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St. John's, Nfld. - A former president of a public service union is not backing away from his comments that called on striking civil servants in Newfoundland and Labrador to break the legs of those who cross the picket line. "I stand by what I said. That's the way I feel. I'm not sorry I said that," Tom Hanlon, the former head of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees said Tuesday. Toronto - Passengers from an overnight flight from Vancouver were the first to use the new $3.6-billion main terminal at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, deplaning just after 6 a.m. on Tuesday. The 2.8 million- square-foot Terminal 1 will handle Air Canada's domestic flights as well as Alitalia, Lufthansa and Mexicana planes heading in and out of the country's largest city. The building is equipped with 10,000 security cameras, moving sidewalks and its own radio station, which broadcasts weather information, aviation updates and travel features. Winnipeg - The RCMP have seized a missing war medal from an Ontario auction house. The Victoria Cross medal was reported missing from the Canadian War Museum more than 30 years ago. It belonged to Filip Konowal, a Ukrainian Canadian, who won a medal for bravery in 1917. The Canadian War Museum purchased the medal in 1969. Four years later it was reported missing.
