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During the six-or-so years I worked in our old Fergus bureau,

I became fairly well-acquainted with much of Wellington County.

Foreign-trained workers will be told within one year of applying whether their credentials will allow them to work in their profession in Canada, the federal government announced Monday.

Most Canadians think climate change is the planet's defining crisis, a new poll suggests.

Ottawa is threatening to table back-to-work legislation Monday to end the CN Rail strike if the two sides haven't reached an agreement, a senior government official said late Sunday.

Home : Canada : Bosses now firing workers who talk on cell while driving Bosses now firing workers who talk on cell while driving Date: Sunday Nov.

The Harper government's attack on a senior diplomat could be the final blow in the unravelling of Canada's once-sacred tradition of an independent, non-partisan public service, warn experts.

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There are very detailed stipulations provided by VANOC on how the relay is to be promoted.

The focus of the event, according to VANOC printed material provided to the 1,000 Towns, should be on the sport or spectacle, not commercial messaging, so it is managing all commercial messaging throughout the Games.

Charles' Canada visit cost $2.57 million Prince Charles' 11-day visit to Canada in early November cost Canadian taxpayers $2.57 million, Sun Media has learned.

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Veterans, youth and politicians gathered at a sprawling cemetery here today to honour 855 Canadians buried under neat rows of aging white gravestones.

A day after being singled out for criticism by the secretary general of the United Nations, Prime Minister Stephen Harper headed into further talks on climate change Saturday with his fellow Commonwealth leaders.

Canadian soldiers watch as U.S. helicopters land during an operation in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province in September.

Touring across the country might well be the closest that the Season 2 stars of So You Think You Can Dance Canada ever get to living the rockstar dream.

Alicia discovers evidence that a juror may have been bribed with $35,000 in a class-action lawsuit against a major pharmaceutical company.

The Conservative government now says it was aware of "concerns about the state of prisons" in Afghanistan almost from the day it took office and eventually rewrote a prisoner transfer agreement as those concerns mounted.

The Canadian actors in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" are learning there's no such thing as a small role in the mega-popular movie franchise.

Wal-Mart Canada says it's not surprised the highest court in the country has ruled the multinational was entitled to close a store in Quebec in 2005 just as employees were about to unionize.

The permanent Arctic sea ice that is home to the world's polar bears and usually survives the summer has all but disappeared, a Canadian researcher said Friday.

Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of next month's climate summit fall far short of what experts say is needed to avert dangerous global warming.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will visit Canada for a weeklong visit starting in late June.

Canadian diplomat David Mulroney prepares to testify before the House of Commons special committee on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov.

Canadians are relatively content with the outcome of last year's parliamentary confidence crisis in which Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives dodged a potential coalition government replacement, a new poll suggests.

The number of doctors in Canada has risen over the last five years, and the rate of increase is greater than the rate of population growth, says a new report that was greeted Thursday with cautious optimism.

Canadian immigration officials arrested an Indian man in Toronto on Thursday after he gave a fiery speech at an event where the flag of the outlawed Tamil Tigers rebels was flown.

A father's struggle to come to terms with his son's disability and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst are among the nominees for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize.

Home : Canada : Consumers less confident about jobs, finance: survey Consumers less confident about jobs, finance: survey Date: Thursday Nov.

Harper heads for Copenhagen after all Prime Minister Stephen Harper leaves Ottawa on Thursday, November 26, 2009, for Port of Spain to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Will Humans be Added to the Endangered Species at Risk List next ?

They haven't been spotted yet, but environmental DNA tests show that Asian carp have breached an electric barrier designed to keep them out of the Great Lakes.

Scientists recently collected 32 DNA samples indicating the presence of Asian carp between the barrier and Lake Michigan in waterways south of Chicago, said Major-General John Peabody of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Asian carp DNA was found within 12.8 kilometres of Lake Michigan and only 1.5 kilometres south of a navigational lock that is the only remaining obstacle between the carp and the Great Lakes...

http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2009/11/24/endangered-species-act-2007-to-prescribe-the-habitat-for-nine-species-at-risk/

Class-action lawsuits have been filed across Canada on behalf of consumers who bought drop-side cribs now subject to a massive North American recall.

