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Youth gather in Edmonton to discuss Alberta's oilsands projects


EDMONTON - There is usually a lot of anger within youth groups when it comes to government, but the chairwoman of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition conference says there is also a willingness to be open-minded.

Aftab Erfan said that along with the inevitable dissention at a panel ...


Charles Aznavour receives Order of Canada honours in Quebec City


QUEBEC - Iconic entertainer Charles Aznavour called the harmony of Canada's French and English cultures "impressive" Saturday, following his appointment as an honorary officer of the Order of Canada.

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean bestowed the accolade upon the French citizen at her official ...


Harper says new mosque shows 'the true and benevolent face of Islam'


CALGARY - Canada's newest and largest mosque opened Saturday in Calgary, praised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as an "architectural treasure."

Harper also strongly defended the Ahmadiyya community - an offshoot Muslim sect persecuted in some countries - for building a mosque that ...


Canada's top soldier doesn't believe Taliban making a comeback


CALGARY - Increased insurgent activity in Afghanistan over the past month isn't a sign the Taliban is regaining its strength, Canada's top soldier said Saturday.

A dramatic prison break in Kandahar and a surge of Taliban activity near the city is a "setback" but it won't be a problem in ...


Some Sask. forest fire evacuees go home, but more evacuations possible


REGINA - Hundreds of people who fled forest fires in northern Saskatchewan are being allowed to return home, but there are warnings that more evacuations may be needed.

Authorities said Saturday that more than 800 evacuees from Deschambault Lake will go home over the next few ...


Ontario man, Saskatchewan woman face jail time in census protest


TORONTO - At least two people who defiantly refused to complete the 2006 Canadian census in protest of a software contract awarded to an arms manufacturer say they are willing to go to prison over the issue.

Todd Stelmach and Sandra Findley have never met, but are linked both by their ...


Two dead, four injured in high speed accident in Charlevoix region of Quebec


LA MALBAIE, Que. - Two men are dead following a three-car pileup late Friday in Quebec's Charlevoix region.

Police say two other people are in critical condition and two more were left with minor injuries.

Quebec provincial police radars captured two cars speeding along Highway 138 ...


Baird calls for Liberal MP Turner to apologize for separatist 'losers' remark


CALGARY - Environment Minister John Baird says comments from a Liberal MP calling Quebec separatists selfish "losers" stirs up a "hornet's nest of past unity problems."

Baird is calling for Liberal Leader Stephane Dion to rein in outspoken member Garth Turner for the comments made on a ...


Canadian soldier found dead at undisclosed Middle Eastern base


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier was found dead in the sleeping area of a Middle Eastern military base in an incident described Saturday as a non-combat casualty.

The military offered few details and said they are investigating the death of Cpl. Brendan Anthony Downey, a military ...


Liberal MP Garth Turner under fire for blasting 'separatist losers' in Quebec


OTTAWA - Liberal MP Garth Turner has come under fire for blasting Quebec sovereigntists on his blog as "balkanizing separatist losers."

Turner, who represents the Toronto-area riding of Halton, wrote a blog on Thursday praising Liberal Leader Stephane Dion's plan to defend his ...


Hit-and-run driver stole knapsack before dragging boy 600 metres: Hamilton police


HAMILTON - Hamilton police say a driver who ran over a 17-year-old boy also stopped and stole a knapsack before zooming off, dragging the boy under the vehicle for about 600 metres.

Police say the boy was cycling around 3:40 a.m. on Thursday in Hamilton with a friend when the car knocked ...


Lytton, B.C. mayor says railways must use best technology to prevent derailments


The mayor of Lytton, B.C., says residents are still concerned even though CP Rail officials have assured them all efforts are made to prevent accidents like a recent derailment of a rail cars containing chemicals.

Chris O'Connor was commenting after four CP Rail (TSX:CP) tank cars jumped ...


Stephane Dion heads to heart of cowboy country to push new green strategy


CALGARY - Federal Liberal Leader Stephane Dion rode into the heart of cowboy country Friday to lasso support for his green plan in a province that snorts at any whiff of the old national energy program.

The policy brought in by the Trudeau Liberals in the early 1980s is still despised by ...


Thick smoke from Sask. forest fires forces hundreds more to flee homes


REGINA - Hundreds more people were expected to flee their homes on the weekend because of heavy, billowing smoke from several forest fires in northern Saskatchewan.

Provincial officials said late Friday afternoon that another 250 people were immediately being taken out of the northeastern ...


RCMP make biggest-ever drug bust in Okanagan; nab civilian Mountie employee


PENTICTON, B.C. - The Mounties say they've made the biggest-ever drug bust in B.C.'s southern Okanagan Valley, and one of the people arrested is a civilian employee of the RCMP detachment in Penticton.

Police say they raided two homes in the city and found about 2.5 kilograms of cocaine, ...


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