Anna Mehler Paperny and Nick Logan – Global News
TORONTO – Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Ottawa may need to play a role in regulating exotic pet stores in the wake of the deaths of two boys asphyxiated by a python while they slept.
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Months after Primrose spill began, CNRL doesn’t know when it will stop
Anna Mehler Paperny and Leslie Young – Global News
Thousands of barrels of bitumen have been oozing to the surface of a remote operation for months and the oil giant responsible doesn’t know when it’s going to stop.
Python that killed two N.B. boys was in enclosure near where they slept, friend says
By Mairin Prentiss, Anna Mehler Paperny, Julia Wong and Nick Logan – Global News
HALIFAX AND TORONTO – The four-metre python that killed Connor and Noah Barthe was sleeping right beside them, says a friend of the snake’s owner.
Transcanada wants to build a $12-billion pipeline east. What are its chances?
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
TransCanada wants to go forward with a $12-billion plan to build a 4,400-kilometre pipeline trekking oil from Alberta to New Brunswick.
Andrea Horwath on byelections: ‘We’ve seen the people of Ontario send a pretty clear message’
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Andrea Horwath is having a good night.
The NDP leader is seen as the biggest winner coming out of Thursday’s byelection quintet after her party won two Liberal ridings handily – Percy Hatfield is the new MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh, former finance minister Dwight Duncan’s riding; and Peggy Sattler beat former teachers union head Ken Coran to win London West, former redoubt of Liberal Chris Bentley.
Horwath notes she’s doubled the size of her caucus in her time as leader – not that size matters, or anything.
Canada’s next supervised injection site: Ottawa?
Anna Mehler Paperny and Laura Stone – Global News
n Ottawa group aims to open Canada’s first supervised injection site since a landmark Supreme Court ruling gave Vancouver’s Insite the right to offer addicts a safe place to shoot up.
Police seized SD card, four cell phones belonging to suspect in Anthony Smith murder case
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
RCMP officers searching the Fort McMurray apartment where Hanad Mohamed was staying before his arrest seized four cell phones and a micro SD card, newlyunsealed court documents show.
Opponents prepare to implement crime bill under fire for lack of evidence
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
The experts who’ve argued so vehemently against Ottawa’s bill cracking down on the most mentally ill offenders are preparing to implement it, even though the federal government hasn’t been able to produce any evidence indicating it’s necessary.
Toronto’s Board of Health wants a supervised injection site. The province doesn’t. Now what?
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Toronto’s board of health became Ontario’s first governing body to endorse supervised injection sites this week, but the momentum may stop there: The province isn’t interested.
Long-form census gone, ‘data wonks’ plan to fill gaps on their own
Anna Mehler Paperny – Global News
Amid consternation over a defunct census and leeriness towards its less reliable replacement, a group of cities has banded together to build a database of their own.
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