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Chinese Hackers Attack Canada
 Chinese Hackers Attack Canada 
Feb 18, 2011 4:53 AM CST

Chinese Hackers Attack Canada

Key government departments penetrated

(Newser) - Hackers traced to China launched a major cyber attack on two key Canadian government ministries last month, officials have revealed. Bureaucrats in the country's Treasury Board and Department of Finance have been left with little to no Internet access since the beginning of the year because of compromised computers, reports...

Sad Details Emerge in Sled Dog Killings

Vigilantes threaten to cull sled dog killer

(Newser) - A sled dog company employee who slaughtered around 100 huskies after tourism dried up has been receiving death threats, Canadian police say. Police and animal welfare authorities are investigating the killings, which came to light after the worker described the killings in grisly detail to obtain workman's compensation. The animals...

Sled Dogs Slaughtered in Canada

Company killed up to 100 huskies after tourism slump

(Newser) - Appalled Canadian authorities are investigating the slaughter of up to 100 huskies used to pull tourist sleds. An employee at a British Columbia company says he was ordered to kill scores of healthy dogs when business dropped off after the 2010 Winter Olympics. The killings came to light after he...

Newest Flash Mob: Breastfeeding Moms

Women protest after fellow mom is kicked out of mall store

(Newser) - Not every Facebook-inspired flash mob is about toppling governments: A recent one in Canada has set off a national debate on women's right to breastfeed in public, reports AOL News . It began when a mother in Montreal got kicked out of a kids' store after she had discreetly begun feeding...

Couple: Find Our Dog, We'll Name Firstborn After You

They fear their Bernese Mountain dog was snatched

(Newser) - A Canadian couple, desperate to reclaim their missing dog, has offered an unusual reward: They'll name their soon-to-be-born first child after whoever finds her. Sara and Dan Cannon's 16-month-old Bernese Mountain dog disappeared from their backyard on Jan. 4, reports the New York Daily News. Fearful that someone might have...

Canadians Sue Over Loose Moose
Canadians Sue
Over Loose Moose
Jan 12, 2011 2:41 AM CST

Canadians Sue Over Loose Moose

Injured Newfoundland drivers launch class-action suit

(Newser) - Dozens of Newfoundlanders who say their province has too many moose are taking their government to court. The plaintiffs in the class-action suit, including two drivers who were paralyzed after car accidents involving moose, charge that the government hasn't done enough to control populations of the animal. Moose were introduced...

Wikileaks: Canadian TV Irked US Diplomats

'Onslaught' of US bad guys part of 'insidious' anti-Americanism

(Newser) - American diplomats stationed in Ottawa weren't happy with what they saw on TV, according to cables released by WikiLeaks. Shows featuring "nefarious" American officials plotting evil deeds against their northern neighbor show "the kind of insidious negative popular stereotyping we are increasingly up against in Canada," one...

Half of Canadians Favor Legal Marijuana

But public's not so accepting of so-called harder drugs

(Newser) - A new online poll shows that 50% of Canadians support the legalization of marijuana, with 44% opposed, reports the Vancouver Sun . The percentage in favor of changing the law varies among the provinces, with Alberta the lowest at a still noteworthy 45%, and Manitoba and Saskatchewan the highest at 61%....

Gay Couple Marries Over Canada

Two men reportedly wed while in Canadian airspace

(Newser) - Gay Americans are finding clever ways around marriage bans: following one couple’s wedding via Skype , two men were married yesterday on a Virgin America flight that went over Canada, CBS News reports. WordPress’s founder tweeted the news: “The captain flew briefly over Canadian airspace so two gentleman...

Paraplegic Saves Shopkeeper
 Paraplegic Saves Shopkeeper 
Nov 9, 2010 7:12 PM CST

Paraplegic Saves Shopkeeper

Vancouver man defends clerk against angry customer

(Newser) - Being stuck in a wheelchair didn't stop a Vancouver man from playing the hero this weekend, when he helped a store clerk fend off an angry customer, CBC reports. The customer was trying to pay with a counterfeit $50 note, and when shopkeeper Cindy Grewal spotted it and refused to...

