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Insurance expert warns against renewed B.C. forest-fire risk
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An insurance expert is warning that more B.C. homeowners are risking losses due to forest fires because they're under-insured. Karen Hopkins-Lee, chief underwriter for Canadian Dir...
Harper touts party's success, weaknesses of other parties at Stampede speech
CALGARY - The big guns in the Liberal and Conservative parties rode into the Calgary Stampede on Saturday, but there was no showdown, only a shoot-out of words that rang out hours apart. Liberal Le...
Tamiflu resistant H1N1 from Hong Kong more worrying than earlier findings
TORONTO - All cases of Tamiflu resistance are not created equal. So while the first three instances of swine flu infection with Tamiflu-resistant viruses were reported in the past week, it was Number ...
RCMP say 6th bomb targeting B.C. pipeline caused small sour gas leak
VANCOUVER, B.C. - For the sixth time in nine months, and the second time in three days, a bomb has exploded near EnCana's natural gas pipeline in northeastern British Columbia. The blast early Satu...
Brothers Kevin and Mike Leveille have 8 points each as Machine beat Nationals
GLENVIEW, Ill. - Brothers Kevin and Mike Leveille each had eight points as the Chicago Machine defeated the Toronto Nationals 24-19 in Major League Lacrosse action Saturday. Kevin Leveille had seve...
Ignatieff blasts Harper's attack ads in Stampede stump-style speech
CALGARY - Conservative attack ads that suggest Bloc Quebecois members are soft on pedophiles comprise a dirty tactic unworthy of Canadian politics, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff charged Saturday. ...
Man killed after Ontario police fire shots at driver who fled checkpoint
BROCKVILLE, Ont. - A man who police say fled an impaired driving checkpoint in eastern Ontario on Friday night was shot and killed by police. The province's Special Investigations Unit says provinc...
Federal website changes undermine Iraq resisters: critics
OTTAWA - The Harper government is denying claims that it stripped a section on Vietnam from a federal website to boost its case for deporting Iraq war resisters. Text on how both draft dodgers and ...
BBQ held to mark fifth anniversary of Regina girl who vanished from her home
REGINA - The posters of a little Saskatchewan girl who disappeared from her home five years ago might be fading, but there's still hope that Tamra Keepness will be found. A barbecue will be held in...
Slain soldier's comrades offer condolences to grieving family members
EDMONTON - The comrades of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan are in mourning and offering their condolences to his family. Cpl. Nick Bulger's entire unit - 3rd Battalion of the Prin...
Life after General Motors: communities in crisis rebuild for a bright future
MONTREAL - The resurrection of the Chevrolet Camaro remains a sore point for many former General Motors workers near Montreal, but Quebec's last automotive town has discovered it's better off in some ...
Canadians keep falling for Nigerian letter scam, experts say recession a factor
TORONTO - Fraud artists are finding it easier amid a battered economy to entrap marks with dubious offers once easily dismissed as scams, and are snaring a growing number of victims to the tune of mil...
Australian man, 24, dies after falling while climbing Alberta mountain
KANANASKIS, Alta. - An Australian man has died after falling from a peak in the Rocky Mountains west of Calgary. RCMP say the 24-year-old was scrambling up Mount Kidd when he fell about 50 metres. ...
Winnipeg fighting to avoid what could be the city's worst year for mosquitoes
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg is stepping up measures to avoid what could be the city's worst year ever for mosquitoes. The city says the spring flood coupled with a recent deluge of rain have created ideal ...
Soldier killed when Canadian commander's convoy hits IED in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier travelling through a hotbed of Taliban activity was killed Friday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after it was narrowly missed by th...
Startling, often unusual testimony wraps up at Manitoba child custody hearing
WINNIPEG - A young girl with skin covered in racist markings. A mother testifying in shackles. A father talking about interracial breeding and Norse gods. Weeks of often startling, sometimes strang...
Daughter had keys to car night it plunged into Ontario lock, killing four: father
MONTREAL - As he scanned an album packed with photos of his seven children enjoying family vacations of the past, Mohammed Shafee broke down while pondering the present. Three of Shafee's daughters...
With a bow and a hand-shake, Canada welcomes Japanese emperor
OTTAWA - Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon and International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda were prepared to bow as the 125th holder of Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne disembarked from his plane Friday aft...
Sask. appeal court asked whether commissioners can opt out of same-sex marriages
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government wants the province's highest court to weigh in on proposed legislation that would allow marriage commissioners to not perform same-sex marriages if it is contrary ...
Nobel Prize winning author criticizes Quebec's new hydro project
PARIS - Critics of a new hydroelectric project in Quebec now have a prominent ally - Nobel Prize-winning author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio. In an opinion piece published Wednesday in French-langu...
33 Canadian deaths associated with swine flu as Ontario up to 12
Ontario is now reporting 12 deaths associated with the swine flu for a national total of 33. A 37-year-old Toronto man who had underlying medical conditions tested positive for the virus. Ontario n...
Family, friends rush to Ont. home of mother of soldier killed in Afghanistan
BUCKHORN, Ont. - The latest soldier killed in Afghanistan was a gentle family man who had planned to return home to his wife and two young daughters at the end of the month, his uncle said Friday. ...
Head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan says Taliban a dangerous, resilient enemy
CALGARY - The officer in charge of the United States Central Command is warning against premature optimism as thousands of American troops surge into Afghanistan's Helmand province. Gen. David Petr...
Romeo LeBlanc remembered as 'great gentleman of Acadia' by ex-PM Jean Chretien
MEMRAMCOOK, N.B. - Romeo LeBlanc's son gently rested his hand on his father's flag-draped casket and said goodbye to a man remembered by many for his abiding humility despite a life of lofty political...
Father says daughter had keys to car the night vehicle fell into Ontario lock
MONTREAL - The devastated father of three teenage girls killed when their vehicle plunged into an Ontario canal fears the accident could be the result of his eldest daughter's penchant for taking the ...
Quebec court fines ex-boyfriend $40,000 for publishing sex videos on Internet
LAVAL, Que. - A Quebec judge has fined a man more than $40,000 for publishing photos and videos online of himself and his ex-girlfriend engaging in sexual acts. Superior Court Justice Sylviane Bore...
Obama enjoying lingering honeymoon with Canadians: poll
OTTAWA - Canadians remain smitten with Barack Obama. That's the conclusion drawn from a new poll published just in time for the Fourth of July that suggests the U.S. president is more popular with ...
Mounties say B.C. teen suspect Tasered 'in lieu of lethal force'
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties say an officer confronted by a knife-wielding teenager had to make a choice between his Taser and his gun. The officer chose to use the shock weapon on a 15-year-old suspect...
Father says daughter had keys to car the night vehicle plunged into Ontario canal
MONTREAL - The devastated father of three teenage girls killed when their vehicle plunged into an Ontario canal fears the accident could be the result of his eldest daughter's penchant for taking the ...
Grandparents challenged on custody plan as Manitoba child protection case ends
WINNIPEG - Testimony is wrapping up in a child-custody battle in Manitoba involving two alleged white supremacist parents. The couple's two children were seized after one showed up to school last y...
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