CBC News Online - Evening News Digest - 2015-02-15

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Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:05:53 EST Halifax urging residents to stay home for next 24 to 36 hours Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:05:53 EST Municipal officials in Halifax are urging people to stay home over the next 24 to 36 hours if they're able, to help facilitate the cleanup of dangerously icy roads and flooded streets after the city was hit with snow and then rain on Sunday. Read More Militant video purports to show beheadings of Egyptian Christians Sun, 15 Feb 2015 18:09:37 EST A video released by militants in Libya claiming loyalty to ISIS purports to show the mass beheading of Coptic Christians held hostage for weeks. Read More CP Rail employees on strike to be ordered back to work Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:56:25 EST The federal government will introduce legislation to end a strike by more than 3,000 Canadian Pacific Railway employees under the Teamsters union. Read More Canadian shot putter Armstrong receives his Olympic medal Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:56:50 EST More than six years after narrowly missing out on the Olympic podium at the 2008 Beijing Games, the Canadian shot putter finally received his bronze medal Sunday in his hometown of Kamloops, B.C. Read More Ottawa supported spending $376K to fly Luka Magnotta back to Canada, documents show Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:50:56 EST The big-ticket military mission to fetch fugitive Luka Rocco Magnotta from Germany in 2012 was ordered by a senior Conservative cabinet minister who considered it a matter of "national interest," The Canadian Press has learned. Read More More Headlines Steve Montador, former Flames defenceman, dies at age 35 'Give us a break': New England buried under historic snowfall 'This is far from being over,' Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy says after bail granted Air France jet makes emergency landing in Russia Hacker ring stole $1B from banks in 30 countries, says report 'Valentine's Day is going down': Teen linked to Halifax shooting plot had dark blog Halifax Curling Club suffers partial roof collapse due to snow Is Ottawa spending enough to mark our flag's 50th? How well do you know Canada's flag? Take the quiz Heavy snowfall and high winds batter the Maritimes