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Kenyan student killed when chopper fell from sky remembered as 'friendly giant?

May 14, 2008 - 8:31 pm

CRANBROOK, B.C. - Isaiah Otieno stood out from the crowd.

The 6' 9" Kenyan was a very visible minority in Cranbrook, B.C., where he'd been living for the past two years, studying at the local college. But Otieno quickly won people over with his smile and charm, and his many friends were ...

Nine-year-old case of alleged stolen toonie by Tim Hortons worker delayed again

May 14, 2008 - 8:30 pm

TORONTO - The case of a Tim Hortons worker in Toronto fired almost nine years ago for allegedly stealing a toonie was put over again Wednesday as lawyers for the defendant lamented that the former employee's "frivolous" lawsuit continues to waste time and money.

Charlene Walsh, who was ...

Prime minister asked to reconsider removal of coast guard vessel from Cape Breton

May 14, 2008 - 8:27 pm

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Rodney MacDonald wants the prime minister to reconsider the move of a coast guard training vessel from Cape Breton to Quebec.

MacDonald wrote a letter to Stephen Harper Wednesday to voice concern that the loss of the Cap Perce will have a "detrimental impact" ...

Quebec premier tells Ottawa audience time ripe for free trade with EU

May 14, 2008 - 7:22 pm

OTTAWA - Quebec Premier Jean Charest said Wednesday the time is right for Canada to strike a free-trade deal with the European Union.

Charest, who was addressing a conference on transatlantic trade, said Canada represents a choice entry point for trade from the European Union, which has ...

Parents of Quebec girl in disbelief after virus leads to heart stoppage

May 14, 2008 - 6:59 pm

MONTREAL - The father of a 16-year-old girl can't believe a simple viral infection has ended up putting his daughter on a waiting list for a new heart.

"It is something I would not have dreamed of," Robert Seguin said Wednesday. "That same virus that can give you a runny nose can attack ...

Numbers of lost and stolen Canadian passports rising dramatically

May 14, 2008 - 6:57 pm

TORONTO - After a dramatic spike in reports of lost and stolen passports over the past two years, Passport Canada is giving additional scrutiny to passport applications across the country and warning travellers to protect their travel documents.

In 2007, 37,650 passports were reported lost ...

Killer's alleged MySpace profile goes private as Corrections Canada launches probe

May 14, 2008 - 6:55 pm

VANCOUVER - Corrections Canada has launched an internal investigation to find out how prison pictures of notorious child killer Clifford Olson made their way onto the social networking website MySpace.

A profile on the popular website under the name Clifford Olson contains photographs, ...

Tasers save lives, prevent injuries police chiefs tell B.C. public inquiry

May 14, 2008 - 6:50 pm

VANCOUVER - There is no uniform policy among municipal police forces in British Columbia on the use of the Taser, says the president of the B.C. Association of Municipal Chiefs of Police.

Bob Rich, who is also deputy chief of the Vancouver Police Department, told a B.C. public inquiry into ...

B.C. may help in effort to return girl to Canada after raid on Texas commune

May 14, 2008 - 6:47 pm

VICTORIA - Ottawa is suggesting B.C.'s children's ministry may become involved in a polygamy-related investigation in the United States on behalf of a teenaged B.C. girl who is currently being held by Texas authorities, Attorney General Wally Oppal said Wednesday.

The federal Foreign ...

Last two bodies pulled from Quebec lake where plane crashed in 1957

May 14, 2008 - 6:18 pm

DUHAMEL, Que. - The bones of two remaining bodies trapped aboard a seaplane that crashed into a Quebec lake 50 years ago were pulled from the water Wednesday along with the aircraft wreckage.

Quebec provincial police had been working on the recovery since Monday after a coroner asked that ...

Overworked, over-stretched nurses acknowledge medication mistakes

May 14, 2008 - 7:50 am

OTTAWA - A new study has found that nearly a fifth of the country's overworked and over-stretched nurses acknowledged making mistakes in medicating patients "occasionally" or "frequently."

The Statistics Canada study says nurses working overtime or where staffing and resources were ...

Canadian cargo plane preparing to leave with aid for Myanmar

May 14, 2008 - 6:48 am

TRENTON, Ont. - A Canadian C17 Globemaster cargo plane will be loaded with emergency supplies for cyclone-ravaged Myanmar today.

The plane will be loaded at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario and is scheduled to leave the base at about 1 p.m.

About 2,000 emergency shelter kits will be ...

Classic toys get contemporary revamp at event touting summer's hot play items

May 13, 2008 - 9:51 pm

TORONTO - The worlds of classic and contemporary came together at the rollout of toys touted as some of the hottest for the summer.

Familiar playthings injected with a modern-day twist were among the items showcased at the "Hot Toys of Summer" event Tuesday held by the Canadian Toy ...

Ten students from B.C. reported safe after being caught in quake in China

May 13, 2008 - 9:33 pm

VANCOUVER - A group of British Columbia university students caught in a massive earthquake in China have been left in constant fear of aftershocks since fleeing their crumbling classrooms "while the ground bounced us around," says their professor.

The 7.8 magnitude quake on Monday left at ...

107-year-old First World War veteran renews Canadian citizenship

May 13, 2008 - 8:54 pm

SPOKANE, Wash. - The last known surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War is a Canadian citizen once again.

John Foster Babcock, 107, was born a Canadian, but became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1946. Last month, he sent a letter asking to renew his Canadian citizenship, and the ...

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