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They thought it was Armageddon and wanted to save their neighbours. They believed police were monsters. They showed super strength after being pepper sprayed and Tasered. And all but one of them were naked because, with the end of the world, they didn’t have time to get dressed. A court document has provided more details in a bizarre naked kidnapping case that happened last year south of Edmonton, but some questions remain. Two women and one man, who cannot be identified due to a publication ban, each pleaded guilty in Leduc provincial court last week to a charge of unlawful...

<p>BRAMPTON, Ont. (CP) -- A justice of the peace involved in the case against 17 terror suspects has imposed a publication ban on the proceedings.</p> <p>The ban was met with criticism from Muslims and defence lawyers outside the Brampton, Ont., courtroom where many of the arrested men appeared Monday.</p>

Judge lifts publication ban on some of key testimony at sponsorship inquiry 1 hour, 38 minutes ago BRIAN DALY MONTREAL (CP) - Top federal Liberal officials forced an ad executive to secretly divert more than $1 million to the party's Quebec wing in exchange for sponsorship contracts, the executive told the Gomery inquiry. Jean Brault's politically explosive testimony, which had been kept under wraps by a publication ban, was finally lifted Thursday, with his allegations of longstanding corruption possibly giving the opposition ammunition to move to bring down the government. The advertising executive's testimony alleges some top Liberal party executives...