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Submit News to CKA News Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair shot and killed
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:50:10 -0500
Former NFL MVP Steve McNair was found shot to death in Nashville Saturday. He was 36.
Submit News to CKA News 1.2 million apply for tickets to Jackson's memorial
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:27:54 -0500
More than 1.2 million Michael Jackson fans have applied for free tickets to the King of Pop's memorial service, while more fans continue to mourn at his Neverland Ranch.
Submit News to CKA News North Korea defies UN, fires 7 missiles
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:46:01 -0500
North Korea's secretive military regime has fired seven missiles off its eastern coast, in an act seemingly timed to coincide with Independence Day in the United States.
Submit News to CKA News Ignatieff calls Tory attack ads on Block 'unworthy' - National Post
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:35:17 GMT

Globe and Mail

Ignatieff calls Tory attack ads on Block 'unworthy'
National Post
CALGARY -- Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has blasted the Conservative government for using attack ads that suggest the Bloc Quebecois is soft on pedophiles, saying such tactics are "unworthy" of Canadian politics. The Liberal leader criticized the ...
Ignatieff blasts Harper's attack ads in Stampede stump-style speechThe Canadian Press
Federal Liberal leader makes stop in CalgaryCHQR
Political leaders rev up campaign machineryCalgary Herald
660 News -Canada's New Government (press release) -News1130
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Submit News to CKA News Former NFL MVP McNair killed
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:32:57 EDT
Longtime NFL quarterback Steve McNair has been shot to death in Nashville, police in the Tennessee city confirmed late Saturday afternoon.
Submit News to CKA News Enough is enough, Toronto mayor says to striking union - Ottawa Citizen
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:25:14 GMT

CTV.ca

Enough is enough, Toronto mayor says to striking union
Ottawa Citizen
Mayor David Miller urged the union representing City of Toronto employees on Friday to make the necessary concessions to end a strike that has paralyzed garbage pickup, daycare programs and other municipal services. ''Enough is enough,'' he told an ...
`Enough is enough,' mayor tells unionsToronto Star
Won't ask for back-to-work legislation, Miller statesGlobe and Mail
Mayor David Miller says garbage strike needs to end680 News
CBC.ca -Toronto Sun -CTV.ca
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Submit News to CKA News Is Palin retiring, or running for president in 2012?
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:16:05 -0500
Experts are divided on whether Alaska Governor Sarah Palin resigned because she wants out of politics, or whether the self-described maverick wants to take a run at the highest political post in the United States.
Submit News to CKA News Ignatieff uses speech to blast Harper's attack ads
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:01:11 -0500
Conservative attack ads that suggest Bloc Quebecois members are soft on pedophiles comprise a dirty tactic unworthy of Canadian politics, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff charged Saturday.
Submit News to CKA News Innisfil mayor charged with assault after council meeting - Toronto Star
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:57:22 GMT

Innisfil mayor charged with assault after council meeting
Toronto Star
Innisfil's mayor has been charged with assault and uttering threats after tempers flared during a town council meeting in late June. On June 24th, Innisfil council assembled to discuss the deputy mayor's motion to enhance a waste water treatment plant ...
Innisfil, Ont., mayor charged with assaultLondon Free Press
Charges laid in council outburstThe Barrie Examiner
Councillors pondering next steps in failed processBrantford Expositor
Barrie Advance -New Tecumseth Free Press -The Barrie Examiner
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Submit News to CKA News Ignatieff blasts Harper's attack ads in Stampede stump-style speech
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, left,and his wife Zsuzsanna Zsohar, attend the party's Stampede pancake breakfast at the Calgary Zoo, Saturday, July 4, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntoshThe Canadian Press - CALGARY - Conservative attack ads that suggest Bloc Quebecois members are soft on pedophiles comprise a dirty tactic unworthy of Canadian politics, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff charged Saturday.