There have been 24 confirmed cases of a type of severe allergic reaction called anaphylaxis in Canadians who have received an H1N1 flu shot, including one person who died after getting vaccinated, the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada said Wednesday.

A A A' Residents in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez will soon be able to report crime through an anonymous international tip line, Mayor Jose Reyes said Wednesday.

Canadian freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout, seen reporting in Iraq, was kidnapped in August 2008 in Somalia.

The cost of owning your own home has risen for the first time since the spring of 2008, with housing becoming less affordable in nearly all Canadian provinces, a new report found.

Tom Cochrane, Rush, Stompin' Tom Connors and Kardinal Offishall were among those honoured by the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada at its 20th annual awards gala on Monday night.

Julian Beltrame Ottawa - Published on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 10:20AM EST Last updated on Tuesday, Nov.

Don't Worry was the Word in Brampton Yesterday as Driving standards are to Sink too as the Choke Point @ Hwy 401 & Hwy 407 @ Maple Lodge Farms on Winston Churchill @ Steeles Ave will be in Concert with the Halton Region Milton Mid Pen Highway ending at 401 for Caledon & Peel Region Too ...

http://www.topix.com/forum/ca/halton-hills-on-georgetown/THUTOJF6PUKC59MFR

Opposition party candidates practised "in-and-out" transactions during the 2006 election campaign similar to those at the centre of a Conservative party legal action against Elections Canada, the Tories' lawyers argued in court Tuesday.

Ottawa is spending $27 million on advanced new X-ray equipment to scan carry-on bags at Canada's major airports.

An Afghan agency, at one time entrusted to monitor Canadian-captured insurgents in Kandahar, says it has documented nearly 400 cases of torture across the war-ravaged country.

http://www.topix.com/forum/ca/milton-on/THK1R7RUUJKEBJMG9

Probably not the 1st deer that wandered into Toronto's downtown core Tuesday morning. The animal was seen near the busy intersection of University Ave.

as York Region Destruction of the Dunlap Observatory's wildlife habitat & cultural heritage landscape begins,

http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/TopTenBackgrounder200%20E.pdf

A U.S. consular official said Monday that an American woman has died of a gunshot wound she reportedly suffered in the Mexican border city of Matamoros.

Quebec Premier Jean Charest is introduced to an international relations group Monday, November 23, 2009 in Montreal before his speech about his upcoming trip to the environmental summit in Copenhagen.

Relatives of four sealers killed when their boat capsized during a coast guard towing operation have filed a $2.7 million lawsuit.

A nuclear power plant. Ryan Touhey Canada and India have been reluctant dance partners in decades past for reasons ranging from a heated disagreement on nuclear non-proliferation to Cold War-era divergences to name but two.It is only in recent years that Ottawa has expressed an interest to make New Delhi one of its international priorities and is ...

If you believe senior Canadian diplomat Richard Colvin, the Conservative government turned a blind eye to the abuse of Afghan prisoners for more than a year while publicly feigning ignorance of the problem.

Joel Plaskett is shown in this file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan OTTAWA - Halifax singer/songwriter Joel Plaskett led a big night for East Coast musicians at the fifth annual Canadian Folk Music Awards on Saturday.

Member of Sloan are Chris Murphy, left to right, Patrick Pentland, Andrew Scott and Jay Ferguson.

Canada Border Services Agency is on a roll in Alberta, deporting its fourth violent criminal in the past seven days.

Rankin Inlet Mayor John Hickes has become a voice for discontent about federal stimulus money in the North.

A new immigration handbook that adds sections on military history, legendary inventors and some of the darker aspects of Canada's past seems to be a hit with the public, a poll suggests.

Canadian warship HMCS Fredericton has taken up anti-piracy duties off east Africa and will spend the next six months patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.

Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac of Madison Violet recieve the award for vocal group of the year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards at the Dominion Chalmers United Church in Ottawa, Ont., Nov.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says freedom of the media is a cornerstone of democracy.

Companies that buy grain may be getting more than they paid for. The Canadian Wheat Board, apparently for no reason, shared "sensitive information" about farmers with companies that buy and handle grain, says a newly released document.

