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Submit News to CKA News Vander Zalm guilty of defamation
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:26:50 EST

Former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm has been found guilty of defaming the province's one-time conflict of interest commissioner Ted Hughes and ordered to pay $60,000.

Submit News to CKA News RCMP shooting suspect's parents urge him to surrender
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:23:09 EST

The parents of the suspect in the shooting of two RCMP officers near Killam, Alta., have asked the fugitive to turn himself in ? with his father urging him to "swallow your hurt" and come home.

Submit News to CKA News Shipwrecked Canadians call rescue 'incredible'
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:05 EST

One of the three Canadians picked up by a giant container ship at sea overnight after a storm damaged their Hawaii-bound sailboat is calling their dramatic rescue a "gauntlet of happiness."

Submit News to CKA News B.C. vehicle collision kills up to 5 people
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:13:40 EST

As many as five people have died after a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle collided outside the town of McLeese Lake, about 350 kilometres north of Vancouver.

Submit News to CKA News Canada pulls out of NATO surveillance project
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:31:45 EST

Canada is pulling out of a NATO project 20 years in the making that will use unmanned aerial vehicles to collect surveillance.

Submit News to CKA News Ont. van crash responder appalled by gawkers
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:14:24 EST

One of the first people on the scene of the crash that killed 11 people in Hampstead, Ont., on Monday says he is appalled by passersby who gathered at the scene only to record the carnage on their phones.

Submit News to CKA News Firing warning shots OK in some cases, minister says
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:41:01 EST

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson came under fire in question period after telling a House committee it's reasonable under some circumstances to fire warning shots.

Submit News to CKA News Old Age Security protests at 24 MPs' offices
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:09:14 EST

Seniors and members of the labour movement concerned about changes to Old Age Security staged peaceful sit-ins at the offices of 24 Conservative MPs in Ontario and New Brunswick on Thursday, with additional demonstrations in St. Johns.

Submit News to CKA News Saganash to bow out of NDP leadership race
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:09 EST

Sources say the Cree leader is calling it quits in part due to illness in the family.

Submit News to CKA News Glacier tourism plan in Jasper park approved
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:16:54 EST

The federal government has given a green light to a new paid tourist attraction in Alberta's Jasper National Park called the Glacier Discovery Walk.

Submit News to CKA News Rabbi Plaut, 99, mourned by Jewish community
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:30:12 EST

Members of Canada's Jewish community are mourning the loss of Rabbi Gunther Plaut, who died Wednesday in Toronto. He was 99.

Submit News to CKA News Income inequality overstated, study says
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:26:51 EST

The concern over income inequality in Canada doesn't take taxation and redistribution into account according to a study released thursday by the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy.

Submit News to CKA News Canada and China next steps could include free trade deal
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:29:03 EST

On the heels of Wednesday's "historic" investment deal, Prime Minister Stephen Harper moved on to raise the prospect of something even bigger on Thursday: free trade talks with China.

Submit News to CKA News Sex in police car costs RCMP officer 10 days pay
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:58 EST

A senior RCMP officer will lose 10 days pay for misusing an RCMP squad car and his telephone while carrying on a sexual affair with a subordinate.

Submit News to CKA News 5 places where babies have been banned
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:35:54 EST

NDP MP Sana Hassainia says she was asked to remove her three-month-old baby from the floor of the House of Commons. Here's a list of other places where babies have been a problem.

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