2014-09-21

CANADA

#1 — CNews | Magnotta jury selected, opening arguments next week

MONTREAL — The jury was finalized Friday in the trial of Luka Rocco Magnotta, accused in the murder and dismemberment of Chinese student Jun Lin.

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#2 — CTV | Union protest against pension reforms draws large crowd in Montreal

MONTREAL — Thousands marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday to denounce the Quebec government’s planned pension reforms for municipal workers.

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#3 — Globe | ‘Ford more years': Doug kicks off Toronto mayoral campaign

“Now it’s time to get out there and meet the people.” With those words to cheering supporters at Ford headquarters, Doug Ford kicked off his campaign to succeed his ailing brother Rob as mayor of Toronto.

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#4 — Postmedia | Alberta MP Rob Anders a no-show as he loses nomination in Bow River

BROOKS, Alta.— Controversial Alberta MP Rob Anders has failed in his second attempt at new political life, losing the Conservative nomination in a rural riding east of Calgary.

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#5 — Sun | Alberta’s new health minister lays out his vision

EDMONTON – Why is health care taking so long and what are the problems?

Those are two questions that incoming Health Minister Stephen Mandel will be asking Alberta Health Services as the former Edmonton mayor takes over the $18-billion portfolio under Premier Jim Prentice’s provincial government.

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WORLD

#6 — BBC | Boko Haram kills ‘dozens’ in attack on Nigerian market

Boko Haram militants have attacked a rural market in the north-east Nigerian town of Mainok, killing dozens of people, officials and witnesses say.

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#7 — CNN | Fresh act: 87-year-old felon Edwin Edwards wants back in Congress

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (CNN) — It’s Sunday morning at the New Life Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but the man preaching to the choir is no minister.

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#8 — Fox | Residents return home as cops hunt suspect in Pennsylvania trooper ambush

State police lifted a shelter in place order for residents in an area of northeastern Pennsylvania late Saturday where authorities are searching for the man suspected in the fatal shooting of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper.

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#9 — DM | How ‘home hackers’ spy on you and your children

Security camera footage from inside homes, offices and shops across Britain is being intercepted and broadcast live on the internet – without the owners’ knowledge.

A Mail on Sunday investigation can reveal that ‘home hackers’ are easily able to spy on people going about their daily lives through cameras that were installed in homes to improve security.

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#10 — WT | Iran’s Quds Force aiding Iraqi Shiites with Obama administration’s blessing

Iran’s secretive Quds Force is becoming more active in Iraq alongside Iraqi soldiers and militias battling the Islamic State terrorist group, as the Obama administration sends signals welcoming Tehran to the fight.

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