Four weeks of sport, seven years of plans: Canada's Games cross the finish line
Stephanie Levitz, THE CANADIAN PRESS
21 Mar, 2010 0 0
WHISTLER, B.C. - It was early Sunday morning, the last day of the Games, at the place where thousands of people had once stood crushed against a chainlink fence to see the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron.
This time, there were only four scattered coffee cups and three police officers watching cl
Hansen launches global SCI fundraiser 25 years after Man in Motion tour
THE CANADIAN PRESS
21 Mar, 2010 0 0
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Twenty-five years ago, Rick Hansen sat in a Vancouver shopping mall pondering a twinge in his injured shoulder and the rainy, cool weather outside and the 110-plus kilometres a day he was planning to propel himself daily in his wheelchair.
It was Day 1 of the Man In Motion tour
Williams juggernaut looms over Gang of Five opposition as legislature resumes
Sue Bailey, THE CANADIAN PRESS
21 Mar, 2010 0 0
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Danny Williams is off-the-charts popular but his supremacy in one of the most lopsided legislatures in Canada has a dark side, critics say.
In some political circles in Newfoundland and Labrador, they call it the "Cult of Danny."
It's a phenomenon that embraces stro
Fight to demask Montreal protesters pits cops vs. civil libertarians
Sidhartha Banerjee, THE CANADIAN PRESS
21 Mar, 2010 0 0
MONTREAL - The question of whether protesters should be banned from wearing face masks is pitting civil libertarians against Montreal's police force, and the cops appear to be losing.
City hall has washed its hands of the issue just one year after floating the idea of a mask ban.
No other Can
Security-cleared parliamentary panel could review Afghan detainee documents: experts
Jim Bronskill, THE CANADIAN PRESS
21 Mar, 2010 0 0
OTTAWA - Setting up a special committee of senior parliamentarians to examine sensitive documents about Afghan detainees could help defuse a brewing political crisis over access to the information, intelligence experts say.
The appointment of former Supreme Court judge Frank Iacobucci to review
NWT legislature considers taking over $180-million bridge project
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21 Mar, 2010 0 0
YELLOWKNIFE - It began as a way to open up the North, eliminate the annual need to helicopter supplies into its largest city and ease the feeling of isolation that comes when access to the rest of the world depends on the whims of weather and water.
But it has been a rough crossing for the first
Another B.C. avalanche kills two French nationals in provincial park
THE CANADIAN PRESS
21 Mar, 2010 1 0
VALEMONT, B.C. - A third deadly B.C. avalanche in a week killed two French skiers Saturday as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter.
The Valemount RCMP said a slide in Wells Gray provincial park near MacAndrew Lake buried three skiers, killing two men aged 65 and
Consumers shouldn't get stuck with bill in TV tax dispute: consumers' association
Luann Lasalle, THE CANADIAN PRESS
21 Mar, 2010 1 0
MONTREAL - Consumers shouldn't be stuck with the bill in a battle between television broadcasters and cable companies over who pays for TV signals to deliver programming, says the Consumers' Association of Canada.
"Consumers should not be paying any more than we're paying now," said association
One of 2 winning tickets for $41 million 6/49 jackpot sold near London, Ont.
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TORONTO - One of two winning ticket's for Saturday's $41-million lottery jackpot was sold in the London, Ont., area.
Gaming officials say the other Lotto 6/49 ticket - also worth $20.6 million - was bought in Edmonton.
It's not clear whether the tickets belong to an individual, or were part o
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