Submit News to CKA News Festivals, residents slog through garbage strike - CTV.ca
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:35:53 GMT

CTV.ca

Festivals, residents slog through garbage strike
CTV.ca
Toronto's 13-day-old civic workers' strike continued to be measured by the amount of garbage piling up at temporary dump sites Saturday, as residents lined up to throw out their trash during the strike's second weekend. And festival organizers were ...
Toronto seeks injunction to allow exterminators to spray dump siteCBC.ca
City seeks injunction for Christie PitsToronto Sun
Christie Pits to close but trash stays putToronto Star
Globe and Mail -Toronto Sun -Toronto Star
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Submit News to CKA News Honouring the Canadian Armed Forces with Don Cherry and Laureen Harper
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:28:58 +0000
The Canadian Club of Toronto honoured the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces at a special Toronto luncheon. Below, Laureen Harper and Don Cherry.   Retired general Rick Hillier (left).   Laureen Harper, Peter MacKay and Cherry.   MacKay and Cherry.   Laureen Harper and Maclean?s editor-in-chief/publisher Ken Whyte.   Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Maclean?s associate publisher Julie Osborne.   Former Ontario Premier Mike Harris.   Jaime [...]
Submit News to CKA News 1 dead, 2 seriously injured in crash near Edmonton
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:12:16 GMT
CBC - One woman is dead and two people are in hospital in serious condition after a crash near Edmonton Saturday morning.
Submit News to CKA News Toronto seeks injunction to allow exterminators to spray dump site
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:03:41 GMT
CBC - Lawyers for the City of Toronto were in court Saturday, seeking an injunction to stop pickets from blocking a pest control company that has been spraying garbage at the Christie Pits temporary dump site.
Submit News to CKA News Staycation Tips: Day trip ideas across Canada
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:55:17 -0500
With many of us shunning expensive travel destinations and opting for day trips closer to home, CTV.ca has come up with some overlooked, underrated and simply spectacular destinations to consider for your 'staycation' this summer.
Submit News to CKA News Free speech at risk during 2010 Olympics, group says
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:50:33 EDT
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is warning free speech will be in danger during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Submit News to CKA News Man killed after Ontario police fire shots at driver who fled checkpoint
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:44:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - BROCKVILLE, Ont. - A man who police say fled an impaired driving checkpoint in eastern Ontario on Friday night was shot and killed by police.
Submit News to CKA News Man killed after Ont. police fire at driver who fled checkpoint
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:44:00 -0400
A man who police say fled an impaired driving checkpoint in eastern Ontario on Friday night was shot and killed by police.
Submit News to CKA News Police lay charges in fatal stabbing at southeast Calgary home - CBC.ca
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:06:07 GMT

CBC.ca

Police lay charges in fatal stabbing at southeast Calgary home
CBC.ca
The Calgary Police Service has charged two men in connection with a fatal stabbing that took place early Friday morning at a southeast home. A 37-year-old Calgary man has been charged with one count of second-degree murder. A 27-year-old Calgary man ...
Charges laid in fatal southeast stabbingCalgary CTV
Ogden man stabbed to deathCalgary Herald
Charges laid in homicideCanoe.ca
CHQR -Edmonton Sun -660 News
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Submit News to CKA News Nestor, Zimonjic repeat as Wimbledon champs
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:04:02 EDT
Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic repeated as Wimbledon men's doubles champions on Saturday with a hard-fought, four-set victory over American rivals Bob and Mike Bryan.
Submit News to CKA News Body of fallen Canadian soldier headed home
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:56:26 -0500
Hundreds of troops have given Cpl. Nick Bulger a solemn farewell during a ramp ceremony, as the slain Canadian soldier's body was carried onto a transport plane in Kandahar Airfield.
Submit News to CKA News Charity bike ride ends with stolen memories in Halifax
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:19:22 EDT
An Oregon couple whose computer was stolen in Halifax shortly after their son completed a charity bike ride across the continent is hoping the thief will have a change of heart and return the laptop and thousands of digital photos of the journey.
Submit News to CKA News Ignatieff blasts Harper's attack ads
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:14 -0400
Liberal Leader delivers stump-style speech at a Stampede breakfast


Submit News to CKA News Federal website changes undermine Iraq resisters: critics
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:10 -0400
Harper government denying claims it stripped section on Vietnam from federal website to boost its case for deporting Iraq war resisters


