- Boy in hospital after trying to jump on to train
- A nine-year-old boy is in hospital after trying to hop on to a moving freight train in Calgary. more »
- Passport Canada streamlines renewal process
- As of Wednesday, Canadian travellers waiting to get their passports renewed can expect simpler, speedier service, Ottawa says. more »
- RCMP investigate video showing cars hitting speeds of 300 km/h
- Alberta RCMP have arrested four people for allegedly driving Ferraris and Lamborghinis at speeds in excess of 200 km/h, one of whom is featured in a video circulating on the internet showing luxury cars hurtling down the province's highways. more »
- Boy, 8, collapses in suspected heroin overdose in B.C. town
- Police say they suspect an eight-year old boy may have collapsed from a suspected heroin overdose. more »
- Commission recommends increasing B.C.'s MLAs to 81
- The B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission is recommending two more electoral districts be created in the province while saying three rural ridings should be axed. more »
- N.W.T. premier calls it a day
- Northwest Territories Premier Joe Handley announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election, opening up the race for the territory's top job. more »
- New weather service targets farmers
- A new weather network hopes to provide farmers with better information than they currently get from Environment Canada. more »
- Crowd rallies for suspended Toronto animal cruelty officer
- Dozens of demonstrators rallied in front of the Toronto Humane Society's offices on Wednesday for the reinstatement of an animal cruelty officer who rescued a Rottweiler from a sweltering SUV and handcuffed the animal's owner to the vehicle's door. more »
- Bob Rae to undergo heart surgery
- Former Ontario premier and Liberal leadership contender Bob Rae will undergo surgery next week in Toronto to repair a major blood vessel near his heart. more »
British Columbia »
- B.C. refugee claimant ordered deported — again
- A man who sought refuge in an Abbotsford, B.C., temple to avoid deportation must stay in a detention centre until he's sent back to India next week, the Immigration and Refugee Board has ruled.
- Commission recommends increasing B.C.'s MLAs to 81
- The B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission is recommending two more electoral districts be created in the province while saying three rural ridings should be axed.
- Boy, 8, collapses in suspected heroin overdose in B.C. town
- Police say they suspect an eight-year old boy may have collapsed from a suspected heroin overdose.
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Edmonton »
- Half of homeless camping downtown pack up tents
- Edmonton's tent city is slowing shrinking as the province makes good on a promise to clear out homeless people camping out on downtown Crown land.
- Kangaroo rats feared hopping toward oblivion
- Kangaroo rats of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta are disappearing along with the sand dunes they call home, researcher Darren Bender says.
- Fort Chipewyan rally calls for oilsands moratorium
- First Nations residents at an environmental rally Tuesday in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., called for a halt or slowdown to oilsands development in the province.
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Calgary »
- Boy in hospital after trying to jump on to train
- A nine-year-old boy is in hospital after trying to hop on to a moving freight train in Calgary.
- 3 homes gutted in Royal Oak fire
- A fire in a northwest Calgary neighbourhood caused millions of dollars in damage Wednesday, officials say.
- Kangaroo rats feared hopping toward oblivion
- Kangaroo rats of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta are disappearing along with the sand dunes they call home, researcher Darren Bender says.
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Saskatchewan »
- Saskatchewan leery of Ritz as new federal ag minister
- The appointment of Saskatchewan MP Gerry Ritz as federal agriculture minister signals a major confrontation is on the way, the provincial government says.
- Kangaroo rats feared hopping toward oblivion
- Kangaroo rats of southern Saskatchewan and Alberta are disappearing along with the sand dunes they call home, researcher Darren Bender says.
- New weather service targets farmers
- A new weather network hopes to provide farmers with better information than they currently get from Environment Canada.
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North »
- N.W.T. premier calls it a day
- Northwest Territories Premier Joe Handley announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election, opening up the race for the territory's top job.
- Fort Chipewyan rally calls for oilsands moratorium
- First Nations residents at an environmental rally Tuesday in Fort Chipewyan, Alta., called for a halt or slowdown to oilsands development in the province.
- Yukon biffy bones are ancient bison's: paleontologist
- Fossilized remains found in a hole meant for a farm outhouse near Whitehorse have turned out to be those of an ancient bison, a Yukon government paleontologist says.
