VANCOUVER - A dozen jurors who have spent nearly four months hearing evidence about the sinking of the Queen of the North passenger ferry have retired to consider their verdict.
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Jury retires to deliberate verdict at trial for crew member on sunken B.C. ferry
VANCOUVER - A dozen jurors who have spent nearly four months hearing evidence about the sinking of the Queen of the North passenger ferry have retired to consider their verdict.
Man from Honduras accused of smuggling people into ND from Canada pleads guilty
FARGO, N.D. - A man from Honduras accused of spearheading an operation to smuggle people into the U.S. at the border of North Dakota and Canada pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court.
Toews denies NDP's charge that government tried to muzzle Mountie
OTTAWA - The Opposition leader in the Senate says an alleged attempt by the RCMP to prevent a British Columbia Mountie from testifying at a committee may amount to serious interference with the Senate’s ability to carry out its responsibilities.
Canada has second-highest rate of first-day infant deaths in industrialized world: report
TORONTO, ONTARIO, - Babies born in Canada have a surprisingly high likelihood of dying on the day of their birth, a new study suggested Tuesday.
Pharmacy assistant who found diluted cancer drugs says label raised questions
TORONTO - An Ontario pharmacy assistant who discovered that chemotherapy drugs administered to more than 1,200 cancer patients in Ontario and New Brunswick were diluted says he doesn't consider himself a hero.
Canada pulls plug on funding program to retrain ex-Soviet scientists
OTTAWA - Canada is pulling out of two international programs aimed at ensuring ex-Soviet scientists don't end up working for terrorist groups.
Selling confidence: PM cites economic pride to defend $113M in ad spending
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is justifying the more than $100 million his government has spent on economic advertising by pointing to Canadians' confidence in the economy.
Flood-plagued First Nations should be moved to higher ground: Ontario MPP
First Nations communities threatened by rising waters each spring should be moved off flood plains once and for all, a member of the Ontario legislature said Tuesday after flood fears triggered another wave of evacuations in the province.
Minister miffed that head archivist billed taxpayers for Spanish lessons
OTTAWA - The head of Library and Archives Canada has landed in agua caliente - hot water - after billing taxpayers almost $4,500 for personal Spanish lessons.
Rogers wants Bell to be forced to sell Astral's pay TV services in English
MONTREAL - Bell should be forced to sell Astral's Movie Network pay TV service if the CRTC is going to allow the $3.4-billion revised merger of the two companies to go ahead, Rogers Communications Inc. said Tuesday.
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