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Liberal MP Garth Turner under fire for blasting 'separatist losers' in Quebec

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:07:42 +0000

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Garth Turner has come under fire for blasting Quebec sovereigntists on his blog as "balkanizing separatist losers." Turner, who represents the Toronto-area riding of Halton, wro...

Hit-and-run driver stole knapsack before dragging boy 600 metres: Hamilton police

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:42:40 +0000

HAMILTON - Hamilton police say a driver who ran over a 17-year-old boy also stopped and stole a knapsack before zooming off, dragging the boy under the vehicle for about 600 metres. Police say the ...

Lytton, B.C. mayor says railways must use best technology to prevent derailments

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:34:55 +0000

The mayor of Lytton, B.C., says residents are still concerned even though CP Rail officials have assured them all efforts are made to prevent accidents like a recent derailment of a rail cars containi...

Stephane Dion heads to heart of cowboy country to push new green strategy

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:54:56 +0000

CALGARY - Federal Liberal Leader Stephane Dion rode into the heart of cowboy country Friday to lasso support for his green plan in a province that snorts at any whiff of the old national energy progra...

Thick smoke from Sask. forest fires forces hundreds more to flee homes

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:03:01 +0000

REGINA - Hundreds more people were expected to flee their homes on the weekend because of heavy, billowing smoke from several forest fires in northern Saskatchewan. Provincial officials said late F...

RCMP make biggest-ever drug bust in Okanagan; nab civilian Mountie employee

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:03:00 +0000

PENTICTON, B.C. - The Mounties say they've made the biggest-ever drug bust in B.C.'s southern Okanagan Valley, and one of the people arrested is a civilian employee of the RCMP detachment in Penticton...

Mayerthorpe memorial marks event that was 'a monstrous insult to all that is good

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:18:18 +0000

MAYERTHORPE, Alta. - Family and friends of four murdered Mounties wept and watched silently in awe as the people of a small rural Alberta farm town unveiled life-sized bronze statues of their loved on...

Plotters discussed bomb targets right after Khawaja visit, trial is told

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:18:13 +0000

OTTAWA - Two key players in a British bomb plot discussed targets for their attacks immediately after Ottawa software designer Momin Khawaja visited them in the U.K. four years ago, Khawaja's terroris...

Harper defamation suit meant to intimidate, muzzle opposition, Liberals say

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:25:39 +0000

OTTAWA - Stephen Harper is escalating his lawsuit against federal Liberals in a bid to muzzle legitimate criticism about his role in the Cadman affair, the Liberal party says. The charge is part of...

TD Securities taking $96M hit on mispricing blamed on individual in London

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:25:28 +0000

TORONTO - Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD) disclosed Friday a $96-million loss caused by "incorrectly priced" financial investments at its operations in London. Canada's second-biggest bank by assets...

Ontario won't be testing samples taken from suspected drug-impaired drivers

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:25:38 +0000

TORONTO - Ontario won't immediately be testing blood, urine or saliva samples taken from motorists suspected of driving while high, which critics warn is stripping police of important new powers that ...

Police say multi-vehicle pileup northeast of Quebec City has claimed one life

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:25:27 +0000

RIMOUSKI, Que. - Police say at least one person has died in a multi-vehicle pileup involving two trucks and four cars northeast of Quebec City. An official at a regional hospital says 10 people end...

N.S. owed hundred of millions in resource royalties, says government source

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:25:34 +0000

HALIFAX - The final report by a panel examining Nova Scotia's crown share dispute with Ottawa has determined the province is owed hundreds of millions of dollars from the decades-old offshore resource...

500 dead ducks could cost Syncrude $1M if Alberta goes ahead with charges

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:26:13 +0000

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has wrapped up an investigation into how 500 ducks died in the toxic sludge of an oilsands tailings pond last spring. "The probe is complete. We've compiled all th...

Former Sask civil servant with gambling addiction jailed 15 months for fraud

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:00:19 +0000

REGINA - A high-rolling former civil servant is going from a casino floor to a jail cell after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Saskatchewan government to feed her gambling addiction...