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One of five missing Regina prisoners recaptured without incident
REGINA - One of five prisoners missing after an escape from the Regina Correctional Centre nearly a week ago was recaptured late Friday night. James Joseph Pewean, 25, was taken into custody withou...
Expect more recalls, officials say as B.C. death brings listeriosis toll to 9
TORONTO - Expect more sandwiches and other products with meat that came from a Maple Leaf plant at the centre of an ongoing listeriosis outbreak to be recalled in the coming days as investigators use ...
Three teenagers killed, two injured when car crashes into tree in Regina
REGINA - Three teenagers are dead after a small car they were in slammed into a tree in Regina. Police say the dead include two males and a female, and that all three were 17 years old. Two other m...
One dead, 87 ill, as salmonellosis cases reported across Quebec
MONTREAL - Food safety concerns broadened Friday as health officials in Quebec recalled three cheese products amid an outbreak of salmonellosis that has left one person dead and 87 ill in several part...
Ottawa to spend $120 million to try to keep drugs out of prisons
AGASSIZ, B.C. - With its high, razor-wire-topped fences and guard towers, Kent federal maximum security prison doesn't look like a sieve where illicit drugs routinely reach inmates. But guards at t...
Sufferin' succotash! Sylvester the cat survives trek from S.C. to Montreal
MONTREAL - Janet Nease's black-and-white cat Sylvester has always had a penchant for wandering off, sometimes for days on end. But patience always paid off for Nease, a native of Myrtle Beach, S.C....
Abbotsford police apologize after failing to respond to 911 call
VANCOUVER - Police in Abbotsford have apologized for an incident where it was almost 12 hours before officers arrived at a woman's home following a 911 call, only to find the woman slain. Abbotsfor...
Corrections workers want info on jail break tip as province searches facilities
REGINA - Corrections workers in Saskatchewan reacted angrily Friday after learning that senior jail officials were tipped to the possibility of an escape, but allegedly didn't inform frontline staff. ...
Harper lawyer dismisses expert opinion filed by Liberals in Cadman libel case
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper was cross-examined last week in his $3.5-million libel case against the Liberal party, it was disclosed in court Friday. Harper agreed to the sworn testimony ...
Coroner says Taser use avoidable as family demands inquiry into man's death
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner's criticism of police stun-gun use in the death of a Montreal man has prompted his family to push for a full and impartial inquiry. Quilem Registre died last year, four ...
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