Five steps to reducing runway incursions
Controllers, pilots and airport officials are working together to reduce runway incursions, when planes or vehicles blunder onto a runway.
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Syria: Canadian MPs set to debate on escalating conflict
Tuesday's emergency debate comes amid conflicting reports of chemical weapons use and fallout of Israeli airstrikes on military targets in Syria.
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National Household Survey: Immigration dramatically changing makeup of...
New data from the 2011 National Household Survey highlight the changes unfolding in Canadian society. Canada has 200 ethnic groups and 100 religions.
View ArticleNational Household Survey: Canada’s non-Christian population growing
Christianity remains the dominant religion in Canada but a StatsCan survey counts growing numbers of Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists.
View ArticleNational Household Survey: Aboriginal population young and growing fast
New data from Statistics Canada reveal the aboriginal population grew by 20 per cent between 2006 and 2011.
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Liberals win Labrador byelection
Liberal Yvonne Jones beats Conservative Peter Penashue, former cabinet minister who resigned after admitting to illegal campaign donations.
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Senate expenses: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff wrote cheque...
Sen. Mike Duffy unable to afford payment so Nigel Wright stepped up to reimburse taxpayers for expenses improperly claimed for Kanata home.
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The defence department has released a new video that is a rare public display for the soldiers who serve with Canadian Special Operations Forces Command.
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Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, resigns
Nigel Wright decides, on his 50th birthday weekend, to leave the PMO amid an uproar over his role in the Senate expenses scandal.
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Stephen Harper says ‘sorry’ for secret payout to Mike Duffy
Minister Stephen Harper has apologized for the conduct of his former chief of staff in repaying Sen. Mike Duffy’s ineligible senate expenses and insists the payment was kept secret even from him.
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Stephen Harper turns aside demands for public hearings on Duffy affair
Prime Minister Stephen Harper turned aside a demand by the opposition to have everyone involved in the uproar over Sen. Mike Duffy’s expense claims testify in public about the secret $90,172 payment to...
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Stephen Harper vows ‘consequences’ in Senate spending scandal
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the players in the Senate spending controversy will be held accountable if ongoing investigations reveal evidence of wrongdoing.
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Mike Duffy sought cabinet post and perks after Senate appointment
Months after being named to the Senate in 2009, Mike Duffy sought a cabinet post to compensate him for his “expanded” role in the Conservative party.
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ORNGE helicopter crash: “Black hole” effect could have brought down air...
“Black hole” effect, mechanical failure and pilot error among possible causes as probe begins into crash of ORNGE air ambulance in northern Ontario.
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Senate expense scandal: Conservative senator calls for auditor general to...
The RCMP will not say whether its probe into questionable senate expenses will be completed by the next federal election.
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Senate expense scandal: Mike Duffy appealed to Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
Stephen Harper was unsympathetic to Sen. Mike Duffy’s appeal and told the senator to repay cash improperly claimed.
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MP Brent Rathgeber quits Tory caucus
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has suffered another blow as a Tory MP quit the Conservative caucus Wednesday night, decrying the Conservatives’ lack of progress on open government.
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Alberta MP Brent Rathgeber blasts Conservatives as he quits party
Brent Rathgeber says the Conservatives in Ottawa have lost their way, says the party lacks commitment to transparency and accountability.
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ORNGE helicopter crash: Investigator sketches out final minute
The ORNGE helicopter was airborne less than a minute before crashing, says the lead investigator, who has found no sign of a mechanical problem.
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Stephen Harper’s official jet gets eye-catching makeover
The ugly duckling Airbus jet used by Stephen Harper has come out of the paint shop a colourful king of the skies.
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