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 PM calls 3 September byelections
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday three byelections for September in a move that could prove a test of Liberal Leader Stephane Dion and his Green Shift environmental policy as well as a harbinger of a possible fall general election. 7/25/2008 8:10:30 AM
 Fewer charges may not mean impaired driving is declining
The number of people being charged with impaired driving is dropping, but anti-drunk-driving advocates and some police say that's not because there are fewer impaired drivers on the road. 7/25/2008 5:53:28 AM
 'Nobody deserves to die that way,' dad says
Michael Langan, the teenager who died after police zapped him with a Taser, may have been a high-school dropout who wandered the streets of Winnipeg's inner-city core, but he didn't deserve to die like that, his father says. 7/25/2008 5:49:20 AM
 First Nations call for independent health care system
Saying Canada's public health-care system is "not working" for native peoples, chiefs representing Treaty Six First Nations took the first steps Thursday afternoon towards creating their own, separate health system. 7/25/2008 5:16:02 AM
 'Tainted' Canadian General gets promoted
Canada's military leadership has quietly promoted to general the soldier who led the ill-fated Somalia mission, and who was subsequently found to have failed as a commander. The military has not publicized the promotion of Col. Serge Labbe to the rank of brigadier-general, retroactive to the year 2000. 7/25/2008 5:14:19 AM
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Arrest of border guard raises questions about agency: RCMP The arrest of a Canadian border guard on charges related to cocaine trafficking has raised questions about the Canada Border Services Agency to prevent corruption within its ranks, the RCMP said Thursday. 7/25/2008 5:05:59 AM
American sailor plucked from sea after boat capsizes A Canadian Forces helicopter plucked a 66-year-old U.S. man Tuesday night from the Atlantic Ocean after four metre waves caused by tropical storm Cristobal capsized his vessel, snapping its mast. 7/24/2008 7:21:03 PM
Alberta premier's house broken into Premier Ed Stelmach's home on his farm outside Andrew was broken into today. Alarms went off sometime this morning, said the premier's spokesman Tom Olsen. No one was home at the time. 7/24/2008 7:13:03 PM
Economic outlook darkens Lagging business investment, falling consumer confidence and a worsening trade performance are darkening the outlook for Canada's economy, separate reports warned Thursday. 7/24/2008 6:56:04 PM
Federal Court denies Tories new evidence in ad dispute The Federal Court has rejected an attempt by the Conservatives to introduce new evidence in their lawsuit against Elections Canada over advertising expenses from the 2006 federal election campaign. 7/24/2008 6:55:00 PM
Immigrants streaming to smaller centres Canada's mid-sized cities are enjoying an immigration boom while the stream of newcomers flatlines or even declines in the large urban centres that typically act as magnets, according to new figures from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. 7/24/2008 6:32:19 PM
Donated B.C. firefighters' gear sits at Afghan base A shipment of used firefighting gear, gathered by Canadian firefighters for their impoverished counterparts in Afghanistan at the request of the military, has been sitting at Kandahar airfield for almost a year. 7/24/2008 5:35:21 PM
Greenpeace aims to block pipe at Syncrude Greenpeace activists say they are trying to block a pipe leading into a tailings pond at Syncrude's Aurora North oilsands operation. Dave Martin, climate and energy co-ordinator for Greenpeace, said 25 activists entered the site this morning. 7/24/2008 12:45:50 PM
Cop posed as journalist during 2007 Mohawk protest An OPP officer pretended to be a news reporter at a Mohawk protest that prompted the closure of a major rail line and Highway 401 in eastern Ontario during last year's Aboriginal Day of Action, CBC News has learned. 7/24/2008 12:26:02 PM
Olympians will receive special 'lucky loonies' About 1,000 "lucky loonies" will wing their way to Beijing with Canada's Olympic and Paralympic teams. Athletes and team officials will receive the loonie in a red velvet bag. 7/24/2008 12:18:08 PM
Karzai 'impeding Afghan drug war' Afghan President Hamid Karzai is obstructing efforts to tackle his country's drugs problem. Ex-US state department expert Thomas Schweich said Mr Karzai had protected drug lords for political reasons. In the New York Times, he claimed "narco-corruption went to the top of the Afghan government". 7/24/2008 11:50:22 AM
Ontario, Ottawa to spend $6.2-billion on infrastructure The federal government announced Thursday that it has inked a deal with Ontario to spend $6.2-billion over seven years in the province on public transit, roads and bridges as part of its plan to maintain and expand the country's infrastructure systems. 7/24/2008 11:06:10 AM
Expert warns travellers in wake of Pearson probe As investigators continue their probe into a possible credit card security breach at Toronto Pearson International Airport, a policy expert is warning travellers to take proactive steps to protect their personal information. 7/24/2008 11:00:32 AM
Climate change proves costly to civic works Municipal governments in Canada and the U.S. are collectively facing billions of dollars in new infrastructure costs to adapt water and sewage systems to volatile new weather systems emerging under climate change, experts said Wednesday. 7/24/2008 8:54:44 AM
Canada feared U.S. backlash over man trapped in Sudan Senior Canadian intelligence officials warned against allowing Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen, to return home from Sudan because it could upset the Bush administration, classified documents reveal. 7/24/2008 7:14:41 AM
