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N.L. chief of lab medicine resigns after drug testing errors discovered

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A high-ranking official with Newfoundland's largest health board has quit his position after drug testing errors were recently discovered. Eastern Health CEO Vickie Kaminski anno...

Mother can't understand beating of son in wheelchair in Australia

WINNIPEG - Shellan Proden was struggling Wednesday to comprehend why someone would attack her son in a wheelchair and beat him for several minutes in an assault captured by a transit system surveillan...

Canada's Jean thanks Dominican Republic for help in aftermath of Haitian quake

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Governor General Michaelle Jean is offering Canada's thanks to the Dominican Republic for its help in the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake in Haiti. ...

Greenpeace gives Alberta premier photos of ducks in oilsands tailings pond

EDMONTON - A Greenpeace activist has marched up the steps of the Alberta legislature and provided Premier Ed Stelmach with pictures of ducks struggling in a northern Alberta oilsands tailings pond. ...

N.Y. jury awards millions to Windsor Wildcats hockey players after deadly crash

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - A New York jury has awarded $2.25 million in damages to three members of the all-girls Windsor Wildcats team involved in a fatal bus crash in 2005. A jury deliberated for four hou...

A jobless recovery? Conditions there for disappointing job creation: analysts

OTTAWA - Canadian workers may pay the price for the relatively healthy job market during last year's recession. Job creation normally goes hand in hand with economic growth - with a little lag - bu...

B.C. man faces more child porn charges in international investigation

SURREY, B.C. - More sex and child pornography charges have been laid against a Surrey, B.C., man who was arrested in January following an investigation into abuse involving nine children. The RCMP ...

Quebec human rights commission to hold hearings to probe racial profiling

MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission is tackling the issue of racial profiling with a series of public hearings later this year. The commission says it has dealt with at least 100 complaints...

Funeral on Friday for slain cop, thousands of officers expected to attend

WINGHAM, Ont. - Thousands of police officers are expected to pay tribute to slain provincial police Const. Vu Pham at his funeral on Friday. Pham - a 37-year-old married father of three - was shot ...

Sotheby's Canada to auction off rare Canadian Red Ensign flag in June

TORONTO - A rare, 1868 Canadian Red Ensign flag will hit the auction block this summer. Sotheby's Canada says the item will be in its June 2 sale of Important Canadian Art in Toronto. The auction h...