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Expect more recalls, officials say as B.C. death brings listeriosis toll to 9

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:17:00 +0000

TORONTO - Expect more sandwiches and other products with meat that came from a Maple Leaf plant at the centre of an ongoing listeriosis outbreak to be recalled in the coming days as investigators use ...

Prime Minister to meet NDP leader Jack Layton Saturday as election talk grows

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:16:52 +0000

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is meeting another opposition leader Saturday to discuss if there is a chance of a productive session of Parliament, but his handlers are already saying an Octob...

One of five missing Regina prisoners recaptured without incident

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:17:38 +0000

REGINA - One of five prisoners missing after an escape from the Regina Correctional Centre nearly a week ago was recaptured late Friday night. James Joseph Pewean, 25, was taken into custody withou...

Three teenagers killed, two injured when car crashes into tree in Regina

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:31:07 +0000

REGINA - Three teenagers are dead after a small car they were in slammed into a tree in Regina. Police say the dead include two males and a female, and that all three were 17 years old. Two other m...

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

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:44:23 +0000

AGASSIZ, B.C. - With its high, razor-wire-topped fences and guard towers, Kent federal maximum security prison doesn't look like a sieve where illicit drugs routinely reach inmates. But guards at t...

Sufferin' succotash! Sylvester the cat survives trek from S.C. to Montreal

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:44:28 +0000

MONTREAL - Janet Nease's black-and-white cat Sylvester has always had a penchant for wandering off, sometimes for days on end. But patience always paid off for Nease, a native of Myrtle Beach, S.C....

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

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:44:27 +0000

MONTREAL - Food safety concerns broadened Friday as health officials in Quebec recalled three cheese products amid an outbreak of salmonellosis that has left one person dead and 87 ill in several part...

Abbotsford police apologize after failing to respond to 911 call

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:38:07 +0000

VANCOUVER - Police in Abbotsford have apologized for an incident where it was almost 12 hours before officers arrived at a woman's home following a 911 call, only to find the woman slain. Abbotsfor...

Corrections workers want info on jail break tip as province searches facilities

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:32:42 +0000

REGINA - Corrections workers in Saskatchewan reacted angrily Friday after learning that senior jail officials were tipped to the possibility of an escape, but allegedly didn't inform frontline staff. ...

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

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:06:29 +0000

VANCOUVER - A posh golf course in B.C.'s Lower Mainland is denying membership to non-English-speaking players, similar to a controversial plan by the LPGA. The private Vancouver Golf Club, which op...

New Westminster cop says colleague looked scared before shooting that killed teen

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:06:34 +0000

BURNABY, B.C. - A fellow officer says the New Westminster, B.C., police officer who shot at a suspected stolen SUV, killing a teenaged passenger, looked scared as he drew his weapon. Sixteen-year-o...

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

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:06:26 +0000

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper was cross-examined last week in his $3.5-million libel case against the Liberal party, it was disclosed in court Friday. Harper agreed to the sworn testimony ...

Coroner says Taser use avoidable as family demands inquiry into man's death

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:06:32 +0000

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner's criticism of police stun-gun use in the death of a Montreal man has prompted his family to push for a full and impartial inquiry. Quilem Registre died last year, four ...

Police: Case closed on Canadian who killed himself with cyanide in Denver

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:42:23 +0000

DENVER - A Canadian man who killed himself with cyanide in a Denver hotel room was suffering from schizophrenia, the coroner said Friday, and medication to treat the disorder was found in his system. ...

Harper likely to call Oct. 14 election, PMO officials say

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:13:52 +0000

OTTAWA - Love him or hate him, Stephen Harper is a less risky choice for prime minister than Liberal Leader Stephane Dion in these turbulent economic times. That's the prosaic choice Conservative s...