20 December - Pale Moon START Page - MSM Canada

Civil rights groups want to challenge Quebec religious symbols ban in Supreme Court 2 days ago  –  Civil rights groups say Quebec's controversial secularism law is causing "serious and irreparable harm," and they will seek to take the

• Health Canada to start testing cannabis vape emissions from products already on market a day ago  –  The federal government says it's preparing to test the health effects of inhaling substances emitted from cannabis vaping products already legally for sale in Canada.
• Nunavut man takes down Christmas tree with rifle, ends up with Charlie Brown tree
• Just the basics: A quick look at Trump's impeachment
• LifeLabs cyberattack one of 'several wake-up calls' for e-health security and privacy
• Habitat for Humanity, heavily in debt in Edmonton, asks low-income families to pay interest
• 3 teens sentenced to 2 years of probation for St. Michael's College School sex assaults
• Phone companies must block scam calls starting today. Here's what you can expect
• B.C. man who killed daughters, 6 and 4, appealing conviction
• After year of political turmoil, SNC-Lavalin gets most of what it wanted in plea deal
• Judge dismisses all 19 charges against ex-Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle in sexual assault case
• Former Quebec premier Jean Charest considering run

• Some London visitors unimpressed with 'sparse' Christmas tree gift from Norway a day ago  –  The Norway spruce tree in London's Trafalgar Square is getting serious side-eye from some of the thousands of visitors each day who come to see the tree that has been installed every Christmas for more than 70 years. 
• Supreme Court ruling means children of Russian spies are Canadian citizens
• Supreme Court overturns decision that allowed U.S. Super Bowl ads in Canadian broadcast
• Trump demands trial as McConnell, Pelosi engage in partisan sniping over impeachment
• Feds, Ontario commit $1.4B for affordable housing for low-income families
• What makes Trump's impeachment so unusual
• U.K. Parliament reopens with Queen's speech outlining Boris Johnson's Brexit plans
• A navy officer deserts his ship, haunted by sexual abuse that derailed Olympic dreams
• Most cases of extremist conduct in Canadian military don't end in discipline, says document
• From floods to fires to weird Arctic weather, Environment Canada releases top 10 weather stories of 2019
• Supreme Court dismisses case involving Lucy the elderly

• 'Stop protecting the perpetrators': Sask. survivors push Catholic Church to release names of abusers 7 hours ago  –  Catholic Church officials in Saskatchewan should disclose the names of all priests who sexually abused children over the years, say survivors and some of the health and legal experts who work with them.
• Families share their 'no-fly list' ordeals with Public Safety Minister Bill Blair
• Jail officials, fired after mentally ill man's death, lay blame with province
• Canada's cannabis policy makes it an international rebel on drug treaties
• Cancer survivors face dilemma over banned breast implants linked to rare lymphoma
• Democratic presidential candidates spar in final debate of 2019
• Beastie Boys-themed holiday card by Toronto family goes viral
• 'Interesting moments': Trudeau talks China, Trump, Rona Ambrose and that NATO video
• New vaping advertising limits coming, but no further restrictions on nicotine yet
• Quebec wants out of new federal Indigenous child welfare law
• The gift-card conundrum: Convenience with an environ

• Prince Philip hospitalized in London as 'precautionary measure' 2 hours ago  –  Prince Philip, the 98-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, was taken to a London hospital on Friday as a "precautionary measure" for treatment for a pre-existing condition, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
• Inside the RCMP's cross-country manhunt for 2 teenage killers
• Major N.S. mill set to close after premier refuses extension
• Boeing crew capsule goes off course, won't dock at space station
• Australian PM apologizes for vacationing as firefighters killed in huge blazes
• Boris Johnson wins vote on Brexit deal, paving way for U.K. to leave EU
• OC Transpo's 'brutally honest' job ad hopes to lure new recruits
• Amber Alert issued by RCMP for 14-month-old boy taken near Hinton, Alta.
• Singing in sign language: Meet the 1st deaf choir in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Crossing checkpoints, visiting 'Wall Street' and refugee camps part of this Mideast adventure tour
• Judges fighting ejection from the bench could see their