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Manitoba »
- 'My back was on fire': balloon-crash victim
- A Winnipeg woman, who was burned when a hot air balloon she was in crashed on the weekend, says the company that operates the balloons should ground them.
- Fewer Manitobans move to other provinces: report
- Fewer Manitobans are looking for greener pastures in other provinces, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
- Manitoba Mounties nab Whiteshell 'sasquatch'
- Mounties in eastern Manitoba have nabbed a strange, hairy monster that has been stalking campgrounds in and around the Whiteshell Provincial Park for the past two summers.
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Toronto »
- Panhandling slaying suspects entered Canada illegally: police
- Three of four suspects charged in the stabbing death of a St. Catharines man in Toronto entered Canada illegally from the U.S., police alleged Wednesday.
- Parents slam visa barriers after child's suicide
- The parents of a Chinese immigrant who suffered from schizophrenia and committed suicide in Toronto are raising questions about the immigration barriers they say prevented them from helping her.
- U.S. sex offender nabbed in Toronto
- A convicted American sex offender on the run from the law has been arrested in downtown Toronto.
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Ottawa »
- Developer renovates cancelled Ottawa north-south light rail plan
- Ottawa city staff have been asked to review a new version of the north-south light rail plan cancelled by city council last December.
- Ont. father charged after disabled daughter allegedly sexually assaulted
- A 67-year-old Cornwall man is accused of sexually assaulting his mentally challenged daughter.
- Algonquins reject court process in uranium dispute
- Two First Nations communities being sued for blocking potential uranium development at a site in eastern Ontario have told Premier Dalton McGuinty that they are quitting the court process and won't leave the area even if they are ordered to do so by a judge.
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Montreal »
- Man shot and killed in front of son, 5
- A 44-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon just as he was taking his five-year-old son out of his car at his home in Terrebonne, north of Montreal.
- Police arrest suspect in more than 100 Montreal break-ins
- Montreal police believe they have found the man responsible for more than 100 break-ins on the city's West Island this year alone, and they credit an alert citizen for helping them break the case.
- Prisoners' rights group fumes over smoke-free jails plan
- A prisoners' rights group is fuming over Quebec plans to ban smoking by jail inmates either in their cells or outside, starting next February.
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New Brunswick »
- Shuffle shows Harper 'doesn't really care': N.B. Liberal
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet shuffle demonstrates "complete ignorance" for the concerns of Atlantic Canadians, says one New Brunswick Liberal MP.
- N.B. still investigating HPV vaccine program
- It will be at least next year before New Brunswick decides whether to immunize girls against the human papillomavirus.
- Fake $5 bills being passed in N.B., say RCMP
- RCMP are warning New Brunswickers to watch out for poorly counterfeited $5 bills.
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Prince Edward Island »
- P.E.I. orders potatoes pulled
- The P.E.I. Department of the Environment has ordered six Island farm operations to take a portion of their crop out of nine different potato fields.
- WCB warns about grain bin ladders
- P.E.I.'s Workers Compensation Board is warning farmers about ladders attached to grain bins, following an investigation of an accident last fall.
- Sewage deodorant use in Charlottetown growing expensive
- With no permanent fix for the stink at the Charlottetown sewage plant yet on the table, the cost of using special industrial deodorant to mask the smell is piling up.
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Nova Scotia »
- Victim's family blasts crash sentence
- A 22-year-old Sydney man was given 44 months in prison for dangerous driving causing bodily harm - a sentence criticized as too light by the victim's family.
- House arrest for man who assaulted 14-month-old son
- A Pictou County man was sentenced to three months of house arrest Wednesday for assaulting his 14-month-old son.
- Mi'kmaq chief keeping wary eye on Strahl
- A Mi'kmaq chief in Nova Scotia is wondering whether the new minister of Indian Affairs will live up to his reputation as a Reform hardliner.
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Newfoundland & Labrador »
- N.L. college plan would create Canada's most expensive university: report
- Plans to split Sir Wilfred Grenfell College from its parent university would create the most expensive university in Canada, says a report by the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
- Police hunt St. John's sex assault suspect
- The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary are expected to release more details late Wednesday about a sexual assault in St. John's.
- Australia looks to N.L. for rural solutions
- A government researcher from Australia is in Newfoundland this week to look at how the province is dealing with population decline in rural areas.
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