Lottery Winners Give Entire Jackpot Away
 Lottery Winners Give 
 Entire Jackpot Away 
that's $11.2M
Nov 5, 2010 12:31 PM CDT

Lottery Winners Give Entire Jackpot Away

Allen and Violet Large say keeping money would have been 'headache'

(Newser) - When you’re daydreaming about winning the lottery, you probably don’t imagine giving the entire $11.2 million jackpot away. But that’s exactly what Canadian couple Allen and Violet Large did. “What you’ve never had, you never miss,” explains Violet, 78. The retired couple is...

Loaded Rocket Launcher Found on Canadian Highway

There's no clue how it got there

(Newser) - A tree pruner clearing brush near a highway on Canada's Vancouver Island made a surprising discovery—a loaded rocket launcher sitting beside the road, covered in moss. “I cleared it away and that's when I read the writing. It said: To fire, aim, pull pin and press trigger,"...

Quaids Seek Asylum in Canada
 Quaids Seek Asylum in Canada 
they're at it again
Oct 23, 2010 11:33 AM CDT

Quaids Seek Asylum in Canada

Life is never dull around this crazy couple

(Newser) - When it comes to Randy and Evi Quaid, truth is stranger than fiction. After skipping a US court hearing Monday on charges that they squatted in and vandalized a home, the pair was arrested in Canada and told the country’s immigration board yesterday that they are seeking asylum from...

Queen's Pilot Confesses to Sex Murders

Commander guilty of dozens of underwear fetish break-ins

(Newser) - A Canadian Air Force commander who piloted planes for many heads of state, including Queen Elizabeth II, has pleaded guilty to a series of sex crimes that culminated in the murder of two women. Col. Russell Williams, who commanded Canada's largest air base, stole hundreds of pairs of underwear in...

Abortion and Surrogate Pregnancies: Couple Pushed Surrogate Mom to Abort
 Couple 
 Pushed Their 
 Surrogate 
 to Abort 
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Oct 10, 2010 11:19 AM CDT

Couple Pushed Their Surrogate to Abort

Case highlights thorny nature of surrogate pregnancies

(Newser) - Abortion is a thorny issue, and it got even more thorny in one Canadian case: A couple working with a surrogate mother pushed for her to abort their fetus when they found it was likely to be born with Down syndrome. The surrogate didn’t want to abort, but the...

Judge: Pimping, Opening Brothels A-OK in Canada

She guts main rules against prostitution

(Newser) - A judge in Canada has struck down the main laws against prostitution, which the Toronto Globe and Mail describes as a landmark ruling that could quickly become law of the land. Declaring that the current laws endanger prostitutes by forcing them to conduct business in iffy locales, the Ontario judge...

Iran Sentences the 'Blogfather' to 19 Years

Hossein Derakhshan accused of insulting religious figures, spying for Israel

(Newser) - An Iranian-Canadian nicknamed "the Blogfather" has been jailed for 19 years for supposedly spreading propaganda, insulting Islamic thought, and co-operating with hostile countries. Hossein Derakhshan, 35, helped launch the Farsi-speaking blogosphere after moving to Canada in 2000. He was arrested in 2008 during a visit to his homeland and...

Police Suspect Hoax in Airline Bomb Scare

Canadian woman phoned in tip about male passenger

(Newser) - The bomb scare that required a Pakistani passenger jet with 273 people aboard to make an emergency landing in Stockholm was apparently a hoax. Authorities diverted the plane, which took off from Toronto, after getting a tip that a man aboard had explosives. He turned out to be clean and...

All Those Canadian Netflix Fans? Actors, Actually

Company 'embarrassed' by PR gaffe

(Newser) - Reporters at an event celebrating Netflix ’s arrival in Canada were surprised to discover that all the supposed “subscribers” milling about and talking about how awesome Netflix is were actually hired actors. Whoops! A spokesperson later said the company was “embarrassed” and never meant to trick reporters,...

Canada Considers Universal Coverage for Drug Costs

Government urged to adopt 'pharmacare' plan

(Newser) - Americans who think that Canadian universal health care is a socialist conspiracy will surely cringe at the news: Canada could soon adopt universal pharmacare—publicly funded drug coverage for all its citizens. More and more national organizations are applying pressure on the government, the latest being the Canadian Health Coalition,...

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