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P.E.I. lobster landings hit all-time high
Lobster landings in Prince Edward Island reached an all-time high this year, says the provincial fisheries minister. Proposed B.C. gold and copper mine generates anger, barbs, and threats
VANCOUVER - A battle over the proposed Prosperity Gold and Copper Mine in B.C.'s central Interior has turned caustic as players and politicians trade barbs and threats, including a suggestion that some First Nations could bring out their shotguns. Soldier's mother wants DND apology
The New Democrats are calling on Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Canada's chief of defence staff to meet with the mother of a soldier who took his own life after serving in Afghanistan. Bra count climbing in efforts to span Red Deer RiverMisc CDN | 208368 hits | 6:53 AM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
Organizers of a Red Deer radio station’s drive to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month estimate it will take about 250 bras to make an unbroken chain across the Red Deer River.
Veterans to get HST refund on poppies
Veterans will receive a full refund for paying the harmonized sales tax on poppies for their annual Remembrance Day fundraising campaign, a government source said Wednesday. Man suing seniors' home after father's scalding deathMisc CDN | 206903 hits | 5:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
The family of a Second World War veteran is suing a Montreal-area senior's residence after the 94-year-old man died days after being scalded in a bathtub. Woman to be deported without kidsMisc CDN | 206943 hits | 8:31 PM on Tuesday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Toronto mom will have to leave her children behind in the custody of child care workers when she's deported to Jamaica next Tuesday. Transit Agency abandons court case against 50-cent senior
PIERREFONDS — After two years of struggle and a pending court case, the Agence Metropolitaine de Transport (AMT) has decided to stop pursuing an elderly train rider who failed to pay an extra 50 cents for a transfer. Kids escape serious injury in school bus rollover
Two children were treated in hospital for minor injuries after their school bus overturned in rural south Ottawa Tuesday morning. The bus, carrying 15 children ranging in age from five to 10 years old, rolled on Copeland Road, near Munster Road, just befo Yellowknife geothermal proposal heats up
Geothermal heat from a former Yellowknife gold mine could soon be heating dozens of buildings in the downtown, if city council goes ahead with a $60-million renewable energy plan that's in the works. Montreal has $77 million surplus
After months of warnings about financial hard times and new austerity measures, the city of Montreal has confirmed it has an unexpected budget surplus of $77 million. Ontario spared brunt of massive U.S. storm
The wrath of a huge, "unseasonably intense storm" that tore through the U.S Midwest on Tuesday has spared Ontario. Earlier in the day, a tornado watch was issued for the Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent areas, while a severe thunderstorm watch was in effect Saskatchewan gets a wintry blast
Saskatchewan's first big blast of winter weather was creating hazardous conditions on the roads Tuesday, with fender benders and cars in ditches being common sights. Auditor General Fraser slams chopper buys
The federal government did a good job of rolling out the economic stimulus plan and many other services and programs, but failed to properly manage two purchases of military helicopters, says Auditor General Sheila Fraser. Afghanistan dog lands Arctic home
An orphaned sheep dog from Afghanistan is getting used to Canada's Arctic, thanks to a Canadian who adopted it — then had to search for the dog when it ran off in its new surroundings. Northern court art on display in Yellowknife
Inuit carvings depicting early court cases in Canada's North can now be seen at a Yellowknife museum, after being locked away for over a decade amid security concerns. Canada may need its own foreign spy service: watchdog
OTTAWA — The watchdog over CSIS says it's time to decide whether Canada should have a full-fledged foreign spy service. In its annual report, the Security Intelligence Review Committee notes a worrisome expansion of CSIS' intelligence gathering. First poppy of the 2010 National Poppy Campaign
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada and Patron of The Royal Canadian Legion, received the symbolic first poppy from Patricia Varga, Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion, and Larr Northern Alta. plane crash kills 1
One person died and nine others were injured when a plane crashed Monday morning southeast of the northern Alberta town of Conklin. The twin-engine, turbo-prop Beechcraft King Air 100 aircraft, operated by Kenn Borek Air, was carrying 10 people. Rain warning issued for Metro Vancouver; Grouse Grind closed
METRO VANCOUVER -- Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver on Monday morning, predicting the region would receive 50 mm by Tuesday morning. Fall rains destroy Fraser Valley crops
Heavy fall rain has destroyed thousands of acres of Fraser Valley potatoes and other vegetables crops this year, and the losses won't be covered by crop insurance, farmers are saying La Nina dumps first snow on Whistler
A heavy Pacific storm dumped 30 centimetres of snow on the top of the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort over the weekend, raising the hopes of local skiers and boarders that the La Nina weather climate pattern will bring plenty of snow this coming winter. Lower Churchill energy plan coming: Williams
Premier Danny Williams says Newfoundland and Labrador is close to finalizing a deal to develop a Lower Churchill hydroelectric project that won't send energy through Quebec. Wheat crop poor after dismal Prairie summer
A rainy spring followed by a cool, cloudy summer and early frost has taken a toll on wheat harvests across the Prairies as farmers bring in the last of the crops. Accident brings friendship to a tragic end
