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Car mounts curb; woman and dog killed
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Gerald Aubin and his wife Elizabeth were having dinner when a car slammed into their house after running down and killing a woman and her dog. Deal allows controlled Dene caribou hunt
The Yellowknives Dene and the N.W.T government have reached a deal to keep the band supplied with caribou meat. Reactor repair costing $11M per month: AECL boss
OTTAWA — The tab for fixing the isotope-making reactor at Chalk River, Ont., is running at $11 million a month. Ottawa imam ordered out of Canada
OTTAWA — The imam of Ottawa’s main mosque has been told to leave the country before Canadian immigration authorities kick him out. U.S. hasn't asked Canada to extend Afghan mission: Harper spokesman
GATINEAU, Que. - A spokesman for Stephen Harper says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not asked the prime minister to extend Canada's military mission in Afghanistan. Picture perfect fundraiser for Trooper
Trooper, the emaciated golden retriever whose story provoked outrage across B.C., made a special appearance on Sunday at a fundraiser held to help pay for his care. Canada to spend $100M to join Haiti commission
OTTAWA — Canada is preparing to pay $100 million to join an exclusive new international club that would guide the rebuilding of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, The Canadian Press has learned. Family demands answers in death
THE family of Garth Isfeld is demanding to know why their father had to walk a block to an ambulance after he was allegedly bashed on the head with a beer bottle by a party crasher early Saturday morning. Hero bus driver rescues lost toddler
CALGARY - Calgary Transit is singing the praises of a bus driver who found himself in a peculiar situation during his Sunday morning shift. Battle over soldiers' scholarship
CALGARY - Free university tuition for dependents of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan is coming under fire from professors who say the practice glorifies militarism. Gunman opens fire on Edmonton nightclub
Four people are in hospital and a questionable nightclub is again under a magnifying glass following an early morning shooting. Fowler slams Liberals, Tories on foreign policy
In a blistering speech that took aim at Canada's foreign policy, diplomat Robert Fowler said Sunday the government should refocus its efforts from Afghanistan to Africa, where instability poses a greater threat. Red River Floodway gates opened
Manitoba flood officials have raised the gates of the Red River Floodway, a man-made water diversion channel built to alleviate the risk of springtime flooding inside Winnipeg's city limits. Fort Churchill may become rocket launch site‎
Cape Breton may become a Canadian version of Florida's historic Cape Canaveral where astronauts and rockets have been launched into outer space for decades. Awards to honour aboriginal achievers
Inuit artist Kannanginak Pootoogook and Blackfoot cultural leader Tom Crane Bear are among this year's recipients of the 17th annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards in Regina on Friday. Newfoundland town rallies to save air ambulance
The town of St. Anthony on Newfoundland's northern peninsula held its second rally in two days on Saturday to protest the loss of its air ambulance service. Passersby pull injured driver to safety
A witness at the scene of a serious crash on the outskirts of Winnipeg early Sunday says passersby pulled the wrecked vehicle's driver to safety as the car burned. Montreal fire kills 4
Three adults and a seven-year-old boy died after flames ripped through a triplex in the Verdun district of Montreal early Sunday Woman dies in traffic accident near Hope, B.C.
A woman has been killed in a single-vehicle accident near Hope, B.C., RCMP reported Saturday. Liberals warned of a declining Canada
MONTREAL-Liberals grappled with the prospect of more seniors living in poverty, fewer government services and declining health care as the party's "ideas" convention came face to face with the impact of a poorer Canada. Winnipeg dad killed at daughter's 18th birthday
WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg father of five has died in hospital after being assaulted by an uninvited guest who crashed his daughter's 18th birthday party early Saturday morning. Most Canadians agree with Que. bill banning burka: PollMisc CDN | 206798 hits | 8:55 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Most Canadians agree that women wearing the niqab or burka should not receive government services, hospital care or university instruction, results of an Angus Reid poll suggest. Welfare spending reeled inMisc CDN | 206644 hits | 8:43 AM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
The Alberta government announced Friday it will cut $12.5 million to programs that support welfare recipients who return to to school. Disturbing twist in tragic deaths of B.C. teens
Toxicology reports confirmed Friday that two teen girlfriends who died within hours of each other were killed by a lethal mix of drugs and alcohol. Hillier defends scholarship for kids of fallen soldiers
The former head of the Canadian Forces says a group of university professors who objected to a scholarship for children of Canadian soldiers killed in the line of duty have missed the point of the Project Hero program. No troops in Afghanistan after 2011: Cannon
OTTAWA -- Canadian troops will withdraw from Afghanistan as scheduled in 2011, even if the United States and NATO ask for some to stay behind to train Afghan soldiers, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Thursday. Nunavut panel to release sled dog slaughter report
An Inuit commission is getting ready to present its findings on claims by Nunavut Inuit that RCMP officers killed thousands of sled dogs from the 1950s to the 1980s. Montreal 'plane crash' a publicity stunt
A television network is defending a publicity stunt in which an ultra-light plane appeared to have crashed into a car parked across from Montreal's Bell Centre. Rookie cop saves life on her first day
ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. - A police foundations student was given a baptism by fire during her first day of training Saturday when she helped save the life of a man who was having a heart attack. Coulter-hushing incites U.S. views
TORONTO - It's a Coulter clash.
