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Via Rail optimistic strike can be averted
With a strike deadline looming this weekend, Via Rail is expressing hope about the chances of hammering out a new deal with the union representing more than 2,000 of its workers.
Canada pays off its share of Haiti's debt
Prime Minister Harper will announce later today that Canada has paid off its share of Haiti's debt to the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development
Bear shot dead in West Vancouver
Police officers have shot and killed a black bear in West Vancouver after it broke into homes in the neighbourhood and stole food from their refrigerators.
$50M jackpot up for grabs a fourth time this Friday
Friday's Lotto Max draw will give Canadians a chance at a $50 million Jackpot for the fourth time in recent weeks. But out in the west, there have been at least 19 Maxmillions winners over the past three weeks.
Emergency landing at City Centre Airport
There were some tense moments at the City Centre Airport Wednesday morning. Emergency crews jumped into action as they prepared for an airplane to make an emergency landing.
Quake rocks Ontario, Quebec
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake has hit Ontario, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Tremors were reportedly felt as far away as Montreal, Boston and Cleveland.
Hawking delivers his first Canadian public address
British physicist Stephen Hawking says he's been lucky in his life and research to live in a "special time, where magical progress can happen." A packed audience attended Hawking first public address in Canada at Waterloo, Ont.'s Preimeter Institute for T
Gov. Gen. Jean to be UNESCO envoy to Haiti
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean has been appointed UNESCO's special envoy in Haiti and will take up her new post once her term as Canada's governor general ends in September, she confirmed Tuesday.
Ontario considers privatizing lottery, liquor
Privatizing parts of Ontario's Crown corporations responsible for electricity, lottery and liquor is something the cash-strapped Liberal government must consider, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.
Boy Killed Trying To Catch C-Train
Calgary police confirmed this afternoon a boy was killed today as he ran to catch a C-Train when it began to pull away
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/killed+trying+catch+Train+began+pull+away+police+confirm/3186865/story.html#ixzz0rcEXJ19E
Zoo animals found safe and sound
MONTREAL - The three missing zoo animals have been found, safe and sound.
Two camels, named Todd and Shawn, and a three-year-old tiger named Jonas, were found in their trailer Monday night between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Route Doyon in St. Edmond de Gra
G20 police arsenal includes plastic bullets
Police tactical teams have been practising with plastic bullets and tear gas at a Canadian military base near Toronto in case protesters at the G8 and G20 summits turn violent.
Strategy needed to help 'trafficked' women
Lisa was a victim before the law officially named her one.
When she was a child - one of 11 years old - she was sexually abused, her mother committed suicide and she was put in the care of the Alberta government.
One dead in home explosion Four injured in massive blast
A massive explosion at a north Edmonton home Sunday has killed one person and injured four people, police said.
About 20 homes were affected and at least seventy people were evacuated, according to district fire chief Robert D'Aust.
GG says words key for 'true reconciliation'
The healing process for survivors of aboriginal residential schools begins with words, Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean said at the final day of Truth and Reconciliation events taking place in Winnipeg.
Trans-Canada at Sask.-Alberta border still shut
The Trans-Canada Highway at the boundary between Alberta and Saskatchewan remained closed Saturday morning because of flooding, authorities said. About five kilometres of the highway were flooded because of heavy rain earlier in the week. Detours were set
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