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Nearly three years in; roadside detection vehicles saving lives in Afghanistan

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:38:47 +0000

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - After nearly three years the Canadian military says the use of demining vehicles has saved the lives of countless soldiers in southern Afghanistan. Roadside explosives have ...

Economy grew 0.1 per cent in May after being flat in April: StatsCan

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:18:12 +0000

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy grew by 0.1 per cent in May, after being flat in April. The gain in the real gross domestic product was powered by the goods-producing sector, which grew...

Hundreds line up as Apple's iPhone 4 goes on sale in Canada today

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:37:01 +0000

TORONTO - Hundreds of people lined up in Toronto to be the first in Canada to hold the new iPhone 4. Many lined up overnight to get a chance to buy apple's latest gadget. Dani Winters waited for...

Neighbourhood where women disappeared still struggling with poverty, addiction

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:25:11 +0000

VANCOUVER - When police descended on Robert Pickton's farm in 2002 and began to unearth the remains of missing sex-trade workers, public attention was focused on the gritty streets many of the women h...

Judge in Montreal to rule on bail for mother in so-called honour crime

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:16:42 +0000

MONTREAL - A Montreal judge is set to announce this morning whether a woman accused of stabbing her teenage daughter in a so-called honour crime will get bail. Johra Kaleki, who is 38, is charged w...

Apple's latest offering, the iPhone 4, goes on sale in Canada Friday

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:33:19 +0000

TORONTO - Canadians hungry for the latest offering from Apple will get to take a bite today when the iPhone 4 goes on sale. The iPhone was launched in the U.S. last month, but customers complained ...

Body of missing Colorado pilot found in wreckage in Northwest Territories

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:21:00 +0000

NORMAN WELLS, N.W.T. - The body of a Colorado man who founded the MiniScribe disc-drive company has been found in the wreckage of his plane in a remote part of the Northwest Territories. Terry John...

Researchers say skewed sex ratio of fish in Alberta rivers raises red flags

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:18:57 +0000

CALGARY - Alberta researchers say gender-bending fish swimming in the province's southern rivers raise serious questions about whether the water is safe for people to drink. Two University of Calga...

Whether road to justice in Pickton case hits dead end or fork decided Friday

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:19:01 +0000

OTTAWA - It's been a long, twisting road to justice for the women killed by a former British Columbia pig farmer. Whether the road has come to an end or whether it forks off in a new direction is d...

Ignatieff's proposed ban on asbestos may have killed deal for Quebec mine

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:18:58 +0000

MONTREAL - A mining company says Michael Ignatieff might be responsible for stalling the reopening of one of Canada's last asbestos mines. The Jeffrey Mine says it had a Chinese investor lined up a...

Cdn army turns to CSI methods to attack bomb-making networks in Afghanistan

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:32:25 +0000

OTTAWA - Call them super-CSI, but in a flak vest and helmet. The Canadian army is dramatically upping the ante in training expert soldiers to fight networks that plant roadside bombs and booby trap...

Reptile footprints in New Brunswick providing new clues to evolution

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:46:35 +0000

FREDERICTON - An accidental discovery along the eroding Bay of Fundy shoreline in New Brunswick is giving scientists insight into the evolution of life on earth. Scientists have discovered 318 mill...

Helicopter crash highlights danger that comes with fighting B.C. wildfires

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:45:58 +0000

VANCOUVER - A helicopter crashed Thursday while fighting one of several fires roaring through British Columbia, highlighting the dangers that fire crews face while battling blazes during one of the dr...

Persistence doesn't pay off for winner of $16 million lottery prize

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:31:25 +0000

TORONTO - Sometimes persistence doesn't pay off. Alan Williams of Pefferlaw, Ont., won just shy of $16 million in Wednesday's Lotto 6-49 draw — but not with the numbers he'd picked for seven year...

Hundreds of flag-waving mourners line streets for funeral of Canadian soldier

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:04:25 +0000

BRADFORD, Ont. - Childhood friends of the latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan choked back tears Thursday as they remembered Sapper Brian Collier, a man they said could put a smile on anyone'...