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Charges possible in B.C. avalanche deaths
RCMP in B.C. say they have stopped searching at the site of a deadly avalanche and are now focusing on whether charges should be laid.
Charges laid in BC Ferries deaths
One of the officers on the ill-fated Queen of the North has been charged with criminal negligence causing the deaths of two people, in the sinking of the BC Ferries vessel off the West Coast in March 2006. Barbi Twins want seal hunt banned
TORONTO -- Choose seal skin, then lose the Barbi Twins.
That’s the message to Canada from the once iconic pin-up sisters. The Barbi Twins — model sensations who made it big in the 1990s after it was found Prince William had a crush on the buxom sibling Justin Trudeau opposes rules on back-country access
VANCOUVER — Justin Trudeau lost his brother to a B.C. back-country avalanche, but the son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau says he opposes anything that impinges on Canadians' ability to enjoy their country's wild spaces. RCMP probe deadly weekend avalanche in B.C.
RCMP investigators continue to probe the scene of a weekend avalanche in Revelstoke, B.C., which left two Alberta men dead and authorities scrambling to confirm that all survivors had been accounted for. Quick thinking saved lives in B.C. avalanche
Charlotte Skowronek nearly lost her son Joey on Saturday in the deadly avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C. Today, the boy is fine, and Skowronek says that's thanks to his father Winning gold medal helps Brian McKeever remembers why he keeps racing
WHISTLER, B.C. - Brian McKeever will never forget his Olympic disappointment, but the Paralympic gold medal he won Monday helped remind him why he keeps racing. Calgary zookeeper suspended after gorilla nearly escapes enclosure
CALGARY - A Calgary zookeeper has been suspended after a gorilla nearly escaped his enclosure. Shortly before the zoo opened Monday morning, a seven-year-old male gorilla jumped about three metres from a pile of accumulated snow and ice onto the top of th Edmonton student dies on ski trip
Grief counsellors have been called into J. Percy Page High School in Edmonton after a Grade 10 student was killed Monday on a school skiing trip to southeastern B.C. Youths thank fallen soldiers
Ottawa, Ontario — Craig McPhee, Air Force retiree and now president of Wreaths Across Canada, has a project he wants to promote nationwide. He would like the first Saturday of December to be dedicated to Canada’s veterans, beginning in 2011. T.O. confirms it is not paying for Haim's funeral
The City of Toronto has denied reports that it is paying for actor Corey Haim's funeral. A U.S. report over the weekend cited Haim's mother Judy Haim as saying Toronto will foot the bill for the funeral service. Seal quota hike may be meaningless: sealer
Uncertainty about whether the seal hunt will go ahead, and questions about who will buy pelts if it does, may make the federal government's announcement that it has increased the quota for this year's East Coast seal hunt meaningless, sealers say. Ikea pulls pillows after Calgary mom complains
Ikea Canada is pulling a crib pillow off shelves following a complaint from a Calgary mom that unravelled threading nearly strangled her toddler.
Avalanche victims both from Alberta: RCMP
Mounties have confirmed the victims of an avalanche outside Revelstoke, B.C., this weekend are both 33-year-old men from Alberta. Killer avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., had been building all season, say experts
The victims of Saturday's killer avalanche in British Columbia were caught in a snow slide powerful enough to destroy a house, one that had been building all season and lacked only a trigger, an avalanche specialist said Sunday. Huge death toll averted, but 'stupidity' blamed for two killed
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - What many feared would be one of the worst death tolls ever in the B.C. backcountry appears to be an almost miraculous story of survival. B.C. avalanche missing all accounted for
RCMP in Revelstoke, B.C., now say almost everyone is accounted for after an avalanche cascaded down an area mountain on Saturday afternoon, killing two people. B.C. avalanche leaves several dead and injured
One person has died and at least 12 others have been injured in an avalanche which occurred in the interior of British Columbia, the RCMP says. Most Canadians spring ahead one hour as they switch to Daylight Time this weekend
TORONTO - This is the weekend most Canadians lose an hour of sleep as they switch from Standard Time to Daylight Time. Edmonton shooting suspect a racist: co-workers
Co-workers say the alleged gunman in a fatal shooting at an Edmonton car dealership on Friday was recently suspended for making racial comments. Police say a man with a gun walked into Great West Chrysler near Stony Plain Road and 178th Street at about 7: Chalk River reactor restart delayed another month
The troubled reactor at Chalk River that supports much of Canadian nuclear medicine won't return to service until late May at the earliest, about a month behind schedule Snowstorm creates extreme avalanche risk
