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Sgt. Dave Domoney takes one of the RCMP's remote control helicopters for a spin above a farmer's field outside of Regina.

Workers at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London, Ontario, have vowed to prevent Caterpillar from removing nine nearly-completed locomotives and machinery from the plant until a satisfactory agreement is reached on severance pay.

Two men - both husbands, both described as caring men devoted to their families, and both among the 11 dead from last Monday's deadly Ontario highway crash - were laid to rest over the weekend.

The wind wasn't the only thing howling at Fort William Historical Park. More than 30 sled dogs barked and howled at the old Fort on Sunday as they gave about 80 students and medical professionals a ride around the trails.

Oak Point Energy Ltd is an Alberta start-up looking to make its mark in the booming oil sands sector, and Ontario figures big in its plans.

Unions have been much in the public eye recently. Two noteworthy media exchanges lead me to offer a provocative question about the future of organized labor in America.

A van crash in Hampstead, Ont., killed 11 men last Friday, including 10 migrant workers from Latin America and a truck driver from London, Ont.

Suzanne Martin , with boyfriend Nathan Sutherland, nephew Hayden Scott and sister Tiffany Martin, in one of the traditional log houses being built on the Swan Lake reserve.

One by one, paramedics, firefighters and members of the church faithful placed a lit candle by a name tag identifying each of the 11 dead and three survivors at the foot of the church altar Friday night.

CAW National President Ken Lewenza is calling on the federal government to releaseA details of Caterpillar's 2010 acquisition of Electro-Motive Canada in London, Ont.

A government agency says it will fly Peruvians to Canada to claim the bodies of the 10 migrant workers killed in a horrific collision earlier this week.

Recent polls show most Canadians aren't familiar with the eight candidates running for the leadership of the federal NDP.

Poet Colleen Thibaudeau, the widow of playwright James Reaney, died on Feb. 6 at University Hospital in London, Ont., after a series of strokes.

Rabbi Eliezer Gurkow, currently serving as rabbi of congregation Beth Tefilah in London, Ontario, is a well-known speaker and writer on Torah issues and current affairs.

Juan Castillo recently bought his first house and a couple of weeks ago, his daughter, Sara and her two-year-old son Mateo visited Castillo as he showed off his Huber Street home.

Global capitalism today Paul Wells, writing for Maclean's on Stephen Harper's China visit, takes note of a toe-curling line in the Prime Minister's speech to Chinese and Canadian CEOs: "It is no accident, I think, that Canada and China came through the global recession avoiding the severity of the financial, economic and employment crises seen ... (more)

I scoured the news media to find a balanced article on Caterpillar's exit from London, Ontario.

Easily surpassing the $500 they had sold for in the mid-1990s, the auction bids soon rocketed past $1,000, $5,000, then $15,000. On the phone with Jeffrey Hoare Auctions Inc.

Ontario Provincial Police and emergency crews investigate a multiple fatal motor vehicle accident near Hampstead, Ontario, Monday, February 6, 2012.

If there is one thing Justin Bieber's improbable rise to fame has reminded us it is that you should always expect the unexpected.