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Body of former Liberal MP found in Haiti
MONTREAL — The body of former Liberal MP Serge Marcil was found in the rubble of the Hotel Montana in the earthquake battered Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Internet lurer 'socially isolated' by notoriety
A Charlottetown man convicted of attempting to lure a 12-year-old over the internet has been left "culturally and socially isolated," his lawyer said at a sentencing hearing Friday. Family faces deportation after Scaffold-collapse tragedy
First she lost her Daddy. Now Daniela and her family face losing their home Auditor general ponders fate of Afghan aid projects
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Auditor General Sheila Fraser wrapped up a five-day visit to Afghanistan on Friday, impressed with what she saw but concerned about the fate of Canadian projects after the pullout next yea $16M raised in total in Canada's Haiti telethons
Canadians dug deep into their wallets Friday night, raising more than $9.4 million — not counting federal matching funds — for victims of the Haitian earthquake at the Canada for Haiti telethon. Auditor general praises Afghan mission after visit
Auditor General Sheila Fraser says she is impressed with development work Canada's military has undertaken in Afghanistan, but has concerns over what will happen to projects once the soldiers pull out. Canada bans Baffin Bay polar bear exports
Inuit in Canada are not pleased with the federal government for quietly banning the export of polar bear parts in Nunavut's Baffin Bay area. TTC ticket collector snapped snoozing in pic
TORONTO -- Rest easy, TTC riders.
The Toronto Transit Commission is launching an internal investigation after a rider — armed with a camera — caught a ticket collector catching a few winks inside his wicket. Stepfather charged in slaying of 17-year-old girl
CALGARY -- Police have charged the stepfather of 17-year-old Brittney Nora McInnes with her murder. Killer teen driver still driving, still offending
EDMONTON -- Despite continuing a pattern of dangerous driving, a woman whose actions behind the wheel resulted in the death of her friend will not be incarcerated. Ottawa man meets infant son saved in Haiti
An Ottawa man is trying to bring his three-month-old son to Canada after a remarkable odyssey to rescue the child in Haiti. GM Canada dealers launch class action over closings
Suit names company, lawyers, seeks $750-million compensation for more than 200 outlets that were shut down Disabled vets seeking to sue federal government
A group of disabled Canadian war veterans will head to the Supreme Court of Canada today to battle the very country they once served, in an effort to recoup payments they say were unfairly clawed back. Hockey legend Jean Beliveau in hospital after stroke
Former Montreal Canadiens hockey great Jean Beliveau has been taken to hospital after he suffered a stroke Wednesday night. Sale of junk food to be banned in Ontario schools
A ban effective the first day of school in 2011 on the sale of junk food in schools is intended to target the rise in childhood obesity. Alberta parents hopeful as son on life support moves legs.
CALGARY - There have been good and bad days for Isaac and Rebecka May these past three months; Wednesday was a good day.
