Jobless rate rises to 6.1 per cent in April as job seekers increase
May 09, 2008 - 07:30
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy continues to add workers in the face of an economic slowdown, creating 19,200 new jobs in April after a slightly smaller gain the previous month. The new jobs, mostly in the full-time and self-employed categories, couldn't prevent the national unemployment ...
Body of Canadian medic returns Friday from Afghanistan
May 09, 2008 - 03:12
CFB TRENTON - Paramedics and the family of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan will gather at CFB Trenton on Friday afternoon. Cpl. Michael Starker was a Calgary-based medic and paramedics from across the region are expected to attend the repatriation ceremony along with ...
Federal government confirms decision to reject foreign takeover of Radarsat
May 09, 2008 - 02:21
TORONTO - The federal government has confirmed its decision to block a controversial foreign takeover of part of Canada's premier space technology firm, saying the proposed deal would not benefit the country. Industry Minister Jim Prentice announced the decision early Friday, saying it ...
B.C. couple injured in Egyptian bus crash arrives back in Canada
May 08, 2008 - 23:14
VANCOUVER - The B.C. couple severely injured in a fiery bus crash in Egypt while on their honeymoon have returned to Canada. Steve Pannu said his daughter, Jennifer El Adam, and her husband Richard El Adam arrived at Vancouver International Airport aboard a British Airways flight Thursday ...
Canada has stood by Israel and will continue to do so, Harper says
May 08, 2008 - 22:54
TORONTO - The Canadian government has consistently stood by Israel - even when it wasn't popular to do so - and will continue to support the Jewish community in the future, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday night at an event to commemorate Israel's 60th anniversary. Any militant ...
Sask. health minister not surprised province's nurses voted for a strike
May 08, 2008 - 21:34
REGINA - Saskatchewan's health minister says he's not surprised that the province's nurses have voted in favour of a strike, but Don McMorris says he hopes they won't take job action. Results from a vote Wednesday show 77 per cent of nurses who cast ballots were in favour of walking off ...
Harper dismisses concern over Bernier ex-girlfriend's link to bikers
May 08, 2008 - 20:50
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is brushing off security concerns over the relationship between a top cabinet minister and an ex-girlfriend with past ties to the Hells Angels. Opposition parties demanded to know Thursday whether security checks were conducted on Foreign Affairs ...
Attorney General backs Crown lawyers at delayed murder-suicide inquest
May 08, 2008 - 20:48
VICTORIA - Protecting Crown prosecutors from having to testify about their decisions is a recognized principle of law, even if the public doesn't understand it, B.C.'s attorney general says. Wally Oppal defended the decision of the criminal justice branch of his ministry to go to court to ...
U.S. law could force Alberta to sell oilsands fuel to other nations:Stelmach
May 08, 2008 - 20:10
EDMONTON - If the United States follows through with import restrictions on "dirty" crude, Alberta will simply sell its massive oil reserves to other countries, says Premier Ed Stelmach. "I'm not warning them, I'm just being frank," Stelmach said Thursday. "I'm just saying that we have ...
Victoria officer testifies teen restrained in padded cell for own protection
May 08, 2008 - 20:09
VICTORIA - A Victoria police officer is defending the decision to put an intoxicated 15-year-old girl in a padded cell and keep her leashed to the cell door for four hours with her hands and feet tied behind her back. Const. Brian Asmussen testified Thursday at a civil trial that police ...
HBC says Olympic gear sales strong, even after flap over made-in-China pieces
May 08, 2008 - 19:50
TORONTO - The flap over made-in-China pieces in Canada's Summer Olympic apparel collection doesn't appear so far to have put a wrinkle in the Hudson's Bay Company's bottom line. One week after hitting shelves, HBC spokeswoman Patricia Pytel says sales of the recently unveiled collection ...
Bernier affair is a security issue, say experts
May 08, 2008 - 19:23
OTTAWA - Some security experts are taking issue with the Conservative government's characterization of the Maxime Bernier affair as a private matter, saying questionable personal links could leave the minister - and Canadian interests - vulnerable. Opposition MPs pilloried the Tories on ...
Vcr police Taser manual isn't specific on who deserves shock, inquiry hears
May 08, 2008 - 19:14
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer gets eight hours of training before being issued a Taser and the manual they use makes no distinction between people who are holding a passive protest and those resisting arrest. Const. Tammy Hammell, the Vancouver Police Department's electronic ...
U.S. military judge threatens to suspend Khadr trial over evidence issues
May 08, 2008 - 19:09
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A U.S. military judge threatened to suspend the war-crimes trial of a Canadian detainee, scolding the government Thursday for failing to provide records of his confinement at Guantanamo. Lawyers for Omar Khadr say details of his interrogations and mental ...
Sarkozy says he wants to foster Quebec's relations with Canada
May 08, 2008 - 19:07
BENY-REVIERS, France - French President Nicolas Sarkozy mused Thursday that he'd like to help bring Quebec closer to the rest of Canada, a suggestion that will be sure to cause sovereigntist forces in the province to bristle. In a stirring declaration of love toward Canada, Sarkozy said he ...
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