Volunteer distraught as two Tofino paramedics die when ambulance crashes down cliff Terror behind the wheel
EDMONTON - Diane Akers would sit at home and bawl every time she cancelled an appointment for her cancer-stricken son. Tamil refugees still going home for holidays
QMI Agency reported in August that an internal government sampling of Sri Lankan nationals found that 70% of those that had successfully claimed refugee status in Canada had travelled back to the country they claimed was persecuting them. That travel is m LSD ruled a factor in Capilano bridge death
An American high school student who fell to his death in June at the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver was high on LSD, according to a B.C. Coroner's report. Calgary MLA calls for warning labels on liquor
CALGARY - The anti-drinking and driving message could soon land in the palm of Albertans' cocktail-clasping hands, as one Calgary MLA plans to bring forth a motion calling for warning labels on liquor. Canada extends Iraqi refugee program to 2013
Canada is extending its Iraqi refugee program for another two years, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Saturday, which will allow an additional 8,600 refugees to resettle in the country between 2011 and 2013. Mother of murdered B.C. girl speaks out
The day after an Abbotsford, B.C. man was sentenced to more than 55 years in prison for the murder of his five-year-old stepdaughter, the girl's mother is speaking out for the first time. B.C. bishop severely beaten
One person is in custody after the Roman Catholic bishop of Kamloops, B.C., was severely beaten at the city's cathedral. RCMP were called to the Sacred Heart Cathedral in the B.C. Interior city on Friday night, and found Bishop David Monroe bleeding on th Ontario First Nation pleads for help
A remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario has declared a state of emergency because of ongoing violence and is asking for outside help to get things under control. The Eabametoong First Nation is home to 1,200 people, but since January it has had thre Natynczyk calls 14 soldiers, journalist, killed in Afghanistan 'great Canadians'
Natynczyk paid tribute Saturday to Lang and 14 soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan. The chief of the defence staff unveiled an Afghanistan plaque at the Saskatchewan War Memorial with the names of Lang and 14 soldiers. W5: What happened to Dustin LaFortune?Misc CDN | 208412 hits | 5:07 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
On a late summer afternoon, Dustin LaFortune is having his first sip of beer in months. It's a special occasion -- LaFortune is toasting the long awaited reunion with family and friends in Victoria, British Columbia, after spending nearly five months in h Randy Quaid seeks refugee status in CanadaMisc CDN | 206963 hits | 9:37 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
U.S. actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi are seeking refugee status in Canada, telling an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Vancouver that they fear for their lives in the U.S.
The Quaids told the hearing Friday that eight of their close friends $16 billion for Canadian stealth fighter jets called expensive gamble
A new, potentially costly, wrinkle has emerged in the Conservative government’s plan to spend up to $16 billion on new stealth fighters. Orthodox Jews urge Quebec to abandon proposed niqab ban
Quebec’s Orthodox Jewish community appeared for the first time on Wednesday before a National Assembly committee, taking up an unexpected cause – fighting a bill that would ban the wearing of the Muslim niqab when receiving government services. Naval veterans receive centennial gifts
They sat at tables, some in wheelchairs, some with rows of medals pinned to their blazers, some gripping naval ball caps – all of them focussed on the admiral who leads today’s Navy. Some Tamil migrants were rejected in BritainMisc CDN | 206872 hits | 7:52 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Some of the Tamil migrants who arrived on ships in British Columbia waters were already rejected refugees from the United Kingdom, according to a Canadian cabinet minister. Neighbours unhappy with Vancouver laneway housesMisc CDN | 206659 hits | 7:45 PM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Not all Vancouver residents are pleased with the backyard homes that have been popping up all over the city since laneway housing got the green light a year ago. Inuit dog killings no conspiracy: report
The killing of Inuit sled dogs on Baffin Island more than 50 years ago was likely not the result of a federal government plan to force Inuit out of their traditional way of life, according to an Inuit commission. CBC committed to Canadian content, online services, serving the regions: Lacroix
TORONTO - CBC president Hubert Lacroix says the public broadcaster has emerged from a round of deep cuts to staff and programs with a renewed commitment to Canadian content and regional programming. Canadian Medical Journal attacks Veterans Affairs
OTTAWA — The Canadian Medical Association Journal has lashed out at Veterans Affairs Canada over the way it handles medical records. Dumpster baby saved by his own dadMisc CDN | 206615 hits | 8:34 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
One of the men who rescued a baby left to die in the dumpster was the boy’s father and he’s determined to raise the infant. Group urges Ottawa to help Afghan women after 2011Misc CDN | 206661 hits | 3:30 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canada is being urged to fight for the rights of women in Afghanistan after it pulls its troops out of the country next year. Que. court postpones street hockey ruling
A father from the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux who is fighting for his family's right to play street hockey will have to wait a while longer for a court decision in his case. Rain forces Bella Coola evacuation
A local state of emergency has been declared in the Bella Coola Valley on the Central Coast of B.C. because of heavy rains expected in the area.Back to Canada News
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