Not since Canadian soldiers stayed out of Iraq -- and before that, when the original Degrassi TV show was cancelled -- has there been such interest among Americans over something that didn't go ahead in this country. Canada Post tests right-hand-drive carsMisc CDN | 206691 hits | 8:12 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Some rural mail carriers will be trying out right-hand-drive vehicles to see if avoiding the stretch to get letters into rural boxes makes their jobs any easier. Metal objects found in Sobeys grocery itemsMisc CDN | 206738 hits | 7:41 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Metal items have been found in various food items at three different Sobeys grocery stores in Calgary, the second chain hit by tampering this year. Pilot fatigue raised in Canadian crashesMisc CDN | 206659 hits | 7:37 AM on Thursday | posted by wildrosegirl
Twenty-eight people have died in a dozen plane crashes across Canada over the past decade where fatigue was cited as a possible factor, a CBC News investigation has found.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/03/25/pilot-fatigue025.html#ixzz0 Pangnirtung boy killed in dog attack
A four-year-old boy was mauled to death by three dogs in the Nunavut community of Pangnirtung this week, according to RCMP. Lasers aimed at N.S. aircraft
There have been another two cases of laser beams being shone at aircraft flying over Sydney. The two incidents happened over the course of an hour on the night of March 19, said Cape Breton Regional Police Apology issued after nurse cuts Sikh's beard
B.C.'s Fraser Health Authority is investigating why staff at a seniors care facility made the "terribly unfortunate human error" of cutting the beard off an elderly Sikh patient, the second time such an incident has occurred in the past two years. Security doubled for Coulter's Calgary visit
The University of Calgary has changed the venue and beefed up security for American commentator Ann Coulter's Thursday speech, after rowdy protests in Ottawa. Coulter 'welcome' at University of Ottawa
Ann Coulter and other controversial speakers are always welcome at the University of Ottawa, the university said Wednesday after organizers cancelled a speech by the conservative pundit. Rumours swirl about Victoria teen's slaying
The death of a Victoria-area teenager, whose burned body was discovered near a popular walking trail, is generating dozens of false leads and overblown claims on the internet, police say. Tricky steps will keep Queen away from N.S. Tattoo
A plan to have the Queen officially open the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo this summer has been scuttled by concerns over the elderly monarch’s safety. Burned body ID'd as Victoria teen
Grief counsellors have been sent to a Victoria high school after a badly burned body found on a local hiking trail was identified as a missing student from the school. First Nations coalition vows to stop B.C. oil pipeline
Dozens of orcas, hundreds of thousands of seabirds and millions of salmon were wiped out when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spilled 40 millions litres of crude oil into Alaskan waters. Family members mourn Vancouver Island teen
Family and friends gathered on Tuesday to mourn an 18-year-old Vancouver Island girl who was found underneath a bridge on a popular hiking trail last week. VANOC plans to assist family of Georgian luge athlete killed at Vancouver Games
Canwest News Service - The Vancouver Organizing Committee plans to render more assistance to the family and community of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luge athlete killed in a training accident, Vancouver Olympic Games organizing committee president YouTube video leads to environmental fine
A YouTube video showing an Alberta man driving a large truck through the North Saskatchewan River has led to an $800 fine. Vancouver homeless count under way
Volunteers are scouring the streets of Vancouver for homeless people, as part of a city-wide effort to determine just how many there are and if the number is growing. Calgary company with Tory ties wins $12M Haiti contract
MONTREAL — Canada's signature aid project in Haiti will be carried out by a company with ties to the Conservative party after it was awarded the multimillion-dollar contract without a public bidding process. Quebec street hockey dad fights fine
More than 500 people have signed a petition to strike down a Montreal-area West Island bylaw that forbids street sports, after a father was fined for playing hockey outside with his son and friends. Grieving kids go to Disney World after all
The owners of a Windsor, Ont., restaurant are making good on a promise Richard Montague made to his two children before he died of flesh-eating disease earlier this month. Alberta village's 2006 boil-water order ends
For the first time in nearly four years, people in a village southeast of Calgary can safely drink straight from the tap after the province lifted a boil-water advisory.Back to Canada News
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