Heavy snow and dangerous conditions are creating a high risk of avalanches across southern B.C., the Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning backcountry adventurers. Greyhound passengers abandoned on highway
Greyhound Canada is apologizing and conducting a full investigation into the actions of one of its drivers in Manitoba. Slain officer's wife feared she'd be at his funeral
The widow of OPP Const. Vu Pham, who was shot and killed in the line of duty this week, said she had always dreamed and feared that one day she would be speaking at her husband's funeral. Chopper crash service draws hundreds
Hundreds of people gathered at a memorial service in St. John's, N.L., at the Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Friday to mark the anniversary of a helicopter crash that killed 17 offshore oil industry workers. Charkaoui to sue Ottawa for $24 million
A simple "sorry" and an offer to pay his legal fees might have sufficed, but Adil Charkaoui said he didn't even get that courtesy from the federal government Controversial native leader David Ahenakew dies
David Ahenakew, the controversial Saskatchewan First Nations figure whose comments on Jews were the subject of several court cases, has died at the age of 76, reportedly from cancer No longer the great white north
This week Statistics Canada confirmed what every Canadian has long recognized: The country is becoming less white. Accused's kin blame disabled Canadian
WINNIPEG - The family of one of the teenage suspects in the severe beating of a disabled Manitoba man in Australia has blamed the victim for allegedly provoking the boys charged in the incident. Pins stuck into food items again
CALGARY - For the third time this winter and in more items than ever, metal objects have been found pressed into food at the Oakridge Calgary Co-op store. Marine security trumps privacy as union loses legal bid against screening
OTTAWA - Longshoremen have lost a legal bid to contest marine security regulations they call an unwarranted invasion of their privacy. Rick Mercer to receive honorary degree from UBC
UBC honorary degrees are no joke! But it helps if you can tell one. Comedian Rick Mercer is going to get an honorary degree from UBC, and so is John Furlong, Douglas Coupland, Julie Payette, and Dal Richards, among others. No coyote cull for Nova Scotia
There won't be a cull of coyotes in Nova Scotia even though the Department of Natural Resources is getting a record number of calls from the public about them. Canada's 'secret land' Yukon woos touristsMisc CDN | 206604 hits | 10:14 PM on Thursday | posted by LightStarr
Canadian lawmakers won't apologize for Twin Tower 'pig roast' flier
A cadre of small-town Canadian politicos is standing by its invitation to a “pig roast” fundraiser that depicts the fiery moments after United Airlines Flight 175 slammed into the World Trade Center South Tower. High-on-the-hog MP pensions spoofed by tax watchdogs
OTTAWA — The high-on-the-hog pensions enjoyed by MPs and their $10 million in household mailouts have been singled out for spoof awards from a taxpayers group. The MPs have collectively been awarded golden pigs in the 12th annual Canadian Taxpayers Federa Hundreds offer to adopt Trooper
Members of the Maple Ridge SPCA say they are touched by the massive outpouring of support for Trooper, the emaciated golden retriever that came into their care last month Dallaire hopes to build Vimy monument replica
OTTAWA — Sen. Romeo Dallaire wants to build a replica of the Vimy Ridge Memorial in Canada, but it’s not clear where or how big. Suspect in OPP killing dies
Fred Preston, a suspect in the shootout death of an Ontario Provincial Police officer, has died, the province's Special Investigations Unit confirmed late Thursday. Calgary aldermen place second in tax waste awards
Calgary aldermen who charged dry cleaning to their office budgets are runners-up for a government waste award. Minorities to rise significantly by 2031: StatsCan
About one-third of Canada's population — up to 14.4 million people — will be a visible minority by 2031, Statistics Canada projects. The country's foreign-born population is also expected to rise to as much as 28 per cent, about four times faster than Rescued teen thanks firefighters
EDMONTON - Bearing a cool treat for her warm-hearted heroes, a 15-year-old Edmonton girl thanked the firefighters who helped rescue her from underneath a minivan seven weeks ago. Industry urges one minister for Forces purchases
One minister, not three, should oversee the billions of dollars worth of future equipment purchases for the Canadian Forces, a new report to the Harper government recommends. Haitian nabbed in hockey bag at border
TORONTO - Two Virginia sisters whose love knew no borders are in jail after allegedly trying to smuggle a Haitian man inside a hockey bag into the U.S Snow hits Metro Vancouver
Residents of some parts of Metro Vancouver awoke to slushy snow on Thursday morning, while other areas just got cold rain.Back to Canada News
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