby says he does “not make allegations lightly” and intends to prove them in court. “I'm looking forward ...

Limo driver sues Justin Bieber   BlackburnNews.com

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Animals rights group calls for Maple Lodge Farms boycott
Toronto Sun
MONTREAL - Pointing to practices that they allege include cramming thousands of chickens into trucks in extreme temperatures, and scalding and eviscerating the birds while still alive, Mercy for Animals Canada has called for a boycott of Maple Lodge Farms ...

Maple Lodge Farms probing 'disturbing' hidden-camera footage that allegedly ...   National Post
Maple Lodge Farms Probes Allegations Of Animal Rights Violations   Huffington Post Canada
Home»News»Provincial»Animal rights group says one of Ontario's top chicken ...   570 News
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Ottawa to offer additional funding to seriously wounded veterans
The Globe and Mail
Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O'Toole is preparing to announce additional money for Canada's most seriously disabled veterans. The government will table legislation on Monday that will top up the lump sum disability benefit, or create an entirely new benefit, ...

Tories to tackle issue of lump sum payments to wounded veterans: sources   CityNews
Tories to tackle thorny issue of lump sum payments to wounded veterans: sources   Times Colonist (blog)
Tories To Tackle Thorny Issue Of Lump Sum Payments To Wounded Vets: Sources   Huffington Post Canada
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New Brunswick deaths topped births for first time last year
CBC.ca
The pending closure of the only school in Coles Island, New Brunswick is just the latest example of how an aging population and outmigration are impacting rural communities across Canada. According to the latest figures from Statistics Canada, more people ...

More deaths than births: A look at Atlantic Canada's declining population   CTV News
New Brunswick sees more deaths than births for first time   Times Colonist

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Stephen Hume: Harper vs. the niqab
Vancouver Sun
Prime Minister Stephen Harper blurts an ill-considered reference to a little-worn item of Muslim dress as representing “anti-woman culture.” A Tweet under Immigration Minister Jason Kenny's name circulates a photo of women acting in a religious rite that ...

Harper's anti-niqab rhetoric helps terrorist recruiters: philosopher Taylor   Ottawa Citizen
PM accused of playing into terrorist hands   Caledon Enterprise

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