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Give war veterans the services they deserve: Roy Lamore
A 71-year member of the legion in Thunder Bay says he's pleased the Auditor General chose to look into spending issues at Veterans Affairs. Royal Canadian Mint's $5 coin features work of Cree artist Tim Whiskeychan
The Royal Canadian Mint will officially launch a new $5 silver coin Tuesday night featuring a design by Cree artist Tim Whiskeychan of Waskaganish in northern Quebec. B.C. outdoorsmen risk criminal records in David vs. Goliath battle to keep lakes public
A group of outdoorsmen near Merritt, B.C., say they're being threatened with criminal charges and accuse the RCMP of taking sides in a dispute over access to lakes on a massive cattle ranch owned by a U.S. billionaire. 
A video of a giant panda playing in the snow at the Toronto Zoo has gone viral. In the video the panda repeatedly toboggans or "bear-boggans" down a hill. 
Thanks to the kind deed of a stranger, a drained car battery turned out to be the highlight of a U of A student's day. Former legion chaplain 'livid' over Veterans Affairs revelations
A minister from Kenora, Ont. says revelations that $1.13 billion meant for veterans has been returned to the Treasury Board prove the point that resulted in her losing her job as a legion chaplain. Air Tindi pilot 'a hero' for landing Cessna safely on ice near Yellowknife
People in the aviation world are commending an Air Tindi pilot for landing a Cessna 208 Caravan safely Thursday on the ice of Great Slave Lake outside Yellowknife. Man attacked by grizzly, shot in leg by son-in-law lives to tell his taleMisc CDN | 206512 hits | 5:19 PM on Thursday | posted by Alta_redneck
Air taxis prompt Ottawa probe after 175 crash deaths
Canadian safety regulators are launching an investigation into air taxis, concerned over the numbers of deaths associated with those operations each year. Tourism, business losing millions over cuts to BC Ferries: study
One of the owners of an eco-friendly lodge in British Columbia's remote Bella Coola Valley says recent ferry service cuts are threatening local businesses and costing governments almost $1 million in lost tax revenues. Saima Jamal, Calgary activist, shocked after YMCA rescinds peace awardMisc CDN | 206978 hits | 12:38 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Calgary activist says she wants answers after the YMCA rescinded a peace award. GTA residents call for action as suspected coyote attacks on dogs, humans continueMisc CDN | 206861 hits | 8:43 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A suspected coyote attack on a Brampton woman and two recent attacks on dogs in the GTA have prompted demands for municipalities to take more aggressive action. Misc CDN | 208247 hits | 12:27 PM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Russian President Vladimir Putin got a blunt message when he approached Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a handshake at today’s Group of 20 summit in Brisbane, Australia. SPCA investigates 2 cases of dogs killed, apparently by their owners
The B.C. SPCA says it is pursuing charges in two separate apparently violent dog deaths last month: one, a Pomerianian stabbed to death in Richmond, and the other a French bulldog found dead with apparent head trauma in Vancouver. Coldest place in B.C. welcomes freezing temperatures
A spell of cold weather is settling in throughout B.C., and the coldest temperatures in the province are in the Peace region. The cold snap is good news for Tim Ewart, who is a grain farmer in Pouce Coupe. 50th anniversary commemoration of the first red Maple Leaf flag
Joan O'Malley, who sewed the first prototype of Canada's modern flag, was honoured in a special commemoration on Parliament Hill Friday. Alleged military impostor suspended from construction company job
A man who claimed to be a decorated soldier at a Remembrance Day ceremony has been temporarily suspended from his job at a construction company. Claudia Huber bear mauling: Grizzly was hungry but not ill
Biologists say they don't know for certain why a grizzly bear mauled Claudia Huber near her home in Teslin, Yukon, last month. Though attacks are rare, many members of the community are still fearful. Online adoption 'rehoming': Legal loopholes allow children to be given awayMisc CDN | 206779 hits | 8:46 AM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
The case of a B.C. boy whose adoptive parents gave him away to a Texas woman they found online highlights the issue of "adoption rehoming," which one leading child advocate calls "a fancy way… of saying 'trafficking in children.'" Phoney soldier at Remembrance Day'Misc CDN | 206982 hits | 12:09 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Did an impostor pass himself off as a Canadian soldier during this week’s Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial? 
Conservative commentator Ezra Levant is appalled that a school board in Ontario wanted to keep its students safe from possible harassment on Remembrance Day. Owner raising questions over missing teens' use of northern Sask. lodge
The owner of a fishing lodge says he has questions about that group of teenagers rescued yesterday. He said a number of the lodge's buildings were broken into. Saskatchewan teens rescued from remote island
Five missing teenagers have been found on an island in Reindeer Lake in northern Saskatchewan. Vets demanding better treatment from feds: 'Remember the living, too'
As the Canadian government honoured its fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial in Ottawa Tuesday, veterans’ affairs advocates continue to say not enough is being done to care for the former soldiers who are still alive on this Remembrance Day. 
