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Cyberattack defences in place, PM says
Prime Minister Stephen Harper assured Canadians on Thursday that the government does have a strategy in place to protect computer networks, following the revelation that at least three key departments had their systems compromised by hackers. 'Wolf-dog' marauding pets on B.C. island
Residents of Bowen island, B.C., worry that a wild canine that is believed to be half wolf and half dog is stalking their pets. Security agencies fighting cyber attacks, says Harper
OTTAWA - Federal security agencies are working to deal with cyber threats, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday. Power, cellphone outages reported in N.S. and P.E.I.
Power outages were being reported in parts of Nova Scotia Wednesday evening. Festival kicks off Friday with soup du jour
Winnipeg's Festival du Voyageur kicks off with bowls of French Canadian pea soup to be served outdoors this Friday at Portage and Main. Arctic food subsidy defended by Ottawa
The federal government is defending its changes to the way food prices are subsidized in remote northern communities, after photographs revealed $29 cheese spread and $77 breaded chicken in a Nunavut hamlet. Saint John says backyard pirate ship must go
Saint John councillors ordered the destruction of a homemade, two-storey pirate ship in an east Saint John backyard after more than an hour of debate at Monday night's council meeting. Hawk saved by Montreal police, pedestrian
A red-tailed hawk was saved from probable death in the midst of frenzied downtown traffic Monday afternoon by a police officer and a quick-witted pedestrian with eagle eyes Prince William, Kate to visit Canada in June, July
Prince William and Kate Middleton will spend Canada Day the way the prince's grandmother, the Queen, did last year, in Ottawa. Shocking warning about Vancouver's streets
An American company is warning that Vancouver's streets are dotted with potential electric danger spots, putting animals and small children in harm's way. National Police Services need funding fix: RCMP
The RCMP says it can no longer cover a multimillion-dollar funding shortfall for the National Police Services which include fingerprint identification and an investigation centre for missing children Oil companies defend using coast guard ship
BP and Imperial Oil executives appeared before a parliamentary committee Tuesday to defend the companies' use of a coast guard ship for research that could help them drill in the Arctic. Commando coffee break lands soldiers in hot water in mistaken police takedown
OTTAWA - Drop the donut and show me your hands Earthquake rattles B.C. south coast
A small earthquake rattled residents along B.C.'s south coast Tuesday morning. McGuinty should weigh in on Bible debate: critics
Critics say Dalton McGuinty, Ontario's self-proclaimed "education premier," should be willing to take a stand on handing out Bibles to students in public schools. GPS saves B.C. group after boat overturns
Five people, including two children, have a global positioning device to thank after they were rescued from a lifeboat off the coast of Tofino, B.C. Immigrant visas to drop 5 per cent: records
New figures indicate the federal government hopes to reduce overall immigration next year by five per cent, mainly by cutting back on family reunification visas. Bedbugs force athletes from Canada Games dorm
The bedbugs are back. About 85 athletes and coaches competing at the Canada Winter Games in Nova Scotia have been moved from a Tim Hortons children's camp in Tatamagouche because of a reappearance of the pesky pests. Avalanches close B.C. highways
Avalanches are causing headaches for B.C. drivers, with several highways in the province closed on Sunday. High avalanche risk in mountain parks
Officials issued an avalanche warning for Banff, Yoho and Kootenay National Parks after two skiers were partially buried by an avalanche Saturday. Homeless youth pushed out during Games
While celebrations are underway to mark the first anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, an Ottawa researcher says the event had a negative effect on the city's homeless youth. Canadian Government announces record-high number of immigrants last year
TORONTO - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says Canada welcomed a record-high number of immigrant newcomers last year. Kenney released a report today that indicates in 2010, Canada admitted 280,636 new permanent residents. Bizarre prankster at work in North Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER - North Vancouver police are warning tourists about a prankster who calls people staying in local hotels. What's better than flowers and lingerie on Valentine's?Misc CDN | 207720 hits | 9:15 AM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
You have a day to go before Valentine's Day and haven't done a thing yet.
