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  OTTAWA -- The new commissioner of the RCMP told members on Friday "we must build on our strengths"and said the RCMP is at a critical point in its history.
  
  William Elliott made the comments at a change-of-command ceremony in Ottawa, a symbolic event where he took over from outgoing interim commissioner Bev Busson.
  
  Busson had been leading the force temporarily after former commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli resigned in December.
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  "We must build on our strengths, recognize our weaknesses, and live up to the high standards that Canadians expect of us," Elliott said in a speech to the rank-and-file.

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  OTTAWA - The only RCMP senior manager to face disciplinary action over the pension fund scandal defended her reputation Wednesday and stood by the testimony that contributed to her suspension last month.
  
  "At no time did I either mislead this committee or provide false testimony," deputy commissioner Barbara George told the parliamentary public accounts committee Wednesday.
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  "The evidence and answers which I gave in response to your questions were at all times honest and accurate."
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  Published on: 8/20/2007    Last Visited: 8/20/2007  

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  William Jonathan James Cushley, all based at CFB Petawawa, west of Ottawa, were among four soldiers killed in fierce fighting in southern Afghanistan.
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  Several more soldiers were wounded.
  
  September 4, 2006: Pte.Mark Anthony Graham, a member of 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based at CFB Petawawa, Ont., killed and dozens of others wounded in a friendly fire incident involving an American A-10 Warthog aircraft.
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  Cpl Shane Keating, Cpl Keith Morley and Pte.David Byers, 22, all members of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Shilo, Man and Cpl.
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  Glen Arnold, a member of the 2 Field Ambulance, from Petawawa, Ont. were killed in the attack that wounded several others.
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  September 29, 2006: Pte.
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  Robert Mitchell of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont., killed in series of mortar, rocket attacks just west of Kandahar city
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  October 7, 2006: Mark Andrew Wilson of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont., was killed when his armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside explosion in the Panjwaii district.
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  Darcy Tedford of Charles Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based in Petawawa, Ont. and Pte.
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  Bob Girouard, were killed on the outskirts of Kandahar on Monday when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of military vehicles.
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  The soldiers were members of the Royal Canadian Regiment based in Petawawa, Ont.
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  Kevin Megeney, 25, a reservist from Stellarton, N.S., and a member of 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders is the 45th Canadian military death in Afghanistan since 2002.

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  Published on: 7/6/2007    Last Visited: 7/7/2007  

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  OTTAWA -- The Harper government named a senior federal bureaucrat as RCMP commissioner on Friday, the first time in more than seven decades its leader has been drawn from outside the Mountie ranks.
  
  William Elliott, most recently associate deputy minister of Public Safety, will be tasked with restoring public confidence and employee morale as the national police force strives to right itself after a series of embarrassing missteps.
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  "He knows what it is to be in a situation of extreme crisis and keep a cool head," said Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, who introduced Elliott as the incoming commissioner on Friday.
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  "Canadians want to see fundamental change at the RCMP, and their confidence in the integrity of the force must be restored," Grit public safety critic Sue Barnes said.
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  "I don't believe appointing an individual who was not only intimately involved with former commissioner Zaccardelli's conflicting testimony last fall, but who also has a past as a Conservative political insider is the way to achieve that aim."
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  As the bodies of six soldiers killed this past week return home, Tory MPs said Saturday...
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  Published on: 3/31/2008    Last Visited: 4/1/2008  

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  In the Magdalen Islands as well as in Ottawa, pressure was intensifying Monday for a thorough investigation into the deaths of three seal hunters last weekend and the search for the other missing crew member to resume.
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  Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Loyola Hearn said, "when the decision is made by the central coordinating agency to end a search, it is probably the most difficult decision anyone can make, but there comes a point in time and especially when you look at the conditions involved these decisions have to be made."
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  Investigations will continue by the RCMP, Fisheries and Oceans officials, the Transportation Safety Board as well as an individual investigator for the Coast Guard.
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  The search was called off at the end of the day Saturday.
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  "All required efforts to recover the body should be done and we don't think that 12 hours of searching is enough," he added.
  
  The Coast Guard declined to give interviews Monday.
  
  The mayor of the small island community in the Gulf of St. Lawrence said that the residents are still struggling to accept the tragic loss and are desperate for answers.
  
  The bodies of the three dead sealers could be brought back to the islands Tuesday or Wednesday.Autopsies have been completed on the bodies, but they had not been released by the chief medical examiner of Nova Scotia at the end of the day Monday, delaying the repatriation efforts.
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  John Cottreau, a spokesman for the Transport Safety Board said, "I can tell you that there were two crew members watching the Acadien.
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  The accident cut short this year's hunt for the Magdalen Islands sealers - who decided to return home out of respect for the fallen hunters - but it won't affect the much-larger hunt starting in the coming weeks off Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  In the Magdalen Islands as well as in Ottawa, pressure was intensifying Monday for...

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  Published on: 5/2/2007    Last Visited: 5/2/2007  

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  OTTAWA - Air India warned the RCMP 20 days before the June 23, 1985 terrorist bombing of Flight 182 that Sikh extremists planned to target the airline with suitcase bombs or suicide squads.
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  "Assessment of threat received from intelligence agencies reveal the likelihood of sabotage attempts being undertaken by Sikh extremists by placing time-delay devices in the aircraft or registered baggage," an Air India telex says.
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  However, retired Justice John Major said it is tough to accept that something so critical would be overlooked.
  
