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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.
90-year-old discharged from hospital in middle of night video: 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.
Analysis George Parros fight injury in season opener renews debate video audio: 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.
Analysis Quebec's values charter forcing rethink of Catholicism, religious identity: 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.
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