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Wheelchair-bound Canadian hospitalized after assault in Australia

A vicious attack by a pair of teenagers in Australia on a Canadian man, Heath Proden, 35, who uses a wheelchair has left him in hospital.

Winnipeg man was reportedly beaten about the face with metal bars in an attack in Sydney

An undated handout photo of Fred Preston from the Back Yard Stuff website. Preston is in police custody in connection with a March 8, 2010 shooting incident in which OPP Constable Vu Pham was killed.

Connection emerges between slain OPP officer and shooting suspect

Vu Pham and his alleged shooter, Fred Preston, have ties to the same Ontario town

Canadian ctor Corey Haim arrives at a Fashion Show on Mar. 19, 2009 in Hollywood, California. Haim was a teen idol in the '80s and appeared in "The Lost Boys" and several other movies.

Canadian actor Corey Haim dead at 38

Officials suspect 80s hearthrob died of an accidental drug overdose

Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital held a news conference Tuesday about the privileges of Dr. Barbara Hartwell.   Dr. Art Kidd, former chief of staff, (R) responds to a reporter's question while board chair Egidio Sovran listen in.

Surgeon behind unnecessary mastectomies wants hospital privileges restored

Dr. Barbara Heartwell is still under investigation by Windsor hospital and governing bodies

A technician administers a Mantoux tuberculin skin test in a recipients forearm, which will cause a small raised area of skin surface, to form at the injection site. The Mantoux tuberculin skin test is used to evaluate people for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection.

Manitoba's tuberculosis rate hits three-decade high

Tuberculosis cases have jumped by 50 per cent in the past four years, alarming First Nation leaders and medical experts

A policeman inspects the destroyed offices of aid group World Vision in Oghi, a village in Mansehra district about 200 k north by road of Islamabad Mar. 10, 2010. Suspected Islamist militants stormed an office of a U.S.-based Christian aid agency in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six members of staff in a hail of bullets and a bomb.

Gunmen storm U.S. charity in Pakistan killing 6 aid workers

Armed militants stormed the offices of a Christian charity in an attack blamed on Islamist rebels

Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who drew the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog, has a 100,000-dollar bounty on his head from an al-Qaida-linked group.

Controversial Mohammed cartoon published again in Sweden

After man behind controversial Mohammed cartoon is targetted in assassination plot, several Swedish newspapers publish the three-year...

US Vice President Joe Biden (L) waves as he reviews an honor guard alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prior to their meeting on March 10, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank.

Palestinians complain to Biden about Israeli settlement plan

American VP Joe Biden told that Israel's new plan to build homes for Jewish settlers challenges Washington's efforts to get peace ...

A seal meat dish, such as this one made by the Montreal restaurant The Islands, will soon appear on the menu of the Parliamentary Restaurant.

Anti-sealing lobby group accuses federal politicians of 'gastronomic cruelty'

Politicians draw fire for dining on seal meat at exclusive Parliament Hill restaurant

The 1868 Red Ensign, which features the coats of arms of the four newly united provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, was in use for only three years after an independent Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. The 142-year-old Canadian flag in "pristine" condition is to be sold at a June auction in Toronto, where bidders for the Confederation-era relic are expected to pay up to $60,000 to acquire the "rare piece of Canadian history."

142-year-old Canadian flag to fetch $60,000 at auction

The flag, an 1868 Red Ensign, is to be sold at a June auction in Toronto

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    Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer has been charged with drunk driving and possession of cocaine.

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    Jaffer's gaffes

    Rahim Jaffer faced turbulence in 2001, but continued his political ascent without incident. Until last year

    In an era when Islamic head scarves are a daily sight in Canada, the niqab still retains its power to unleash passionate debate.

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    Niqab becomes a new flashpoint in the tolerance debate

    Lauren Woolstencroft made history in 2002 by becoming the first disabled performer to be named Victoria female athlete of the year as she joined a list includes past winners as Olympic-medallist rower Silken Laumann, Ironman Hawaii champion Lori Bowden and Olympic runner Debbie Bowker.

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    Most Canadians would be hard-pressed to name a single Paralympian aside from wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc

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    The recent safety crisis is the latest bump in the road for Toyota. Global News takes a look at the automaker's troubles over the last two years.

    Most Vitamin D is made by the body as a natural by-product of the skin's exposure to sunlight. It can also be found in fish liver oil, eggs and fatty fish such as salmon, herring and mackerel, or taken as a supplement.

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    Vitamin D is vital in activating human defences, scientists discover

    Global's Allison Melanson with an exclusive look at the mission for HMCS Fredericton during its six month deployment in the Gulf of Aden.

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    Global reporter Allison Brinsmead-Melanson is embedded with the Canadian Forces on board HMCS Fredericton.

    Exclusive investigative reports examine Canadian and international food politics and production

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    Retired General Rick Hillier.

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    The detainee controversy

    As a retired judge is hired to resolve the detainees documents dispute, we take a look back at the issue.

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    • Provincial flood forecasters are preparing weeks early this year for their fight against swelling rivers, but with warm weather the past couple days, the early spring melt is not helping. Early thaw prompts flood fears

      Provincial flood forecasters are preparing weeks early this year for their fight against swelling rivers, but with warm weather the past couple days, the early spring melt is not helping.

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    • Toronto Mayor David Miller announced a two-year budget plan Wednesday morning that will balance the city's books by 2011 due to a surplus $100-million higher than expected and ended rampant speculation that he might re-enter the mayoralty race. Mayor Miller announces big surplus and lower tax increases

      Toronto Mayor David Miller announced a two-year budget plan Wednesday morning that will balance the city's books by 2011 due to a surplus $100-million higher than expected and ended rampant speculation that he might re-enter the mayoralty race.

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    • Canadian parliamentarians are engaged in "gastronomic cruelty" by heading to the fine dining tables of Parliament Hill's exclusive restaurant Wednesday to show solidarity with Canada's embattled sealing industry, says an anti-sealing lobby group. Seal 'stunt' akin to 'gastronomic cruelty': IFAW

      Canadian parliamentarians are engaged in "gastronomic cruelty" by heading to the fine dining tables of Parliament Hill's exclusive restaurant Wednesday to show solidarity with Canada's embattled sealing industry, says an anti-sealing lobby group.

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    • Canadian parliamentarians are engaged in "gastronomic cruelty" by heading to the fine dining tables of Parliament Hill's exclusive restaurant Wednesday to show solidarity with Canada's embattled sealing industry, says an anti-sealing lobby group. Seal 'stunt' akin to 'gastronomic cruelty': IFAW

      Canadian parliamentarians are engaged in "gastronomic cruelty" by heading to the fine dining tables of Parliament Hill's exclusive restaurant Wednesday to show solidarity with Canada's embattled sealing industry, says an anti-sealing lobby group.

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