| Taliban as deadly and unmarked despite Pak Army's 'broken back' claims After brief lull in violence and bloodshed in the country, Lahore was rattled with a series of bomb blasts in Friday, which has certainly put a question mark over the claims of the political and military leadership that the Taliban's back has been... | |
| New John Lennon 'Bed-in for Peace' pics surface New pictures of John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono, clicked during their famous Bed-in for Peace in Montreal in 1969, have... |
| Canada's Bengal Co. to explore oil, gas in Cauvery Basin Bengal Energy Ltd, a Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company based in Calgary, said Friday it is joining an Indian consortium for exploration in the Cauvery... |
| Canadian currency nears parity with US dollar, markets hit new high Canadian markets Friday crossed the 12,000-mark and the Canadian dollar reached record levels against the US for the first time since... |
| 9/11 photo on Canadian posters angers NY fire department The New York City fire department, which lost 341 firefighters on 9/11, has slammed a Canadian politician for using graphic images of the world's worst terror attack on her publicity posters for her annual fundraising... |
| Forces Unveil Kandahar Memorial For Journalist Slain In Afghanistan Two soldiers huddled in the gloom of the Canadian media tent at Kandahar Airfield, quietly sorting and packing away the personal effects of slain journalist Michelle Lang. The belongings of a life... |
| Jaffer Being Painted As Guilty Shows The Real Double Standard I s there a double standard at work in the story of Rahim Jaffer, the former Conservative MP who this week saw two serious criminal charges dropped against him as he pleaded guilty instead to a... |
| Minister Merrifield Represents Canada At International Conference On Civil Aviation Security TOKYO, JAPAN--(Marketwire - March 13, 2010) - The Honourable Rob Merrifield, Minister of State (Transport), met today with Canada's international partners in the Asia Pacific Region to address the... |
| 2010 Paralympics Winter Games: Cauldron Glows Again In Vancouver Spectators roared late Friday as the Paralympic cauldron flared to light in this western Canadian city, marking the start of the the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.On Saturday more than 500 athletes... |
| Vettel Takes Pole At Bahrain Gp Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull will start Formula One's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position, while Michael Schumacher's comeback with Mercedes will start from a disappointing seventh... |
| Controversial Native Leader Ahenakew Dies David Ahenakew, the controversial Saskatchewan First Nations figure whose comments on Jews were the subject of several court cases, has died at the age of 76, reportedly from cancer. Ahenakew, who... |
| Teen Ordered Held In Eastern Ontario Shootings An 18-year-old made his first court appearance Saturday morning, a day after he was arrested in the shooting deaths of a woman and her teenage daughter at their home south of Belleville, Ont. Dean... |
| Drake, Nickelback Nab Canadian Radio Prizes Popular rockers Nickelback, rapper Drake and lesser-known acts were among the winners at the 13th annual Canadian Radio Music Awards. The trophies, handed out Friday night at a gala in Toronto,... |
| Canada Expands Recall Of Salmonella-tainted Products BBQ peanuts manufactured in Canada by Jardi, Marchand, Mini Gourmet and Peche Gourmet are now part of the recall, as well as BBQ peanuts sold in bulk at Maison des Noix Coconut in Montreal between... |
| Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Officially Opened At B.c. Place Rolly and Betty Fox, the parents of Terry Fox, carry the flame into the opening ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games at B.C. Place Stadium in Vancouver on March... |
| Canada Owns The Podium At White House Briefing White House press secretary Robert Gibbs wears a Canadian hockey jersey, making good on a wager with his Canadian counterpart over Canada's Olympic hockey... |
| Judge Calls Calgary Killing An 'assassination' C alling a daylight shooting outside a downtown doughnut shop "the equivalent to assassination," a judge has convicted a city man of first-degree murder.Court of Queen's Bench Justice Sandy Park then... |
| Canadian Ski Cross Women Own The Podium Canadian women made history Friday as they swept the podium for the first time in a World Cup ski cross event at Grindelwald, Switzerland. Kelsey Serwa of Kelowna, B.C., (shown) captured the gold... |
| Muzzling Diversity Debate Could Backfire In Canada T he Canadian practice of "papering over" any angst about multiculturalism and immigration must be replaced by a frank conversation if this country is to thrive in an increasingly diverse future,... |
| David Ahenakew Dies At 76 D avid Ahenakew, a former Saskatchewan aboriginal leader who was stripped of the Order of Canada for calling Jews a “disease,” has died in hospital after a long battle with cancer. He was... |
