CJAD - National News

CAW ratifies deals with GM, Chrysler to wrap up negotiations with Big Three

Sun, 18 May 2008 04:39:46 +0000

TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers members have ratified a new collective agreement with Chrysler, wrapping up its 2008 round of negotiations with the Big Three. Chrysler workers voted 87 per cent in ...

Canadian Forces plane carrying aid for Myanmar arrives in Bangkok

Sun, 18 May 2008 02:11:26 +0000

A Canadian military plane carrying 40 tonnes worth of relief supplies for Myanmar cyclone victims arrived Saturday in Bangkok, Thailand. The giant Canadian Forces C-17 Globemaster plane took off fr...

Canadian athletes should think twice about heading to Beijing Olympics: Stojko

Sun, 18 May 2008 02:11:33 +0000

TORONTO - Two-time Olympic silver medallist Elvis Stojko says Canadian athletes should "make a stand" for human rights and think twice about heading to the Beijing Summer Games. Stojko, who capture...

Fire threat high across Prairies; wind picking up again near evacuated town

Sun, 18 May 2008 02:10:55 +0000

EDMONTON - Hot, dry conditions have turned parts of the Prairies into a tinderbox, as wildfires torched rural homes and forced people to flee communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan. A big drop in ...

Nova Scotia fishermen, supporters plan rally to press for crab quota

Sun, 18 May 2008 02:11:30 +0000

INVERNESS, N.S. - People in this small Cape Breton community were planning a rally Sunday to show support for Nova Scotia fishermen locked in a dispute over the annual crab quota. Fishermen have be...

Family friend "heart-broken" after three Ontario women killed in car crash

Sat, 17 May 2008 23:35:27 +0000

WARKWORTH, Ont. - A family friend of two young women involved in a fatal car crash that claimed three lives in eastern Ontario said she's "heart-broken" by the unexpected loss of the girls who were ba...

Police say Quebec cabinet minister's aide kidnapped in violent attack

Sat, 17 May 2008 23:35:24 +0000

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police painted a gripping scene Saturday of an intruder storming into the home of a political aide to a prominent provincial cabinet minister and dragging her away while h...

Union members at four Ontario General Motors plants ratify new agreement

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:06:58 +0000

TORONTO - Canadian Auto Workers at four General Motors plants have ratified a new labour deal that mirrors agreements with other major auto makers. The deal, struck four months before the current c...

Sexually-abused native youth at greater risk of HIV, drug use, suicide: report

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:07:04 +0000

VANCOUVER - A new study suggests sexually abused aboriginal youth in B.C. have a greater chance of contracting HIV and hepatitis C than people in other sectors of the population. Of the 605 people ...

Wind drop helps fire crews in Alta., fire threat high across much of Prairies

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:06:50 +0000

Police hope public can help find missing aide of Quebec cabinet minister

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:07:04 +0000

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are seeking the public's help in finding the political aide of a prominent provincial cabinet minister who disappeared in what has been described as a violent kidna...

Three women killed in two-vehicle crash near Warkworth, Ont.

Sat, 17 May 2008 22:07:07 +0000

Police hope security footage will help find aide of Quebec cabinet minister

Sat, 17 May 2008 20:00:24 +0000

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are calling on the public to help find the missing political aide of a prominent provincial cabinet minister. Const. Claude Ross says police will release securit...

Anthropologist finds separating brothers-in-arms stresses soldiers

Sat, 17 May 2008 20:00:38 +0000

The soldiers of Charlie Company, 1 Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, thought their ordeal would end when they were shipped out after a six-month stint on the front lines of Afghan...

Quebec uses bait to vaccinate raccoons to keep rabies out of Montreal

Sat, 17 May 2008 20:00:27 +0000

MONTREAL - Quebec wildlife officials will strategically place vaccine-laced cookies just outside Montreal to create an artificial barrier to keep a virulent strain of raccoon rabies out of the city. ...