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Victoria teen tethered to jail cell door awarded $60K by B.C. jury

VICTORIA - A weeping Willow Kinloch hugged her mother in the courtroom moments after a jury returned a verdict Thursday that found Victoria Police officers violated the teen's rights when they restrai...

Cost of new federal defence strategy unclear; opposition wants details

OTTAWA - The exact cost of the federal government's new defence strategy remained unclear Thursday, although it appeared to be much higher than the $30 billion announced three days earlier by Prime Mi...

Ottawa rejects calls by Ont. for deadline to settle Caledonia native dispute

TORONTO - Imposing a deadline to settle a long-standing aboriginal land-claim dispute in the southwestern Ontario town of Caledonia is not the way to go despite provincial calls to speed up the proces...

Alberta merges health regions, health agencies into one super board

EDMONTON - The Alberta government took a major step Thursday to reshape health-care delivery by dissolving nine existing regional health boards and creating a new super board. "What we are attempti...

Mother of man who died at Vcr airport makes tearful appearance at Taser inquiry

VANCOUVER - Her faith in the RCMP "shattered" following the death of her son at the Vancouver airport, the mother of Robert Dziekanski called for a moratorium on the use of the weapon Thursday at publ...

Activists split over protests for Paralympic Games torch stop in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Tibetan rights activists are split over whether to protest the 2008 Paralympic Games torch when it arrives in Vancouver. One group says they're not ruling it out, while another says the...

Harper set to apologize for abuse at native residential schools

OTTAWA - News that the prime minister will apologize June 11 for rampant abuse in native residential schools was bittersweet for former students living a legacy of trauma and cultural losses. "It's...

Tories do turnabout, go to court to block access to ministerial offices

OTTAWA - Opening the offices of cabinet ministers to scrutiny under freedom-of-information legislation could compromise sensitive material that ought to remain private, the Harper government is tellin...

Dion says Canadians willing to accept plan to tax carbon emissions

TORONTO - Deflecting mounting criticism over a Liberal proposal that would tax carbon emissions, party leader Stephane Dion said Thursday the country needs bold changes so it can adapt to climate chan...

Some bodies remain unburied a year after cemetery labour dispute

MONTREAL - One year after a lengthy labour dispute forced him to wait all summer before he could bury his deceased 90-year-old mother, Paul Caghassi still relives the painful memories. He says he's...