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Ruling on group's pitch to halt election will come too late (Oct 03 2008 22:13 GMT)
A Canadian political watchdog group won't get its day in court in time to stop the Oct. 14 federal election.
'We will elect a Liberal government': Paul Martin tells Calgary crowd (Oct 03 2008 22:09 GMT)
Former Liberal prime minister Paul Martin raised some eyebrows in Calgary when he predicted the Liberals will form the next federal government.
Conservative candidate angers voters with late-night phone pitch (Oct 03 2008 21:54 GMT)
An effort to reach out to voters in the Nova Scotia riding of Dartmouth-Cole Harbour backfired Thursday when a Calgary-based automated call system didn't factor in a three-hour time difference before sending out a pre-recorded phone pitch on behalf Conservative candidate Wanda Webber.
Ontario's chief coroner commits to new complaints system (Oct 03 2008 15:22 GMT)
Ontario's chief coroner has said setting up a new complaints process at his office will be a top priority, following a recommendation from the Goudge report released this week.
Auditor general calls security of Alberta's computer data 'insufficient' (Oct 02 2008 18:27 GMT)
Security on the Alberta government's computer networks is inadequate, and immediate action must be taken so personal information is no longer at risk, Auditor General Fred Dunn says in his latest report.
Wayward moose has Pictou abuzz (Oct 02 2008 15:31 GMT)
Wildlife officers plan to relocate a moose that has been causing a fuss near Pictou.
Hunter may have been killed by bear: police (Oct 02 2008 15:25 GMT)
A bear may have attacked and killed a missing hunter, whose remains were found Wednesday, police said.
B.C. spends $55,000 to send stickers fixing school calendars (Oct 02 2008 15:17 GMT)
The B.C. government is spending $55,000 to send out stickers to high school students, hoping they will patch up an oversight in a 2008 calendar they received last year.
RCMP investigation finds Alberta shooting was self-inflicted (Oct 02 2008 15:15 GMT)
The RCMP's investigation into a fatal shooting early Thursday in Langdon, Alta., has led officers to conclude that a man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
P.E.I. writes cheque for immigrant protester (Oct 02 2008 15:13 GMT)
A Chinese immigrant who protested at a P.E.I. government office Wednesday, saying the province owed him money, was handed a cheque Thursday morning.
Volunteers strip away senior's paint-or-pay woes (Oct 02 2008 14:14 GMT)
An army of volunteers has come to the aid of a 78-year-old woman who had been ordered to paint her Dartmouth home or face a fine.
Windsor mother, daughter face $3.5M lottery fraud charge (Oct 02 2008 13:27 GMT)
The Ontario Provincial Police arrested a Windsor, Ont., woman and her daughter on Wednesday on charges of stealing her husband's winning multimillion-dollar lottery ticket.
Party leaders set to woo English Canada in 2nd debate (Oct 02 2008 13:24 GMT)
Federal party leaders will look to gain traction in English Canada in Thursday night's election debate, a day after attempting to pick up ground in the crucial Quebec battleground during their verbal-jousting session in French.
3 days of advance voting start Friday (Oct 02 2008 12:13 GMT)
Voters who can't make it to a federal election polling station on Oct. 14 can cast ballots in the next few days.
Couillard defends releasing Bernier tell-all during election campaign (Oct 02 2008 12:10 GMT)
Julie Couillard says her tell-all memoir painting a scathing portrayal of ex-boyfriend Maxime Bernier is about re-establishing her credibility, but adds she isn't surprised the former cabinet minister is calling her allegations crazy.
Eastern Health never sure on notifying patients, cancer probe told (Oct 02 2008 09:46 GMT)
The largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador had doubts about whether all of its patients had been told about flawed breast cancer test, even though it projected the opposite in public, an inquiry has been told.
Wife of man who died after Taser jolt charged with armed robbery: RCMP (Oct 02 2008 05:45 GMT)
The common-law wife of a man who died after smashing through a second-floor window of a house and being jolted by a police Taser in Langley, B.C., has been charged with armed robbery.
Harper targeted on economy, crime in French debate (Oct 02 2008 05:44 GMT)
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper defended himself against the barbs of the four other party leaders as they faced off Wednesday evening in the French-language debate.
Massive fire destroys Surrey condo complex (Oct 02 2008 04:44 GMT)
A massive blaze burned down a condominium building under construction and caused extensive damage to another at a real estate development site in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday afternoon.
Ontario death pushes listeriosis toll to 20 (Oct 02 2008 00:17 GMT)
The number of confirmed deaths linked to the listeriosis outbreak traced to a Maple Leaf Foods meat-packing plant in Toronto has risen to 20.
2 teenagers dead after car rolls in eastern P.E.I. (Sep 30 2008 10:20 GMT)
Two teenagers died Monday evening when their vehicle rolled off the highway in eastern Prince Edward Island.
Take your sweater-vest and get lost, Warrior Princess tells Harper (Sep 30 2008 09:51 GMT)
St. John's actor Mary Walsh revived a formerly retired character on a damp, foggy beach Monday night to make a fiery political point about Stephen Harper.
May won't 'pretend' she can be next PM (Sep 30 2008 03:38 GMT)
Elizabeth May insists the Greens are not a protest party but says she doesn't have illusions of becoming the next prime minister like her NDP counterpart does.
Killer's mother recalls 'greatest depths of despair' (Sep 24 2008 12:21 GMT)
A Nova Scotia woman whose son killed her mother, native rights activist Nora Bernard, says a traditional sentencing circle is an appropriate way to deal with the crime.
N.L. agrees to fix pump in town plagued by water problems (Sep 19 2008 18:41 GMT)
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador said Friday it will pay most of the expenses to fix a broken water pump in a small town in central Newfoundland after residents' fears of overflowing raw sewage grew throughout the week.
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