  "Oversight is not filling your dog's dish with water," Major said.
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  However, the RCMP officer in charge of airport security said in a June 5 telex to his bosses: "I do not feel there is a need for extra security by this force."

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  Published on: 10/8/2008    Last Visited: 8/20/2007  

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  Dozens of RCMP, Ottawa, and Toronto officers stood behind reinforced barricades outside the embassy as the demonstrators marched past curious tourists and Sunday market shoppers.
  
  One group, mostly dressed in black with bandannas and balaclavas, left the main march and were carefully watched by authorities the entire time.
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  Windows were smashed at the Bell Canada building, according to the anonymous authors.

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  Published on: 10/8/2008    Last Visited: 11/18/2007  

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  William Jonathan James Cushley, all based at CFB Petawawa, west of Ottawa, were among four soldiers killed in fierce fighting in southern Afghanistan.
  ...
  Several more soldiers were wounded.
  
  September 4, 2006: Pte.Mark Anthony Graham, a member of 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based at CFB Petawawa, Ont., killed and dozens of others wounded in a friendly fire incident involving an American A-10 Warthog aircraft.
  ...
  Cpl Shane Keating, Cpl Keith Morley and Pte.David Byers, 22, all members of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Shilo, Man and Cpl.
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  Glen Arnold, a member of the 2 Field Ambulance, from Petawawa, Ont. were killed in the attack that wounded several others.
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  September 29, 2006: Pte.
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  Robert Mitchell of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont., killed in series of mortar, rocket attacks just west of Kandahar city
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  October 7, 2006: Mark Andrew Wilson of the Royal Canadian Dragoons, based in Petawawa, Ont., was killed when his armoured vehicle was hit by a roadside explosion in the Panjwaii district.
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  Darcy Tedford of Charles Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, based in Petawawa, Ont. and Pte.
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  Bob Girouard, were killed on the outskirts of Kandahar on Monday when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of military vehicles.
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  The soldiers were members of the Royal Canadian Regiment based in Petawawa, Ont.
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  Kevin Megeney, 25, a reservist from Stellarton, N.S., and a member of 1st Battalion Nova Scotia Highlanders is the 45th Canadian military death in Afghanistan since 2002.

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  Published on: 7/6/2007    Last Visited: 7/7/2007  

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  OTTAWA -- The Harper government named a senior federal bureaucrat as RCMP commissioner on Friday, the first time in more than seven decades its leader has been drawn from outside the Mountie ranks.
  
  William Elliott, most recently associate deputy minister of Public Safety, will be tasked with restoring public confidence and employee morale as the national police force strives to right itself after a series of embarrassing missteps.
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  "He knows what it is to be in a situation of extreme crisis and keep a cool head," said Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day, who introduced Elliott as the incoming commissioner on Friday.
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  "Canadians want to see fundamental change at the RCMP, and their confidence in the integrity of the force must be restored," Grit public safety critic Sue Barnes said.
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  "I don't believe appointing an individual who was not only intimately involved with former commissioner Zaccardelli's conflicting testimony last fall, but who also has a past as a Conservative political insider is the way to achieve that aim."
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  As the bodies of six soldiers killed this past week return home, Tory MPs said Saturday...
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  Questions about whether there's adequate security ...
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  Hundreds of acts are performing around the world on Saturday in Live Earth concerts.
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  Published on: 4/29/2008    Last Visited: 4/30/2008  

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  OTTAWA - Ontario is only two years away, and maybe less, from becoming a have-not province, TD Bank warned Tuesday.
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  "I said before that unless Ontario moves in the direction of supporting economic growth, then Ontario is travelling in that direction and this is further evidence of that," Flaherty said.
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  "So, as you know, I've been urging Premier (Dalton) McGuinty and his government to reduce the tax burden on businesses in Ontario because they're shouldering the heaviest tax burden in Canada and that's no way to encourage business investment and reinvestment."
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  "So, as you know, I've been urging Premier (Dalton) McGuinty and his government to reduce the tax burden on businesses in Ontario because they're shouldering the heaviest tax burden in Canada and that's no way to encourage business investment and reinvestment."
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  The report was released the same day that Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Tom Marshall presented a budget that projected a record $1.4 billion surplus for 2007-08 and boldly predicted that the resource-rich province could be off equalization next year and no longer a have-not province for the first time since joining Confederation in 1949.
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  The report was released the same day that Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Tom Marshall presented a budget that projected a record $1.4 billion surplus for 2007-08 and boldly predicted that the resource-rich province could be off equalization next year and no longer a have-not province for the first time since joining Confederation in 1949.
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  "However, a closer look reveals that the relative decline is not so much a story of Ontario weakness as it is of booming economic strength in Canada's commodity-based economies."
  
  And it's not that Ontario's living standard, measured as GDP per capita, has fallen but that the three per cent annual increase since 2002 has not kept up with the five to eight per cent gains in the four western provinces, and what has been an even greater double-digit annual gain in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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  Since 2002 Ontario's GDP per capita, a measure of living standards, has fallen from seven per cent above the national average and second place among the provinces behind Alberta, to what last year was two per cent below national average and fourth place among the provinces.
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  Similar to the GDP per capita story, Ontario's advantage in relative fiscal capacity, which is the criteria used to determined qualification for equalization, has narrowed steadily from $400 per capita above the national average in 2005-06 to just $85 this year.
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  And more money will likely continue to flow out of Ontario into federal coffers than the other way around, it said, noting that its most recent estimate was that Ontario sends $21 billion a year more to Ottawa than Ottawa returns to the province.
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  Newfoundland and Labrador is set to shed its status as one of Confederation's have...

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