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Cda company snatches up last remnants of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program

MONTREAL - A Canadian company that has acquired a massive amount of concentrated natural uranium from Iraq says the U.S. military was behind the secrecy surrounding the transaction. Saskatoon-based...

Canadian businessman who'd been jailed in Bulgaria en route home to Canada

TORONTO - A Canadian businessman who spent 13 years imprisoned in Bulgaria after being convicted of embezzlement was on his way home Sunday. Michael Kapoustin, 55, from the Penticton, B.C., area, w...

More motorists running on empty as gasoline prices rise to record levels

MONTREAL - Tow-truck operators in major urban centres say they've seen an increase in the number of motorists running out of fuel as they gamble with their gas tanks. As oil prices continue to clim...

'Monster' Martin Ferrier to visit city that once feared him as sexual

TORONTO - Exactly four years after being hounded out of town and back to prison, Martin Ferrier makes his first visit this week to the area in which he was so loathed and feared as a violent psychopat...

Graves' graves to finally find peace in Toronto land transfer

OTTAWA - It has taken more than 100 years, but one of the most unusual cabinet orders in Canada's history is set to put the inhabitants of a Toronto cemetery finally at peace. The Harper cabinet re...

Officials say 'significant' rain helped battle against forest fires in Sask.

REGINA - Heavy rainfall has helped to quell forest fires in parts of northern Saskatchewan, although blazes near some communities are still considered out of control. Rhonda Michaels, with Saskatch...

Family, mental-health issues overtake work issues for federal workers: survey

OTTAWA - Job-related stresses in federal workplaces are in decline, a new report suggests, raising doubts about the so-called "toxic" work environment in the public sector. A six-year survey of 65 ...

Cameco Corp. says yellowcake uranium deal kept quiet by the U.S. military

MONTREAL - A Canadian company that has acquired a massive amount of concentrated natural uranium from Iraq says the U.S military was behind the secrecy surrounding the transaction. Saskatoon-based ...

Canadian soldier found dead at Middle Eastern base a 'committed patriot': family

DUNDURN, Sask. - The family of a Canadian soldier who was found dead at a Middle Eastern military base Friday describe him as a "committed patriot" who joined the military in response to the Sept. 11 ...

Youth gather in Edmonton to discuss Alberta's oilsands projects

EDMONTON - There is usually a lot of anger within youth groups when it comes to government, but the chairwoman of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition conference says there is also a willingness to be...