Jack Layton's NDP has seen a rise in support. The federal New Democratic Party has vaulted to levels of voter approval not seen since before the last federal election, as Canada's two major parties struggle to hold support, suggest findings of a poll released Friday.

Ottawa's plan to spend its way out of a recession is winding down. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said yesterday he'll refrain from any new major spending programs and look to cut his own government's spending if necessary down the road.

Atlantic Canada's premiers emerged from a meeting Friday in Labrador divided over the proposed sale of New Brunswick's 89-year-old public power utility company to Hydro-Quebec. The premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador want New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham to guarantee their respective provinces the ability to ship power through ...

Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.

Don't put eggs in one basket, Ottawa tells arts groups Heritage Minister James Moore speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Friday, March 27, 2009.

Ottawa - Reuters Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 9:17AM EST A ir Canada AC.B-T is testing whether travellers want to pay to surf the Web, send e-mail or work via the Internet while flying, as the airline looks at new measures to boost revenue.

Councillor, MP differ on Town's stimulus share

GTA Ontario : One Halton Hills councillor is grumbling over what he says is a disparity in distribution of federal/provincial infrastructure stimulus funds within Halton Region.

By The Canadian Press Published: November 18, 2009 3:30 PM OTTAWA - Canada's top cop has dared to say what top politicians won't: Ontario's Huntsville is just too small to host the G20 summit, despite tens of millions in expenditures to bring the area up to world standards.

Public sector spending on drugs has moderated since 2000. Health-care spending in Canada is expected to reach $183.1 billion this year, up more than five per cent from last year, according to a report released on Thursday.

Canadians already are going online in significant numbers to watch TV shows and some say it's just a matter of time before the Internet permanently weans viewers from their cable or satellite connections.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday said his country owes its prosperity to the hard work and grit of about 1.2 million Punjabi immigrants.

Dr. Michael Mockovak, shown in a Seattle courtroom Wednesday, faces two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.

A health worker demonstrates the proper way to use a condom during World Population Day in the Philippines.

Top finance officials from the G7 countries will meet in the remote Arctic town of Iqaluit on Feb 5-6 but may not issue a communique [editors note: because it's too frickin cold], Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday.

The Harper government and opposition Liberals traded barbs Wednesday over taxpayer-funded mailouts that argue over which party is the strongest supporter of Canada's Jewish community.

The Canadian Press Quebecor boss says simply add a few more slices to the pie of fees cable and satellite carriers now pay specialty channels Gatineau, Que.

Canadian diplomats in Afghanistan were ordered in 2007 to hold back information in their reports to Ottawa about the handling of the prisoners, say defence and foreign affairs sources.

Parliamentary restaurant serves up seal meat Governor-General Michaelle Jean, centre, helps an Inuit elder skin two seals during a community feast in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, on Monday.

Canada's Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart speaks during a news conference in Ottawa Nov.

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Norway House Cree Nation Chief Marcel Balfour and Council have called on Manitoba to establish a "public, open and transparent process" to review the Lake Winnipeg Regulation and Churchill River Diversion Project .

What difference does ten feet make? For the natives of Manitoba's South Indian Lake, it's the difference between work and welfare.

Manitoba Hydro said in the North America Forum:

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A strong earthquake and aftershocks occurred early Tuesday in the Queen Charlotte Islands region off of B.C.'s central west coast, according to Earthquakes Canada.

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So Ron Deibert of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab , was in Egypt enjoying the UN-sponsored Internet Governance Forum.

Home : Top Stories : Pullinger wins GG award for 'The Mistress of Nothing' Pullinger wins GG award for 'The Mistress of Nothing' Date: Tuesday Nov.

Blending in: the Canadian military seeks camo gear that will help them go unnoticed in typical urban settings, such as the intersection of Yonge and Bloor in downtown Toronto Future Canadian soldiers could be wearing new uniforms designed to provide camouflage on the streets of our largest cities.

Google appears poised to give millions of out-of-print books a second life online but Canadian writers and publishers don't yet agree on whether that's good or bad news.

A motorist who on his 18th birthday allegedly ran down a little girl has been ordered to stand trial.

