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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is preparing three-strikes-you're-out legislation that would make it easier to label criminals as dangerous offenders after a third serious conviction. The bill - part of the Conservative anti-crime package - will be tabled this fall, says Justice Minister...

This most recent CBC incident occured a couple weeks ago, but for those who may have missed the clip.... Heres the actual newscast and the CBC apology... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apctTk7ovWs&NR

http://start.shaw.ca/start/enCA/News/NationalNewsArticle.htm?&src=n091850A.xml

OTTAWA (CP) - NDP Leader Jack Layton says Canada should pull its troops out of Afghanistan by February because the mission has gone astray. Sniping at both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President George W. Bush, Layton said the Afghan mission has lost its direction. It has no clear goals...

Muslim Myopia By IRSHAD MANJI LAST week, the luminaries of the British Muslim mainstream — lobbyists, lords and members of Parliament — published an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair, telling him that the “debacle” of both Iraq and Lebanon provides “ammunition to extremists who threaten...

OTTAWA -- Israel’s ambassador to Canada has taken Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe sharply to task for participating in a pro-Hezbollah rally. Alan Baker sent Duceppe a strongly worded letter last week expressing “shock and disappointment” over Duceppe’s participation in the Aug. 6 march in...

OTTAWA (CP) - Canada will boost its troop strength in Afghanistan should it take over command of NATO forces in the country as anticipated, says Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor. O'Connor has told NATO that Canada wants to assume control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)...

OTTAWA (CP) - Street racers would face mandatory driving bans and, in cases where they kill someone, could spend life in prison under legislation introduced by the Conservative government. "Street racing is not about kids having fun," Justice Minister Vic Toews said Thursday after tabling the...

I was at work a couple of days ago and ended up having a conversation with a co-worker who is an immigrant from India. Now I have known this guy for a couple of years, and always pull his leg being the bleedingheart Liberal Party supporter his is. This guy actually voted Liberal on Jan 23, even...

Dwarf tossing laws in Canada 8O http://www.ontla.on.ca/documents/Bills/37_Parliament/Session4/b097_e.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_tossing

Potential terrorists lurking in Canadian cities, says spy agency -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTTAWA (CP) - Canada has its own crop of homegrown terrorists capable of acts like the deadly attacks on London's transit system last summer, says...

Officials in Quebec City are hoping Calgary will make a donation to the city's 400th anniversary celebrations. Quebec City Mayor Andrée Boucher says she is working to re-establish links between the two cities. Calgary and Quebec City have been sister cities for 50 years. July 3, 2008 will...

Alberta threatens to drop out of equalization deal with other provinces -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta is threatening to drop out of the federal government's revenue-sharing deal with other provinces if energy income is...

Conservatives look to harvest growing support in rural Quebec -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTTAWA (CP) - When federal Conservatives look at a map of Quebec, they know precisely where to stick in their blue push pins. They look purposely past...

http://start.shaw.ca/start/enCA/News/NationalNewsArticle.htm?&src=n051411A.xml OTTAWA (CP) - Auditor General Sheila Fraser tables one of her regular critiques on Tuesday and, for a change, the federal government isn't cringing. In fact, Fraser's first report since Prime Minister Stephen...

DENVER (AP) - Convicted terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui began serving his life sentence at the country's most secure prison after U.S. marshals flew him overnight from Virginia to Colorado. Marshals brought Moussaoui, implicated in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, to...

Using equalization to fix so-called fiscal gap unfair to Ontario: McGuinty -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TORONTO (CP) - Equalization is forcing federal taxpayers in Ontario to help finance lower taxes and higher health and education spending in...

Conservatives, and their budget, get passing grade in Decima and Leger polls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government is riding high in public opinion surveys, notwithstanding a couple...

link Corporate Canada: budget a win-win situation Ottawa — Corporate Canada landed a major win Tuesday, as the new Conservative government's first budget featured greater-than-expected tax cuts and a range of other measures designed to boost the country's economic performance. The budget...

Liberals play chicken over budget, dare NDP and Bloc to force an election -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finance Minister Jim Flaherty talks with reporters following Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, April 24. (CP/Tom Hanson)...