Full-scale health scare triggered on train after woman dies, others fall ill
May 09, 2008 - 19:23
Michael Oliveira, THE CANADIAN PRESS
FOLEYET, Ont. - The confluence of a mysterious death on a cross-Canada train trip and reports of illnesses among several passengers triggered a full-scale health scare Friday, leaving hundreds of passengers quarantined and a tiny northern Ontario hamlet transfixed as emergency teams descended on ...
Brenda Martin released from prison, heads to visit 'hero' mom
May 09, 2008 - 19:22
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - Brenda Martin is finally a free woman. Martin was released from a Kitchener, Ont., prison Friday after being granted full parole. She had been held at the Grand Valley Institution for Women since returning to Canada last week after spending more than two years in a Mexican prison ...
Multimillion dollar grant from Ottawa recognizes First World War internment
May 09, 2008 - 19:22
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WINNIPEG - The federal government is giving $10 million to recognize the internment of Ukrainian immigrants in Canadian work camps during the First World War. The money is going into an endowment fund that will be run by the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras Shevchenko. Lesia ...
Industry minister says MDA should not sell assets to get foreign contracts
May 09, 2008 - 19:20
Peter Rakobowchuk, THE CANADIAN PRESS
LONGUEUIL, Que - Federal Industry Minister Jim Prentice says lack of market access shouldn't be a reason for Canadian companies like MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA) to sell their businesses to foreigners. He made the statement at the Canadian Space Agency on Friday, just ...
Taser competitor says the device was rushed to market without proper care
May 09, 2008 - 19:18
Terri Theodore , THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER - The company that sells more conducted energy weapons to law enforcement than any other rushed to market with faulty safety and medical research, claims the head of a company that plans to market a device to compete with the Taser. Ken Stethem, founder and chairman of Ageis ...
French about-face on Canadian unity no surprise to Harper
May 09, 2008 - 18:16
Alexander Panetta, THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - Nicolas Sarkozy's stirring declaration of love for Canada this week surprised Quebec separatists who saw it as an abrupt about-face from France's longtime neutrality on the issue of Canadian unity. But sources in the Canadian government say the French president made it abundantly ...
Head of B.C. Indian Chiefs says evidence at alley death inquiry oshocking"
May 09, 2008 - 18:14
Camille Bains, THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the freezing death of an aboriginal man in a Vancouver alley has created an opportunity to examine systemic racism within police departments and the criminal justice system. "The Frank Paul inquiry has opened many doors and ...
Woman convicted of manslaughter in sex-slaying of Edmonton girl gets 12 years
May 09, 2008 - 17:45
John Cotter, THE CANADIAN PRESS
EDMONTON - The mother of a 13-year-old girl who was raped and bludgeoned to death on a golf course rocked back and forth, shaking her head in disgust, as a young woman was sentenced Friday for her role in the gruesome killing. Stephanie Bird, 20, showed no emotion as the judge handed her a ...
From software to diapers: suppliers face gag orders when dealing with governments
May 09, 2008 - 17:18
Steve Lambert, THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - The Defence Department lifted a media gag order Friday on suppliers interested in providing new radar equipment to military airfields across Canada. But it's only one of a growing number of contracts in which people who want to do business with federal or provincial governments ...
Williams defends statement that N.L. breast-cancer inquiry a 'prosecution'
May 09, 2008 - 17:14
Tara Brautigam, THE CANADIAN PRESS
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Danny Williams, accused of undermining a judicial inquiry into botched breast-cancer tests, was unrepentant Friday about making controversial comments this week on the tone of the probe. The province's opposition parties and an independent expert on public ...
Parliament passes bill requiring foreign aid to focus on ending poverty
May 09, 2008 - 16:31
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has passed a private member's bill which requires that foreign aid be focused solely on relieving poverty and promoting human rights. Aid groups have welcomed the legislation, saying it will ensure that the fight against global poverty gets the attention it ...
Bloc calls for Bernier security probe amid concerns over biker 'infiltration'
May 09, 2008 - 16:23
Bruce Cheadle, THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA - The link between Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier's ex-girlfriend and the Hells Angels is more than enough to warrant a national security probe, says the Bloc Quebecois, noting that organized crime gangs use "infiltration tactics." The Conservative government continues to ...
Lottery documents released under order detail probe into $21.5-million insider win
May 09, 2008 - 16:18
Chinta Puxley, THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO - A retailer who claimed a $21.5-million winning lottery ticket and sparked a two-month internal investigation at Ontario's lottery corporation initially said the ticket belonged to a customer who had left the store, documents released under order of the province's privacy commissioner ...
Mother of BC children found murdered thanks community for support
May 09, 2008 - 16:14
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MERRITT, B.C. - The B.C. mother who found her three children murdered in their home has commented publicly for the first time, thanking the local community for their support. A letter sent to the Merritt Herald said members of the public have shared in the "horrendous tragedy." The letter, ...
Botched 911 call failure by Internet phone provider: investigation
May 09, 2008 - 16:13
Bill Graveland, THE CANADIAN PRESS
CALGARY - An investigation into a botched 911 call that a family believes contributed to their 18-month-old boy's death is blaming the Internet phone provider. Elijah Luck's family waited in vain for help at their north Calgary home late last month while paramedics were rushing to an old ...
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