The country's chief public health officer says Canada is leading the world when it comes to the percentage of its citizens vaccinated against the swine flu.

Ad war over so called TV taxes moves on to decisive phase at CRTC

For the next two weeks starting Monday, representatives of Canada's television industry will go before the CRTC throwing verbal bombs at each other over the issue of whether cable companies should pay for the right to carry conventional television.

Shopping malls across the country are decked with sales as the holiday season gets underway, but even with plenty of fanfare, both retailers and shoppers seem to be reining in their expectations.

Oct. 6 1950 b/w file photo of 10 year old twins Brian Thomas Sullivan and Kevin James Sullivan from Islington, London, who carry their luggage to the boat train "Rangitoto" as they leave Liverpool Street station in London bound for Auckland, New Zealand.

Lake Agassiz, which covered much of Central Canada, was formed about 30,000 years ago and eventually held a greater total volume than all of today's Great Lakes combined.

Pedestrians walk past the former US embassy on Wellington Street as it is framed by the iron fence of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., Friday November 13, 2009.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in Mumbai at the start of a three-day visit to India.

Are You Ready? If media reports are to be believed Canadaa s biggest Indian landlord, Bob Dhillon, is getting ready to enter the Indian rental property markets in a big way.

Canada : Time for feds to 'face the future' - Yourhome.ca

Acknowledging that development charges get passed on to new homebuyers, the premier stated that with housing affordability a real concern in the marketplace, it would be a mistake to move in that direction.

Click to enlarge 1 of 1 President Barack Obama stands with fellow leaders ; Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Philippines President Gloria Arroyo, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for a group photo.

Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Bob Barker meets Lucy the elephant at Edmonton's River Valley Zoo on Thursday, September 17, 2009.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's aides say he will attend a key climate-change summit in Copenhagen next month - but only if it appears that other world leaders will attend.

The Canadian military has played a pivotal role in making Canada a great nation.

A nuclear deal with India is a must to save Canada's nuclear industry, a respected Canadian daily said ahead of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to India next week.

most believe though India needs Canada to buy their products & Canada needs extradition rights of Immigrant families too

VANCOUVER, B.C., OCTOBER 14, 2005. (August 23, 2003), Dr. Asha Goel was brutally murdered while visiting her ailing elder brother, Suresh Agrawal, in Mumbai (Bombay), India.

Dr. Goel, Chief of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Headwaters Health Centre, Orangeville, Ontario, was a member of the Canadian medical community for over 40 years, during which time she practised in Saskatchewan and Ontario, delivering over 10,000 babies and helping tens of thousands of women. Her shocking murder has prompted concern and outrage from Canadians seeking to understand how this happened and to assist the Goel family in finding justice. Between the Goels’ website, www.ashagoel.ca, and hand written signatures, over 11,000 people have joined the Goels in a petition to Foreign Affaires Minister Pierre Pettigrew requesting his ministry’s assistance with the case.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit, or APEC, includes leaders from 21 countries that border the Pacific Ocean, ranging from giant economies China and the United States to the impoverished Papau New Guinea.

The new Canada: a question of emphasis Immigration Minister Jason Kenney speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.

Supreme Court warned about Khadr ruling

The Harper government is warning the Supreme Court of Canada against becoming the first court in the western world to declare that a government has a legal duty to protect its citizens detained abroad.

Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach takes questions during a scrum at the Alberta PC party's annual meeting in Red Deer, Saturday, Nov.

Calgary experienced the third highest year-over-year decline in new house prices in September, according to Statistics Canada.

In this June 10, 1993 file photo, Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias 'El Chapo Guzman' is shown to the press after his arrest at the high security prison of Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City.

Toronto's embattled island airport now bears the name of Canada's greatest flying ace,

but Guess Who's involved, the Toronto Port Authority ...

A brief message about a felled feline really caused the fur to fly this week, prompting erroneous rumours about the demise of no less than Margaret Thatcher.

Anticipated Impact of the HST on Ontario Nonprofits | Ontario Nonprofit Network

a 82% rebate rate for the PST portion of the HST had to be set up vs having a total exemption, meaning more government staff costs too which will probably equal a net impact of Zero for government Coffers

In June 2010 the Province of Ontario will attempt to do away with its provincial sales tax and the Harmonized Sales Tax will come into effect.

