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Americans eyeing ‘crossing fee’ at Canada-U.S. land borders

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 02:33 AM PDT

Travellers can expect long wait times during the holiday season at the U.S.-Canada border.Would you still make your weekly or monthly shopping trip to the United States if you had to pay an additional fee each time you crossed a land border by car or bus? It appears that such a 'crossing fee' … Continue reading →


Canadian accused in Gadhafi plot returns home from Mexico

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 09:08 PM PDT

Cyndy Vanier, the Canadian woman accused of masterminding a plot to smuggle the son of Moammar Gadhafi out of Libya, greets friends and family at Toronto's Pearson airport Saturday night. Vanier had spent the last 18 months in a Mexican prison.The Canadian woman accused of masterminding a plot to smuggle the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to Mexico is now back on Canadian soil after spending the last year and a half in a Mexican prison.


Don Cherry: Oilers will turn things around in '2 years'

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 07:17 PM PDT

The Edmonton Oilers will be thriving in a couple of seasons with Craig MacTavish at the helm. At least, that's what Don Cherry predicted during his Coach's Corner segment on Hockey Night in Canada Saturday.

4/20 bankrolled by B.C. lottery winner Bob Erb

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT

A marijuana leaf is displayed at Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in SeattleAs the pungent scent of marijuana wafts over communities across Canada to mark 420 Day on Saturday, Bob Erb will be smiling. Erb — yes, that's his real name — is the B.C. man who won a $25-million Lotto Max … Continue reading →


Roads closed, homes evacuated in central Ontario flooding

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 08:11 AM PDT

Inondations : état d'urgence dans trois municipalitésOntario Provincial Police say they expect more roads to be closed and more homes evacuated as the flooding continues in central Ontario.


Canada's national lab to work on H7N9 flu virus; sample likely arrives next week

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 01:10 PM PDT

Vendor packs his chickens at a poultry market in NanjingTORONTO - If all goes according to plan, a vial containing the worrisome new H7N9 virus should arrive at Canada's National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, where scientists are eager to begin work on the new pathogen.


Teen says he was wrongly named in Rehtaeh Parsons case

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 05:22 PM PDT

Adam Barnes, 19, says since being named he's had to remove his Facebook account. He also says he fears for his safety.A Nova Scotia teenager says he was wrongly named online as one of the boys responsible in the Rehtaeh Parsons case and wants to clear his name.


Chechens Canadians worried about radicalization of youth

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 06:23 AM PDT

Chechen-Canadians say they are devastated to find out Boston police suspect 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (left) and his brother 26-year-old Tamerlan of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings.Chechen-Canadians in Toronto say they're devastated after finding out that the two men suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings are also Chechens.


Parti Quebecois promotes economic benefits of sovereignty in new ad campaign

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 03:18 PM PDT

MONTREAL - The Parti Quebecois has launched a new ad campaign focused on what it argues are the economic benefits of sovereignty.

Senator Mike Duffy says he paid back housing allowance, Senate confirms

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 10:06 AM PDT

Allocation de logement : le sénateur Duffy n'aurait jamais promis de rembourser, selon Van LoanMike Duffy has in fact paid back $90,172 he received as a Senate 'living allowance.' Duffy released this statement to CTV News late Friday afternoon: "I have always said that I am a man of my word. In keeping with … Continue reading →


B.C. pot grower sues RCMP for bust

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 10:35 AM PDT

A grandmother from the West Kootenays is suing the RCMP for allegedly barging into her home and arresting her for growing marijuana.

New chemotherapy oversight plan proposed

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 02:15 PM PDT

A potential gap between provincial and federal responsibilities over companies that mix chemotherapy drugs for hospitals is under review.Federal, provincial and territorial health officials are discussing how to close a regulatory gap after 1,200 cancer patients received overdiluted treatments that had been outsourced by five hospitals in Ontario and New Brunswick.


An in-depth look at not criminally responsible through the eyes of a patient

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 03:21 PM PDT

Sean Clifton pose for a portrait in Brockville, Ontario on Tuesday April 17, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars HagbergWhen the stranger with wild hair and even wilder eyes plunged a knife into a young woman's chest outside a Wal-Mart, screaming as he continued stabbing even after she fell to the ground, she thought she was going to die.


N.S. wants ban on spreading images after Rehtaeh Parsons case

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 05:06 PM PDT

Grade 9 girls at Riverside High School have been discussing the Rehtaeh Parsons death.The Nova Scotia government is asking the federal government to make distributing intimate images against someone's wishes a crime under the Criminal Code.


Photos: 4/20 marked in North American cities

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 02:14 PM PDT

Photos: 4/20 marked in North American citiesA participant at the 4/20 marijuana holiday buys a hat depicting marijuana plants in Civic Center Park in downtown Denver April 20, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

UN gangster to serve 4 years of 12-year sentence

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 01:25 PM PDT

United Nations gang member Dan Russell has been sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court to 12 years in prison for manslaughter and conspiring to kill members of a rival gang, but will only serve four years and two months.

N.S. doctors urged to watch for new bird flu strain

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 06:29 PM PDT

The provincial health department is urging doctors in Nova Scotia to be on the lookout for a new form of bird flu.

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