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Afghan detainee torture risk raised in 2005: diplomat

A Canadian diplomat with extensive experience in Afghanistan says she raised the possibility that detainees transferred from Canadian to Afghan custody were at risk of torture back in 2005, but her concerns were ignored.
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Tories focused on message as detainee issue grew

The Conservative government was focused on communications as it tried to deal with the growing questions about the treatment of Afghan detainees back in 2007, a document obtained by CBC News indicates.
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Harper downplays Afghan torture memo

Prime Minister Stephen Harper downplayed revelations of a "contingency plan" to deal with accusations that prisoners handed over to Afghan authorities were tortured.
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Niqab-wearing woman blocked again from class

The Quebec government has intervened again in the case of a Muslim woman who refused to remove her niqab veil during a French-language class.
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Ex-politician suspected in deadly police shootout

Fred Preston, a former Ontario township council leader who was struggling with marital problems, has been identified as the suspect in a shootout on a rural road that killed Const. Vu Pham.
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Agents seized heroin at Vancouver airport during Olympics: police

Canada Border Services agents discovered four kilograms of heroin hidden in two suitcases belonging to a man who arrived in Vancouver on a flight from India during the Olympics.
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B.C. to market health tourism

B.C. Health Minister Kevin Falcon says he has a plan to market health-care services to rich, offshore patients similar to the way the province sells higher education to foreign students.
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NAFTA pullout bill fails to scare Ottawa

Fresh off a recent skirmish over "Buy American," some Canadian cabinet ministers are expressing confidence that a new protectionist push from some U.S. politicians won't succeed.
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Alberta Children's Hospital errors revealed

Failures to implement recommendations from previous incidents and poor communication led to unrelated errors - including two non-fatal drug overdoses - at the Alberta Children's Hospital, a review has concluded.
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Ex-MP Jaffer fined for careless driving

Drunk driving and drug possession charges are dropped against former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer as he pleads guilty to the lesser offence of careless driving.
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