A new poll suggests Quebecers are alone in wanting to save the long-gun registry.

Business groups in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez said Wednesday they are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence that has given their city one of the highest homicide rates in the world.

Remembrance Day observances in Ottawa. Remembrance ceremonies attracted crowds in Canada and around the world on Wednesday to honour those who died while serving their countries.

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Linden MacIntyre, a veteran broadcast journalist best known for his investigative reporting, has won the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel The Bishop's Man .

Prime Minister Stephen Harper held a conference call with the premiers on Tuesday to talk about swine flu and the economy.

Health officials are urging Canadians to wait to receive their H1N1 vaccination to allow priority groups to be inoculated first.

Investigators had not determined a motive for the attack late Monday in Chihuahua City, the state capital of Chihuahua, the state prosecutor spokesman Eduardo Esparza said.

Dear editors, Re: Seniors confusion on health care and H1N1 flu.

1st we are told by the minister of health on TV that she forgot to order the vaccine,

but it is ordered now and it will be 30 days late.

The riot squad was called in on Tuesday as about 200 demonstrators protested a visit by Prince Charles to a military regiment in Montreal Quebec

OTTAWA a ' The Canadian economy is headed for a decade of stagnant growth that will test the budgets of governments and ordinary Canadians, says a new TD Bank report.

Parks Canada wants to bring bison back to Banff and Alberta government officials aren't happy about it.

As Canada's military serving in Afghanistan prepare to mark Remembrance Day to honour their country's fallen, Calgary's latest soldier killed in combat won't be far from mind.

Prince Charles has received a medal marking his 32 years of service as an honourary member of the Canadian navy.

Four ridings are up for grabs in federal byelections a ' in British Columbia, Nova Scotia and two in Quebec.

Gov. Gen. MichaA lle Jean has presented new medals to Canadians killed or wounded while serving with military missions.

As delivery of H1N1 vaccine to the provinces ramps up this week after an unfortunate slowdown, some public health officials are warning that Canadians shouldn't decide they can do without vaccine just because they've made it this far without a shot.

When soldiers tried to halt a suspicious-looking SUV that was being escorted through Monterrey by a state policeman, the officer radioed for backup.

An additional 15,800 troops are needed to properly secure Kandahar so that reconstruction efforts and training of the Afghan army can continue, says a conservative U.S. think-tank. A presentation by the American Enterprise Institute, widely circulated among western allies, painted a detailed, bleak picture of the American or NATO resources military ...

Bunny Campbell says she was excited, but also a bit frightened to be part of the front-row crowd waiting to greet Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, before Sunday church.

RCMP officers from Ottawa arrested a 37-year-old man in Windsor, Ont., on Friday for allegedly committing an act of genocide in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide in the African country.

The parents of Master Cpl. Jeffrey Walsh, killed in an accidental shooting in Afghanistan in 2006, will receive the Sacrifice Medal on his behalf at an Ottawa ceremony on Monday.

A high-ranking Canadian soldier who is assuming a key role in Afghanistan says Canadians need to temper their expectations ahead of a planned pullout for 2011.

Some people ostensibly working for the Government Of Canada see nothing wrong in turning you over to a foreign government to be tortured and jailed for the supposed "crime" of selling seeds.

There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs.

The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.

Ida strengthened back into a tropical storm early on Saturday off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was moving north toward the Cayman Islands, where the government issued a tropical storm warning.

A private funeral for a soldier who strongly supported Canada's role in Afghanistan is to be held Saturday in his hometown of Saskatoon.

Friday, November 6, 2009 at 3:21 p.m. CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks away following a TV interview with Mike Duffy in Ottawa in February 2007.

Quebec aboriginals have threatened to derail a showpiece plan by Premier Jean Charest's government to develop the province's north, and they're pleading for help from the federal government.

