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Two Canadians from Winnipeg plead guilty in Ecstasy case in Montana

BILLINGS, Mont. - Two Canadians arrested in eastern Montana last year have pleaded guilty to trying to bring an estimated US$5.5 million worth of Ecstasy pills into the United States. The seizure o...

First U.S. female soldier to flee Iraq war for Canada ordered to leave by Jan. 27

TORONTO - The first woman soldier to flee the U.S. military to avoid the Iraq war has been ordered deported along with her husband and their young children. Kimberly Rivera says her risk assessment...

Economists predict more financial troubles for Canada in 2009, slow recovery

TORONTO - Canadians should brace themselves for another year of trouble in the domestic economy, and it could even be worse than last year. That's according to some of the country's leading bank ec...

Beware of fake pollsters, StatsCan warns

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is warning the public to beware of callers claiming to work for the federal agency and asking for social insurance numbers, credit card numbers or bank account information. ...

When compared with other wrecks, sunken barge off N.S. poses minor threat: expert

HALIFAX, N.S. - An international expert on oil spills says the recent sinking of a dredging barge off Nova Scotia carrying 70,000 litres of diesel presents a limited environmental threat when compared...

Snow, freezing rain blanket S. Ontario in first significant storm of 2009

TORONTO - An overnight mix of snow and freezing rain has turned roads across southern and eastern Ontario into a slippery mess for commuters. Freezing rain warnings are in effect for the Niagara ar...

Past overfishing has left N.S. fishery vulnerable to current economic woes: study

HALIFAX, N.S. - A new study says Nova Scotia's fishery is still reeling from past overfishing and has been left "vulnerable" to the global economic crisis as a result. The report, by Nova Scotia-ba...

Teenage boy in Halifax hospital after drive-by shooting in city

HALIFAX, N.S. - A drive-by shooting Tuesday night sent a 14-year-old boy to a Halifax hospital with a gunshot wound to his upper torso, police said. Halifax Regional Police took two people - consid...

Ruling expected on whether U.S. war resister and mother of 3 to be deported

TORONTO - A U.S. war resister living in Canada with her husband and three children is expected to find out today if she'll be subject to a deportation order. Kim Rivera served in Iraq with the U.S....

Judge to decide if father of girls who froze will face sentencing circle

ROSE VALLEY, Sask. - A Saskatchewan father whose two young daughters froze to death is about to learn if he'll face an aboriginal sentencing circle. Provincial court Judge Barry Morgan will rule We...