Gilles-Andre Gosselin pleads guilty in sponsorship scandal
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:00 CST
OTTAWA - Gilles-Andre Gosselin, a key player in the federal sponsorship scandal, pleaded guilty Friday to several charges related to fraud totalling $655,276.
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Proposed deal to sell NB Power to Hydro-Quebec leaves Atlantic premiers divided
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:59:00 CST
CHURCHILL FALLS, N.L. - Atlantic Canada's premiers emerged from a meeting Friday in Labrador divided over the proposed sale of New Brunswick's 89-year-old public power utility company to Hydro-Quebec.
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Canada in talks with U.S. officials to take over security for diplomats: MacKay
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:00 CST
HALIFAX, N.S. - Defence Minister Peter MacKay has opened talks with other nations asking them to provide a security force for diplomats and development workers when the Canadian army withdraws from Kandahar in 2011.
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Hugs, not harassment: Facebook groups slam day of violence against redheads
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:00 CST
TORONTO - Have no fear, redheads - it appears this Nov. 20, you were more likely to be hugged than harassed, consoled rather than kicked.
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Who's been torching Montreal's Italian cafes? Police stumped, victims mute
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:01:00 CST
MONTREAL - Who's been firebombing all those Italian cafes in Montreal?
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Flaherty says government will undertake no new spending in next year's budget
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:00 CST
TORONTO - Emphasizing that government stimulus spending is a temporary measure, federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says the Conservative government doesn't plan to undertake major new spending initiatives in next year's budget.
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Canada's athletes leaving country unprotected from swine flu
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:00 CST
Canada's top female biathlete wanted vaccination for the swine flu before she boarded an airplane this weekend, but Zina Kocher couldn't get it.
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Student interviews bring no new leads in case of missing Toronto girl: police
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:00 CST
TORONTO - Police say they have no new leads after interviewing almost all of the students at the high school attended by a missing 18-year-old Toronto girl.
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Canada announces funding to help children in developing countries
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:08:00 CST
TORONTO - International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda has announced funding for three projects to help children in developing countries.
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Vehicle that caused fiery, fatal crash near Alberta logging town was stolen
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:48:00 CST
HINTON, Alta. - Joel Chell sat in stunned horror, watching in his rear-view mirror as a stolen minivan that had just whizzed by him on the wrong side of an Alberta highway blew apart after slamming head-on into a pickup truck on the road behind him.
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Underage Alta. girl given drugs, forced into prostitution, allege RCMP
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:00 CST
RED DEER, Alta. - A man in central Alberta is accused of providing illegal drugs to an underage girl and forcing her into prostitution.
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B.C. RCMP officer charged with assault after handcuffed prisoner slapped
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:00 CST
QUESNEL, B.C. - An RCMP officer in Quesnel, B.C., is facing an assault charge after a prisoner was slapped in the face.
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Saskatoon police say missing 18-year-old found unharmed in Regina
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:29:00 CST
SASKATOON - Saskatoon police say a missing 18-year old woman has been found unharmed in Regina.
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Canadians seem pleased with additions to immigrants' handbook: poll
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:59:00 CST
OTTAWA - A new immigration handbook that adds sections on military history, legendary inventors and some of the darker aspects of Canada's past seems to be a hit with the public, a poll suggests.
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Heritage minister says arts groups shouldn't rely on one source for funding
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:33:00 CST
MONTREAL - Arts groups need to diversify their sources of funding to ensure they remain financially viable, Heritage Minister James Moore said Friday.
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300 homes evacuated, schools closed after heavy rain, high tide flood Duncan, BC
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:00 CST
DUNCAN, B.C. - Flooding caused by heavy rain and high tides has forced the evacuation of 300 homes in the southern Vancouver Island city of Duncan and surrounding areas.
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Vancouver Olympic officials have no power to include female ski jumpers: court
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:00 CST
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Olympics, says British Columbia's highest court.
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Woman who sexually assaulted her son gets conditional sentence and $3,500 fine
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:00 CST
QUEBEC - A 55-year-old woman was given a sentence without any jail time, and was ordered to pay several thousand dollars, for sexually assaulting her teenage son.
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Kamloops gang leader already in jail sentenced to five more years
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:00 CST
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Kamloops gang leader who's already in jail has been sentenced to five more years behind bars for another crime.
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Calgary police chief says new law that lets EMS share info with cops is necessary
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:00 CST
CALGARY - Calgary's police chief says a proposed legislative amendment that would clarify the ability of paramedics to share information related to crimes with police is necessary.
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