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Canadian flowers: bleeding not blooming

With the new free trade agreement between Canada and Colombia, the flower markets in Ontario and British Columbia are being threatened by imports of Colombian flowers. Capital News talks to professionals in both countries to find out more about the challenges they are facing with Valentine's Day on the horizon.

Inside Occupy Ottawa

As the Occupy movement spread from Manhattan to cities across North America, Capital News watched the first 48 hours of the protest in downtown Ottawa.

Oct
21

One less escape clause

A change in Canada’s refugee policy leaves people trying to escape armed conflict or civil war with an impossible choice — risk everything by trying to flee the country, or stay trapped in a deadly conflict.

Oct
21

Politics of hate

Conservative MP Brian Storseth is proposing a private member's bill to remove hate speech provisions of the Canadian Human Rights Act that he says infringe on Canadians' freedom of speech.

Oct
21

Flying high and landing hard

After another commercial aircraft missed the mark when landing at the Ottawa airport earlier this month, some experts are blaming Canadian runway standards for failing to measure up against their international counterparts.

Sep
30

Probing the paranormal

Strange lights in the sky.  Unexplained tremors.  Human limbs washing ashore.  When the truly weird happens, people want answers from the authorities.  But does the Canadian government have the answers?  CapNews investigates.

Sep
30

When a child is taken

Across Canada, the Amber Alert program has helped locate abducted children since 2003, but it's not perfect. The system is a patchwork, with some law enforcement agencies using phone trees to notify each other when a child is kidnapped. Now under review, the goal is a national standard to help save children's lives.

Sep
30
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Popping the cork on Canadian wine

A vintage law from the prohibition era still affects Canada’s modern wine industry. A Tory MP private member’s bill aims to change the law and make it legal for local wines to cross interprovincial borders.

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Watery Winterlude

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For many, Winterlude means three things: snow slides, ice sculptures and skating. But Ottawa's long-term forecasts predict warmer winters might be the new norm. This has some festival enthusiasts worried that future Winterludes will have a lot less 'winter' in them.

Jan
27
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