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Driving Miss Daisy: Society needs to help seniors who should stop driving
TORONTO - A medical journal says society should be doing a better job helping seniors drive for as long as is safe, and helping them cope when the time comes to give up their licences. The Canadian...
Statistics Canada says household wealth rose 1.6 per cent to $5.9T in Q4
OTTAWA - The wealth of individual Canadians climbed in the fourth quarter as the value of their stocks and real estate increased. Statistics Canada says household net worth rose 1.6 per cent to $5....
RCMP could've launched review into fatal N.S. shooting: former watchdog
HALIFAX, N.S. - A former RCMP watchdog isn't accepting the force's argument that it couldn't launch a disciplinary review into the conduct of an officer who fatally shot a Nova Scotia man in his home ...
Haim family to get help with memorial costs from Toronto funeral home
TORONTO - Former teen heartthrob Corey Haim will be laid to rest Tuesday with a private funeral service in Toronto, but a public celebration of the troubled actor's legacy will be held next month in L...
Friend of two dead sledders says no one to blame in fatal B.C. avalanche
CALGARY - A close friend and co-worker of two snowmobilers killed by an avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., says no one is to blame for what he calls a natural disaster. Kurtis Reynolds and Shay Snort...
Feds slash funding for public Internet at libraries, community groups
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative government is quietly cutting funding to hundreds of libraries and community groups across the country that provide public Internet access. The Community Access Pr...
McGill launches web program to let people create their own one-stop medical file
MONTREAL - The day is not too far off when your cellphone, iPhone or BlackBerry will ring to remind you to take your medication. That's one of the eventual goals of a new web tool being launched by...
East Coast seal hunt quota increases despite very poor ice conditions
OTTAWA - The federal government has increased the quota for this year's East Coast seal hunt despite ice conditions that some fishermen say are the worst in years. The Department of Fisheries and O...
U.S. had to force Canada to beef up meat inspections: union
OTTAWA - The union representing the country's food inspectors says Canada beefed up meat-plant inspections only after complaints from the United States. The union says Canada had been inspecting pa...
Snowmobilers against rules in back-country, despite avalanche deaths
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Snowmobilers remain opposed to having their back-country fun regulated despite a weekend avalanche that killed two Alberta men and injured 31 others. B.C. Snowmobile Federation e...
