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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Disgraced Toronto Pathologist's Mistakes Put Innocent People in Jail

A leading Toronto pathologist's mistakes and cover-up have sent innocent people to jail:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/crime/smith-charles.html

Man Killed in Montreal Subway

A man was shot dead near a Montreal subway station.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=b474ae9c-b9a3-4476-8242-c47e8b078948&k=18761

Ontario Against School for Black Children

Ontario's premier Dalton McGuinty opposes the creation of a school for black children that aims to fight the alarming dropout rate of black children in mixed schools.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080202.school2/BNStory/National/home

Science Takes a Turn for the Worse

Canada has fired its top national science advisor and is terminating the position altogether leaving questions of ethics and the public good behind.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080202.science02/BNStory/National/home

Friday, February 1, 2008

Suspected Al-Qaeda Collaborator Freed from Canadian Jail

Suspected al-Qaida collaborator Mohamed Harkat is being freed from jail, but will remain under house arrest until his next hearing.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/national/080201/n020126A.html

Quebec Language Woes Threaten Patient's Lives

Patient's lives may be at stake because Quebec hospitals are refusing to provide services to the sick in their own language.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/story.html?id=95b8e693-2224-44cb-b0d3-62425d2d2f2c

Vancouver Prevents Aboriginals from Getting HIV Treatment

Aboriginal drug users living in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are contracting HIV-AIDS at twice the rate of non-aboriginal users because Vancouver's health services are refusing to help them.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080201.waids01/BNStory/National/home