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March 11, 2010
The stick and glove that helped Canada win Olympic gold are back where they belong.
Seal meat hits the menu on Parliament Hill
March 10, 2010
OTTAWA - Forget the Winter Olympics, nothing unites Canada's parliamentarians like some bacon...
GDP growth of 3.1 per cent expected this year, says RBC Economics
March 11, 2010
TORONTO - A new forecast from RBC Economics says Canada's economy is poised for real GDP growth of 3...
Minister says Alberta's royalty changes will be popular with the energy sector
March 11, 2010
EDMONTON - The growth of Alberta's energy sector over the next couple of years will be hanging in...
March 11, 2010
TORONTO - Early adopters can buy a new 3D TV by the end of the month, Samsung said Wednesday...
Jean thanks Dominican for Haiti relief effort
March 10, 2010
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Despite their troubled and sometimes cruel history as neighbours, Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean said the recent Haitian earthquake appears to have brought it closer to the next-door Dominican Republic.
Thousands to attend officer's funeral
March 10, 2010
A retired logger and one-time politician was charged Wednesday with shooting and killing a provincial police officer and trying to kill another in a gunfight on a rural Ontario road.
High-on-the-hog MP pensions, mailouts spoofed by tax watchdogs
March 10, 2010
OTTAWA - The high-on-the-hog pensions enjoyed by MPs and their $10 million in household mailouts have been singled out for spoof awards from a taxpayers group.
Mother can't understand beating of son in wheelchair in Australia
March 10, 2010
WINNIPEG - Shellan Proden couldn't bring herself to watch the grainy surveillance video of two young men who brutally attacked her son, forced him out of his wheelchair and pummelled him.
Sotheby's Canada to auction off rare Canadian Red Ensign flag
March 10, 2010
TORONTO - A rare, 1868 Canadian Red Ensign flag will hit the auction block this summer.
Premier changes his mind on taxpayers paying his bar fees
March 10, 2010
HALIFAX, N.S. - Premier Darrell Dexter has changed his mind and decided to pay his own bar fees.
Quebec rights commission to hold hearings to probe racial profiling phenomenon
March 10, 2010
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission is launching hearings into racial profiling in the province because it believes minorities are unfairly targeted by authorities.
Quebec makes about-turn and moves to ban religious instruction in daycares
March 10, 2010
QUEBEC - The Quebec government made a sudden about-turn on Wednesday when it announced it will ban religious instruction in provincially funded daycare centres.
Five face drug charges after surveillance of home near Halifax airport
March 10, 2010
HALIFAX, N.S. - Police say five people face drug charges after several seizures related to the surveillance of a home near the Halifax airport.
Implementation of N.S. electronic health record delayed three months: officials
March 10, 2010
HALIFAX, N.S. - Officials with Nova Scotia's Health Department said Wednesday they will miss the targeted launch for the province's electronic health record program by three months.
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