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13 Mar by admin in Canada, Sports

Canucks return home to host Senators

Canucks return home to host Senators
An NHL-record 14-game road trip has come to a close, and the Vancouver Canucks are finally heading home Saturday as they host the Ottawa Senators on Hockey Night in Canada (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 10 p.m. ET).

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12 Mar by admin in Health

Cord-blood banks oversell value: Marketplace

Cord-blood banks oversell value: Marketplace
Health claims used by private cord-blood banks to persuade parents to save their baby's umbilical cord blood can overstate the benefits, according to an investigation by CBC-TV's Marketplace.

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12 Mar by admin in Canada, Top Stories

Canada Reads 2010 chooses a winner

Canada Reads 2010 chooses a winner
A winner has been chosen in CBC Radio One's Canada Reads series, in which a celebrity jury votes for a single book it can recommend to all Canadians.

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12 Mar by admin in Canada, Sports

Yzerman would run Team Canada again: Take 5

Yzerman would run Team Canada again: Take 5
Detroit Red Wings vice-president Steve Yzerman told CBC's senior hockey writer Tim Wharnsby that he would consider assembling Canada's men's hockey team for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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11 Mar by admin in Top Stories

WestJet fined for customs violation at Pearson

WestJet fined for customs violation at Pearson
The Canadian Border Services Agency has fined WestJet $5,300 for sending arriving international passengers through the domestic arrivals area at Toronto's Pearson International Airport , rather than straight through customs, CBC News has learned.

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11 Mar by admin in Health

N.L. lab chief quit over workload, sources say

N.L. lab chief quit over workload, sources say
The St. John's physician who resigned amid a controversy over lab testing at Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority wanted to quit three months ago because of an excessive workload, CBC News has learned.

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10 Mar by admin in Canada, Top Stories

Liberals feared Abu Ghraib-type detainee scandal: source

Liberals feared Abu Ghraib-type detainee scandal: source
The Liberal government of 2005 feared Canada's detention of Afghan prisoners would spark a controversy similar to Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, according to a current government official who spoke with CBC News.

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10 Mar by admin in Top Stories

Indian status coming for thousands of Canadians

Indian status coming for thousands of Canadians
More than 45,000 Canadians could be recognized as status Indians under changes the federal government plans to make to the Indian Act, CBC News has learned.

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9 Mar by admin in Top Stories

Tories focused on message as detainee issue grew

Tories focused on message as detainee issue grew
The Conservative government was focused on communications as it tried to deal with the growing questions about the treatment of Afghan detainees back in 2007, a document obtained by CBC News indicates.

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8 Mar by admin in Top Stories

Ottawa anticipated Afghan torture allegations: memo

Ottawa anticipated Afghan torture allegations: memo
The Canadian government began formulating a plan for how to deal with accusations of torture of prisoners in Afghanistan as early as March 2007 -months before such allegations first came up in the media - a document obtained by CBC News suggests.

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