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No public inquiry into Baltovich case, says attorney general

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:03:00 +0000

TORONTO - Ontario's attorney general says there will be no public inquiry into the case of Robert Baltovich. Baltovich was acquitted in April of the 1990 murder of his girlfriend Elizabeth Bain, af...

Ex-N.L. school board official charged with fraud in alleged exchange scheme

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:02:59 +0000

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A former Newfoundland school board official is facing fraud and related charges following an investigation into an international student exchange program. The Royal Newfoundland ...

Top court rules onus on Crown to prove youth crimes deserve adult sentences

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:17:02 +0000

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the Crown must prove young offenders deserve adult sentences, saying they should be presumed less morally culpable for their crimes than adults. At is...

Violent incidents up as youth crime climbs three per cent in 2006

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:17:51 +0000

OTTAWA - Youth homicides reached their highest point on record in 2006 as the crime rate among young people aged 12 to 17 climbed three per cent from 2005. Statistics Canada reports a rise in viole...

N.S. fishermen continue blockade of N.B. boats in crab fishery dispute

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:17:35 +0000

INVERNESS, N.S. - A harbour blockade remained in place in the tiny fishing community of Inverness, N.S., Friday as angry fishermen continued to demand a share of the local crab quota. At least thre...

Calgary mayor expects thousands to attend funeral for Canadian soldier

Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:02 +0000

CALGARY - Calgary's mayor says thousands of people are expected to attend the funeral of Cpl. Mike Starker, a city paramedic and reservist who was killed in an ambush in Afghanistan May 6. Mayor Da...

Public funeral Friday for Calgary paramedic killed in Afghanistan

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:24 +0000

CALGARY - A Canadian paramedic who was killed in action in Afghanistan earlier this month will be remembered by family and friends at a funeral service in Calgary on Friday. Corp. Mike Starker died...

Victoria teen tethered to jail cell door awarded $60K by B.C. jury

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:45:10 +0000

VICTORIA - A weeping Willow Kinloch hugged her mother in the courtroom moments after a jury returned a verdict Thursday that found Victoria Police officers violated the teen's rights when they restrai...

Alberta merges health regions, health agencies into one super board

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:34 +0000

EDMONTON - The Alberta government took a major step Thursday to reshape health-care delivery by dissolving nine existing regional health boards and creating a new super board. "What we are attempti...

Cost of new federal defence strategy unclear; opposition wants details

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:30 +0000

OTTAWA - The exact cost of the federal government's new defence strategy remained unclear Thursday, although it appeared to be much higher than the $30 billion announced three days earlier by Prime Mi...

Ottawa rejects calls by Ont. for deadline to settle Caledonia native dispute

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:10:35 +0000

TORONTO - Imposing a deadline to settle a long-standing aboriginal land-claim dispute in the southwestern Ontario town of Caledonia is not the way to go despite provincial calls to speed up the proces...

Activists split over protests for Paralympic Games torch stop in Vancouver

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:04 +0000

VANCOUVER - Tibetan rights activists are split over whether to protest the 2008 Paralympic Games torch when it arrives in Vancouver. One group says they're not ruling it out, while another says the...

Harper set to apologize for abuse at native residential schools

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:08 +0000

OTTAWA - News that the prime minister will apologize June 11 for rampant abuse in native residential schools was bittersweet for former students living a legacy of trauma and cultural losses. "It's...

Tories do turnabout, go to court to block access to ministerial offices

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:38:51 +0000

OTTAWA - Opening the offices of cabinet ministers to scrutiny under freedom-of-information legislation could compromise sensitive material that ought to remain private, the Harper government is tellin...

Mother of man who died at Vcr airport makes tearful appearance at Taser inquiry

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:39:06 +0000

VANCOUVER - Her faith in the RCMP "shattered" following the death of her son at the Vancouver airport, the mother of Robert Dziekanski called for a moratorium on the use of the weapon Thursday at publ...