There they stood, grinning for the cameras on Parliament Hill Tuesday — the leaders of the country’s socialist hordes, carbon-taxers all, economy-destroyers and energy industry-haters.
Beating back the socialist hordes
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Strollers recalled due to fall, choking hazard
More than 50,000 baby strollers are being recalled in North America because a button that holds the carry handle in place can pop out.
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Idle No More protesters prepared to shut down rail lines, highways and bridges
Aboriginal activists and supporters plan to block highways, bridges and rail lines Wednesday to disrupt the Canadian economy as a warning to the Conservative government that inaction on treaty rights and environmental reviews won't be tolerated.
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Teen left alone overnight at airport
A Saint John, N.B., man is hopping mad after his grandson was left to fend for himself overnight in Canada's largest airport.
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Random traffic stops not allowed in parking lots: Saskatchewan court
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled police can't conduct random traffic stops in private parking lots.
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation outlines ideas for overhaul of 'dysfunctional' reserve policies
A taxpayer's watchdog is urging the federal government to overhaul its policies to end aboriginal poverty.
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Fewer immigrants becoming citizens
Hundreds of thousands of people come to Canada as immigrants every year, but fewer are actually becoming citizens.
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Dad discovers double murder, suicide victims
A bouquet of flowers was placed outside a Stittsville, Ont., home Tuesday as the community mourns a double murder and suicide.
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Idle No More: Aboriginal leaders, grassroots divided on use of blockades to pressure feds
On the eve of a national day of action, aboriginal leaders and grassroots First Nations remain divided on the use of civil disobedience and economic blockades to bring attention to plights of their people.
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CFS response in Phoenix Sinclair case 'deeply disturbing': Inquiry told
An anonymous abuse complaint to Child and Family Services about Phoenix Sinclair mere months before she was murdered resulted in a “deeply disturbing” agency response — one where the tot was left with her dysfunctional mother without social workers seeing the child or assessing her living conditions, an inquiry into her death heard Tuesday.
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Idle No More: Canadian public opinion set against First Nations protesters
Even as First Nations activists threaten blockades that could harm the economy, Canadian public opinion appears squarely set against those activists.
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N.S. man accused of kidnapping, chaining up, raping teen opts for jury
A man accused of imprisoning and raping a 16-year-old boy in Nova Scotia has opted for trial by judge and jury.
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Canadian drug rings a scourge for U.S. law enforcement: Court documents
Canadian-based drug traffickers have become a plague for U.S. law enforcement agencies that are investigating "several organizations based in Montreal," U.S. court documents say.
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Idle No More 'national day of action' nationwide
Aboriginal activists and supporters will be demonstrating across Canada today, blocking highways, bridges and rail lines to hurt the economy and warn the Conservative government that inaction on treaty rights and environmental reviews won't be tolerated.
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Police costs soar as crime drops, Toews says
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews warned leaders of the country's police forces Wednesday that they need to "get ahead of the curve" in controlling the ballooning cost of maintaining safe streets and communities.
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says economy can't handle months of blockades
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Canadian economy is too weak to withstand months of disruptions promised by some First Nations groups.
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Burlington teen arrested after alleged Facebook threat
A Burlington youth was arrested after he posed with weapons in a Facebook photograph and allegedly threatened an acquaintance, Halton Regional Police said Wednesday.
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NDP MP Romeo Saganash back from rehab, glad to be back for Idle No More
The number 1 thing required to mend the relationship between First Nations and the feds is "political will," says Cree NDP MP Romeo Saganash.
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Old Port of Montreal CEO Claude Benoit's job abolished amid corruption allegations
Claude Benoit — The Old Port of Montreal Corporation boss — lambasted by Parliament for mismanagement, lavish and questionable spending, including a now infamous South Seas holiday trip partly on the taxpayers' dime — is leaving her government job Feb. 28.
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Husband tells doc trial wife was 'pretty adamant' she'd been abused
At first, her shocked husband thought she must have been hallucinating.
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