Canadian forces, including MCpl Chris Fernandez, , and MCpl. John Feltham, , rest after a day of anti-Talban operations in intense heat June 13, 2006 in the Panjwai district about 30 kilometers southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Canada's economy shed more than 43,000 jobs last month in a clear indication that the struggling economy is still feeling the aftershock of the deep recession that erupted a year ago.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper walks with Chief of Defence Staff Walter Natynczyk while touring the Dahla Dam in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan on Thursday.

Police officials investigate a truck involved in a shootout which killed city police chief Arturo Esparza in Garcia, Mexico, Wednesday, Nov.

PM calls judicial inquiry into disappearing B.C. salmon

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called an inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run.

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Prince Charles and Camilla have arrived at Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, where the Duchess of Cornwall is getting in touch with her Canadian roots.

MPs voted by a clear margin Wednesday to repeal the federal long-gun registry, signalling for the first time since the program was adopted 14 years ago that it is headed for the scrap heap, despite police assertions that it saves lives.

Ottawa - Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009 10:52AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov.

That swine flu shot isn't coming cheap. More details of the total price tag of the pandemic vaccine program emerged Wednesday.

By The Canadian Press Published: November 04, 2009 4:04 PM Updated: November 04, 2009 4:09 PM ST.

Canadians who fear their hard-earned tax money is disappearing down a black hole will no doubt be relieved to learn they are actually investing in government mismanagement on a grand scale.

Prosecutors say a gang of gunmen has killed six men in a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.

The Queen Mother "fell in love with Canada" during her first trip to the country in the summer of 1939, says William Shawcross, author of a new official biography on the late royal consort.

A dose of the coveted H1N1 vaccine is likely still weeks away for most Canadians, but there's a host of familiar common-sense strategies people can employ to help keep themselves healthy in the meantime, experts say.

A Conservative MP says she's close to having enough opposition support to kill the long-gun registry in a vote on her private member's bill Wednesday.

It's probably just as well Prince Charles is leaving Canada before the broadcast of a new documentary on the monarchy.

The federal government has introduced a bill that would extend special Employment Insurance benefits to the self-employed, such as maternity, parental, sickness and compassionate care leave.

Home : Top Stories : Growth alone won't erase federal deficit: budget officer Growth alone won't erase federal deficit: budget officer Date: Monday Nov.

The headstone that bears the name of Gladys Winifred Fowler is shown at the community cemetery in Hammondvale, N.B. in this recent photo.

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GSK recently acquired Stiefel Laboratories, the world's largest independent dermatology company.

Critics are blasting the Harper government for its handling of the swine-flu outbreak as long lineups continue for flu shots and some provinces warn of dwindling supplies of H1N1 vaccine.

James Beare, 26, wears a mask as he waits in line for the H1N1 vaccine. As the nation faces the twin threat this week of a dramatic vaccine shortfall and "striking" increases in flu activity, federal government data released to Canwest News Service show the provinces and territories have used just over one million doses of swine flu drugs from the ...

Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are expected to arrive in St.

It's minutes before 10 a.m., and Alphonse Denechezhe has just finished his morning spit into a plastic cup.

It prompted a cabinet resignation in Ontario and is linked to an on-going RCMP investigation in British Columbia, and on Tuesday federal auditor general Sheila Fraser weighs in on Ottawa's management of the electronic health program.

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Kahentinetha Horn, beaten at border by officers and hospitalized after heart attack; Katenies beaten and jailed By Brenda Norrell Human Rights Editor U.N. OBSERVER & International Report at the Hague http://www.unobserver.com/ Update: Telephone interview on Tuesday afternoon with Katenies, beaten by Canadian police and border agents.

OAKVILLE, Ontario - Union workers at Ford Motor Co.'s Canadian division have backed a cost-cutting agreement that the Canadian Auto Workers reached with the automaker last week.

Canada's chief public health officer says he is disappointed that a shortage of swine flu vaccine will result in fewer Canadians being inoculated this week than the federal government had originally planned.

Britain's Prince Charles, left, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, right, are shown in this file photo.

A long lineup of people waiting for H1N1 vaccinations at the Westmount Shopping Centre flu clinic in Edmonton, Alberta on Saturday October 31 2009.

All five of Calgary's H1N1 clinics are closed until Saturday morning, Alberta's Health Minister confirmed this afternoon.