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B.C. Appeal Court orders fourth trial in murder of 14-year-old Reena Virk

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:54:52 +0000

VANCOUVER - More than a decade after the beating death of 14-year-old Reena Virk in suburban Victoria shocked the nation, the legal odyssey of one of her accused killers continues after a B.C. Appeal ...

Three people dead after being overcome by fumes at Langley, B.C., farm

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:20:11 +0000

LANGLEY, B.C. - Three people are dead and three others in hospital following an industrial accident at a mushroom farm in Langley, B.C. Const. Holly Marks of the Langley RCMP says a group of men en...

Maple Leaf Foods may have found likely source of listeriosis outbreak

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:14:22 +0000

TORONTO - Bacteria embedded deep inside slicing equipment at Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) may be to blame for the deadly listeriosis outbreak that caused 13 deaths, CEO Michael McCain said Friday night ...

Regina family gets precautionary vaccination after rabid bat found in home

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:49:52 +0000

REGINA - Members of a Regina family are being vaccinated as a precaution after finding a rabid bat in their home. Medical officials say the vaccination doesn't mean anyone in the house was actually...

Maple Leaf Foods says Listeria bacterium may have accumulated in slicing equipment

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:42:58 +0000

TORONTO - The root of the deadly listeriosis outbreak that's caused 13 deaths may have been an accumulation of bacteria in slicing equipment at a Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) plant, CEO Michael McCain s...

Tories keep spending amid $8.8-billion tally of pre-election largesse

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:42:53 +0000

OTTAWA - The Conservative government maintained there's nothing untoward in trumpeting projects on the eve of a federal election, even as it heralded a fresh billion-dollars' worth of taxpayer-funded ...

Clement says listeriosis inquiry could prompt changes in government response

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:24:11 +0000

QUEBEC - Health Minister Tony Clement says the Conservative government is ready to consider changes to how it responds to epidemic cases following an independent investigation into the listeriosis out...

Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe is not taking anything for granted in election

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:24:11 +0000

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe is not taking anything for granted in the forthcoming federal election, which is expected to be called Sunday. Still, Duceppe said the Bloc is the on...

Tories lay out specifics of Afghan exit strategy on election eve

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:53:26 +0000

OTTAWA - The Tory government has laid out a few more details of its Afghanistan exit strategy just days before an expected federal election call. But the so-called benchmarks for success in Kandaha...

Family of two Canadian men facing beheading in Saudi Arabia make direct appeal

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:37:23 +0000

MONTREAL - The uncle of two young Canadian men who could be beheaded in Saudi Arabia following the death of a Syrian teen in a school brawl has appealed to the victim's family. "We've always tried ...

No regrets switching to Tories, Emerson to co-chair party's election campaign

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:45:28 +0000

VANCOUVER - Foreign Affairs Minister David Emerson's distaste for down-and-dirty partisan politics hasn't stopped him from becoming an important backroom player in the upcoming federal election. Em...

Harper nominates Thomas Cromwell for vacant Supreme Court post

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:45:29 +0000

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has nominated Nova Scotia appeal judge Thomas Cromwell to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. The Friday announcement - which bypasses an all-party selection ...

B.C. Appeal Court orders fourth trial for Kelly Ellard in murder of 14-year-old

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:07:54 +0000

VANCOUVER - More than a decade after the beating death of 14-year-old Reena Virk in suburban Victoria shocked the nation, the legal odyssey of one of her accused killers drags on. On Friday, the B....

Montreal teacher charged with 230 new child porn charges in Virginia

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:08:00 +0000

MONTREAL - A Montreal teacher charged in the U.S. for allegedly soliciting sex from a 13-year-old boy is facing more than 200 new counts related to child pornography. Richard Doucet, an elementary ...

Windsor, Ont., woman gets two years probation after failing to bury mom

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:07:57 +0000

WINDSOR, Ont. - A 49-year-old Windsor, Ont., woman has been sentenced to two years probation for failing to bury her mother's body. Police were called to a Windsor apartment in May to investigate a...