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No closures planned for Vancouver-Whistler road, 2010 Olympic organizers say

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:54:34 +0000

VANCOUVER - A sensitive debate over whether to close a major B.C. highway to non-Olympic traffic during the 2010 Games flared up Wednesday with the public disclosure, for the first time, that traffic ...

Family, friends gather to remember former Edmonton woman found slain in U.S.

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:41:08 +0000

EDMONTON - Katie and Bella Cooper wandered in front of about 350 mourners at their mother's memorial Wednesday with youthful fascination, seemingly unaware of the grave situation that beckoned their a...

Montrealers get rare glimpse of waterspouts in St-Lawrence River

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:23:34 +0000

MONTREAL - Two cyclone-shaped waterspouts formed off the island of Montreal Wednesday, giving residents a rare look at a weather phenomenon more common to the tropics. The first was spotted early a...

Travel plans for peak Olympic times still up in the air; Vancouver official

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:23:36 +0000

VANCOUVER - Rush hour drivers on a major B.C. highway will have to wait a little longer to make travel plans during the 2010 Olympics, after a city of Vancouver official suggested and later recanted a...

Quebec City blasts police union for handing out fewer tickets

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:12 +0000

QUEBEC - City officials claim pressure tactics taken up by Quebec City police officers are putting motorists at risk. Since the fall, the police brotherhood has encouraged officers to issue fewer t...

Montrealers get rare glimpse of waterspout in St-Lawrence River

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:11 +0000

MONTREAL - A cyclone-shaped waterspout formed off the island of Montreal Wednesday, giving residents a rare look at a weather phenomenon more common to the tropics. The waterspout was spotted early...

Pilot who averted disaster over Gimli, Man., 25 years ago honoured with parade

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:13 +0000

GIMLI, Man. - Twenty-five years after he pulled off a miracle in the air, retired pilot Bob Pearson was applauded, cheered and embraced by people in this small lakefront community north of Winnipeg. ...

Western U.S. states join Canadian provinces to plan greenhouse gas limits

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:18:07 +0000

SALEM, Ore. - Seven western states have joined four Canadian provinces to plan limits on greenhouse gas emissions. It would cover up to 90 per cent of the global warming emissions across Oregon, Ar...

Public safety minister approves delayed crime-gun reporting requirements

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:11 +0000

VANCOUVER - Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has signed off on a long-delayed requirement for police forces to report all crime guns they seize to the national firearms registry. Sections of th...

Kayaker Adam van Koeverden will be Canadian flag-bearer at Beijing Olympics

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:14 +0000

MONTREAL - He's by no means a superstitious guy, so star Canadian kayaker Adam van Koeverden doesn't believe in the so-called "flag-bearer jinx" that supposedly casts a dark cloud over the athlete cho...

Survey to look at how many Canadians have potentially fatal food allergies

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:17 +0000

TORONTO - Researchers have launched a national survey to determine how many Canadians suffer from potentially fatal food allergies and how effective food labelling is in helping consumers avoid allerg...

Cdn sealing industry in doubt after EU proposes to ban seal products

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:07 +0000

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The future of Canada's commercial harp seal hunt, a centuries-old industry and way of life for several thousand East Coast fishermen, was plunged into uncertainty Wednesday after th...

Rescued sailor says tropical storm off N.S. turned boat into a 'washing machine'

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:11 +0000

HALIFAX - An American yachtsman whose vessel capsized in heavy seas whipped up by tropical storm Cristobal says he felt like he was "in a washing machine" as his boat overturned and then righted itsel...

Canada on the brink of 'absolute crisis' in homeless funding, advocates say

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:12 +0000

VANCOUVER - Against the backdrop of Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside, Social Development Minister Monte Solberg announced $800,000 in federal funding for a youth shelter Wednesday. The funds ...

No cars on the Whistler-Vancouver road for peak Olympic times: city official

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:27:15 +0000

VANCOUVER - The road between Vancouver and Whistler will be closed to non-Olympic traffic at certain times during the 2010 Winter Games, a city of Vancouver official said Wednesday, much to the surpri...