Submit News to CKA News Federal website changes undermine Iraq resisters: critics
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:35:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA - The Harper government is denying claims that it stripped a section on Vietnam from a federal website to boost its case for deporting Iraq war resisters.
Submit News to CKA News Canadian soldier begins final journey home
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:32:41 -0400
One of the troops injured in the blast that killed a Canadian comrade watched from a wheelchair today as hundreds of his fellow soldiers gathered to say goodbye to Cpl. Nick Bulger.
Submit News to CKA News Ramp ceremony sends latest fallen Canadian soldier on final journey home
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:23:00 GMT

Military pallbearers carry the casket of Cpl. Nick Bulger to an awaiting transport plane at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, for his final journey home to Canada on Saturday, July 4, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin PerkelThe Canadian Press - KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - One of the troops injured in the blast that killed a Canadian comrade watched from a wheelchair Saturday as hundreds of his fellow soldiers gathered to say goodbye to Cpl. Nick Bulger.


Submit News to CKA News Ceremony sends fallen soldier on journey home
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:22:00 -0400
One of the troops injured in the blast that killed a Canadian comrade watched from a wheelchair Saturday as hundreds of his fellow soldiers gathered to say goodbye to Cpl. Nick Bulger.
Submit News to CKA News BBQ held to mark fifth anniversary of Regina girl who vanished from her home
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:05:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - REGINA - The posters of a little Saskatchewan girl who disappeared from her home five years ago might be fading, but there's still hope that Tamra Keepness will be found.
Submit News to CKA News Ramp ceremony held for fallen Canadian soldier
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:56:47 EDT
About 2,000 soldiers have paid their respects to Cpl. Nick Bulger, killed in Afghanistan on Friday, as his casket was loaded onto a plane for the journey home to Canada.
Submit News to CKA News Canadian-made sci-fi series gets ABC pickup
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:36:15 GMT
CBC - Defying Gravity, a CTV science-fiction series made in Vancouver, has been picked up by ABC in yet another coup for Canadian-made television programs.
Submit News to CKA News Slain soldier's comrades offer condolences to grieving family members
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:27:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - EDMONTON - The comrades of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan are in mourning and offering their condolences to his family.
Submit News to CKA News Family of missing B.C. teen says shift focus from ex-boyfriend
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:25:24 GMT

The brother of a teenage girl from Squamish, B.C., who has been missing for two weeks says too much attention is being paid to her former boyfriend.CBC - The brother of a teenage girl from Squamish, B.C., who has been missing for two weeks says too much attention is being paid to her former boyfriend.


Submit News to CKA News Police lay charges in fatal stabbing at southeast Calgary home
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:00:31 GMT

The Calgary Police Service has charged two men in connection with a fatal stabbing that took place early Friday morning at a southeast home.CBC - The Calgary Police Service has charged two men in connection with a fatal stabbing that took place early Friday morning at a southeast home.


Submit News to CKA News Life after General Motors: communities in crisis rebuild for a bright future
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:42:00 GMT

Boisbriand Mayor Helene Gignac, right, and Sylvie St-Jean, manager of the Faubourg Boisbriand in Boisbriand, Que., Tuesday, June 23, 2009.  The site of the former General Motors auto plant has been converted to a shopping center and condominiums. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan RemiorzThe Canadian Press - MONTREAL - The resurrection of the Chevrolet Camaro remains a sore point for many former General Motors workers near Montreal, but Quebec's last automotive town has discovered it's better off in some ways without the troubled carmaker.


Submit News to CKA News LeBlanc `embodied what's best about our country': Chretien. - Canada.com
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:34:23 GMT

