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Red cheeks and mittens, but a black bottom line for Canada's Games

WHISTLER, B.C. - If there's one memory the world took away from Canada after the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was the sea of red that washed over the country. The mittens and maple ...

Edmonton hospital closes mental health beds due to psychiatrist shortage

EDMONTON - The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton is closing eight mental health crisis treatment beds. The executive director for Addiction and Mental Health in Edmonton says the beds are being ...

Police investigating after the discovery of human remains by shoreline

STRATHROY CARADOC, Ont. - The discovery of human remains along the shoreline of a river in southwestern Ontario has provincial police investigating. Sgt. Mark Campbell from the Strathroy Caradoc po...

Another B.C. avalanche kills two French nationals in provincial park

VALEMONT, B.C. - Two professional mountain guides, who accompanied skiers on a B.C. backcountry heli-tour that turned deadly when it triggered the third killer avalanche in a week, could have called i...

Tories slam Bloc Quebecois for use of terms identified with Nazism

MONTREAL - The Bloc Quebecois' hint at Nazi-era terminology to define its relationship with Canada ranks among the most absurd statements ever made by sovereigntists, a senior federal cabinet minister...

Negotiating tables recycled from summits past

OTTAWA - Preparing the metaphorical negotiating table for Canada's G8 and G20 summits has been anything but smooth, but at least summit organizers have the real negotiating tables in hand. Finding ...

Negotiating tables recycled form summits past

OTTAWA - Preparing the metaphorical negotiating table for Canada's G8 and G20 summits has been anything but smooth, but at least summit organizers have the real negotiating tables in hand. Finding ...

Four adults, three children flee after Winnipeg home catches fire

WINNIPEG - A child is in unstable condition after a Winnipeg house was hit by a fire that may have stemmed from a youngster's fear of spiders. Four adults and three children escaped flames overnigh...

Unidentified man run over by car and killed in Pickering, east of Toronto

PICKERING, Ont. - Police are still trying to identify a man who was run over and killed by a car in Pickering, east of Toronto. The incident occurred early Saturday night. Police say a 30-year-o...

Hansen launches global SCI fundraiser 25 years after Man in Motion tour

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Twenty-five years ago, Rick Hansen sat in a Vancouver shopping mall pondering a twinge in his injured shoulder and the rainy, cool weather outside and the 110-plus kilometres a day h...