Public funeral Friday for Calgary paramedic killed in Afghanistan
CALGARY - A Canadian paramedic who was killed in action in Afghanistan earlier this month will be remembered by family and friends at a funeral service in Calgary on Friday.
Corp. Mike Starker died in an ambush west of Kandahar city on May 6th. Friday he will remembered at a full military ...
at 2:54 on May 16, 2008, EDT.
Man, 81, killed, two people injured, in head-on crash near Huntsville, Ont.
HUNTSVILLE, Ont. - One person was killed and two others suffered serious injuries in a head-on collision Wednesday night near Huntsville, Ont.
Provincial police say a pickup truck crossed the centre line on Muskoka Road 117 at about 8 p.m. and struck a passenger van.
The driver of th...
at 12:12 on May 15, 2008, EDT.
Human rights commission orders Quebec city to stop praying before meeting
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission has asked the city of Saguenay to stop praying before council meetings.
The commission says the prayer goes against the city's obligation to remain neutral on questions of religion. The advisory follows a 2006 ruling involving Laval, Que., that f...
at 12:32 on May 15, 2008, EDT.
Tories do turnabout, go to court to block access to ministerial offices
OTTAWA - Opening the offices of cabinet ministers to scrutiny under freedom-of-information legislation could compromise sensitive material that ought to remain private, the Harper government is telling Federal Court.
The argument is a sharp turnaround for the federal Conservatives, who com...
at 19:12 on May 15, 2008, EDT.
Wall signals debt paydown as Sask. deals with a bulging bottom line
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says paying down the province's debt will be a priority as his government looks to spend its resource revenue windfall.
Wall says his government has an opportunity to do something significant with the province's debt and leave a "legacy" for future g...
at 14:21 on May 15, 2008, EDT.
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Drivers in head-on crash were husband and wife
MONTREAL — The head-on crash that killed Renee Bourbeau was much like many other drunk-driving accidents on Canadian roads — except for one horrible coincidence.
Apr 17, 2008, 04:53
Fugitive dad found
MERRITT, B.C. — It was local residents of a frightened British Columbia community who stumbled across a fugitive father suspected in the slayings of his three children.
Apr 17, 2008, 04:52
RCMP raid federal Tory HQ
OTTAWA — The Conservatives’ claim to clean and transparent governance suffered an embarrassing blow Tuesday when the RCMP raided the governing party’s national headquarters at the request of Canada’s elections commissioner.
Apr 16, 2008, 04:40
Producers to be paid to kill 150,000 pigs
EDMONTON — In what is being called an unprecedented move, the federal government will pay Canadian pork producers $50 million to kill off 150,000 of their pigs by the fall as the industry teeters on the brink of economic collapse.
Apr 15, 2008, 04:58
Federal officers seize anti-sealing crusader’s vessel
HALIFAX — An RCMP tactical squad stormed and seized the anti-sealing vessel Farley Mowat on Saturday, in a provocative move the federal fisheries minister said would prevent “a bunch of money-sucking manipulators” from interfering with the annual hunt.
Apr 13, 2008, 04:24
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