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Ad offering 'Native Extraction Service' condemned
First Nations leaders in Manitoba are expressing outrage about an online classified ad that offered to round up and "extract" aboriginal youth from parts of Winnipeg and transport them like wild animals to reserves or an area of the city where many aborig
'Unprecedented' B.C. avalanche warning
A growing avalanche threat across most of B.C. has prompted the Canadian Avalanche Centre — for the first time ever — to issue its third special slide warning in as many weeks.

Canadian Olympic figure skater Joannie Rochette laid her bronze medal on her mother’s casket as she said farewell during funeral services in Berthierville, Que. on Thursday.
Dramatic rescue saves stranded dogKoko the husky was happy to have his paws firmly on solid ground after being trapped high above ground on a railway viaduct in Port Hope for two days.
Canada to open telecoms to foreign ownership
In the aftermath of its controversial decision to allow Egyptian-backed Globalive Communications Corp. into the cellphone market, the federal government said Wednesday it is prepared to open its doors formally to foreign ownership in the $40-billion telec
Quebec to address niqab issue
The Quebec government stands by its decision to expel a woman from a language class for refusing to remove her niqab veil and will take further steps to avoid similar situations in the future,
Stall caused fatal 2008 float plane crash
A 2008 Vancouver Island float plane crash that killed five people was triggered when the plane stalled and dipped while attempting a steep climb over a ridge, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has found.
Ottawa-area man freed from corn siloRescue crews have freed a worker who had been trapped in a 15-metre-tall corn silo for more than five hours at a grain storage facility 45 kilometres south of Ottawa.
O Canada lyrics to be reviewed
Get ready to memorize new words to the national anthem.
Parliament is to be asked to review the "original gender-neutral wording of the national anthem," says the throne speech delivered by Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean on Wednesday.
Peel police name officer killed in crash
Peel police Const. Artem “James” Otchakovski was patrolling the streets of Brampton late Monday night when he received a call just after 11 p.m. to assist another officer
Burned woman found in park near Ottawa
GATINEAU, Que. — Police returned to Gatineau Park Wednesday morning to search for evidence — and possibly other victims — after a critically burned woman was found near a school campus.
Seal meal not quite on the menu
OTTAWA — Seal meat in a special port sauce. That’s what Celine Hervieux-Payette and 30 of her friends plan to sample next week.
RCMP planes used to fly to social events
The RCMP's top brass used police aircraft for travel 24 times between September and the end of November in 2009, according to documents posted on the Mounties' website.
Ottawa plans Vimy Ridge ceremony to honour WWI vets
OTTAWA — Canada will hold a national commemorative ceremony April 9 to honour the country's First World War service men and women. The move follows the death last month of John Babcock, the Great War's last-known Canadian veteran.
Free fun resumes during Paralympics
Those who missed visiting the Olympic pavilions and live sites in February -- or avoided them due to the massive hours-long lineups reported -- will have another chance to round out their Games experience. A number of attractions will be back during the P
Police worried about missing teen
TORONTO — The disappearance of a teenage girl last week has police concerned she may be in the company of someone trying to exploit her.
Man ignored warnings before fatal plunge
OTTAWA -- A Gatineau man ignored warnings not to go out on dangerously thin ice Monday night before he and his truck plunged in to the Ottawa River, friends say.
The Canadian Economy is RisingThe Canadian economy expanded by a greater-than-expected 5 per cent in the fourth quarter, raising the likelihood of interest rate hikes later this year. Real gross domestic product increased 1.2 per cent in the fourth quarter, the largest quarterly incre
Cross-burning not surprising for some N.S. residents
HALIFAX — Elizabeth Cromwell froze as news of a cross-burning came over the radio at her home in one of Canada's oldest black settlements. In an instant, she recalled her bleakest days as a black Nova Scotian.
Joannie Rochette arrives home to cheering fans
Figure skater Joannie Rochette, who won a bronze medal at the Vancouver Olympics despite losing her mother days before she was scheduled to compete, arrived in Montreal to a cheering throng of adoring fans early Monday evening.
Best Olympics world has ever seen: Harper
When the 2010 Winter Olympics were officially declared closed, the near-capacity crowd at the ceremony reacted in a way completely unheard of in Vancouver for almost three weeks.....They booed!
Vancouver cleans up after Olympic party
It's cleanup time in Vancouver as the city winds down from the two-week Olympic Games and thousands of Olympic athletes and spectators pack up to leave town.
Vancouver Winter Olympics officially closed
Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, officially closed the 2010 Winter Games Sunday evening and thousands of enthusiastic people in Vancouver's B.C. Place who wanted the thrill of competition to keep on coming responded with a
No more opposite-sex screening at airports: agency
OTTAWA — Canada's air-security agency has ordered officers to stop the routine screening of travellers of the opposite sex. Instead, passengers who set off an alarm as they walk through airport metal detectors must be searched by a screening officer of th
Bus service halted in and out of downtown Vancouver
Bus service in and out of downtown Vancouver was suddenly halted Sunday afternoon, less than an hour after Team Canada beat the US men's hockey team in the 2010 gold-medal game. TransLink said just before 4 p.m. it was shutting down service into the city
Downtown Vancouver erupts after Team Canada takes gold
As the men's Olympic gold medal hockey game between Team Canada and the U.S. went into overtime Sunday, tens of thousands of fans in downtown Vancouver stood in agonizing anticipation. Just off the intersection of Granville and Georgia streets, crowds cra
Will Olympics inspire us to get up off the couch?
Canadians have been watching these Olympic Games in record numbers, awed by our country's greatest amateur athletes. But has it been enough to spur Canadians into finding their own inner Olympians?
Rideau River gets blown up
It’s Ottawa’s version of the Big Bang Theory. Specially trained workers spent the day Saturday drilling holes, planting sticks of dynamite and blowing up ice on the Rideau River to ensure there will be no flood damage when the spring thaw comes.
3.9-magnitude earthquake rattles western Quebec
The quake hit at about 10:50 p.m. local time, according to Earthquakes Canada. Its epicentre was 13 kilometres northwest of Lachute, a town of about 12,000 located 75 km northwest of Montreal.
Coastal B.C. under tsunami advisoryVANCOUVER - Coastal British Columbia was put under a tsunami advisory following the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile on Saturday.
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