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Public funeral Friday for Calgary paramedic killed in Afghanistan

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:24 +0000

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...

Victoria teen tethered to jail cell door awarded $60K by B.C. jury

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:45:10 +0000

VICTORIA - A weeping Willow Kinloch hugged her mother in the courtroom moments after a jury returned a verdict Thursday that found Victoria Police officers violated the teen's rights when they restrai...

Cost of new federal defence strategy unclear; opposition wants details

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:30 +0000

OTTAWA - The exact cost of the federal government's new defence strategy remained unclear Thursday, although it appeared to be much higher than the $30 billion announced three days earlier by Prime Mi...

Ottawa rejects calls by Ont. for deadline to settle Caledonia native dispute

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:35 +0000

TORONTO - Imposing a deadline to settle a long-standing aboriginal land-claim dispute in the southwestern Ontario town of Caledonia is not the way to go despite provincial calls to speed up the proces...

Alberta merges health regions, health agencies into one super board

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:34 +0000

EDMONTON - The Alberta government took a major step Thursday to reshape health-care delivery by dissolving nine existing regional health boards and creating a new super board. "What we are attempti...

Activists split over protests for Paralympic Games torch stop in Vancouver

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:04 +0000

VANCOUVER - Tibetan rights activists are split over whether to protest the 2008 Paralympic Games torch when it arrives in Vancouver. One group says they're not ruling it out, while another says the...

Harper set to apologize for abuse at native residential schools

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:08 +0000

OTTAWA - News that the prime minister will apologize June 11 for rampant abuse in native residential schools was bittersweet for former students living a legacy of trauma and cultural losses. "It's...

Tories do turnabout, go to court to block access to ministerial offices

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:51 +0000

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 tellin...

Mother of man who died at Vcr airport makes tearful appearance at Taser inquiry

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:06 +0000

VANCOUVER - Her faith in the RCMP "shattered" following the death of her son at the Vancouver airport, the mother of Robert Dziekanski called for a moratorium on the use of the weapon Thursday at publ...

Dion says Canadians willing to accept plan to tax carbon emissions

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:41:07 +0000

TORONTO - Deflecting mounting criticism over a Liberal proposal that would tax carbon emissions, party leader Stephane Dion said Thursday the country needs bold changes so it can adapt to climate chan...

Some bodies remain unburied a year after cemetery labour dispute

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:41:03 +0000

MONTREAL - One year after a lengthy labour dispute forced him to wait all summer before he could bury his deceased 90-year-old mother, Paul Caghassi still relives the painful memories. He says he's...

Ont. politicians overwhelmingly support compensation for Steven Truscott

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:55:39 +0000

TORONTO - Expert recommendations on whether Ontario should support compensation for Steven Truscott has yet to be disclosed, but the province voted in favour of the idea in a symbolic motion Thursday....

Claims, counter-claims fly over bitter cottage dispute with First Nations, Ottawa

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:37:01 +0000

TORONTO - A legal battle that has left dozens of heart-broken cottagers barred from their cherished summer retreats on Ontario's Georgian Bay has descended into a nasty three-way fight involving them,...

Canadian housing boom over, but no bust on the horizon: CMHC, Scotiabank

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:36:47 +0000

TORONTO - Canada's cooling real-estate sector is slowly moving toward a more balanced market, but there won't be any bust like that seen in the U.S. following the subprime mortgage crisis, Scotiabank ...

Vcr police lawyer says racism allegations in freezing death not based in fact

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:37:07 +0000

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the Vancouver Police Department says allegations of a coverup and racism in an aboriginal man's freezing death have rocked the force. In testimony before a public inquiry T...