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Mohamed Fahmy's retrial strategy: I'm not the same as Al-Jazeera Sat, 7 Mar 2015 05:00:00 EST Mohamed Fahmy's retrial strategy: I'm not the same as Al-Jazeera Sat, 7 Mar 2015 05:00:00 EST With his retrial set to begin March 8, Egyptian-born Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy says his strategy is clear: make sure that the judge understands the difference between the work of individual journalists and decisions made by Al-Jazeera, their employer. Read More Canadian oil extraction is 'extraordinarily dirty' process, Obama says Fri, 6 Mar 2015 23:42:52 EST U.S. President Barack Obama has some less-than-laudatory words for Canada's oil industry in a new example of his increasingly critical take on the oilsands. Read More Daylight saving time: 6 eye-opening facts Fri, 8 Mar 2013 05:26:10 EST Most Canadians adjust their clocks ahead by an hour in spring for the switch from local standard time to daylight time, but springing forward even by as little as 60 minutes can be hard on the body. Read More Egypt carries out 1st execution of Morsi supporter Sat, 7 Mar 2015 06:03:49 EST Egypt has carried out its first execution over the violence that followed the overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi. Mahmoud Hassan Ramadam was hanged Saturday. Read More What we learned from RCMP's update on Parliament Hill shooter Fri, 6 Mar 2015 17:13:33 EST RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson appeared before a federal committee Friday to show a video made by Parliament Hill shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau and discuss the Oct. 22 attacks. Here are a few things we learned from his testimony and the video. Read More More Headlines Thalidomide survivors to receive $125,000 lump sum payment each N.W.T. won't let mother legally name baby Sahaiʔa Refugees pay more income tax than millionaire investor immigrants Breaking the spell of witch camps in Ghana Adil Charkaoui linked to 2nd suspected radicalized youth Salvation Army uses The Dress in ad targeting violence against women Dawn, New Horizons probes are a tortoise vs. hare scenario: Bob McDonald Canada's deadliest avalanche remembered 105 years later Why border agents have power to demand your smartphone password Twitter's suspension of ISIS supporters restricts spread of message, study says