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2012

McGuinty says feds to blame for plant closing in London

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Premier Dalton McGuinty is accusing Ottawa of being complicit in the loss of hundreds of jobs at a London locomotive plant.

He says foreign companies shouldn't be allowed to take over Canadian factories simply to shut them down and strip them of their equipment.

McGuinty is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to review what he calls “outdated” investment laws that allow that to happen.

He says the federal tories have acknowledged that the Investment Canada Act is outdated, but failed to do anything about it.

McGuinty's comments come in the wake of U.S.-based Caterpillar's announcement last week that it plans to close the Electro-Motive plant following a labour dispute.

The company had asked its 450 employees to take a 50 per cent pay cut to help keep Electro-Motive going.



 
06
Feb
2012

Waterloo M-P wants abortion issue re-visited

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A backbench Tory M-P from Waterloo Region is rocking his bosses aborton boat.

Stephen Woodworth, a Pro-Life member representing a Kitchener area riding, is asking Parliament to study whether Canada's definition of a human being, which refers to birth, needs to be pushed back to include life in the womb.

He has filed a motion in the House of Commons asking for a committee to study the issue.

Woodworth, who says the issue is “relevant to the abortion issue,” wants Canada to throw out its 400-year-old definition of a human being as someone who is born, saying medical evidence has shown that human beings are created sometime before birth.

Justice Minister Rob Nicholson immediately played down the move, saying the “prime minister has been very clear, our government will not reopen this debate” - a reference to Stephen Harper's assurances that his government will not re-open the abortion question.

Woodworth's motion would have to be approved by a majority in the House of Commons before it could be considered by any special committee.

Woodworth says he wants the issue studied, and is not suggesting what the outcome might be.



a backbench tory m-p from waterloo region is rocking his bosses aborton boat.

stephen woodworth, a pro-life member representing a kitchener area riding, is asking parliament to study whether canada's definition of a human being, which refers to birth, needs to be pushed back to include life in the womb.

he has filed a motion in the house of commons asking for a committee to study the issue.

woodworth, who says the issue is “relevant to the abortion issue,” wants canada to throw out its 400-year-old definition of a human being as someone who is born, saying medical evidence has shown that human beings are created sometime before birth.

justice minister rob nicholson immediately played down the move, saying the “prime minister has been very clear, our government will not reopen this debate” - a reference to stephen harper's assurances that his government will not reopen the abortion question.

woodworth's motion would have to be approved by a majority in the house of commons before it could be considered by any special committee.

woodworth says he wants the issue studied, and is not suggesting what the outcome might be.



 

Lake Erie rescue

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A rescue on Lake Erie early this morning (Monday). Two young hunters used their cell phones to call 9-1-1 at around four thirty this morning when their duck blind began drifting out into the lake.

The United States Coast Guard responded to the request for assistance and located the pair approximately three kilometres off shore.

With the assistance of a coast guard diver, both teens were lifted from the water into a hovering helicopter and transported to the Chatham airport. 

An awaiting ambulance transported them to Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Hospital where they were being treated for the effects of hypothermia. 

The young hunters were lucky to be alive as neither had a life-jacket, protective water suits or any means other than their cell-phone to call for help. 

 

 

Two armed robberies

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Two armed robberies Sunday may have been committed by the same man.

Around 7:00 Sunday morning a man waved a gun at the Petro-Canada truck stop on Hwy 77 at the 401, in Comber. The suspect demanded money and left with a quantity of cash. 

 Chatham-Kent police are also investigating a holdup at the Mac's Milk store in Wheatley, which happened about an hour earlier. In both cases, the suspect brandished a firearm. Police haven't said what type of gun was used, but they believe the two robberies are related.

  Police are looking for a suspect who is white, about 5-feet-8-inches and 165 lbs. He had brown hair and pronounced brown eyebrows.  At the time of the incident he was wearing a black winter jacket with brown fur at the collar and a grey ski mask.   Police are also on the lookout for a newer model silver Jetta which they believe was involved. 





 

Teen hockey player dies.

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Tragedy for a hockey family near Ottawa, where a 15-year-old boy has died in hospital after collapsing during a hockey game in the town of Carp.

Ottawa Police Staff Sergeant Pat McCaffery says the boy had just come of the ice during a game at an arena last night when he collapsed on the bench.

The trainer and others provided C-P-R and used a portable defibrillator, and the boy was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.

Police say the teen wasn't injured during the game, and foul play is not suspected.



 


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