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Judge says inmate can have thesaurus, compares prison to Humpty Dumpty
VANCOUVER - What's another word for unreasonable? A Federal Court judge has ruled a British Columbia prison was wrong to deny an inmate's request to buy a thesaurus, rejecting the Mountain Institut...
More warnings issued ahead of hurricane Earl as storm churns toward Maritimes
HALIFAX - Tropical storm watches have been extended to Cape Breton and Iles-de-la-Madeleine as hurricane Earl barrels toward Atlantic Canada. The Category 2 storm — which is now east of Cape Hatt...
Expanded weather warnings issued ahead of hurricane Earl
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre has extended tropical storm watches to Cape Breton and Iles de Madelaine as hurricane Earl approaches. The centre's latest tracking places the Category 2 sto...
Hurricane Earl wobbles westward but continues its march towards the Maritimes
HALIFAX - Fishermen in southwestern Nova Scotia secured their boats as best they could Thursday as hurricane Earl continued its march towards Atlantic Canada. Despite a slight shuffle to the west, ...
Rain and snow aren't a problem, but posties won't put up with nasty hawk
CALGARY - Rain, snow, sleet and hail may not stop the mail from getting through, but dive-bombing birds sure will. Canada Post has suspended mail service in part of the southwest Calgary community ...
First Nations deliver ultimatum to Ottawa over B.C. mine poised to destroy lake
OTTAWA - First Nations in British Columbia are warning the federal government that they will stop at nothing to prevent a mining company from destroying a fishing lake to process copper and gold. "...
Canada's shadow war ends when troops leave Kandahar in 2011, overseas commander
OTTAWA - The shadow war fought in Afghanistan by Canada's ultra-secret, special forces will also end next year when the army ceases combat operations in Kandahar, says the general in charge of the cou...
Video of feeding the bears goes viral, minister worries it sets a bad example
VANCOUVER - The grinning man with greying hair quickly darts backwards as a British Columbia black bear playfully paws at a green pail the man is hoisting before slopping out food for two of the hungr...
Harper swing through SW Ontario foreshadows themes of next election
LONDON, Ont. - Stephen Harper was drenched with rain and later showered with affection during a campaign-style swing through southwestern Ontario in which he sprinkled money, buttered up the troops, b...
Free Parks Canada passes for Grade 8 students 'no federalist plot,' Harper says
KITCHENER, Ont. - Accusations that free student passes for Canada's national parks are part of a federalist plot aimed at separatists were dismissed as "bizarre" Thursday by Prime Minister Stephen Har...
