Canada

Duceppe: Withdraw Troops

Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe says he’s ready to bring down Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government this fall if there’s no firm commitment to withdraw Canadian troops from Afghanistan by February 2009. CNEWS Quebec Premier Jean Charest is urging Quebeckers to express support for...

Dead Soldiers Identified

The man in charge of Canadian forces in Afghanistan says the two soldiers killed Wednesday by a roadside bomb died for a mission they believed in. The military identified Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne, a member of the 5th Field Ambulance based out of Valcartier, Que., as one of the soldiers killed...

Two More Soldiers Killed

Two Canadian soldiers and an interpreter were killed Wednesday during a patrol in southern Afghanistan. The incident also injured a journalist from Radio-Canada, as well as a third soldier.CBC News A home that was the scene of one of Canada's most infamous murders has been sold after being listed...

Toronto Letter Bombs

Toronto Police remain tight-lipped about two petroleum-based letter bombs packaged to make them appear to have been delivered by a courier, one of which exploded and slightly injured its recipient. CNEWS Newfoundland and Labrador is about to announce the signing a major oil deal on the...

Summit Wraps Up

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his fellow North American leaders wrapped up their summit in Montebello, Que., on Tuesday with an agreement to block the import of unsafe goods. CBC News A group of 130 prominent doctors, scientists and public health professionals is calling on the federal...

Summit Cut Short

The Three Amigos started off a day of heavy discussion with a breakfast meeting in Montebello, Que., where the political leaders have converged to talk about common cross-border issues. The summit, which was originally scheduled to continue Wednesday, will be cut short a day earlier. CTV...

Montebello Meeting

Hundreds of demonstrators arriving in a small resort town near Ottawa for the meeting of the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico shunned designated protest areas, calling them "cages" and "pens." CBC News The first death for Quebec's Van Doo regiment in Afghanistan has saddened his...

Van Doos Mourn

A Canadian soldier from the Montreal area was killed early Sunday when the convoy he was travelling in hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, military officials said. Pte. Simon Longtin, 23, of Longueuil, Que., was a member of Quebec's Royal 22nd Regiment, the famed Van Doos, based in...

Contaminated Carrots

People in Canada are being warned not to eat a brand of baby carrots from Mexico because the product may be contaminated with shigella bacteria.CBC News A Calgary woman delivered a rare set of identical quadruplets in a Montana hospital because southern Alberta's only neonatal intensive care...

Boy Loses Foot

A child hurt while trying to jump a train had his foot amputated Thursday night, the same day Calgary workers repaired the fence he used to access the tracks.CBC News Manitoba Conservation is investigating a pet cemetery and crematorium near La Salle, Man., that has been closed after people...

Cdn Soldiers Injured

Two Canadian soldiers were injured Friday after their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb, the Canadian military said. The attack took place just inside Kandahar province's dangerous Zhari district at a spot some 10 kilometres west of Masum Ghar. The village itself is in the province's Panjwaii...

Flaherty Watching Markets

With the Toronto stock market taking its biggest one-day plunge in years, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty acknowledged Thursday's turmoil and said his department was closely monitoring the situation. CBC News Montreal's largest school board has been ordered to rehire a teacher who had been fired...

Probe Cdn Biker Slaying

Was it a planned attack or mistaken identity that resulted in the fatal shooting of a Canadian biker on a busy highway in Britain? Such questions are being asked as British police appealed Wednesday for cellphone photos taken by other drivers to help their investigation into the slaying of...

Speeding Fines Escalate

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Wednesday that motorists travelling more than 50 kilometres above the speed limit will be treated as street racers under the law. As of Sept. 30, excessive speeders will face increased fines up to $10,000, will have their license suspended and their vehicle...

Opposition Slams Harper

Opposition leaders say Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new cabinet does little to alter the government's course on controversial issues and fails to bring more women into the cabinet. CTV News The new cabinet unveiled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper does not signal that the government plans to...

Harper Cabinet Switch

Maxime Bernier, Peter MacKay and Jim Prentice have emerged as big winners in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet shuffle. Bernier, a Quebec MP first elected in 2006, moves from industry to foreign affairs. He replaces MacKay, from Nova Scotia, who becomes defence minister. CTV News Quebec...

Set To Unveil New Cabinet

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to unveil his new cabinet Tuesday afternoon in what could be a major shuffle of some high-profile ministers. CBC News Canada has called on the Somali government to protect journalists in the strife-torn country after a Canadian reporter was killed there....

Nun Beaten To Death

An elderly nun was found beaten to death in an east-end Montreal convent Monday morning, and the prime suspect is a troubled man she had been trying to help. CBC News The mother of missing nine-year-old Cédrika Provencher has come forward for the first time, making a tearful plea for help Monday...

PM Shakes Up Cabinet

Cabinet ministers will be in Ottawa Monday meeting with Stephen Harper as the prime minister is set to make some big changes this week. Twelve or more ministers are expected to be shuffled on Tuesday as Harper puts together the cabinet it's believed he will take into the next election. CBC...

Hot Air Balloon Crash

A hot air balloon crashed and burned north of Winnipeg on Saturday, leaving at least two people seriously injured. The accident happened just after 9 a.m. local time near Bird's Hill provincial park.CTV News Professors at Memorial University in Newfoundland say a strike is imminent, after 12...