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13 stranded after ice roads turned to mud rescued, says Manitoba Mounties

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:07:20 +0000

WINNIPEG - Muddy ice roads that stranded dozens of drivers in the wilderness and prompted 16 northern Manitoba First Nations to declare a state of emergency are proof that permanent all-season roads a...

Owner of shop involved in Montreal shootings to appear in court Saturday.

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:07:21 +0000

MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal boutique where two men were gunned down Thursday appears in court today on suspicion of breaching his bail conditions. Ducarme Joseph is expected to make his appe...

B.C. avalanche kills one; RCMP believe more possibly buried

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:13:41 +0000

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A massive avalanche in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry on Friday killed at least one snowmobiler and possibly buried an unknown number of others in the second deadly slid...

Cops say Mtl store killings a professional job; arrest owner on bail violation

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:13:40 +0000

MONTREAL - The owner of a boutique where two men were gunned down in a gangland-style hit was placed under arrest while Montreal police Friday probed possible Mafia links to the killings. Police co...

Convicted Somali refugee ordered deported last fall arrested in Winnipeg

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:13:44 +0000

WINNIPEG - A man who had been ordered out of Canada last fall has been arrested in Winnipeg. Mohamed Said Jama, 39, was arrested Friday on an outstanding immigration warrant by Canada Border Servic...

Report on B.C. avalanche says luck and quick response saved lives

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:11:48 +0000

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Only luck and a quick response kept an avalanche in the British Columbia backcountry last weekend from becoming the worst in Canadian history, says a report from the Canadian Avalanc...

Avalanche near Revelstoke, B.C., kills one, injures one and prompts search

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:41:49 +0000

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - A massive avalanche in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry on Friday killed at least one snowmobiler, injured another and sparked a search for anyone else caught in the secon...

Another avalanche near Revelstoke B.C. kills one and injuries one

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:14:33 +0000

REVELSTOKE, B.C. - One person has been killed and another injured in an avalanche west of Revelstoke, B.C. Police are trying to determine the size of the overall number of people involved in the sl...

Who wants to be an ex-premier? Klein decides to press his luck on game show

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:46:49 +0000

EDMONTON - OK, contestants. Fingers on your buzzers. What former Alberta premier is starring in his own game show? If you answered Ralph Klein, you're right. Johnny, tell 'em what they've ...

Prime Minister Harper announces gym money for Brandon University in Manitoba

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:43:34 +0000

BRANDON, Man. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced plans for an $18-million university sports complex in Brandon, Man. The money will be used to build two new gymnasiums in addition to the...

Manitoba government throws Greyhound $3.2M to keep running

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:43:36 +0000

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it will provide Greyhound with $3.12 million to keep the passenger bus service from shutting down for at least a year. Transportation Minister Steve Ashton s...

Man arrested in case of anti-Jewish graffiti spray-painted in Calgary

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:43:35 +0000

CALGARY - Police have arrested an 18-year-old man who had been wanted on a Canada-wide warrant over anti-Semitic messages spray-painted in Calgary. Officers in Winnipeg took the man into custody wi...

Alberta man charged in attempted child abduction foiled by citizens

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:43:38 +0000

WHITECOURT, Alta. - RCMP have charged an Alberta man in a child abduction that was foiled by onlookers. Police say a man approached a girl at a school playground in Whitecourt on Wednesday, but peo...

Canadian writer Peter Watts convicted in case stemming from stop at US border

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:08:42 +0000

PORT HURON, Mich. - A Canadian science fiction writer who authorities say refused to comply during an inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in December has been convicted in the ca...

Hamilton police charge man and arrest two women in alleged fraud ring

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:08:29 +0000

HAMILTON, Ont. - Hamilton police have arrested three people allegedly involved in a $1.2-million dollar fraud ring. Police have been investigating reports of mortgage and loan frauds in the Hamilto...