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Navy recruiting in schools opposed
The head of a Montreal-area teachers' union and peace activists have teamed up to oppose a drive by the Canadian navy to convince elementary school children they should be part of the next generation of sailors.
Manitoba probes 'tubal ligation' allegation
WINNIPEG - Family Services Minister Gord Mackintosh has asked the province's child protection branch to look into the case of a Manitoba foster mother who agreed to care for another woman's daughter on the condition that the woman get her tubes tied
Disgust over DFO's fishery delay
The initial jubilation over the massive bounty of returning sockeye salmon is now washing up on the shores of criticism, with Conservative MP John Cummins saying fishermen are " disgusted" with the way federal regulators have delayed the fishery.
B.C. boy found, Amber Alert cancelled
CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A 12-year-old British Columbia boy who was abducted in what police described as a violent confrontation on Sunday was located and his father was arrested several hours after an Amber Alert was issued, the RCMP said.
Walking away from HST possible, but not easy
VANCOUVER — The surrender-or-else threat of more than half a million British Columbians demanding their government repeal the much-loathed HST has left the B.C. Liberals -- and potentially any party that succeeds them -- with a dilemma they may not be abl
Teen girl missing in Whistler, B.C.
Mounties in Whistler, B.C., are asking the public to help locate a 17-year-old girl who disappeared while walking with her family on Saturday afternoon.
Motorcycle passenger falls off, killed
WHITBY, Ont. - A motorcycle passenger was killed Friday night in a disturbing accident on the busy 401 in which the body was hit by an unknown number of vehicles, none of which stopped to help.

Canadians spent more money abroad and took Canada's international travel deficit to $3.5 billion in the second quarter, up $464 million from the previous quarter.
Crushed vitamins cause postal scare
Emergency crews evacuated a Winnipeg postal sorting plant after discovering a package with a substance spilling from it Friday, but they soon found it contained crushed vitamins.
B.C. sockeye run to hit 30 million
The number of sockeye salmon in British Columbia's Fraser River just keeps growing, with the estimate of this year's run now increased to 30 million.
N.L. chopper crash draft report done
The federal Transportation Safety Board has completed a draft report on its investigation into the crash of Cougar Helicopter's Flight 491 last year. In March 2009, one of the company's Sikorsky S92 choppers went down 55 kilometres southeast of St. John's
7-year-old honoured for saving toddler
A seven-year-old P.E.I. girl was honoured Thursday for saving her cousin's life this summer. The Red Cross gave Keana Jeffery a Rescuer Award for her quick thinking at a family gathering on Aug. 15.
Huge B.C. sockeye run could get bigger
Scientists are puzzling over why they didn't see the mammoth Fraser River sockeye run coming, while hinting that estimates could go even higher on Friday.
Clues continue to turn up in search for missing hiker
Nine days into the search for missing hiker Tyler Wright, new clues that he could still be alive continue to turn up.
The latest signs -- a campfire, ski pole tracks and distinctively large footprints -- have turned up just west of Bull Creek, near Squa
N.S. families say cougars attacked horses
Two families in northern Nova Scotia claim that wild animals, possibly cougars, attacked their horses this week.
The claims challenge the government's official position that cougars do not exist in the province
Fraser River fleet braces for salmon bonanza
Fishermen at the mouth of B.C.'s Fraser River are preparing for one of the biggest runs of sockeye salmon in nearly 100 years, but it's unclear what will happen to all the unexpected fish
Missing B.C. plane found in Interior
Searchers have found a missing plane that disappeared more than a week ago with four people aboard in a mountainous area of B.C.'s southern Interior.
Recovery begins in stranded N.S. community
Work was expected to begin Tuesday to reconnect rainstorm-swept Meat Cove with the rest of Nova Scotia. The province's Emergency Management Office said construction will begin once bridge parts arrive. Officials said it will take approximately one week to
Languages act called 'Quebec Nazi Act'
The Correctional Service of Canada has started an internal investigation into how the Official Languages Act was renamed the "Quebec Nazi Act" on Wikipedia.
Hunt on for 'perfect' Sask. mushrooms
It's prime time for mushroom pickers in Saskatchewan's northern forests. They're busy searching for chanterelles, bright orange mushrooms that are a delicacy in gourmet kitchens all over the world.

With a trip to a university and a visit to a northern town, Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean wrapped up her two-day tour to Saskatchewan on Tuesday.
Ontario unveils pension overhaul
About 1.7 million workers and pensioners will be affected by a major overhaul to Ontario's pension system that will be debated this fall, Finance Minister Dwight Duncan said Tuesday.

After a Sunday showdown between evangelists and an unwilling audience, residents of a Leslieville street have sworn to defend their neighbours against what some see as a deliberate targeting of a gay couple with fire-and-brimstone sermons.
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