Senator Romeo Dallaire appears as a witness at the commons foreign affairs subcommittee on the Omar Khadr case. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA - Canada and the United States have sunk to...

MONTREAL - The body count left behind by an illness decimating bat colonies in the U.S. northeast continues to rise, sparking fears among wildlife officials it could spread along the critters' summer...

The American trade deficit with Canada ballooned by almost $19 billion during the first quarter, according to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Only China and Japan ran up...

TORONTO, May 13 /CNW/ - Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, will visit ONA members in Toronto and Etobicoke tomorrow as part of Nursing Week 2008 celebrations. ...

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis is getting some big recognition from the country of Canada. This coming November, Lewis and a group of Canadian athletes will be inducted into...

OTTAWA, May 13 /CNW Telbec/ - The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians today announced the...

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ctvtoronto.ca A memorial to Ontario firefighters who died in the line of duty has been desecrated with anti-government graffiti. Authorities say the messages were spray-painted on the monuments at...

Shamim Jahangir The government is likely to import 100,000 tonnes of Soft Red Winter (SRW) type of wheat from Canada and Australia with an additional cost of Tk 25 crore in spite of bumper production...

Seven people from seven different sports will be recognized in November as the newest members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Former NHL star Steve Yzerman, one-time world heavyweight champion...

Traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway near Oromocto, N.B., has been stopped because of a small forest fire in the area. The RCMP said the fire is in the Richmond Estates area of Oromocto, which is...

Ontario Transportation Minister Jim Bradley is looking at limiting driving privileges for older motorists instead of a total licence suspension when a doctor says they could be a danger on the road. ...

TORONTO, May 13 /CNW/ - Toronto comic Russell Peters will join Tourism Toronto to announce a new partnership to promote the city as a travel destination. Tourism Toronto will also announce a new...

OTTAWA, May 13 /CNW/ - Today, the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science (CSMLS) appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, with respect to their study on the...

MONTREAL - An alleged Basque terrorist has been ordered deported from Canada. Immigration and Refugee Board commissioner Louis Dube says there is sufficient evidence to show that Ivan Apaolaza...

An Air Canada plane travelling from Vancouver to Ottawa had to make an emergency landing in Winnipeg Monday night after smoke was detected in the cabin. A line of fire trucks and ambulances was...

The Canadian Press May 13, 2008 - 10:14 a.m. TORONTO - Gold was quoted at C$866 bid (US$863) and C$867 (US$864) in mid-morning trading Tuesday by Thomas Cook, a major gold and foreign exchange...

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 06:00 CDT Thallion Pharmaceuticals has received authorization from the Therapeutic Products Directorate of Health Canada to begin a Phase II clinical trial...

MONTREAL, May 13 /CNW Telbec/ - The landscape architects of the Vancouver Olympic Games have chosen Leonis, the latest luminaire by Lumec. The choice was not solely based on aesthetics, but also...

Go to the National section In his jury charge yesterday, Judge Dawson listed several serious allegations made against police witnesses during the trial by Mr. Klymchuk's lawyer, Tim Breen. The...

HALIFAX, May 13 /CNW/ - On May 14, 2008 the recipient of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Atlantic Region Endowed Chair in Breast Cancer Research will be officially announced. A...

HALIFAX, May 13 /CNW/ - Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) will reveal its housing market forecasts for Atlantic Canada on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 9:15 a.m. Atlantic...

Michael Lee-Chin Crystal may be providing Toronto with the architectural cachet many hope will help bring about a tourism renaissance. But the Royal Ontario Museum's chief executive officer said...

HAMILTON, ONT. -- Lying on his hospital bed, the boy stared up at the security guard. The guard was holding a magazine with a fold-out ad for the coming Harry Potter movie. "I won't be able to...

General Motors Corp.'s decision to shutter a transmission plant in Windsor will push the tally of auto sector layoffs in Ontario's battered motor city beyond 4,000 in the past two years. The GM move...

