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Canadian troops help net drugs, weapons in operation in southern Afghanistan
Zhari District, Afghanistan - Canadian military officials say troops have seized a large quantity of weapons, bomb-making materials and drugs during an ongoing operation in Maywand District, west of K...
Unemployment rate down in June, as more people leave work force
OTTAWA - The unemployment rate slipped to 6.1 per cent in July from 6.2 per cent in June, but only because many people - especially the young - left the work force. There were actually 55,000 fewer...
Driver drowns after car plunges into Welland Canal; name not released
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. - A man has died after his car plunged into the Welland Canal. Niagara Regional Police say the accident happened around 2:25 a.m. Thursday. Police say the man drove past flas...
Activists say tough task ahead on Alberta coalbed methane challenge
EDMONTON - A group that hopes to challenge the Alberta government's ownership of coalbed methane is being told it has a "Herculean" task ahead of it. But Joe Anglin, the chairman of a different lan...
Federal government agrees to support Toronto's bid for 2015 Pan Am Games
TORONTO - The federal government has agreed to support the City of Toronto's bid to host the 2015 Pan Am Games. Ontario government officials received word late Thursday that Prime Minister Stephen ...
Inmates at provincial jail in British Columbia switch places for escape
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - An inmate is on the run and another is facing new charges after a bizarre escape from a British Columbia jail that saw the two men switch places. The RCMP have issued a Canad...
Lifeguard files rights complaint after YMCA tells her she can't wear hijab
MONTREAL - A Montreal lifeguard has filed a human rights complaint against a local YMCA after the club told her she couldn't wear her hijab on duty. The 21-year-old woman has been swapping her trad...
Court documents liken Harper's defamation lawsuit to authoritarian tactics
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's legal tactics are likened to those of an authoritarian state in court documents filed recently by the Liberal party. The comparison is made in an affidavit ...
Poor berry season blamed for drawing B.C. bears out of habitat
VANCOUVER - A poor berry season in British Columbia is drawing hungry bears into the residential areas that are increasingly encroaching on their natural habitats, conservation officials said Thursday...
Angry mothers pack a Vancouver clothing store in a breastfeeding protest
VANCOUVER - A menagerie of nursing mothers, their babies, older children, some fathers, baby strollers and the media crammed clothing store H&M Thursday in a breastfeeding protest. The women were a...
At least 11 taken to hospital after tour bus, truck collide in Norland, Ont.
MINDEN, Ont. - Sixteen people have been taken to hospital after a tour bus full of boy scouts from England collided with a truck in the village of Norland, Ont., Thursday afternoon. Provincial poli...
Nursing mothers pack clothing store in breastfeeding protest
VANCOUVER - About 100 women with their babies packed into the H&M clothing store in downtown Vancouver protesting attempts by store staff to force a nursing mom from the public view. Every isle in ...
MacKay announces new helicopters, surveillance drones for Afghan mission
OTTAWA - Canadian troops battling Taliban militants in Afghanistan will finally get the helicopter support they've sought since 2006 in a complicated arrangement involving a commercial contractor and ...
Critics say federal delay in releasing unflattering asbestos report 'cowardly'
OTTAWA - Health Canada is holding onto a damning report on asbestos on the eve of an international conference at which Canada plans to defend its export of the known carcinogen, critics say. The re...
Man accused of assaulting girl, 12, claims being carjacked night of abduction
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. - An already disturbing case took some unusual turns Thursday as the wife of an eastern Ontario man charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl said he claimed...
Bear shot in Metro Vancouver after entering home; 2nd in two days
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A bear that broke through a basement window in search of food east of Vancouver was shot and killed Thursday, a day after a woman was attacked in her yard just a few kilometres away....
MacKay announces new helicopters, surveillance drones for military
OTTAWA - Canadian troops battling Taliban militants in Afghanistan will get the helicopter support they've sought since 2006 in a complicated arrangement involving a commercial contractor and the U.S....
Boy who bought laptop from man charged in bus beheading gets new computer
MONTREAL - A teenager who bought a laptop from the man charged in the beheading of a Greyhound bus passenger will be getting a new computer thanks to a Montreal businessman. Sid Stevens of the Sun ...
Granby, Que., man accused of sexually assaulting prostitutes
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police have arrested a man in connection with at least three cases of sexual assault involving prostitutes. The 38-year-old man is alleged to have travelled to Montreal...
Naive accused had no idea of mentor's 'jihadi fantasy' to attack Canada: defence
BRAMPTON, Ont. - A terrifying terrorist plot to attack Canadian targets was an unrealistic "jihadi fantasy" that was deliberately hidden from a young man on trial for his role in the alleged conspirac...
Dental experts defend fluoride in water; activists claim link to brain damage
TORONTO - Canadian dental experts defended the use of fluoride in drinking water Thursday as some environmental activists claimed international studies show the chemical can cause brain damage in chil...
Liberals accuse Harper of authoritarian tactics
OTTAWA - The Liberals say Prime Minister Stephen Harper is using the tactics of an authoritarian government in his defamation lawsuit against the party. A lawyer for the Liberals has filed court do...
No carbon tax in N.S. climate action plan to be released in fall: premier
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's climate action plan may be under wraps until the fall, but Premier Rodney MacDonald didn't shy away Thursday from saying what won't be included in the province's battle against...
High court will hear appeals of employees left jobless after Wal Mart closure
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada agreed Thursday to hear appeals from a number of workers who lost their jobs when Wal Mart Canada closed its unionized store in Saguenay, Que., three years ago. ...
Accused had no idea of mentor's 'jihadi fantasy' to attack Canada, defence argues
BRAMPTON, Ont. - A terrifying terrorist conspiracy to attack Canadian targets was an unrealistic "jihadi fantasy" that was deliberately hidden from a young man on trial for his role in the alleged plo...
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