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Death in B.C. linked to cross-Canada listeriosis outbreak; total now nine

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:22:09 +0000

TORONTO - Health officials say a death in British Columbia is being blamed on the ongoing listeriosis outbreak, bringing to nine the number of deaths linked to tainted meat produced by Maple Leaf Food...

Governor General announces new Sacrifice Medal for wounded, killed in action

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:21:57 +0000

OTTAWA - The Governor General has announced the creation of a new medal, equivalent to the U.S. Purple Heart, as a way of acknowledging soldiers and civilians killed or wounded by hostile fire. For...

Zoom Airlines bankruptcy unlikely to be contagious, say industry analysts

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:22:08 +0000

MONTREAL - Canada's airlines are being pummelled by high fuel costs and a weakened economy, but industry observers don't expect the demise of Zoom Airlines will be contagious. "I hope not, but you ...

Vancouver-area golf club introduces English-only policy similar to LPGA

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:22:04 +0000

VANCOUVER - A private golf course in B.C.'s Lower Mainland is rejecting potential members who don't speak English. The Vancouver Golf Club, which opened nearly 100 years ago in Coquitlam, east of V...

Harper likely to send Canadians to the polls on Oct. 14, PMO officials say

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:44:25 +0000

OTTAWA - Senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office say Stephen Harper will likely call an election next week for Oct. 14. At a briefing for reporters, they said Harper will ask Canadians to r...

MacKay says aging naval supply ships will be replaced with Canadian-made solution

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:44:34 +0000

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - Defence Minister Peter MacKay is promising a Canadian-made solution to replace two aging navy supply ships after Ottawa sunk a $2.9 billion replacement program last week. The prog...

British funeral set for Canadian aid worker killed in Afghanistan

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:44:26 +0000

MONTREAL - A funeral will be held next week in Britain for Jacqueline Kirk, a British-Canadian aid worker who was killed in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan earlier this month. A separate memorial w...

One dead, 87 ill, as salmonellosis cases reported across Quebec

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:44:35 +0000

MONTREAL - One person is dead and 87 people have fallen ill from a salmonellosis outbreak that has struck in several regions of Quebec. Provincial health officials have recalled three cheese produc...

Khawaja counsel warns against presuming guilt by association

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:10:17 +0000

OTTAWA - Momin Khawaja can't be found guilty of terrorism just because he happens to know some terrorists, the defence lawyer for the Ottawa software developer said Friday. Lawrence Greenspon calle...

Ottawa to spend $120 million to try to keep drugs out of prisons

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:10:15 +0000

AGASSIZ, B.C. - The federal government will spend $120 million over the next five years to try and keep drugs out of Canadian prisons, Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day announced Friday. Day sai...

Mayor of Walkerton, Ont., calls for public inquiry into listeriosis outbreak

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:32:31 +0000

TORONTO - The mayor of the Ontario farming town that was the scene of a deadly E. coli disaster eight years ago is calling for a public inquiry into the ongoing listeriosis outbreak. Charlie Bagnat...

CIBC says Canadian gasoline could spike to $1.75 a litre if storms ravage Gulf

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:32:28 +0000

TORONTO - A perfect storm of waning supplies coupled with a bad hurricane season could send gasoline prices higher again for good - to perharps as high as $1.75 per litre, says an economist with CIBC....

Corrections staff 'shocked' to hear senior officials tipped to Sask jail break

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:16:49 +0000

REGINA - Corrections workers in Saskatchewan say they're outraged that senior jail officials were tipped to the possibility of an escape, but allegedly didn't inform frontline staff. The union repr...

Harper lawyer dismisses expert opinion filed by Liberals in Cadman libel case

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:16:44 +0000

OTTAWA - An expert opinion that compares Stephen Harper's libel case against the Liberals to one of the biggest scandals in Canadian history should be tossed out of court, says the prime minister's la...

Two climbers killed in avalanche on Mount Athabasca in Jasper National Park

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:12:55 +0000

JASPER, Alta. - Two climbers have been killed in an avalanche on Mount Athabasca in Jasper National Park. The RCMP say the bodies of two men were recovered by Parks Canada from the mountain near th...