Public health officials have confirmed the first case of measles in Peel Region in nearly four years, linking the illness to the recent cluster of cases in Toronto.The statement yesterday was issued...

Is a young offender now on trial in what was once known as the Toronto 18 terror case having some sort of emotional breakdown or was he trying to stick to a rigid interpretation of the dictates of...

The Toronto Port Authority, often at odds with the city, is facing fresh controversy over the ouster of its former chairwoman. The replacement of provincial Liberal appointee Michele McCarthy with...

A construction worker was killed yesterday when a metal pipe fell 20 storeys, slicing through his hard hat.Emergency crews arrived at 825 Bay St., the site of the Murano South Tower condominium...

The plight of Toronto Councillor Howard Moscoe, who complained to social networking website Facebook last week that someone had created a phony page in his name, attracted some high-profile help. ...

A 17-year-old youth has been charged in the shooting of a teenage girl on a subway in Toronto.The 17-year-old girl was shot in the leg on March 28 after an altercation with three males on a subway...

kevin@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada will soon begin negotiations for a trade and development agreement and the community’s Technical...

Catch all the action on Gameday Audio CLEVELAND -- Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi has shown that he's not afraid of shaking up his roster. He's already made a handful of transactions this...

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May. 12, 2008 BRAMPTON, Ont. - Peel Public Health is reporting a case of measles linked to a recent cluster of cases in Toronto. Toronto Public Health officials have been monitoring nine cases...

IPOH, Malaysia: Pakistan came back from a goal down yesterday to edge Canada 2-1 for their third win in the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Malaysia. Three-time champions Pakistan now look...

The international friendly football match between Canada and Panama will now be played on neutral ground. Originally planned for Panama City on 6 June the match has been rescheduled for 4 June in...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian Federal Court said on Monday that Pakistan appears to have received a $500,000 bounty from the United States for the capture of Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian wanted on...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) - Russia and Canada remained on a collision course at the ice hockey world championships on Monday, completing qualification round play unbeaten to take top spot in...

on Wednesday. "We have been getting better and better as the tournament goes on," said Canadian forward Patrick Sharp, who had one of two short-handed goals for Canada against Finland. ...

News ) - General Motors Corp. plans to close its Windsor, Ontario, transmission factory in the second quarter of 2010, the automaker said Monday.Company spokesman Stew Low said about 1,400 hourly and...

China edged past Canada 5-0 on the second day of the Bank BRI 2008 Thomas Cup men's team badminton competition and topped the Group A at Bung Karno Sports Hall in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Monday....

McGuinty Government and First Nation Agree To Start Negotiations On Forest Management TORONTO, May 12 /CNW/ - NEWS The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Grassy Narrows First Nation ...

CTV.ca News Staff A Canadian group is urging the government to send the Disaster Assistance Response Team to China to help earthquake survivors, but the team is still waiting for permission to enter...

David Friend, The Canadian Press May 12, 2008 - 5:50 p.m. TORONTO - After starting the year in a slump and despite a nearly constant stream of warnings about how a slowdown south of the border would...

A.J. Burnett pitched well, but Fausto Carmona was better as the Cleveland Indians blanked the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on Monday. Carmona (4-1) pitched a...

Catch all the action on Gameday Audio CLEVELAND -- Gary Denbo has proved to be one of the more elusive members of the Blue Jays' coaching staff. Hours spent studying hitters in the batting cage or...

Catch all the action on Gameday Audio CLEVELAND -- The Blue Jays are being forced to juggle their starting rotation, thanks to Monday's doubleheader against the Indians at Progressive Field....

OTTAWA, May 12 /CNW Telbec/ - The union representing about 5,000 workers at Parks Canada denounces the employer's attempt at undermining contract negotiations when the Agency's negotiators walked...

TORONTO, May 12 /CNW/ - Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services, will be joined by MPP Ted McMeekin and MPP Sophia Aggelonitis to announce a major investment to create a new...