National News

PM asked to reconsider removal of coast guard vessel from Cape Breton

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald wants the prime minister to reconsider the move of a coast guard training vessel from Cape Breton to Quebec. MacDonald wrote a letter to Stephen Harpe...

Corrections Canada launches probe into killer's alleged MySpace profile

VANCOUVER - Corrections Canada has launched an internal investigation to find out how prison pictures of notorious child killer Clifford Olson made their way onto the social networking website MySpace...

Appeal Court upholds conviction of former Sask CFL player on HIV

REGINA - An appeal court has upheld the conviction of a former CFL Saskatchewan Roughrider for knowingly exposing two women to HIV in a decision that could likely mean game over for the football playe...

Last two bodies pulled from Quebec lake where plane crashed in 1957

DUHAMEL, Que. - The bones of two remaining bodies trapped aboard a seaplane that crashed into a Quebec lake 50 years ago were pulled from the water Wednesday along with the aircraft wreckage. Quebe...

Calgary Zoo downplays media reports that stingrays may have been poisoned

CALGARY - A senior official at the Calgary Zoo is downplaying some media reports that 40 stingrays which have died at the facility may have been poisoned. Grahame Newton, the chief financial office...

Numbers of lost and stolen Canadian passports rising dramatically

TORONTO - After a dramatic spike in reports of lost and stolen passports over the past two years, Passport Canada is giving additional scrutiny to passport applications across the country and warning ...

Tasers save lives, prevent injuries police chiefs tell B.C. public inquiry

VANCOUVER - There is no uniform policy among municipal police forces in British Columbia on the use of the Taser, says the president of the B.C. Association of Municipal Chiefs of Police. Bob Rich,...

Dion blasts Tories about carbon tax while Grits fret they're losing spin war

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Stephane Dion vigorously defended Wednesday his proposal to impose a carbon tax, accusing the Conservatives of spreading lies about the Grit plan before they've even seen it. ...

Appeal Court upholds conviction of former Sask CFL player on HIV charges

REGINA - An appeal court has upheld the conviction of a former CFL Saskatchewan Roughrider for knowingly exposing two women to HIV in a decision that could likely mean game over for the football playe...

McGuinty confident Ont., Quebec could still form cap-and-trade system

TORONTO - Ontario could still forge a market-based system with Quebec to reduce greenhouse gas emissions even though Quebec has thrown its hat into a broader regional effort, Ontario Premier Dalton Mc...