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Canada's role in training Afghan army may soon shrink: MacKay
Group told 'we're going to kill someone tonight,' witness at Briscoe trial testifies
Vancouver to expand electric car charging stations
More stories emerge of widespread bribery in Quebec's health system
Blatchford: Witness cannot say when he got murder weapon
'Segregation lite' prison cells open door for prisoner lawsuits, documents say

Elections Canada investigating 'robocalls' that misled voters
Tragically Hip gets its own street — not fully, but completely
Public Service cuts will hit Ottawa hard: NDP leader
American caught at Alberta border with 75 guns
'I want peace, and justice': Graham James victims speak to sentencing hearing

CBC News: Canada

Air Canada ground staff reject contract deal
Ottawa diver reported missing off Nova Scotia
Alleged B.C. rave rape victim seeks witnesses
Severed hand in dumpster spurs murder charge
Maple sap flows early in Quebec
Mountie who had sex with superior fights to keep job

Garbage blamed as 145 bears shot in Alberta's north
Alberta doctors bullied by bosses, panel finds
Graham James apologizes to sex-abuse victims
Online surveillance bill setup costs estimated at $80M
Mandatory sentences staying in crime bill, Nicholson says

The Globe & Mail: National

Slain journalists may have been targeted by Syrian military
Fish farm operator charged over dozens of seal, sea lion deaths
Clark tweets tax pledge then baffles followers with taxing budget
The Alberta oil sands' European allies
Tories weigh value of delaying F-35 jet purchase
Video: Alleged B.C. rave rape victim speaks out

Romney, Santorum trade accusations in key Republican TV debate
Video: A look at the latest music releases
Video: Toronto screenwriter heads to the Oscars
From a Syrian blogger: 'I expect this message to be my last'
Germ warfare: The creation of a lethal virus sparks a debate pitting science against security

The National Post

Deficits don’t help the economy
First Health Canada helps prosecute marijuana growers, then asks them for advice
Fraudulent election calls traced to Edmonton firm with Tory links
TV hosts sent letters warning of bio terror attacks as congress members find ‘suspicious powder’
Graham James ‘deeply sorry’ for sexual abuse of NHL star Theo Fleury, others
Allegations of hush money for Alberta doctors untrue: council

Saskatchewan, N.S. latest to restrict OxyContin replacement, OxyNeo
Group of N.L. women sue after breasts removed over faulty cancer tests
University students borrowing their way into unemployment
Mitt Romney proposes cutting every American’s taxes by 20%
U.S. Capitol terror plot suspect ordered held after 'weapon of mass destruction' arrest

Canoe.ca: Canada

Maid of the Mist out after 165 years
Accused killer said she'd cut girl 'into little pieces'
Company defends race-based hiring
Fraud costs $1.7M a day: Report
U.S. cops condemn Canada's pot penalties

America's Most Wanted perv arrested in Montreal

Toronto Star: National

‘Secret’ G20 law to be scrapped
Tim Harper: Diane Finley sells old-age pension changes to the young
Kingston gets Tragically Hip Way
Don’t adopt U.S.-style drug laws, groups warn Conservative government
Ontario driver spooked to find tracking device on his truck
Former CBC head Pierre Juneau dies at 89

CAW and Caterpillar Inc.’s Electro-Motive Canada to reach settlement over plant
Dalton McGuinty rules out tax hikes to pay off Ontario deficit
Medical isotopes possible without a nuclear reactor
Canada’s police chiefs support Internet surveillance bill

CTV.ca National

Fugitive child molester was living in Vancouver: CBSA - CTV.ca
CTV Celebrates THE 84th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS(R) on Feb. 26 With Extensive ... - Canada NewsWire (press release)
See Jason Mraz perform on Canada AM on March 6 - CTV.ca
NDP membership surges by more than 50 per cent - CTV.ca
New program to help find missing First Nation kids - CTV.ca
Sex assault charge stayed for BC rave rape suspect - CTV.ca

Beware opening door to online surveillance, critics say - CTV.ca
Lloyd's Look - CTV.ca
Former Ottawa resident kills son, self in Australia - CTV.ca
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