Globe and Mail

LeBlanc `embodied what's best about our country': Chretien.
Canada.com
MEMRAMCOOK, NB - Friends, family and colleagues of Romeo LeBlanc hailed him as an unsung hero and a champion of the Acadian people as he was being laid to rest in his hometown Friday morning. ...
LeBlanc's state funeral draws thousandsCBC.ca
Leading luminaries attend LeBlanc's funeralWinnipeg Sun
Dignitaries honour LeBlanc during state funeralCTV.ca
The Canadian Press -Times and Transcript -Toronto Sun
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Submit News to CKA News Cowboy Jack
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:31:55 +0000
Jack Layton charms the crowd at the Calgary Stampede. “Not bad,” said Jack Layton, savouring a prairie oyster. “I think I’ll have another one.” He did, so I ate one too, the first I’ve ever managed to choke down. It was kind of embarrassing– a queasy Herald columnist being introduced to the Stampede delicacy by a federal NDP [...]
Submit News to CKA News Canadians keep falling for Nigerian letter scam, experts say recession a factor
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:24:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - TORONTO - Fraud artists are finding it easier amid a battered economy to entrap marks with dubious offers once easily dismissed as scams, and are snaring a growing number of victims to the tune of millions of dollars a month, experts say.
Submit News to CKA News Fraudsters doing well in recession
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:24:00 -0400
Fraud artists are finding it easier amid a battered economy to entrap marks with dubious offers once easily dismissed as scams, and are snaring a growing number of victims to the tune of millions of dollars a month, experts say.
Submit News to CKA News Slumdog child actor moves into new home from slum
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:14:58 EDT
One of the child actors from the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire, plucked from his life of obscurity in an Indian slum, has moved with his family to a new home.
Submit News to CKA News Michael Jackson bio by Montreal writer gets French distribution
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:35:29 EDT
Montreal-born author Ian Halperin's new book Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson has been snapped up by a major French publisher, which will distribute 100,000 copies of the unauthorized biography.
Submit News to CKA News Michael Jackson bio by Montreal writer gets French distribution
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:35:29 GMT
CBC - Montreal-born author Ian Halperin's new book Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson has been snapped up by a major French publisher, which will distribute 100,000 copies of the unauthorized biography.
Submit News to CKA News Afghanistan allies meet in Calgary - Calgary Herald
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:28:51 GMT

Globe and Mail

Afghanistan allies meet in Calgary
Calgary Herald
Reminiscent of the famous climactic scene in the classic movie Dr. Strangelove, Canadian General Walt Natynczyk (right) rides a torpedo at the Armed Forces display at the Stampede in ...
General says US army shares role with CanadaCanoe.ca
US action not just focusing on 'bad guys'Globe and Mail
Americans shift gears in AfghanistanEdmonton Sun
660 News -CHQR -The Associated Press
all 120 news articles »
Submit News to CKA News Pet-friendly airlines upset allergy sufferers
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:17:22 -0400
Karen Petcoff doesn't want to think about being on the same airplane as a cat.
Submit News to CKA News Ramp ceremony held for fallen Canadian soldier - CBC.ca
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:14:19 GMT

CTV.ca

Ramp ceremony held for fallen Canadian soldier
CBC.ca
Military pallbearers carry the casket of Cpl. Nick Bulger to an awaiting transport plane at Kandahar Airfield on Saturday. (Colin Perkel/Canadian Press)About 2000 soldiers turned out at Kandahar Airfield on Saturday to pay their respects as the casket ...
Slain soldier's comrades offer condolences to grieving family membersThe Canadian Press
Canada suffers 121st Afghanistan fatalityThe Gazette (Montreal)
Body of fallen Canadian soldier headed homeCTV.ca
Globe and Mail -Toronto Star -Edmonton Sun
all 376 news articles »
Submit News to CKA News 'Miracle' teen recalls hit-and-run
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:14:08 -0400
Clothes and a toque covered the horrendous scars Nick Perkins has from being dragged 600 metres under a car.
Submit News to CKA News Canadians late on debt payments
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:57:28 -0400
The number of Canadians falling behind on their credit payments is increasing at an "alarming" rate, says a survey by market research firm Equifax Canada.
Submit News to CKA News VIDEO: Michael Jackson tour rehearsal two days before he died
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:49:17 +0000
Submit News to CKA News North Korea fires ballistic missiles: Seoul
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:45:52 EDT
North Korea has launched a series of missiles off its eastern coast, following similar tests earlier in the week, according to South Korea's Defence Ministry.
Submit News to CKA News Raptors nab Turkoglu: reports
Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:19:53 GMT
CBC - The Toronto Raptors have signed coveted free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu, various news outlets reported late Friday.

