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Labrador Innu chief says ban on alcohol has been temporarily suspended
NATUASHISH, N.L. - The new chief of an aboriginal community in Labrador says a ban on alcohol has been suspended for now. Simeon Tshakapesh says a decision on the ban will be made by Natuashish cou...
Wheelchair-bound Canadian man, 35, badly beaten in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia - A 35-year-old Canadian man who uses a wheelchair is in a Sydney, Australia hospital after being badly beaten by two teenagers. Police say the man, reportedly from Winnipeg, was ...
Saskatchewan native leaders hand over financial control of troubled school
SASKATOON - Saskatchewan aboriginal leaders say they have agreed to hand over financial control of the troubled First Nations University of Canada to the University of Regina. Chief Guy Lonechild o...
Coke charge dropped as ex-Tory MP Jaffer pleads guilty to careless driving
ORANGEVILLE, Ont. - A former Conservative MP once known for his tough stance on drugs received a "break" when cocaine possession and drunk driving charges were withdrawn in a plea bargain, an Ontario ...
Man named in police shootout, slain officer knew each other, residents say
A man suspected of trading gunfire with police in an incident that saw an officer shot and killed was identified Tuesday as 70-year-old Fred Preston, a former reeve of a small community that residents...
Invalid death certificate puts BC couple in African adoption limbo
VANCOUVER -A B.C. couple has been separated for months after its effort to adopt twin boys from Ghana turned into a bureaucratic nightmare. Andrea Bastin, a filmmaker from Bowen Island near Vancouv...
Changes made at Alberta Children's Hospital after report into series of errors
CALGARY - Alberta health officials say they've made changes after an independent review into a string of mistakes at a Calgary children's hospital last year, including two drug overdoses and a child g...
Tories should take Jaffer lesson to heart, dump minimum sentences: experts
OTTAWA - Justice Minister Rob Nicholson should take a long, honest look at the Rahim Jaffer case and apply its lessons to the Conservative criminal justice agenda, the head of the John Howard Society ...
Stranded seal pups popping up on beaches of ice-free Gulf of St. Lawrence
MONTREAL - An exceptional lack of sea ice on the Gulf of St. Lawrence this winter has left seal mothers with few places to bear their young or to feed their pups. The conditions have led to numerou...
Ontario doctor being sued over mastectomies wants hospital privileges back
WINDSOR, Ont. - A Windsor, Ont., doctor at the heart of a controversy over mistaken mastectomies wants her hospital privileges back. Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital is going to hold a hearing to determin...