| 2 Dead In Shooting At Canadian Dealership EDMONTON, Alberta -- Police say two men are dead and another is wounded after a gunman fired shots at a car dealership in Western Canada. Inspector Denis Jubinville said Friday that police... |
| 18-year-old In Court For Eastern Ontario Shootings An 18-year-old man is to appear in court Saturday to face first-degree murder charges in the deaths of a mother and her daughter in the small eastern Ontario community of Mountain View. Tracy... |
| Riesch Wins Slalom World Cup Title For Germany Olympic champion Maria Riesch of Germany won her second straight slalom World Cup title with a third-place finish in the final race of the season on Saturday. Marlies Schild of Austria won the race... |
| Austria's Herbst Wins Slalom World Cup Title Reinfried Herbst gave Austria its only men's title of the season when he clinched the slalom crystal globe in the final race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Saturday. Felix Neureuther... |
| Pm Welcomes Athletes From Around The World To The 2010 Paralympic Winter Games Prime Minister Stephen Harper today welcomed the world to the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler. “Canada is honoured to host the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, where, for... |
| Media Advisory/reminder: Infrastructure Canada The Honourable Rob Nicholson, Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada , along with Kim Craitor, Member of Provincial Parliament for Niagara... |
| Media Advisory/reminder: Human Resources And Skills Development Canada CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Mr. Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills... |
| Most Canadians Spring Ahead One Hour This Weekend TORONTO This is the weekend most Canadians lose an hour of sleep as they switch from Standard Time to Daylight Time. Before going to bed Saturday night, time pieces should be set ahead one... |
| Meat Recall Widens Over Listeria Concerns The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday unveiled tougher listeria testing rules for ready-to-eat meat plants in the wake of a listeriosis outbreak linked to the death of 20... |
| Star Scientist Hit With 'indefinite' Ban On Grant Money Canada’s largest research-funding organization has slapped an extraordinary ban on a star scientist who is accused of “plagiarism” and spending up to $150,000 in government grant money on... |
| Canadian Funding Corporation Funds 2nd Mortgage With Td Canada Trust Co-lender/depositor Funds Canadian Funding Corporation and Moishe Alexander fund $50,000 second mortgage with co-lender TD Canada Trust Waterhouse Thornhill, Ontario... |
| True Spirit Of The Games Alive And Well At Whistler After playing a supporting host role to the Olympics, Whistler is the star of the Paralympic show with everything except the opening ceremony and two events -sledge hockey and curling -being held... |
| Paralympics Open In Vancouver VANCOUVER (AFP) – Spectators roared as the Paralympic cauldron flared to light in this western Canadian city, marking the start of the... |
| Walmart Canada Cuts Prices In West Do you think Canada is going to have a nice summer? Yes, we deserve it even if the winter was mild No, I think it's going to be terrible Don't... |
| Edmonton Gunman Kills Co-worker A police officer and medical examiner's van leave the scene of a fatal shooting at Great West Chrysler in west Edmonton Friday. A lone gunman entered the dealership shortly before 8 a.m. and shot two... |
| Parents Cleared In Od Death Terrance Lynn, godfather of Summer Hope, expresses his disappointment at the trial of the girl's parents Friday. The toddler died after drinking from a cup which contained methadone. (Jim Wells, QMI... |
| Killer Driver Jailed 22 Months 'They never had a chance' BRAMPTON - Friends and family of Mariarosa "Mar" Dalsass and her best friend Cynthia "Cindy" Dougherty -- killed in an horrific crash in 2007 -- lamented Friday that their... |
| 2 Dead After Jump In Listeriosis Cases There has been an increase in listeriosis cases in Ontario this year, and two people have died, the provincial health ministry announced Friday. On average, Ontario expects to see an average of 40... |
| Ex's Suv Torched In Drunken Rampage EDMONTON - An Edmonton man busted for torching his former flame's SUV after driving drunk from the scene and just missing a police car before smashing into a tree is off to jail. Anthony Zaozirny,... |
| Sicilian Anti-mafia Initiative Stretches From The Mediterranean To Canada The sun had not yet risen when 80 police officers gathered along the narrow roads that twist through the rocky hills on the outskirts of a sleeping town on the Italian island of Sicily. Under the... |
| Gallery: Not A News Flash: Canada Digs Hockey Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 12:26 a.m. Canada’s largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country’s biggest sporting passion, the head of Air Canada said Tuesday. ... |
| Vancouver Good, Toronto Bad? Not Quite V ancouver: Drivers are tolerant and an illegal dog just attracts grins. On its westbound route, Vancouver's Number 10 Hastings bus trundles by the shabby storefronts of the Downtown Eastside and... |