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Is Canada headed towards privatized prisons?

Will somebody get to bid on a contract to house Paul Bernardo?

How about Russell Williams, air yeezy 2012 Omar Khadr, Mohammad Shafia?

As part of budget cuts they will all be looking for new cells in light of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews Thursday closure announcement of 177-year-old Kingston Penitentiary and 50-year-old Leclerc Prison in Laval, Que.

Could this mean private prisons for Canada?

Online profile at odds with image Rafferty presented to women he dated, trial hears

Sprinkled with misspellings and grammatical errors, air yeezy 2012 awash in clumsy declarations of his hopes and plans, Michael Rafferty’s Facebook profile was presented to the jury at his murder trial, painting a picture greatly at odds with the sophisticated man of the world he projected to the many women he befriended.

And of all the oddities, none was more jarring than the message he posted a few hours before he allegedly kidnapped, raped and beat to death eight-year-old Victoria (Tori) Stafford.

Sanctions help maintain pressure on Damascus despite shaky ceasefire

International sanctions aimed at the Syrian government have cut its financial reserves in half and pressure must be maintained on Damascus to stop its bloody crackdown on opponents despite a shaky five-day ceasefire, the French foreign minister, Alain Juppé, air yeezy 2012 said Tuesday.

Sex selection may be at play in some Ont. families: Study

A new study suggests that sex-selection may be occurring in Canada, with mothers from certain ethnic communities appearing to be more likely to have boys in their second pregnancies and beyond.

The study,air yeezy 2012 published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that South Korean and East Indian-born women in Canada have an unusually high proportion of boys born as second and third babies.

Students to rally in Montreal against Charest’s nine years of government

Quebec students are staging another protest in Montreal today — air yeezy 2012 this time to mark Premier Jean Charest’s nine years in power.

The afternoon rally is the latest in the long-running pro-tests against the Charest gov-ernment’s planned tuition hikes.

The students say the hikes are one of several moves by his government that don’t reflect the wishes of the population.

The protests have been get-ting increasingly heated in recent days.

Ballard worried Titanic wreck being 'loved to death'

The man who discovered the wreckage of the RMS Titanic in 1985 is worried the storied ship is literally being air yeezy 2012 "loved to death" by explorers, salvagers and underwater tourists.

"We are starting to discover that the deep sea is a giant museum and that there's more history in it than all of the museums of the world combined," Robert Ballard told CTV's Canada AM in an interview that aired Friday.

Embarrassed by rocket crash, North Korea may try nuclear test

North Korea said its much hyped long-range rocket launch failed on Friday, air yeezy 2012 in a very rare and embarassing public admission of failure by the hermit state and a blow for its new young leader who faces international outrage over the attempt.

The isolated North, using the launch to celebrate the 100th birthday of the dead founding president Kim Il-sung and mark the rise to power of his grandson Kim Jong-un, is now widely expected to press ahead with its third nuclear test to show its military strength.

Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman is upset but ‘lucid’, new lawyer says

The new lawyer for George Zimmerman, air yeezy 2012 the Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, said on Wednesday he is not concerned with his client’s mental state.

Zimmerman’s previous attorneys withdrew from the racially charged case on Tuesday because they said they had lost contact with their client. At a news conference announcing their withdrawal, the two lawyers had raised concerns about Zimmerman’s mental health.

Santorum followed a clever, emotional strategy to political resurrection

Rick Santorum’s journey did not take him to the White House. air yeezy 2012 But it represented a stunning turnaround for the former senator from Pennsylvania, who rose from being a political castoff to reshape the Republican presidential race and resurrect his political fortunes.

Wiebo Ludwig, polarizing figure in the oil patch, dies at 70

Eco-warrior to some, terrorist to others, air yeezy 2012 Wiebo Ludwig was for decades a polarizing figure in the debate over northern Alberta's oil and gas industry.

Mr. Ludwig died Monday at the age of 70 after a battle with esophageal cancer.

Mr. Ludwig's son Josh confirmed his father's death in a news release, saying he died at home surrounded by loves ones.

“We will miss him as one who steadfastly and selflessly upheld the hope of the Gospel of Christ, as a loving husband, father and grandfather,” said the release.

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