First, their baby son - on the same day he was initially scheduled to be removed from life support - moved his legs in a way they h Americans Traveling to Vancouver Olympics Warned of Possible Terror Threats
Americans traveling to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics are being warned by the U.S. State Department to stay vigilant about terrorist threats. Purchase of new armoured army vehicles on hold
With the Defence Department already looking to reduce spending, the Harper government has quietly put on hold a multi-billion-dollar purchase of new armoured vehicles for the army Intrawest lenders to auction off Whistler resort
Intrawest ULC said Wednesday that it was operating "business as usual," despite the fact that its creditors had moved to auction off the company's assets, including the Whistler ski resort -- a main Olympic venue. Military says it would shoot down planes
The Canadian Forces are ready to exercise "lethal force" in a worst-case scenario to defend new air space security restrictions being imposed during the 2010 Olympic Games. Olympic Games bring jobs, land to Lil'wat First Nation
When First Nations threw their support behind the 2010 Olympic Games, they did so on a promise that jobs would come their way. Those jobs appear to have been delivered. Joyous reunion as B.C. students finally make it home
Seventeen high school students from southeast B.C. who had been stranded for days in Haiti returned home late Tuesday, grateful to be with their families but still thinking about what they had left behind. Canada poised to win Olympic medal count: professor
Canada is set to win a record number of medals at the 2010 Winter Games, according to an academic who has accurately predicted Olympic medal counts since 2000. B.C. teachers face layoffs in funding crunch
The Vancouver and Prince George school boards are considering widespread layoffs or school closures because of funding shortfalls Ont. autoworkers in plant blockade reach severance deal
Workers who blockaded the shuttered Aradco and Aramco auto-parts plants in Windsor, Ont., because they were owed millions in severance pay have reached a financial settlement with the plants' owners. Facebook fight club squashed
WINNIPEG -- A crash course in fisticuffs has been cancelled at the University of Manitoba. Teen burned in KFC poutine mishap
An Acton teen was left with second-degree burns Saturday after having an epileptic seizure inside a KFC outlet and landing face-down in her piping-hot poutine. Parents to fight son's removal from life support
An Alberta couple is seeking a court order to prevent an Edmonton hospital from taking their infant son off life-support. Kennedy says Alberta's fish inedible
CALGARY - Famed environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is under fire for saying that 90 per cent of fish in Alberta are inedible. B.C. windstorm linked to fisherman's death
The RCMP say a 48-year-old man was found dead after his boat sank at Fulford Harbour on Salt Spring Island, north of Victoria. Windstorm batters B.C. South Coast
High winds wreaked havoc on the South Coast of B.C. on Monday morning, knocking out power to thousands of homes and businesses, shutting down the Lions Gate Bridge, closing schools and forcing the cancellation of some ferries. WestJet readies mercy flight to Port-au-PrinceMisc CDN | 81354 hits | 7:16 PM on Saturday | posted by Alta_redneck
Calling it a mission of mercy to help those suffering in Haiti, WestJet is donating a charter flight direct to the capital of Port-au-Prince this week. Firm will fly B.C. students out of Haiti for $100K
A B.C. father says a private U.S. company has offered to fly his son and 16 other high school students home from Haiti at a cost of $100,000 if the Canadian government can't transport them out in the next day or so. Deal worked out to manage waters off Haida Gwaii
The federal government signed an agreement with the Haida Nation Saturday to jointly manage the planning, operations and management of the waters surrounding southern Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. Woodwards site officially opens in Downtown Eastside
The Woodwards redevelopment site officially opened Friday night with the lighting of the iconic 'W' sign and hopes that it will revitalize Vancouver's most troubled neighbourhood - the Downtown Eastide. Body found in east Vancouver
Vancouver police are investigating a suspicious death after a man's body was discovered outside a home Saturday morning. Violent offender back in Canada
A Chestermere truck driver who believed God told him to kill a man at a Minnesota rest area is back in Canada as a free man just one year after the stabbing. Canada relaxes immigration rules for Haitians
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As evacuees returned to Canada from Haiti on Saturday, the federal government relaxed this country’s immigration rules to make it easier for Canadians to sponsor family members living in the earthquake-torn nation. War resister released from U.S. prison wants to come back to Canada
A war resister who fled the U.S. for Canada, but was deported to face a court-martial, has been released from prison. Canada shifts from 'urgent search' to humanitarian aid
Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says the Canadian relief effort in Haiti is shifting from an urgent search and rescue mission to one of humanitarian aid and stabilization. UN convoy visits stranded B.C. students in Haiti
A United Nations convoy has visited 17 stranded B.C. Interior high school students and their chaperones in Haiti and determined that the best way to get the group out is via a military helicopter, a school official said Friday. Canadian death toll in Haiti rises to 6
Two more Canadian deaths have been confirmed in the aftermath of the earthquake that ravaged Haiti, bringing the death toll to sixBack to Canada News
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