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Nuclear watchdog warns of safety concerns at Pickering plant
OTTAWA - Canada's nuclear safety watchdog warned last month that it was concerned about an "erosion of safety margins" at the Pickering B nuclear station near Toronto. A letter from the Canadian Nu...
Flaherty 'regrets' improprieties in $122,000 sole-sourced contract to supporter
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he was unaware his former chief of staff broke government rules in handing a well-connected Tory an untendered $122,000 contract to write the 2007 budget sp...
Fatal helicopter crash in residential area in Cranbrook, B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - A helicopter has plunged to the ground and burst into flames in downtown Cranbrook, B.C., killing three on board and a pedestrian on the street, according to witness accounts. Elm...
Lawyers to appeal deportation order against alleged Basque terror suspect
MONTREAL - Immigration officials have ruled that an alleged Basque terrorist should be booted out of the country after he lived illegally and in relative anonymity in Canada for nearly six years. I...
Calgary soldier would be embarrassed by attention his death has received: family
CALGARY - The family of the latest soldier to die in Afghanistan says it wants all Canadians to be able to share in his funeral. But Cpl. Michael Starker's wife, Nicole, also admits he would be emb...
Judge restores custody to parents of boy, 11, who fought chemotherapy
HAMILTON - An 11-year-old Hamilton boy who underwent chemotherapy against his wishes will be returned to his parents'custody after they agreed Tuesday to allow the Children's Aid Society to make medic...
Canada, U.S. acting just as bad as al-Qaida, says ex-general
OTTAWA - Canada and the United States have sunk to the moral equivalent of terrorists in their handling of a young Canadian held at Guantanamo Bay, says Liberal senator and ex-general Romeo Dallaire. ...
McGuinty says he won't change pesticide ban to keep tougher laws
TORONTO - Premier Dalton McGuinty is dismissing calls to change Ontario's proposed pesticide ban to allow municipalities to keep tougher laws, despite concerns that the new standard will weaken local ...
Rising food prices changing Canadians' shopping habits: poll
OTTAWA - Low income and unemployed Canadians say they are feeling the pinch from rising food prices, a new poll has found. The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey suggests 46 per cent of Canadians ...
Attendants for disabled to travel free on Air Canada, West Jet: court
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has turned down Canada's two major airlines, which challenged an order that they make exceptions to the one-person, one-fare policy in certain situations involving...
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