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'Time to act' on racial profiling in Quebec, commission finds

Samantha Hyman-Roberts (left) and her friend Taejhia James say they were victims of racial profiling at the hands of STM inspectors while using the métro in Montreal in November 2009.

A deluge of racial-profiling stories — including accounts of harassment, abusive treatment and unjustified arrests — poured into Quebec's Human Rights Commission last fall after researchers consulted local community groups on the contentious issue.

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Crosby's Olympic hockey gear recovered

The case of the missing Sidney Crosby gold medal hockey gear has been solved.

The Chateau Frontenac, which opened in 1893, is an architectural jewel, and one of Canada's top hotels. The bottom of the Dufferin Terrace toboggan run can be seen in the foreground.

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Quebec will never separate from Canada because the French and English are locked in a sado-masochistic love relationship, says Clotaire...

Sisters and business owners Angela (left) and Josée Barbato play with Sabrina Mayer at their family-owned daycare centre. The Quebec government has vowed to ban religious teaching in the province's daycares.

Quebec aims to stop religious teachings in daycares

Tony Tomassi, Quebec's family minister, admitted Wednesday there is religious teaching in approximately 20 Quebec subsidized daycare...

A seal meat dish, such as this one made by the Montreal restaurant The Islands, will soon appear on the menu of the Parliamentary Restaurant.

Seal 'stunt' akin to 'gastronomic cruelty': IFAW

Canadian parliamentarians are engaged in "gastronomic cruelty" by heading to the fine dining tables of Parliament Hill's exclusive...

Couple facing new charges in daughter's death

A Halifax couple is facing numerous charges in connection with the death of their infant daughter last summer.

Vincent Lacroix arrives at Montreal courthouse in this Sept. 11, 2009 file photo.

Norbourg swindler could testify in trial against Quebec securities watchdog

Vincent Lacroix, seen as one of Canada's biggest financial fraudsters, has been asked by lawyers representing a group of 139 investors...

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the "gold-plated" pension plan for members of Parliament is worthy of its "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the advocacy group's annual awards for wasteful government spending.

Minister orders review of 'unacceptable' invoices

The federal government promises to audit and review a contract with a Montreal-based firm that manages government office buildings...

Alberta skip Kevin Koe delivers a shot against Quebec at the Tim Hortons Brier in Halifax.

Alberta’s Koe moves to second place at the Brier

Alberta’s Kevin Koe and Northern Ontario’s Brad Jacobs made the biggest gains Wednesday at the Tim Hortons Brier in Halifax.

Canadian ctor Corey Haim arrives at a Fashion Show on Mar. 19, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Haim was a teen idol in the '80s and appeared in "The Lost Boys" and several other movies.

Canadian actor Corey Haim found dead at 38

Canadian actor Corey Haim has died at the age of 38 of an apparent accidental drug overdose, according to the Los Angeles Times.

An undated handout photo of Fred Preston from the Back Yard Stuff website. Preston is in police custody in connection with a March 8, 2010 shooting incident in which OPP Constable Vu Pham was killed.

Elderly Ont. man charged in shooting death of OPP officer

The Ontario Provincial Police have charged 70-year-old Fred Preston of Sundridge, Ont., with first-degree murder in the death of OPP...

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Most Vitamin D is made by the body as a natural by-product of the skin's exposure to sunlight. It can also be found in fish liver oil, eggs and fatty fish such as salmon, herring and mackerel, or taken as a supplement.

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