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Harper speaks of proud 'Quebecois nation'at Quebec City's 400th birthday bash

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:13:18 +0000

QUEBEC - Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised Quebec City as the country's most beautiful city on Thursday as he and a slew of other dignitaries celebrated the historic town's 400th birthday.

Harp...

B.C. Environment Ministry says small amounts of glycol leaking into Thompson

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:34:55 +0000

LYTTON, B.C. - A B.C. Environment Ministry official says one tank car from a CP Rail (TSX:CP) derailment near Lytton is leaking ethylene glycol.

Rick Adams says the unit that's completely submerged...

Canadian released from jail in Bulgaria, but not free, lawyer says

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:35:58 +0000

TORONTO - A Canadian businessman jailed in Bulgaria for 13 years may have been released from custody, but that doesn't mean a "lawless and corrupt" government will allow Michael Kapoustin to be free, ...

Controversial BC priest renounces Order of Canada after Morgentaler honoured

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:35:57 +0000

COQUITLAM, B.C. - A B.C. priest who is renouncing his membership in the Order of Canada says it's worth facing questions about his own controversial past to protest the same honour being bestowed upon...

Ottawa awards contentious submarine contract to West Coast firm

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:17 +0000

OTTAWA - The Conservative government has signed a hefty contract with a West Coast firm to refit Canada's four Victoria Class submarines.

Public Works Minister Christian Paradis announced that the ...

Canada Post seals deal with Vancouver Olympic organizers

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:12 +0000

VANCOUVER - Canada Post has signed, sealed and will deliver on a deal with the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.

More than half a billion stamps and related products will be produced for the Games under...

Khawaja discussed detonator with bomb plotter, trial hears

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:14 +0000

OTTAWA - Momin Khawaja personally outlined the workings of an electronic detonation device to the British-based leader of a terrorist bomb plot, the Ottawa software designer's trial has heard.

In a...

Canada Family Action Coalition files request to revoke Morgentaler's Order

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:16 +0000

TORONTO - The Canada Family Action Coalition says it has filed an official request to have the Governor General strip Henry Morgentaler of his membership to the Order of Canada.

President Charles M...

Quebec woman acquitted in shaken-baby case involving 10-month-old boy

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:13 +0000

MONTREAL - A Quebec woman has been acquitted of assaulting a 10-month-old baby boy who suffered brain damage from being shaken.

Quebec court Judge Jean-Pierre Bonin ruled there was reasonable doubt...

Canadian jailed in Bulgaria since 1995 freed from custody, lawyer says

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:15 +0000

TORONTO - The lawyer for a Canadian businessman jailed in Bulgaria for 13 years says his client has been released from custody.

But while Michael Kapoustin is technically free, his lawyer says he w...

Alberta landowners group given leave to appeal construction of power line

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:30:55 +0000

RIMBEY, Alta. - A group of southern Alberta landowners has won the right to appeal a decision by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board to approve a 130-kilometre long power transmission line between ...

Access roads closed after Edmonton chemical plant storage well starts leaking

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:17 +0000

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alta. - RCMP closed access roads at an Edmonton-area chemical plant after a storage well began leaking at a Dow Chemical facility.

"One of the wellheads where we store the hydroc...

Feds start consultations to pick immigrants most needed to fill labour gaps

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:25 +0000

OTTAWA - The federal government will begin intensive consultations next week to determine which skilled immigrants should be fast-tracked into Canada to relieve labour shortages.

The consultations ...

Belgian man says he acted out of love for 13-year-old Montreal girl

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:15 +0000

MONTREAL - A Belgian man who has pleaded guilty to half a dozen sex-related charges involving a 13-year-old Montreal girl says he was driven by love.

Vincent Raphael Duval, 32, testified at his pre...

Canada finds first case linked to U.S. salmonella outbreak in returning traveller

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:18:22 +0000

TORONTO - A Canadian who had recently travelled to the United States has tested positive for Salmonella Saintpaul, the strain of bacteria behind a massive food poisoning outbreak in the U.S., the Publ...