Chances are you're thinking you can recover -- chocolate, flowers, card, maybe dinner, done deal. A projected $16 billion in spending on Valentine's Day gifts this year can't be N.L. chopper crash recordings detail tense moments
CBC News has obtained recordings of the last minutes of Cougar Flight 491, with the tape detailing a dramatic exchange with air traffic controllers before the chopper crashed east of St. John's in 2009 killing 17 people. Nuclear safety agency defends Great Lakes shipments
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is blasting what it calls "misinformation" and "fearmongering" about its decision to allow Bruce Power to transport 16 decommissioned nuclear steam boilers through the Great Lakes to Sweden for recycling. Daredevil driver ignores icy Trans-Canada: RCMP
Police warned of treacherous driving conditions on the Trans-Canada Highway between Regina and Moose Jaw Friday after several crashes including one involving a daredevil driver. Medals, bayonets stolen from military collection
Hundreds of medals, badges and bayonets have been stolen in the last year from the Military Museums in Calgary. Marauding elk ravage B.C. farm
A herd of hungry, marauding elk have damaged a farmer's crops in Naramata. $10,000 raised for abandoned puppies
OTTAWA Never underestimate the power of puppy love. By Friday, $10,000 had been donated to the Ottawa Humane Society after it launched an appeal for funds to help care for the 11 abandoned German shepherd puppies found near the War Museum earlier this w First Nations say Games paid off
VANCOUVER - The Olympics put BC's Aboriginals in the spotlight. The former CEO of the Four Host First Nations considers the Games a turning point. Olympics have been good to BC's tourism industry
VANCOUVER - We were promised the Olympic legacy would pay off in tourism dollars. One year later, that promise is good. Tory MP revives debate over veiled votingMisc CDN | 206885 hits | 6:49 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Quebec Conservative MP wants to take away the right to vote from electors who refuse to uncover their faces. Vancouver will lose big on Olympic Village
Prices for condos at Vancouver's former Olympic Village are set to be slashed by 30 per cent, according to a receiver's report, but the city's taxpayers still stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. World's longest hockey game returns Friday
The world's longest hockey game is set to return Friday. And this year, players promise to beat their record of 241 consecutive hours and hope to raise $1 million in the process. GG Johnston talks to Yukon students, First Nations Comments
Gov. Gen. David Johnston is on his way to Dawson City, Yukon, on Thursday, continuing an official tour of the territory that has included a tour of Yukon College and meetings with First Nation leaders and politicians Saint John lighthouse clouded by controversy
The sale of the old Coast Guard property in Saint John has put the future of the site's landmark lighthouse in doubt. Kirpan ban blasted by Sikhs
The World Sikh Organization of Canada is disappointed with the Quebec national assembly's decision to ban Sikhs from wearing a kirpan in the legislature. Town rejects donation from pedophile
Amherstburg town council has reversed its decision to allow a man convicted of sex crimes involving teenage boys to purchase naming rights at the town's new arena. $29 Cheez Whiz? High Arctic food costs
These grocery shelves in the High Arctic community of Arctic Bay, Nunavut, have people talking this week $38 for cranberry cocktail, $29 for Cheez Whiz, and a whopping $77 for a bag of breaded chicken. Families of fallen heroes 'honoured'
OTTAWA The family of Capt. Nichola Goddard is thrilled she will continue to keep a watchful eye over Canada for decades to come, even though Goddard was killed in Afghanistan in 2006. Kandahar base hosts families of fallen soldiers
Families of fallen Canadian soldiers were in Afghanistan on Thursday for a ceremony at Kandahar Airfield to pay their respects to their loved ones. Offshore oil companies limit chopper flights off Newfoundland in rough seas
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Offshore oil companies moved Thursday to ground helicopter flights over rough seas off Newfoundland a key recommendation made a day earlier by the Transportation Safety Board. Retired Ottawa man shovels to pay hydro bills
A retired Ottawa man has started shovelling his neighbours' driveways for extra cash to help pay his climbing hydro bills. Alfred Girouard, 74, said his bimonthly bills have jumped up about $50, something thats been hard to deal with on his fixed income. AECL seeks another $175 million from taxpayers
Canada's beleaguered nuclear Crown corporation, Atomic Energy Canada Limited, is asking Parliament to approve $175.4 million on top of the $696 million it has already been granted for this fiscal year, according to federal financial documents tabled Tuesd Fallen Heroes to be honoured with namesake ships Thursday
OTTAWA Is it any wonder they're called the Hero Class? Toronto senior stabbed 37 times
TORONTO - A 66-year-old local man needed hundreds of stitches to close 37 stab wounds he suffered in a vicious and apparently random attack Tuesday evening outside his apartment building. TSB chopper crash report cites 16 factors
The Transportation Safety Board says there were 16 factors that contributed to the crash that caused the death of 17 people in an offshore helicopter crash off Newfoundland two years ago. Disability tax credit claims probed
The Canada Revenue Agency suspects many Canadians may have received hefty tax refunds or credits for disabilities they or their family members don't haveBack to Canada News
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