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Online surveillance bill set-up costs estimated at $80M
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-vic-toews-852-02135501-6col.jpg"> A bill to force internet service providers to collect customer information, known as the lawful access or online surveillance bill, will cost at least $80 million to implement, CBC News has learned.

Graham James issues apology at sentencing hearing
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/sports/photos/2012/02/22/james-graham-890608-6col.jpg"> Graham James, the former junior hockey coach and sexual abuser whose victims included ex-NHLers Theoren Fleury and Sheldon Kennedy, told a Winnipeg courtroom he is "deeply sorry" for what he has done.

Alleged B.C. rave rape victim urges witnesses to speak
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2012/02/21/hi-bc-120221-rave-pitt-meadows-6col.jpg"> A young woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted at a notorious Pitt Meadows, B.C., rave is urging witnesses to come forward.

Ontario to scale back 'secret law' used at G20
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/g20-police-cp8953572-6col.jpg"> The so-called secret law used to give police extra powers during the G20 summit in Toronto in 2010 is being scaled back by the Ontario government.

Severed hand in dumpster spurs murder charge
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2012/02/22/hi-dumpster-discovery-6col.jpg"> A 38-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a homicide that came to light after a severed hand was found inside a downtown Winnipeg dumpster.

Alberta ER waits too long, doctors intimidated, says report
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-emergency-room-852-6col.jpg"> A report on Alberta's healthcare system concludes that patients wait too long in emergency rooms and doctors dare not advocate for patients if they want to keep their jobs. 

Maid of the Mist loses Niagara Falls contract
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-852-maid-of-mist-cp01196-6col.jpg"> The Maid of the Mist Steamboat has lost the contract to operate the famous tour boats in Niagara Falls that have ferried Canadian and American tourists for more than a century.

Mandatory drug sentences 'colossal mistake', Canada told
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-drugs-nicholson-00138867-6col.jpg"> An attorney who helped U.S. politicians write mandatory-minimum sentencing laws during the 1980s is warning Canadian parliamentarians not to make the same mistakes Americans did, thinking long sentences would deter drug dealers. 

U.S. fugitive child molester arrested in Montreal
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-steven-dyer-852-6col.jpg"> Steven Dyer, a convicted child abuser who was featured on America's Most Wanted, allegedly assumed the identity of a Canadian and had been living in Vancouver.

Cooked ham recalled over bacteria, parasites
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2011/04/22/hi-cfia-6col.jpg"> The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consume Tour Eiffel brand Parisian Cooked Ham because it may be contaminated. 

Garbage truck drivers fired for speaking out about camera
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/17/hi-bc-120217-surveillance-camera-truck-6col.jpg"> Two garbage truck drivers in the Okanagan say they have been fired after speaking to the media about a surveillance camera installed on the front windshield of a company dump truck.

Meteor's fireball lights up Prairie skies
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-cgy-meteor-6col.jpg"> A fireball that lit up the night sky over Alberta and Saskatchewan was a 100-kilogram meteor, experts say. 

Eastern Health responds to mastectomy lawsuit
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-vickie-kaminski-852-6col.jpg"> Nine women are suing Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority because their breasts were removed by mistake following inaccurate cancer tests.

Kickboxing Ontario to oversee children's mixed martial arts
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-toronto-mma-cp01762780-6col.jpg"> Ontario's Liberal government has given its stamp of approval for Kickboxing Ontario to be the province's governing body for amateur mixed martial arts, which can involve children as young as 10. 

Nursing home strained as 73 seniors share 1 tub
<img width="460" height="259" src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/topstories/2012/02/22/hi-nb-nb-richard-villa-852-6col.jpg"> Families of seniors in a small eastern New Brunswick community are calling for replacement of the Villa Maria where 73 residents share one bathtub.