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Submit News to CKA News For public debate on auto insurance
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
Auto insurers in Ontario are going through a rough patch. They paid out $390 million more last year in claims and expenses than they took in on premiums. So drivers who paid on average $1,344 per vehicle last year could face stiff premium hikes this year and next unless costs are brought down.
Submit News to CKA News Post-strike windfall?
Sat, 4 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
Evidently following the example set by strike-bound Windsor, Mayor David Miller has declared that Toronto, too, might compensate residents for services lost due to a walkout. "We can't look at that in detail until the strike is over and we assess everything," Miller told reporters yesterday. "But the basic answer is, yes, that will be considered."
Submit News to CKA News Council's weak excuses
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
Armed with excuses ranging from the puzzling to the absurd, most Toronto city councillors are still stubbornly clinging to their much-criticized 2.42 per cent pay hike. The hypocrisy of taking that increase ? even as the city froze the salaries of its non-union staff and demanded restraint from unionized workers ? has fuelled tensions in a bitter strike that is now dragging into its 12th day. For the sake of progress in the labour dispute, these excuses need to end.
Submit News to CKA News A call for reform of credit card fees
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
A Senate committee has made some sensible recommendations about credit cards.
Submit News to CKA News Why speaking softly won?t work with Iran
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:47 +0000
Protest on Parliament Hill: a call for clear and vocal support from Western leaders
Submit News to CKA News What would real job loss insurance look like?
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:21 +0000
How is it even possible to extend EI to the self-employed? Would they lay themselves off?
Submit News to CKA News Japan's visiting royals
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
Despite some "severely cold weather," Crown Prince Akihito of Japan seemed to enjoy his first trip to Canada as a young man of 19 more than a half-century ago.
Submit News to CKA News Time to reform municipal voting
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
If fair elections are the hallmark of democracy, municipal races in Ontario scarcely count.
Submit News to CKA News Whither Canada, 142 years on?
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
Canada today is vastly different from the country that came into being in 1867. We are ten times the size in population, with six more provinces, not to mention three territories. We have evolved into a multicultural mosaic, whereas in 1867 Canada was overwhelmingly made up of people from the British Isles and France. And we are a decidedly urban society now, as opposed to largely rural back then.
Submit News to CKA News The shrinking mint
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
The Royal Canadian Mint understands "the value of being lean." Its website boasts of a corporate culture based on "Lean Enterprise principles . . . to eliminate waste and enhance efficiency."
Submit News to CKA News Let's try Internet voting
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 04:30:00 -0400
We can file taxes, do our banking and get a plane ticket through the Internet. Is it now time to add voting to that list?
Submit News to CKA News Council should lead by example
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:30:00 -0400
As a strike by Toronto's municipal workers grinds into a second week, most city councillors are still maintaining their right to a hypocritical 2.42 per cent raise, even while asking others to make sacrifices.
Submit News to CKA News It?s time to tear down 24 Sussex
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:00:53 +0000
Paul Wells is launching a call for bids to design the PM a new house
Submit News to CKA News Obama reconsidered
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000
?I love this country,? Obama told us in February. But that was then.
Submit News to CKA News Peak water, peak fish and the end of everything
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:40:00 +0000
?Peakonomics? forgets there is such a thing as innovation. The Stone Age didn?t end because they reached ?peak rocks.?
Submit News to CKA News The things he could teach our kids
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0000
Kim Jong Il could give a heck of a graduation speech. Actually, so could our dear leader.
Submit News to CKA News Econowatch
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:00:12 +0000
A weekly scorecard on the state of the economy in North America and beyond
Submit News to CKA News Name the date, Jennifer. I?ll be there.
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:55:00 +0000
The CHRC?s chief commissioner claims she is seeking a ?balanced debate.? Here?s my offer.
Submit News to CKA News Stop the shovels
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:55:00 +0000
How much has Stephen Harper?s government actually spent on stimulus? Who knows?
Submit News to CKA News The feeble ?march? of Euro-fascism
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000
Paul Wells rips Mark Steyn; corrects fascist hyperbole

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