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Aging driver forum to look at new licensing schemes to make roads safer

TORONTO - The Insurance Bureau of Canada says an aging population is increasingly presenting a hazard on city streets and governments need to reassess their licensing schemes. CEO Mark Yakabuski sa...

Bernier in hot seat after reports former girlfriend had alleged ties to biker gang

TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier may face some uncomfortable questions Thursday after widely published reports surfaced that a former girlfriend's past included alleged ties to a bike...

B.C. government had been looking into Taser use before airport death

VANCOUVER - An official with B.C.'s Public Safety Ministry says the government was concerned about police use of Tasers before Robert Dziekanski died at Vancouver's airport last year. Assistant dep...

Lee inquest on hold, awaiting ruling on whether Crown lawyers must testify

VICTORIA - A coroner's inquest looking into the actions of a man who killed his family before turning a knife on himself was adjourned indefinitely Wednesday over an issue the Crown says sends chills ...

More than 7,200 Saskatchewan nurses hold strike vote to back contract demands

REGINA - Saskatchewan's nurses went to the polls Wednesday to hold a strike vote after overwhelmingly rejecting their employer's latest contract offer. More than 7,200 nurses have been without a co...

Quebec man charged with attempting to kill RCMP officer in drug swoop

VALLEYFIELD, Que. - A 46-year-old man was arraigned by videoconference Wednesday on charges he tried to kill an RCMP officer during a raid on a marijuana field in August 2006. Police were fired upo...

Taser inquiry hears police need training and weapon needs more study

VANCOUVER - Police across North America have earned the moniker "psychiatrists in blue" for their constant intervention with the mentally ill. It's for that reason that the Canadian Mental Health A...

Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean meets with French President Sarkozy

PARIS - Gov. Gen Michaelle Jean took steps Wednesday to quell complaints Quebec has been overshadowed by Canada during her trip to France, mentioning the province several times during events. Jean,...

Lee inquest on hold awaiting ruling on whether Crown lawyers must testify

VICTORIA - A coroner's inquest looking into the case of a man who killed his family before turning the knife on himself was adjourned indefinitely Wednesday over an issue the Crown says could undermin...

Poor weather grounds search for family, including infant, lost in Arctic

REPULSE BAY, Nunavut - Bad weather continued Wednesday to ground searchers combing the tundra after a family of seven, including a one-year-old infant, disappeared a week ago during a trip between two...