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Western Province

Injured husband pulled wife from B.C. plane wreck

Posted October 31, 2011 by Hayat Canada

A woman aboard a plane that crashed in Richmond, B.C., last week says her husband pulled her from the fiery wreck even though his back was broken in the crash. One of the pilots died and the eight others on board were injured when the plane suddenly crashed onto a city street and caught fire. [...]

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Discounted pills sold past expiry date

Posted October 31, 2011 by Hayat Canada

A Calgary man who thought he was getting a bargain says he wound up with expired medicine instead. Anis Khan told CBC News he found a bottle of Advil in a discount bin earlier this month at the Huntington Superstore in northwest Calgary. But a ‘50 per cent off’ sticker was covering the three-month-past-due expiry [...]

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Western Province

Grande Cache Coal agrees to $1B takeover

Posted October 31, 2011 by Hayat Canada

Shares in Calgary-based Grande Cache Coal Corp. soared 68 per cent after it unveiled a deal to be bought by a partnership formed by Chinese and Japanese companies for $1 billion in cash. Its stock closed up four dollars at $9.87 Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The coal miner announced the would-be buyers are [...]

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Paxton grew more violent, alleged victim testifies

Posted October 31, 2011 by Hayat Canada

The man who was allegedly repeatedly assaulted by Dustin Paxton over many months testified for the first time against his former roommate Monday saying the beatings started the first day he arrived in Calgary three years ago. Paxton, 31, is being tried in Calgary on charges including the forcible confinement, sexual assault and aggravated assault [...]

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Eastern Province

Edmonton imam recalls ‘horrid’ Saudi detention

Posted October 31, 2011 by Hayat Canada

An Edmonton imam who was allegedly assaulted and detained in Saudi Arabia over the weekend thanked those who helped secure his release from what he described as “horrid conditions.” Usama Al-Atar was released Monday after being interviewed by local authorities. Massoud Shadjareh, the chair of the Islamic Human Rights Commission, told CBC News that Al-Atar [...]

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