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No jackpot winner in $59 Million Lotto Max draw

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:40:53 +0000

TORONTO - No one has the winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot prize in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw. However, 13 of the 28 MaxMillion prizes of $1-million each were either won or shared. ...

Appeal denied: Top court rejects serial killer Pickton's request for a new trial

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:44:12 +0000

VANCOUVER - The families of women Robert Pickton plucked from Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside will finally get to bury the remains of their sisters, daughters and mothers, which have until now ...

Honeymooner rescued after fall into Niagara River above Horseshoe Falls

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:44:32 +0000

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - A tourist from New Hampshire will be spending the rest of his honeymoon in a cast after falling into the Niagara River just above the Horseshoe Falls. Niagara Parks Police say...

Families of Pickton's victims still struggling for closure, calling for inquiry

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:15:40 +0000

VANCOUVER - Ernie Crey knows the police will never be able to say for sure who murdered his sister Dawn, one of more than two dozen women whose remains or DNA were found on serial killer Robert Pickto...

Calgary psychiatrist now faces 21 sex assault charges involving patients

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:13:42 +0000

CALGARY - A Calgary psychiatrist who frequently provided expert opinions in court now faces 21 charges of sexual assault, most of which allegedly took place during court-ordered visits. Dr. Aubrey ...

No bail for Montreal woman charged with attempting to murder her daughter

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:01:57 +0000

MONTREAL - A woman charged with attempting to murder her daughter in what police have termed an "honour crime" was denied bail Friday. Johra Kaleki had her request rejected by Quebec court Judge Sa...

Kevin Costner returns to music festival where wind killed a woman in 2009

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:50 +0000

EDMONTON - A year after some of his support crew was injured when a stage collapsed last year at an Alberta country music festival, actor and musician Kevin Costner admits that a ripple of nerves now ...

Former top spy assigned to look into RCMP troubles

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:28:12 +0000

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Vic Toews has named Reid Morden, former head of the country's spy agency, to look into management troubles that have roiled the RCMP. Toews says Morden will conduct ...

After hot start, big chill hits Canadian and U.S. economic recoveries

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:27:52 +0000

OTTAWA - The economy's great slowdown from the initial fast recovery continued in May with a second consecutive month of underwhelming output that raised more questions about the Bank of Canada's deci...

Ontario man ordered to pay $5,700 in restitution for trying to smuggle reptiles

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:28:20 +0000

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - An Ontario man has been handed a conditional sentence after he was caught trying to sneak almost 1,500 reptiles into Canada. Andrew Fruck, 33, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, pleaded...

No-contract iPhone 4 might not appeal to all consumers: telecom expert

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:36:10 +0000

TORONTO - Undaunted by reports of signal problems, hundreds of techie faithful in Canada flocked Friday to buy the new iPhone 4, lured in part by the newfound freedom to be selective in choosing their...

Ex-boxing champ Alex Hilton gets 90-day prison term for mischief, break & enter

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:36:29 +0000

MONTREAL - Former Canadian boxing champion Alex Hilton is back in prison. Hilton was given a 90-day sentence and put on probation for two years after pleading guilty in Montreal today to mischief a...

Serial killer Robert Pickton's appeal denied; Crown to stay remaining charges

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:36:11 +0000

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Crown says it will stay the remaining 20 charges against serial killer Robert Pickton after the Supreme Court of Canada rejected his request for a new trial. Pickton was convic...

High-tech bomb-detection vehicles finding IEDs, saving lives in Afghanistan

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:01:04 +0000

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Maj. Jim Smith can't begin to guess how many Canadian soldiers have been saved in the last three years by the specialized roadside detection vehicles that sniff out improvised ...

Census replacement heading for the printer's; time running out for compromise

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:02:04 +0000

OTTAWA - Time has almost run out for reaching a compromise on the now-notorious mandatory long census. Statistics Canada says the replacement voluntary questionnaire will go to print on Aug. 9 and ...