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Victoria cops face assault charge but audit finds use of force dropped after Dziekanski death
VICTORIA, B.C. - Two Victoria police officers face criminal assault charges, the same day that an audit of the department was released finding 13 officers responsible for one-third of all the departme...
Quebec makes about-turn and moves to ban religious instruction in daycares
QUEBEC - The Quebec government made a sudden about-turn on Wednesday when it announced it will ban religious instruction in provincially funded daycare centres. Family Minister Tony Tomassi's decis...
3D-TV war officially on in Canada with Samsung first to announce details
TORONTO - The 3D-TV war is officially on in Canada. Samsung is the first out of the gate to announce its plans to launch the new technology in Canada and will have 3D TVs on the market by the end o...
High-on-the-hog MP pensions, mailouts spoofed by tax watchdogs
OTTAWA - The high-on-the-hog pensions enjoyed by MPs and their $10 million in household mailouts have been singled out for spoof awards from a taxpayers group. The MPs have collectively been awarde...
Canada's Jean thanks Dominican Republic for help in aftermath of Haitian quake
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Governor General Michaelle Jean is offering Canada's thanks to the Dominican Republic for its help in the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake in Haiti. ...
Greenpeace gives Alberta premier photos of ducks in oilsands tailings pond
EDMONTON - A Greenpeace activist has marched up the steps of the Alberta legislature and provided Premier Ed Stelmach with pictures of ducks struggling in a northern Alberta oilsands tailings pond. ...
N.L. chief of lab medicine resigns after drug testing errors discovered
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A high-ranking official with Newfoundland's largest health board has quit his position after drug testing errors were recently discovered. Eastern Health CEO Vickie Kaminski anno...
Mother can't understand beating of son in wheelchair in Australia
WINNIPEG - Shellan Proden was struggling Wednesday to comprehend why someone would attack her son in a wheelchair and beat him for several minutes in an assault captured by a transit system surveillan...
N.Y. jury awards millions to Windsor Wildcats hockey players after deadly crash
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A New York jury has awarded $2.25 million in damages to three members of the all-girls Windsor Wildcats team involved in a fatal bus crash in 2005. A jury deliberated for four hou...
B.C. man faces more child porn charges in international investigation
SURREY, B.C. - More sex and child pornography charges have been laid against a Surrey, B.C., man who was arrested in January following an investigation into abuse involving nine children. The RCMP ...
