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Solo adventurer rescued in High ArcticA Canadian search and rescue team plucked Australian adventurer Tom Smitheringale off an ice pan in the High Arctic Thursday evening, just six hours after receiving his distress call.
Chilly financial markets have frozen a trust fund intended to compensate the "human flagpoles" who marked Canadian Arctic sovereignty in the 1950s.
Opposition to niqab bill mountingA bill that would bar a woman wearing a face veil from receiving government services is an attack on women's rights in the guise of defending equality of the sexes, say the Anglican diocese of Montreal and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute.
Nova Scotia apologizes for black woman's 1946 arrestHALIFAX The government of Nova Scotia apologized and granted a special pardon Thursday to the late Viola Desmond, a black woman jailed in 1946 for sitting in a whites-only section of a segregated movie theatre.
World poutine-eating contest in T.O. rankles QuebecMONTREAL One of Quebec's cultural symbols has been called everything from disgusting, to heart-attack inducing, to delectable. But can the increasingly popular Quebecois dish known as poutine --that messy mix of french fries, sauce and cheese curds --no
Ontario woman abducted from home at gunpointOTTAWA - A 19-year-old Kemptville, Ont. girl was rescued by police Thursday after three masked men burst into her home just after dawn, held her family at gunpoint, bound and gagged her and stuffed her into the trunk of a car.
Vancouver Olympic bill hits $554MThe City of Vancouver spent nearly as much on the Olympic and Paralympic Games as it needs to run the city for an entire year, but a staff report says the money was well spent on infrastructure that provided a sustainable legacy for residents
Forest fire season starts early in B.C.It's only mid-April, but already, the wildfire season in the B.C. Interior has begun, with six forest fires spotted between Prince George, the Cariboo and the Kootenays.
Up in arms over bike lanesWith news that University Ave. is poised to become the next major route to get a cycling makeover, the bike lane battle has again taken over election chatter.
B.C. schools still waiting for seismic upgradesAs several countries bordering the Pacific Ocean were hit with massive earthquakes in recent weeks, Metro Vancouver schools were still struggling to complete the seismic upgrades promised by the province five years ago.
Sodomy threats at elite Winnipeg schoolTwo students have been expelled from a prestigious Winnipeg private school for allegedly assaulting fellow students and threatening to sodomize them with a walking stick.
Winter returns to wallop AlbertaLETHBRIDGE, Alta. Tens of thousands of people were without power Wednesday as winter returned to wallop southern Alberta with heavy wet snow and whipping wind
Missing Quebec boy's boot foundQuebec police divers are expected to resume search efforts Wednesday morning for a missing boy feared drowned, after one of his boots was found.
'Apollo 13' movie snubs CanadaTORONTO - You won't know from director Ron Howard's film Apollo 13, but the moon mission's crew have Toronto scientists to thank for their survival.
Widow wants answers to hospital suicideCALGARY - The widow of a man who committed suicide in a Calgary hospital bathroom is demanding to know why more wasn't done to protect her husband from harming himself.
Explorer sub embarks on maiden missionThe pioneering Explorer smart sub headed down into the icy depths on her maiden mission early Monday, destined to enter history in Canadas effort to assert sovereignty over vast areas of the Arctic.
Francophones urge changes to languages actFrancophones across Canada are hoping to change the Official Languages Act to prevent minority communities from losing government services in French should 2011 census data show their numbers too weak to qualify
HST, Green Grid cause hydro hikeWINDSOR, Ont. Ontario's electricity users -- including Windsor -- are poised to be hit with combined rate hikes and tax increases expected to add more than $10 to residential monthly hydro bills within the next year.
Niqab gets 2nd Quebec student expelledFor the second time in the space of a few months, a Quebec woman has been thrown out of a French-language course after she refused to remove her Muslim veil.
How Terry Fox changed CanadaIn April of 1980, not long after Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope in St. Johns, Nfld., the Star assigned a reporter to follow him weekly in a feature called Running with Terry, becoming the first newspaper to regularly cover his progress. The repor
Chorus of emails saved our national anthem"Ludicrous, ridiculous and idiotic" were just a few of a barrage of angry comments directed to Stephen Harper from everyday Canadians after his government opened the door to changing the lyrics of "O Canada," documents reveal.
Dead whale removed from B.C. beachSouvenir hunters and tourists who were taking pieces from a dead grey whale beached in a park near Sooke, B.C., have forced the removal of the mammal.
B.C. solicitor general quits amid RCMP probeB.C.'s high-profile Solicitor General Kash Heed resigned from provincial cabinet after revealing the RCMP is investigating alleged violations of the Elections Act during the May 2009 provincial election campaign.
Nunavut irked by Arctic sovereignty talkNunavut's premier says the foreign affairs minister's recent comments about Arctic sovereignty that the country must "use it or lose it" ignores the long Inuit presence in the region
Spring storm slams central AlbertaEDMONTON A spring storm that left roads slick with ice and caused major traffic tie-ups and road closures on provincial highways Thursday night forced the City of Edmonton to send 40 sanding crews onto city streets to bring roads up to good driving cond
Parizeau joke blog amuses fewFew people are laughing over a Maclean's magazine blog that invites readers to share "money and ethnics" jokes as an ailing Jacques Parizeau recovers in a Montreal hospital.
Sisters fired on the same day from TimmiesBlood is thicker than water and apparently coffee.
Etobicokes Rizzo twins want Tim Hortons to do a double-double take after both were fired one for having a bad attitude and one for being her sister.
Inmates shouldn't get pensions: pollThe poll, conducted by research firm EKOS and released Thursday exclusively to CBC News, found 59 per cent of respondents think all federal prison inmates should lose their federal pension benefits while in prison.
Cupboards bare for schools across B.C.Massive staff and program cutbacks proposed by the Vancouver School Board this week could soon become a province-wide reality as school districts stare down multi-million dollar shortfalls.
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