Recent immigrants sending billions home Canadians send as much as $2 billion out of the country each year to friends and family in foreign countries, essentially pumping up overseas economies in a trend that one expert says is most likely not going to change. 7/24/2008 6:53:17 AM
Millions of fish flies coat southern Manitoba Bug-beleaguered southern Manitobans are enduring yet another insect invasion — this time one of the worst infestations of fish flies seen in years 7/24/2008 6:34:54 AM
Muslim man wins case of post-9/11 paranoia The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded an Arab Muslim man originally from Jordan $11,000 for what he went through because people at his workplace suspected he helped organize the 9/11 attacks. 7/24/2008 6:31:59 AM
WestJet shutters credit card kiosks Spurred by concerns over credit-card fraud, WestJet Airlines Ltd. said Wednesday it will no longer allow travellers to use credit cards to check in at self-serve kiosks across the country. 7/24/2008 6:23:53 AM
'Not a good year' for Canadian forestry Losses among Canada’s largest forest companies increased more than 560 per cent in 2007 from 2006, the worst performance in the sector in the world, according to a report released Wednesday. 7/24/2008 6:20:28 AM
Mother wants Tasers banned after 17-year-old dies The mother of a 17-year-old who died after being Tasered by Winnipeg police says the device should be banned. Police say the Metis teenager was armed with a knife when they confronted him in an alleyway, and refused to give up his weapon. 7/24/2008 6:18:25 AM
Teens trash 21 Quebec provincial police cruisers Two teens were nabbed by police after they managed to trash 21 Quebec provincial police cars in a parking lot early Wednesday. Sherbrooke police driving by the lot around 1:30 a.m. spotted the 13-year-olds. 7/23/2008 7:30:46 PM
Armed Forces report poorer mental health than civilians Full-time members of the Canadian Forces are more likely to perceive their mental health as poor than those in the civilian workforce, according to a new Statistics Canada analysis released Wednesday. 7/23/2008 8:41:44 AM
Adam van Koeverden to carry Canadian flag Star kayaker Adam van Koeverden will serve as Canada's flag-bearer for the 2008 Beijing Games, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Wednesday. The 26-year-old, from Oakville, Ont., is one of Canada's top medal hopefuls in Beijing. 7/23/2008 6:31:57 AM
# Canada's inflation rate jumps to 3.1 per cent The annual rate of inflation in Canada jumped to 3.1 per cent in June, the biggest rise in almost three year years, fuelled by soaring gasoline prices, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. 7/23/2008 6:13:32 AM
Cristobal dumps a month's worth of rain in N.S. Tropical storm Cristobal dumped as much as a month's worth of rain on some parts of Nova Scotia over the last 24 hours, but the worst appears to be over for residents of the Maritime province. 7/22/2008 7:45:00 PM
Canadian befriended by drug kingpin jailed in Mexico he family of a Canadian businessman detained in Mexico is pleading with the federal government to intervene on his behalf and bring him home. Pavel Kulisek, 43, has been in jail since he was arrested March 11. 7/22/2008 5:41:01 PM
Health Canada's food import safety check 'incoherent' There are big gaps in Canada's safety checks for imported foods because the government's investigation program use an incoherent system to track goods, according to an internal review. 7/22/2008 5:15:10 PM
Winnipeg man dies after being Tasered by police A man died Tuesday after being shocked with a Taser by Winnipeg police. Police confirmed the incident, which they said took place in a back lane behind a city home. 7/22/2008 5:03:43 PM
OPP go around judges to wiretap natives The leader of a First Nations protest during last summer's Aboriginal Day of Action is questioning why his brother, a prominent defence lawyer, was included in Ontario Provincial Police emergency wiretaps despite his lack of involvement in the action. 7/22/2008 4:53:45 PM
Alberta government to introduce mandatory helmet law for ATVs, snowmobiles Albertans who drive all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles may be forced by law to wear helmets by this time next year. Transportation Minister Luke Ouellette said Monday he hopes to introduce legislation by this fall or next spring. 7/22/2008 1:49:49 PM
Government not sure how to spend wireless windfall The federal government has not decided what to do with a $4.3-billion windfall from the wireless spectrum licence auction, but tax cuts are among the options, Industry Minister Jim Prentice said Tuesday. 7/22/2008 1:19:47 PM
Criminal record: The stain that won't go away He's been out of prison for 20 years, but Byron's criminal past still defines him. Jobs are hard to find and even harder to keep. For decades, few employers besides law enforcement agencies and some government offices delved into past conduct. Now it is standard practice. 7/22/2008 1:15:02 PM
Shawn Brant hailed as peacemaker Shawn Brant's cool head – not OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino's heated rhetoric – brought a peaceful end to a native standoff last summer, insists the Mohawk activist's lawyer. Fantino is facing criticism after transcripts of his calls to Brant that night revealed a heated exchange. 7/22/2008 1:09:54 PM
GM unveils new Camaro to be built in Canada GM's Chevrolet unveiled its 2010 Camaro Monday, bringing back to life the iconic sports car it retired in 2002. It will hit showrooms early next year. 7/22/2008 11:11:58 AM
Olympic organizers fear huge lineups at border Canadian border officials were roasted yesterday over their alleged lack of preparation and concern for the possibility of huge border lineups during the 2010 Winter Olympics. 7/22/2008 7:17:51 AM
Hydro assets will cost billions to fix: experts Canada's aging electricity infrastructure will need billions of dollars in investments to ensure its generation stations, transmission and distribution lines do not collapse under an exploding demand, industry experts said yesterday. 7/22/2008 5:15:57 AM
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