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Two men dead after small plane crashes near Lumby, B.C., RCMP investigate
LUMBY, B.C. - Two brothers taking a small "homebuilt" plane for a spin in the British Columbia Interior were killed Sunday when the craft crashed and burst into flames shortly after take off. Famil...
Quebec divers find body in their search for missing hockey administrator
CHICOUTIMI, Que. - Police divers looking for a high-ranking administrator with a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League say they have found a body. Provincial police say the body is likely that of Gerva...
Cda shelled out $650K over two years to civilians caught in the crossfire
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Department of National Defence paid just over $650,000 during the course of two years to compensate Afghans for damages and deaths resulting from Canadian operations. In...
Tories bent on ensuring stimulus signage visible, order weekly sign count
OTTAWA - Federal public servants have spent countless hours over the past year documenting every single sign posted across the country touting the Harper government's economic stimulus plan. The Ca...
Public to have their say as Quebec's dying with dignity hearings hit the road
MONTREAL - Quebecers will delve into the thorny and emotionally charged debate over euthanasia and assisted suicide this week as public hearings into dying with dignity get underway. A committee of...
Divers search for owner of Que. junior hockey team missing after boat accident
LAC ST-JEAN, Que. - Police divers in Quebec are continuing their search for the co-owner of a major junior hockey team after he went missing Saturday. Gervais Munger, 52, was thrown from the Zodiac...
All of God's gadgets _ iPods, BlackBerrys, GPS units _ blessed at N.S. church
HALIFAX - Blessed are the BlackBerrys. The glow of gizmos cut through the darkness of a modest Halifax-area church Sunday as parishioners raised their cellphones, laptops and GPS units toward the h...
B.C.'s sockeye salmon fisheries to shut this week to protect endangered coho
VANCOUVER - The banner year West Coast salmon run isn't done yet, but the race is just about over for British Columbia fishermen to haul in as many wild sockeye as they can muster from the biggest ret...
Labour focus shifts from private to public sector as governments slash deficits
TORONTO - While the private sector bore the brunt of the economic downturn, union leaders are turning their attention to the public sector this Labour Day as deficit-obsessed governments put the squee...
B.C.'s sockeye salmon fisheries to shut come Tuesday to protect endangered coho
VANCOUVER - It's last call for West Coast fishermen who enjoyed a banner year of sockeye salmon harvesting. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans is shutting down the B.C. Fraser River fis...
