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U.S. government shutdown: Republicans, Democrats and the blame game

For the cynical political observer, the greatest concern for Republicans and Democrats coming out of the partial government shutdown may not be the short- or long-term effects on the country, but rather which party will shoulder the blame for the continuing impasse. More read comments
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90-year-old discharged from B.C. hospital in middle of night
A 90-year-old legally blind senior says staff at a Delta Hospital sent her home in a taxi in the middle of the night while she was bleeding from the arm, dressed in nothing but her pyjamas, and without shoes. More read comments video
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Analysis George Parros fight injury in season opener renews debate
The concussion suffered by Montreal Canadiens enforcer George Parros in the opening game of the NHL season has started a new round in the debate on fighting and hockey. More read comments video audio
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Analysis Is Quebec more Catholic than it likes to think?
Quebec's secular charter has not only scored deep political divisions, it is also provoking Quebecers, according to the polls, to want to reaffirm their Catholic heritage. Just one of the many paradoxes in this fractured debate, Michelle Gagnon writes. More read comments
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Nova Scotia Votes 2013
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- Eastern Shore bellwether a focus for Nova Scotia election
- Nova Scotia's political parties are sure to be watching the results in Eastern Shore on election night — a bellwether in provincial elections for more than four decades.
- Reality check: Are Liberal claims on wait times accurate? video
- The province's three major political parties are promising to reduce the long waits facing Nova Scotians who need knee and hip replacements. But are the wait times as bad as politicians claim?
- Nova Scotia election's main question is health care: NDP
- New Democratic Party Leader Darrell Dexter is attempting to frame Tuesday's provincial election as a choice between competing visions for the province's health care system, saying it is the main issue facing voters.
SPCA's pet condoms campaign applauded by animal owners by Jennifer Dunning Oct. 2, 2013 7:57 PM Has Frisky been a little more, well, frisky lately? You might want to stock up on pet condoms. That's the idea behind an SPCA ad campaign to raise awareness of spaying and neutering pets.
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Analysis
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U.S. government shutdown: What's next?
- The perverse math behind the Republican budget showdown: Neil Macdonald
- Tightwads! MPs' expenses reveal party leaders don't party
- Syria chemical weapons cleanup a 'Herculean' task, Canadian inspector says
- Conservatives' long view on debt — and smaller government
