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Some reserve residents want Saskatchewan chief removed over sex assault

KISBEY, Sask. - There is debate on a small reserve in southeastern Saskatchewan about whether its chief should be removed from his job.

Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood, but some restrictions remain

TORONTO - Canada is lifting a nearly 30-year-old ban on gay men giving blood, though for the time being only those who are abstinent will be allowed to donate.

Man killed after test drive a regular guy, and it cost him his life: widow

HAMILTON - Tim Bosma was a jokester, a mischievous man with a "crazy laugh," but most of all he was just a regular guy - and it cost him his life, family and friends said Wednesday in a poignant tribute to a man whose death cast him in the national spotlight.

Mayor Rob Ford says crack video allegations false, according to his brother

TORONTO - Rob Ford's staunchest supporter attempted on Wednesday to quell the storm of controversy raging around Toronto's mayor over his alleged use of crack cocaine by citing his record in office and blasting the media.

Purse stolen from woman who died in Toronto subway station: police

TORONTO - Toronto police are searching for a suspect accused of stealing the purse of a woman who jumped to her death in a subway station Wednesday morning.

NDP asks parliamentary committee to look into appointees' Tory ties

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats are asking a parliamentary committee to look into political appointments to the new Social Security Tribunal.

RCMP says it is 'disappointed' by harassment lawsuit so many years later

OTTAWA - The RCMP says it is disappointed a former member of the Musical Ride has waited so long to sue over sexual assault and harassment she allegedly suffered in the 1980s.

Canadian dad of 'hatchet hitchhiker' stands by son in New Jersey homicide case

NEWARK, N.J. - The Canadian father of the man who gained Internet fame as "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker" says he hasn't had much contact with his son over the years.

23 hours a day: Saskatchewan woman settles lawsuit over solitary confinement

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the federal government has settled a lawsuit with an aboriginal woman who says she was held in solitary confinement for 3 1/2 years.

Harper visit to Peru targets better use of mining royalties to alleviate poverty

LIMA, Peru - Canadian mining companies hope that Stephen Harper's visit to Peru will lead to better use of the billions in royalties and taxes that are sitting idle in a country where poverty is still a large problem.

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