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Federal government starts year with small deficit as GST revenues plunge

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:09:53 +0000

OTTAWA - The federal government says it began the new fiscal year with a $500 million deficit as new tax cuts introduced in January and a slumping economy cut into revenues and public spending rose. ...

Social groups press Harper to bring Omar Khadr back to Canada from Gitmo

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:00:24 +0000

TORONTO - Social justice activists across Canada are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to press the United States for the return of Omar Khadr. They say simply leaving Khadr to his fate befo...

Harper calls three federal byelections for early September

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:00:24 +0000

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called three federal byelections for Sept. 8, setting the stage for a possible general election later this fall. Two vacant Quebec ridings, Westmount-Vill...

Two ship's crew facing charges after child porn found have N.S. bail hearing

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:47:13 +0000

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - A bail hearing is set for today in Dartmouth, N.S., for two Filipino crewmen facing charges after a search of a ship turned up child pornography on laptop computers. Customs offic...

Chinese man accused of killing Canadian model describes attack on TV show

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:15:34 +0000

SHANGHAI, China - The Chinese man accused of stabbing a Canadian model to death in her apartment building told police in a televised interview that the attack began when she caught him trying to steal...

Disgraced adman Jean Lafleur files for bankruptcy after leaving prison

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:16:25 +0000

MONTREAL - Following his son's example, disgraced formed advertising executive Jean Lafleur has filed for bankruptcy, threatening to leave Ottawa on the hook for more than $7 million. Lafleur was h...

Shanghai television airs interview with man accused of killing Canadian model

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:16:19 +0000

SHANGHAI, China - The man who Chinese authorities say has confessed to killing a Canadian model in Shanghai says he was looking for money and picked Diana O'Brien's apartment at random. An intervie...

Police didn't tell Taser victim's mom right away he was dead: family spokesman

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:16:19 +0000

WINNIPEG - The mother of a 17-year-old Winnipeg youth was visited by police in the middle of the night after he was Tasered by officers, but wasn't told of his death until the next day, says the presi...

Alberta government appeals court decision over French traffic ticket

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:36:13 +0000

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is appealing a court decision that threw out a traffic ticket against a francophone trucker because it was written only in English. But it's really a legal fight t...

Beijing Games 'glorious' for some Chinese-Canadians, a non-event for others

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:43:24 +0000

Over his heart, Toronto shopkeeper Yong Ping Yu still wears a pin in support of the Communist Party of China, despite the fact he left the country more than 20 years ago. The pin, tarnished by age,...

Expert says it's not surprising airport kiosks possibly targeted by fraudsters

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:43:23 +0000

TORONTO - The possibility that self-serve kiosks at Toronto's Pearson airport were targeted by credit card fraudsters left passengers wary Thursday while at least one expert said it's not surprising a...

Border guard among eight arrested in alleged plot to smuggle Colombian coke

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:11:54 +0000

MONTREAL - A Canadian customs officer was among eight people arrested in connection with an RCMP investigation into an alleged cross-border drug smuggling ring. Police claim James Munro, 26, took a...

Pending appeal, timetable set for fall hearing on Tory suit against Elections Cda

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:55:40 +0000

OTTAWA - The Conservative party's 15-month legal battle against Elections Canada could draw to a close this fall after the federal party lost a last-ditch bid to enter new evidence in its lawsuit. ...

Border guard among eight arrested in plot to smuggle Columbian coke into Canada

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:55:38 +0000

Classic magic tricks reveal inner-workings of brain and vision, study says

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:30:54 +0000

VANCOUVER - The trick starts simple enough: A magician pulls out a cigarette and a lighter and casually tries to light up. As he fumbles around with the objects in his hands, the lighter vanishes i...