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at 7:51 on March 10, 2010, EDT.

Labrador Innu chief says ban on alcohol has been temporarily suspended

NATUASHISH, N.L. - The new chief of an aboriginal community in Labrador says a ban on alcohol has been suspended for now.

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at 7:51 on March 10, 2010, EDT.

Wheelchair-bound Canadian man, 35, badly beaten in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - A 35-year-old Canadian man who uses a wheelchair is in a Sydney, Australia hospital after being badly beaten by two teenagers.

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at 22:33 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Saskatchewan native leaders hand over financial control of troubled school

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan aboriginal leaders say they have agreed to hand over financial control of the troubled First Nations University of Canada to the University of Regina.

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at 21:19 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Man named in police shootout, slain officer knew each other, residents say

A man suspected of trading gunfire with police in an incident that saw an officer shot and killed was identified Tuesday as 70-year-old Fred Preston, a former reeve of a small community that residents say the slain officer was raised in.

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at 21:17 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Coke charge dropped as ex-Tory MP Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving

ORANGEVILLE, Ont. - A former Conservative MP once known for his tough stance on drugs received a "break" when cocaine possession and drunk driving charges were withdrawn in a plea bargain, an Ontario judge said Tuesday.

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at 20:30 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Changes made at Alberta Children's Hospital after report into series of errors

CALGARY - Alberta health officials say they've made changes after an independent review into a string of mistakes at a Calgary children's hospital last year, including two drug overdoses and a child given the wrong breast milk.

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at 20:30 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Invalid death certificate puts BC couple in African adoption limbo

VANCOUVER -A B.C. couple has been separated for months after its effort to adopt twin boys from Ghana turned into a bureaucratic nightmare.

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at 19:47 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Tories should take Jaffer lesson to heart, dump minimum sentences: experts

OTTAWA - Justice Minister Rob Nicholson should take a long, honest look at the Rahim Jaffer case and apply its lessons to the Conservative criminal justice agenda, the head of the John Howard Society said Tuesday.

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at 18:53 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Key Senate post up for grabs, but Tories take a pass

OTTAWA - The Conservatives have passed up a chance to seize control of a key Senate committee that they regularly attack for stalling or watering down government bills.

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at 18:48 on March 9, 2010, EDT.

Stranded seal pups popping up on beaches of ice-free Gulf of St. Lawrence

MONTREAL - An exceptional lack of sea ice on the Gulf of St. Lawrence this winter has left seal mothers with few places to bear their young or to feed their pups.

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