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Looking for support in Quebec election, PQ to talk language and culture

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:54:31 +0000

MONTREAL - Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois is introducing the party's platform on the hot-button issues of culture and language Thursday morning. The separatist party is often viewed as a sta...

Report says family cattle producers facing most severe crisis since Depression

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:07:08 +0000

SASKATOON - A new report by the National Farmers Union is painting a bleak picture for Canadian cattle producers. The report released Wednesday states that, adjusted for inflation, Canadian farmers...

Big Three 'optimistic' about keeping continent-wide auto industry: Clement

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:15:56 +0000

DETROIT - The Big Three automakers are "optimistic" about keeping a continent-wide industry, even though they feel "sideswiped" by a sharp decline in U.S. sales, Industry Minister Tony Clement said We...

Jurors in trial of Alberta man tear up at graphic pictures of triple killing

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:15:52 +0000

CALGARY - Several jurors in the trial of an Alberta man accused of killing his 12-year-old girlfriend's parents and younger brother wiped away tears Wednesday as they viewed graphic photographs of the...

Four bodies found inside Toronto home with 'call police' note posted on front door

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:00:08 +0000

TORONTO - A suburban home decorated for the holidays became the scene of a homicide investigation Wednesday after four bodies were discovered inside with a handwritten note on the front door reading "...

Jury to deliberate into 3rd day in shooting trial of bikers in South Dakota

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:00:01 +0000

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The jury in the trial of two Hells Angels bikers in South Dakota will deliberate into a third day after earlier saying they couldn't reach a verdict. Chad Wilson and John Midmor...

Economic crisis forces Alberta to trim $1.8 billion from energy royalty hikes

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:36:02 +0000

CALGARY - Alberta is rolling back a large portion of its contentious royalty hike in order to encourage more drilling in the province's sagging energy industry, which has been hit hard by tightening c...

Canadians charged in murder-arson case on reservation at N.Y.-Quebec border

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:00:46 +0000

ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, N.Y. - A Canadian couple face murder charges in the shooting death of a man found in his burning home in Hogansburg, a village in the Mohawk Indian reservation at New Yor...

Racing boss Bernie Ecclestone answers angry Canadian F1 fans

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:00:52 +0000

MONTREAL - The head of Formula One racing has a retort for a city so infuriated with him that a leading newspaper carried an editorial cartoon that depicted him being tortured. Bernie Ecclestone sa...

Sask. takes aim at illegal activity with legislation to seize proceeds of crime

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:00:45 +0000

REGINA - Saskatchewan has become the latest province to try to tackle violence by seizing the proceeds of crime, including cash, cars and homes. The Seizure of Criminal Property Act introduced Wedn...

Canada to get national securities regulator, Flaherty says

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:00:50 +0000

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty insisted Wednesday that Canada will create a national securities regulator even if some provinces remain opposed. The finance minister made the blunt pronounc...

Dumont uses wife to help save flagging ADQ Quebec election campaign

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:34:12 +0000

MONTREAL - In a break with Quebec political tradition, the wife of Action democratique du Quebec Leader Mario Dumont is playing a more prominent role in a bid to help his flagging campaign. He may ...

Motorists divided over impact of lower gasoline prices in Canada

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:34:01 +0000

TORONTO - As he stood filling the tank of his Jeep at a downtown Toronto gas station for 79.3 cents a litre Wednesday, Chad Pegelo seemed unimpressed by the recent drop in pump prices. "They probab...

Rae not trusted on economy: Poll

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:34:13 +0000

OTTAWA - Bob Rae's tempestuous term as premier of recession-ravaged Ontario during the early 1990s could be a big liability if he's chosen to lead the federal Liberals, a new poll suggests. Accordi...

Throne speech talks of auto aid

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:34:04 +0000

OTTAWA - The Harper government is promising aid to the beleaguered auto sector as part of a five-point plan it hopes will protect Canada from the global economic crisis - and insulate the minority adm...