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Taser inquiry will go ahead into airport death despite no charge decision
VANCOUVER - A public inquiry into the death of a Polish immigrant after being shocked by an RCMP Taser is going ahead even though Crown prosecutors have not made a decision on charges in the incident ...
Access roads closed after Edmonton chemical plant storage well starts leaking
FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - RCMP closed access roads at an Edmonton-area chemical plant after a storage well began leaking at a Dow Chemical facility. "One of the wellheads where we store the hydroc...
Toronto police arrest two officers during crackdown on marijuana grow-ops
TORONTO - Two Toronto police officers and three correctional officers were among almost two dozen people arrested Thursday after 63 search warrants were executed in a crackdown on marijuana grow-ops. ...
Canadian cities join Quebec City's 400th birthday celebrations
QUEBEC - Belfries across Canada shook in unison Thursday as hundreds of churches helped ring in the 400th birthday of historic Quebec City. Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the provincial capi...
Tories lose crucial ground with women, Quebecers, Ontarians, poll suggests
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Stephen Harper helped ring in Quebec City's 400th birthday Thursday, a series of opinion surveys suggested his party has lost key support in the province. The latest Cana...
Up to 160 more people to leave northern Sask community due to forest fire
REGINA - There were more evacuations forced by thick smoke from forest fires in northern Saskatchewan on Thursday and crews were bracing for a storm with high winds that could whip up the flames. F...
Controversial BC priest renounces Order of Canada after Morgentaler honoured
VANCOUVER - A B.C. priest says he knew his controversial past would surface when he renounced his Order of Canada over the honour being bestowed upon abortion rights doctor Henry Morgentaler. But F...
Canada finds first case linked to U.S. salmonella outbreak in returning traveller
TORONTO - Canadian authorities have found a case of Salmonella Saintpaul, the strain behind the massive salmonella outbreak in the United States. The Public Health Agency of Canada says a person fr...
Family, friends to gather in Mayerthorpe to honour four Mounties killed in 2005
MAYERTHORPE, Alta. - Family, friends and hundreds of police officers from across Canada will gather in a small Alberta rural farming town Friday for the opening of a memorial park honouring four young...
Suddenly jobless auto-parts workers shocked and angry at lack of notice, severance
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Scores of upset and angry workers milled about outside a suddenly idled auto parts plant Thursday, the latest victims of the deepening crisis in the North American auto industry and a ...
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