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Alberta health minister set to announce first round of health reforms

EDMONTON - Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert has called a news conference immediately after a government caucus meeting today to announce the first steps toward health-care reform in the province. ...

Canadian housing boom over, but no bust in the horizon: CMHC, Scotiabank say

TORONTO - Canada's housing market boom is over for the foreseeable future, but it won't be followed by the kind of bust that has characterized the U.S. subprime meltdown, say two real-estate reports r...

Conservatives call for more government action on C. difficile

TORONTO - Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory is calling on the province to take the C. difficile outbreak that's lead to 120 deaths at Ontario hospitals more seriously. In a letter to Premie...

CAW reaches tentative deal with GM, Chrysler, wraps up negotiations with Big 3

TORONTO - The Canadian Auto Workers has reached tentative contract deals with General Motors of Canada (NYSE:G) and Chrysler that could mean three years of labour peace as the Big Three U.S-based auto...

Human rights commission orders Quebec city to stop praying before meeting

MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission has asked the city of Saguenay to stop praying before council meetings. The commission says the prayer goes against the city's obligation to remain neutr...

Man, 81, killed, two people injured, in head-on crash near Huntsville, Ont.

HUNTSVILLE, Ont. - One person was killed and two others suffered serious injuries in a head-on collision Wednesday night near Huntsville, Ont. Provincial police say a pickup truck crossed the centr...

E. coli concerns force recall of ground meat sold in several B.C. locations

OTTAWA - Concern about possible E. coli contamination has prompted the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to issue a recall for various packages of fresh and frozen ground meat sold at stores around B.C....

Two men charged after altercation at senior hockey game in Saskatchewan

KELLIHER, Sask. - Two men have been charged after an altercation at a recent senior hockey game. The incident began on-ice during the last few minutes of the third period in a game on March 8 betwe...

Bryant slams Ottawa for not moving ahead to settling native dispute in Caledonia

TORONTO - Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister Michael Bryant is slamming the federal government for not moving quickly enough to settle an aboriginal land-claim dispute in southern Ontario. He says...

Ontario short 2,500 doctors; 850,000 people without family physician: OMA

TORONTO - The Ontario Medical Association says there are still 850,000 people in the province who do not have a family doctor. OMA president Dr. Ken Arnold says Ontario is short about 2,500 doctors...