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Protesters block rail line in hopes of halting Olympic Spirit Train

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:47:21 +0000

VAUGHAN, Ont. - Protesters briefly barricaded a railway line north of Toronto Sunday evening and threatened to stop CP Rail's Olympic Spirit Train, but police quickly persuaded them to end their prote...

Hundreds march in Vancouver's West End to denounce violence against gays

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:12:00 +0000

VANCOUVER - Hundreds of people held hands and waved rainbow flags Sunday as they marched through Vancouver's West End before hearing speakers denounce violence against gays, lesbians, the transgendere...

Dion urges Greens to go red, May muddies waters

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:14:38 +0000

OTTAWA - Stephen Harper and Stephane Dion are painting Tuesday's federal vote as a polarized contest between Conservative and Liberal titans as they each seek to shake loose votes from smaller parties...

Dion urges Greens to go red as May tells some supporters to go Liberal or NDP

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:10:12 +0000

Destroyed grizzly's three cubs found in good health, relocated to northern Alberta

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:52:52 +0000

EDMONTON - Three cubs belonging to a grizzly who was destroyed after she mauled a hunter to death in west-central Alberta were on their way to a new home on the weekend. One of the orphans was foun...

Dion urges Greens to go red

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:17:08 +0000

OTTAWA - Support for the Green party appears to be ebbing away as Stephane Dion intensifies his eleventh-hour pitch for all "progressive" voters to rally behind the Liberals to stop Stephen Harper's C...

Province, feds at odds over security costs for 2010 Olympics

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:42:26 +0000

VANCOUVER - The release of the security budget for the 2010 Winter Olympics is being held up by cost-sharing negotiations between the federal and provincial governments and one critic says that leaves...

Health Canada approves use of preservative that could stem growth of Listeria

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:42:28 +0000

TORONTO - Maple Leaf Foods is assessing a recently approved preservative for meat products that inhibits the growth of Listeria following a deadly outbreak linked to one of its plants that's claimed 2...

Party leaders focus on Quebec, Ontario as election clock ticks

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:45:46 +0000

OTTAWA - With just two days left in the election campaign, the major party leaders are focusing their efforts on seat-rich Ontario and Quebec. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, facing opinion polls su...

Fears of violence unfounded as protesters peacefully march in Mtl North

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:28:22 +0000

MONTREAL - Protesters calling for a public inquiry into the death of Fredy Villanueva marched peacefully through Montreal's north-end Saturday. About 600 marchers demanded an end to racial profilin...

Immigration minister in tough election fight amid land dispute, tobacco decline

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:47:08 +0000

CAPTION 1CALEDONIA, Ont. - The concrete barricade that blocks the road into what might have been a sparkly new subdivision in this southern Ontario town could also spell the end to the political r...

Navy helps fight fire on empty former coast guard ship in Halifax harbour

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:27:07 +0000

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - A rare shipboard fire aboard a former coast guard vessel moored in Halifax harbour was extinguished Saturday by navy and city firefighters who fought smouldering flames across severa...

Tories widening lead, majority in sight: poll

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:27:12 +0000

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears to have survived the Conservative campaign's moment of crisis and is again knocking on the door to a majority government mere days from Tuesday's vote. ...

Toronto's formal bid for Pan Am Games received well in Mexico, says McGuinty

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:09:00 +0000

New Olympic-sized swimming pools, a competitive cycling velodrome, and track and sports training facilities will all be built in Ontario if Toronto clinches the 2015 Pan Am Games, says the premier. ...

Roadside memorials: dangerous eyesores or tender reminders?

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:27:43 +0000

WINNIPEG - For those grieving the death of a loved one, usually in a traffic accident, a roadside memorial is more than a collection of teddy bears and candles. It's sacred ground. But for many oth...