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Video of fatal Taser incident shows man calm in seconds before shooting

VANCOUVER — Animalistic cries of pain are the last the world hears of a newly-arrived immigrant in dramatic video released Wednesday. The man died after he was Tasered by police at Vancouver International Airport.

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Ethical debate rages over grisly images
Mother of previous victim hopes for tougher Taser regulations <Full Story>

BREAKING NEWS

DNA evidence may solve 1979 killing

Updated at 10:40 PM City police hope a DNA profile in connection to the unsolved 1979 slaying of real estate agent Irene Pearson will lead to her killer. <Full Story>

Young men get probation for humiliating sex attack

Updated at 10:35 PM Two young men were spared jail sentences today for a humiliating sexual assault on a 13-year-old girl inside a Transcona home. <Full Story>

Free Press appoints first female editor

Updated at 10:38 PM The Winnipeg Free Press has its first female editor. Margo Goodhand becomes the first woman to head the editorial division since the paper started publishing in 1872. <Full Story>

Barry Bonds indicted on perjury, obstruction charges

Updated at 7:44 PM SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds, baseball’s home run king, was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice today and could face prison instead of the Hall of Fame for telling a federal grand jury he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs. <Full Story>

U.S. confirms high-tech driver’s licences will be allowed at border

Updated at 7:44 PM WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff confirmed today that enhanced driver’s licences will be accepted as passport alternatives at the Canada-U.S. border. <Full Story>

Amber Alert to be streamlined

Updated at 2:48 PM The Amber Alert system designed to help bring abducted kids home quickly will be streamlined in Canada to overcome interprovincial barriers, justice ministers announced this morning. <Full Story>

Sight of weapon forces school lockdowns in Transcona

Updated at 10:41 PM Hundreds of Transcona high school students went into lockdown this morning after a young man was seen entering a school with a weapon before classes started, said students. <Full Story>

Hells Angels pair in custody

Updated at 3:38 PM Two local Hells Angels are in custody today in connection to a 2006 incident in which two men were allegedly attacked outside a Toronto Street house, police said today. <Full Story>

Reggie Leach among aboriginal award winners

Updated at 3:17 PM OTTAWA -- Hockey legend Reggie Leach, the high-scoring Philadelphia Flyers hall-of-famer, is among 14 winners of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award for 2008. <Full Story>

Canadian loonie plunges nearly two cents

Updated at 6:00 PM OTTAWA - Canada's manufacturing sector put out a distress call Thursday as factory sales plummeted in September in reaction to the dollar's push toward parity with the U.S. currency during the month. <Full Story>

Ontario Court of Appeal rejects Schreiber's bid to stave off extradition

Updated at 2:14 PM TORONTO -- Karlheinz Schreiber's latest effort to stave off extradition to Germany has been rejected by Ontario's highest court. <Full Story>

LOCAL

Stadium plan gaining support?

A deal to build a new stadium for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers must be completed within months in order to get shovels in the ground next spring, but would-be club owner David Asper now believes the federal government is lined up on his side. <Full Story>

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