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Union calls for coroner inquest into deadly crash
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:49:01 -0500
The head of Canada’s largest private-sector union wants a formal inquest into one of the most deadly car crashes in Ontario history.

SNC-Lavalin projects in Libya still on hold: Spokeswoman
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:44:25 -0500
Montreal-based, global engineering giant SNC-Lavalin will continue to hold off on doing projects in Libya "until the situation stabilizes."

Passenger bus flips north of Edmonton
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:25:13 -0500
At least 30 passengers are being treated for injuries — some serious — after a bus flipped on its side northeast of Edmonton on Friday.

Driver in head-on 401 crash left bar at 9:30 a.m.
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:09:15 -0500
A woman who drove the wrong way on Hwy. 401 and smashed head-on into another car Monday — killing herself and the 23-year-old driver in the other car — had been at a popular bar until about 9:30 a.m., the province's alcohol and gaming watchdog says.

CBC French boss: Nothing wrong with 'Hard'
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:06:49 -0500
The head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's French arm defended the network's choice to show a racy television series called Hard.

'No blacks, whites or Jews allowed'
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:55:07 -0500
Ontario Conservatives, stung by the political fallout over the Ipperwash police shooting of a native protester, are reluctant to take all steps needed to protect the public in the Caledonia standoff, an activist says.
