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Ex-justice minister Bellemare files lawsuit against former boss: Jean Charest
QUEBEC - Ex-Quebec justice minister Marc Bellemare has launched a $900,000 countersuit against his former boss: Premier Jean Charest. Bellemare is also calling for Charest's lawsuit to be rejected ...
Hurricane Earl speeding up but expected to weaken as it moves toward Maritimes
HALIFAX - As fishermen tied up their boats and farmers fretted over their orchards, forecasters tracking the movement of Hurricane Earl say it's looking more likely that the swirling storm will touch ...
Judge says inmate can have thesaurus, compares prison to Humpty Dumpty
VANCOUVER - What's another word for unreasonable? A Federal Court judge has ruled a British Columbia prison was wrong to deny an inmate's request to buy a thesaurus, rejecting the Mountain Institut...
Harper swing through SW Ontario foreshadows themes of next election
LONDON, Ont. - Stephen Harper was drenched with rain and later showered with affection during a campaign-style swing through southwestern Ontario in which he sprinkled money, buttered up the troops, b...
Bail for man caught by surveillance in terrorism investigation
OTTAWA - A man arrested in connection with a terror probe, but never charged, has been granted bail on unrelated assault allegations. While the RCMP arrested the 20-year-old Ottawa man last week in...
Man charged in alleged torture of roommate to undergo psychiatric assessment
CALGARY - A judge has ordered a 30-day psychiatric assessment for a Calgary man charged in a disturbing case of alleged torture involving his former roommate. The ruling came during a court appeara...
More warnings issued ahead of hurricane Earl as storm churns toward Maritimes
HALIFAX - Tropical storm watches have been extended to Cape Breton and Iles-de-la-Madeleine as hurricane Earl churns toward Atlantic Canada. The Category 2 storm — which is tracking east of Cape ...
Expanded weather warnings issued ahead of hurricane Earl
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre has extended tropical storm watches to Cape Breton and Iles de Madelaine as hurricane Earl approaches. The centre's latest tracking places the Category 2 sto...
Hurricane Earl wobbles westward but continues its march towards the Maritimes
HALIFAX - Fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia secured their boats as best they could Thursday as hurricane Earl continued its march towards Atlantic Canada. Despite a slight shuffle to the west, ...
Canada's shadow war ends when troops leave Kandahar in 2011, overseas commander
OTTAWA - The shadow war fought in Afghanistan by Canada's ultra-secret, special forces will also end next year when the army ceases combat operations in Kandahar, says the general in charge of the cou...
