Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says new tariff hikes in the latest federal budget are intended to update an old system, nothing more.
Flaherty targets opposition over tariffs
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Diluted chemo meds prompt protocol reminder from health officials
The discovery earlier this month that more than a thousand Ontario cancer patients received diluted chemotherapy medication has prompted the government to clarify regulations for companies that mix pharmaceutical drugs.
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Rating our leaders' likeability
With both Stephen Harper and Thomas Mulcair caricatured as "Mr. Angry" by rivals in the past, their parties are trying to counter those sourpuss reputations.
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Liberals accuse NDP of business ‘shakedown’ in BC election
The NDP must fire its provincial secretary for a corporate fundraising letter that smacks of a shakedown, the Liberals said Saturday.
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Recap: 4/20 celebrated on Parliament Hill
Thousands of marijuana smokers are expected to converge on Parliament Hill Saturday afternoon for the annual 4/20 celebration.
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Thousands crowd Parliament Hill for 4/20 marijuana smoke-in
As the clock struck 4:20 p.m. on Saturday, a haze of smoke enveloped Parliament Hill, cheers erupted and a pungent smell wafted over downtown.
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Bloc Quebecois delegates seek party's identity at convention
Delegates at the Bloc Quebecois convention here Saturday afternoon were searching for the party's identity.
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Boston bombing suspects' aunt says she's been threatened
The Toronto aunt of the two Boston bombing suspects says she has been the target of threats since saying publicly Friday that her nephews were framed.
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FDA decision will make OxyContin more profitable for Canadian criminals, police fear
Organized crime will be the big winner of Canada’s new monopoly on an easy-to-abuse painkiller, a veteran Toronto Police officer says.
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Canada Immigration Minister Jason Kenney calls for tighter rules, higher standards for foreign workers
By admitting too many foreign workers who can’t meet Canadian standards, the government has been part of an underemployment problem, says the federal immigration minister.
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Cloth diaper change sets world record
It was a record turnout for a record breaking event as parents from across the city prepared for a change. A change of diapers, that is.
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Canadian woman charged in Gadhafi smuggling plot returns home
A Canadian woman who spent 18 months in a Mexican jail in a suspected plot to smuggle Moammar Gadhafi's son and his family out of Libya returned home Saturday night.
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Canadian veterans return to Korea to mark 60th anniversary of Korean War
Thirty six Canadian Veterans of the Korean War will leave for the Republic of Korea Monday to participate in commemorative events marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice.
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Former Quebec Lt.-Gov. Lise Thibault says she's above the law
Quebec's former lieutenant governor has agreed to a fraud-trial date while holding out hope that the Supreme Court quashes the case.
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Government mum on possible Canadian connection to bus bombing
The feds are tight-lipped over allegations an Iranian agent travelling with a Canadian passport was detained in Bulgaria.
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Soldiers won't have to repay accidental danger payments: Peter MacKay
Canadian soldiers will not be asked to pay back what bureaucrats call an "overpayment" of danger pay received for their participation in the ongoing mission to train Afghan forces.
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Terrorism "real threat" in Canada: Toews
The arrests of two men living in Canada who allegedly plotted to derail a VIA rail train demonstrates the "real threat" of terrorism at home, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says.
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MPs debate tougher terror laws
Parliamentarians debated enacting tougher counter-terrorism laws in Canada on Monday against the backdrop of an alleged terror plot short-circuited by the RCMP.
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Montreal terror suspect's web page features al-Qaida flag
The first thing that stands out on Chiheb Esseghaier's LinkedIn page is the black-and-white insignia with Arabic writing - al-Qaida in Iraq's flag.
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Terror attack thwarted in Canada has al-Qaida links: RCMP
RCMP officials say they foiled what could have been a murderous terror attack on Canadian soil with links to al-Qaida.
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