Colder than normal temperatures across the Prairies are expected to stretch until at least the weekend, while weather warnings are in effect for large parts of Ontario and Quebec. Living history: Daughter of Beaumont-Hamel soldier tells her father's story
Victoria Badcock, 100, remembers life after her father returned from Beaumont-Hamel, after leaving for war when she was just a baby, writes Ramona Dearing. Veterans' flags line street in Georgetown
More than a dozen flags featuring the war time photos of veterans are flying on lamp poles along Water Street. P.E.I. chaplain's sacrifice brought to life in drama
A minister on Prince Edward Island is bringing the history of a fellow military chaplain to life through drama. Rev. Tom Hamilton has created a 20-minute monologue about the life and death of World War II chaplain, Padre Alfred Seaman. 95-year-old veteran celebrates first Remembrance Day service
At 95 years of age, Rollack had never attended a public Remembrance Day service, choosing to watch the services at home, on television. Eaglesham students survive trench warfare history lesson
A group of 27 students from Eaglesham, Alta., left school Friday, marching single file carrying picks, shovels and backpacks to spend a night fighting mock battles and sleeping in frozen trenches. Ontario students exempt from Remembrance Day ceremonies
An Ontario school board allowed some of its students to be exempt from certain Remembrance Day ceremonies today after families said they feared for their children's safety. Vancouver Remembrance Day ceremony draws massive crowds
British Columbia stood still for two minutes Tuesday morning in recognition of Remembrance Day. No crowd was bigger than at the cenotaph in Vancouver. Remembrance Day draws huge crowds as National War Memorial rededicated
Canada's National War Memorial, the scene of a horrifying shooting less than a month ago, is rededicated to add the dates of the Afghanistan mission and the South African War. Missing Sask. teens sighted on island, RCMP believe
RCMP are reporting what they believe may be a sighting of five teenagers who have been missing in northern Saskatchewan for the past week. Federal authorities seek peace bonds for two suspected extremistsMisc CDN | 206805 hits | 10:17 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Federal authorities have taken steps to impose ‘preventive’ conditions on two suspected extremists in Canada as security officials resort to an array of seldom-used legal methods to fight domestic terrorism. 'Don't be afraid': Father, son to mark Remembrance Day in Ottawa after school trip cancelled
A Laval, Que. father and son say they plan to be at Ottawa's Remembrance Day ceremony on Tuesday, even after their school board cancelled all field trips to the event amid concerns over last month's Parliament Hill attack. Air Canada crash landing in Edmonton was more serious than first reported
Passenger came close to suffering serious injury, possibly even death, when blade came close to her head How facial recognition technology is creeping into daily life
Calgary police became the first force in Canada to start using facial recognition software this week, but the technology is already in use at some of the world's airports, on social media sites and in some government agencies. And it's growing in populari 'I have nothing left': 93-year-old vet robbed, war documents stolen
A 93-year-old veteran of the Second World War says all of his personal documents, including irreplaceable papers from the war, were stolen in a robbery at his home in southwestern Ontario. Soldiers will be 'proudly on parade' on Remembrance Day: Vance
Canadian soldiers will be "proudly on parade" during Remembrance Day ceremonies in Ottawa on Tuesday, says a top military official, despite the shooting death of a young reservist at the National War Memorial less than three weeks ago. 30-vehicle convoy rolling across Ontario, collecting toys in name of slain soldiers
A charity motorcade rolled across parts of southern Ontario on Sunday to collect money and toys for military children in the name of slain soldiers Nathan Cirillo and Patrice Vincent. Veteran Terry Walsh petitioning for better care, services
A military veteran who served in Afghanistan was petitioning door-to-door in St. John's on Saturday, as part of a national campaign to get better treatment for soldiers. Royal visit: Princess Anne's Ottawa tour will honour 'everyday heroes'
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, begins a two-day visit in the Ottawa region Monday that includes the annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial and meetings with aboriginal youth, police officers and soldiers. RCMP searching for 5 missing teens in northern Sask.
RCMP are searching for five teenagers who left a northern Saskatchewan community Tuesday morning by boat and haven't been seen since. Cpl. Nathan Cirillo's death gives new meaning to Remembrance Day in Hamilton
For the third time in just a few weeks, Hamiltonians lined a parade route to honour members of Canada's military, including the city's most recent hometown loss. Veterans' graves restored at ghost town cemetery in Rockies
High in the Canadian Rockies, not far from the eastern slopes of Jasper National Park, volunteers are working to preserve the memories of people who lived and died in a now-abandoned community. Child bites into Snickers bar, finds sewing needle
Ottawa police are investigating after a 10-year-old child found a sewing needle in a Snickers bar, a treat received during Halloween trick-or-treating. UBC's Vantage College: Canadians need not applyMisc CDN | 206827 hits | 10:44 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The University of British Columbia is building an exclusive new college at a cost of more than $127 million, but Canadian students need not apply. Misc CDN | 206805 hits | 10:19 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Legislation aimed at curbing "barbaric" cultural practices from occurring in Canada would be introduced on Wednesday, Citizenship Minister Chris Alexander has announced. Misc CDN | 207228 hits | 12:18 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
TORONTO — An “active participating member” of a Pakistani terrorist organization was recorded at a Toronto mosque saying he hated Canada and had been sent here on a “military mission,” an immigration official alleged at a hearing Friday.Back to Canada News
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