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N.L. to gain up to 3,000 jobs, $20 billion in royalties from Hebron oil deal

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:54:02 +0000

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The government of Newfoundland and Labrador expects the province will gain $20 billion in royalties and up to 3,500 jobs from the Hebron offshore oil project. In a ceremony Wedne...

Proportion of teen girls reporting having sex on the decline: StatsCan

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:54:19 +0000

TORONTO - A new study released by Statistics Canada finds that the number of teens who report having sex is on the decline. The survey finds that in 2005, 43 per cent of teens aged 15 to 19 reporte...

Alleged Mafia boss returns to Italy after being extradited from Canada

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:54:13 +0000

ROME - A convicted mobster considered one of Italy's most wanted criminals has been extradited to Italy from Canada. Italian Justice Ministry officials say Giuseppe Coluccio arrived in Rome on Wedn...

Cigarette butts biggest scourge along Canada's shores, cleanup results show

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:54:20 +0000

VANCOUVER - While the plastic bag is often vilified as the prime polluter of Canada's coast, a nationwide clean-up effort has found that a type of trash many Canadians toss without a second thought is...

Chinese media pick up on Harper-Chretien war of words over Olympics

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:27:11 +0000

BEIJING - Chinese media have picked up on the war of words this week between Jean Chretien and Stephen Harper over the prime minister's decision to skip the opening ceremonies of the Summer Games in B...

Maple Leaf expands recall of packaged meats, temporarily closes plant

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:27:15 +0000

TORONTO - Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) is expanding a recall of its packaged meats and temporarily closing a Toronto plant that prepares the products. A number of the affected products are part of a ...

Weapons, violent crime charges skyrocket in small-town Ontario since 2000

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:58:14 +0000

TORONTO - Drugs, guns and violent crime charges, traditionally considered the scourge of the big city, are seeping steadily into small-town Ontario, where the number of serious criminal charges is out...

Mine worker killed after rock shifts, burying him 300 metres down

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:20:25 +0000

BELLEVILLE, Ont. - An employee of a mine north of Belleville, Ont., is dead after being buried under shifting rock early Wednesday morning. Provincial police say rock shifted in the Canada Talc min...

Cigarette butts biggest scourge along Canada's shorelines, cleanup results show

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:08:42 +0000

VANCOUVER - Cigarette butts - not plastic bags - are the biggest litter scourge along Canada's shorelines. Staff at the Vancouver Aquarium and TD Bank organize a yearly volunteer effort to clean up...

Winnipeg police officer charged with sex assault on 11-year-old boys

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:40:40 +0000

WINNIPEG - A veteran Winnipeg police officer who also worked for a government child welfare agency has been suspended following allegations of sexually assaulting two 11-year-old boys. Kenneth Jack...

Audit of major propane facilities to be completed this week: TSSA

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:40:43 +0000

TORONTO - The Technical Standards and Safety Authority says an inspection of all propane facilities in the province with a permanent storage capacity "in excess of 5,000 U.S. gallons" will be complete...

McGuinty vows to be vocal about Ontario's plight in next federal election

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:41:00 +0000

KITCHENER, Ont. - Premier Dalton McGuinty vowed Tuesday to remind Ontario voters in the next federal election that Ottawa is shortchanging the province, just as Prime Minister Stephen Harper took a ca...

Someone posing as victim's relative tries to cash in on Manitoba bus beheading

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:18:13 +0000

WINNIPEG - Someone claiming to be a sister of the young man stabbed and beheaded on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last month has been trying to use the horrific killing to collect money. The unidenti...

Mutated fish caught in lake downstream of Alberta's oilsands

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:18:12 +0000

FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. - Information about a mutated fish caught downstream from Alberta's oilsands region will be sent to a joint government-industry group that monitors the health of rivers and lakes...

Election rumblings grow louder as Harper again questions if House productive

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:47:44 +0000

HAMILTON - The drumbeat of a possible federal election campaign grew louder Tuesday as Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed to spend the next few weeks contemplating whether to send Canadians to the po...