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2010 Games organizers seek to ignite Olympic spirit with torch relay

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The torch for the 2010 Olympics will travel to the most far-flung corners of Canada on a record-setting odyssey officials hope will ignite Olympic spirit in Canadians who have so far...

Class-action lawsuit launched on behalf of patients affected by needle re-use

REGINA - A law firm known for representing clients in class-action lawsuits is launching a case on behalf of people affected by the reuse of syringes in several Western Canadian health regions. Ton...

Scientist determines pieces of large meteor may have landed in central Sask.

SASKATOON - A leading researcher says one of the largest meteors to streak over Canada in the last decade broke up into pieces that may have landed in central Saskatchewan. Planetary scientist Alan...

Ont. police use snowmobiles and ATVs to reach storm-stranded motorists

PETROLIA, Ont. - Waist-deep snow and treacherous driving conditions on a stretch of southwestern Ontario highway left dozens of motorists stranded Friday and police scrambling to reach them with snowm...

Federal lawyer questions reliability of accused synagogue bomber's testimony

OTTAWA - A federal lawyer accused university professor Hassan Diab of giving unreliable testimony Friday as he argued a Superior Court judge should deny him bail on charges of murder laid in France in...

Ontario mayors join calls for Ottawa to move swiftly to save auto industry

TORONTO - A group of Ontario mayors have added their voices to those already pressuring Ottawa and the province to bolster the ailing auto sector, warning that local economies will be devastated if bo...

Canada's struggle to attract foreign students becomes Charest campaign focus

MONTREAL - Canada's struggle to attract foreign students became a focus of Jean Charest's election campaign Friday as the Liberal premier of Quebec promised new measures to attract and keep the world'...

U.S. CFL fans still cheering 13 years after Baltimore lost team

MONTREAL - Call it the U.S. branch of Canadian football's fan club. More than a decade after their Baltimore Stallions rode out of town, a band of Canadian pigskin diehards from Maryland have made ...

Military hopes hard times mean more recruits

OTTAWA - Canada's top military commander has a message for job-seekers in tough economic times: We want you. As a recession looms and jobs get scarce, the Canadian Forces is still hiring, said Gen....

Lone survivor of B.C. plane crash happy to be home in Alberta

EDMONTON - The lone survivor of a B.C. plane crash that killed seven people is in intense pain awaiting surgery on his badly burned hands, comforted by loved ones and ice-cold Slurpies - lots of Slurp...