Indonesian police arrest driver of train in deadly crash
Indonesian police on Sunday arrested the driver of a train that crashed in central Java, his lawyer said, after 36 people were killed and dozens injured
View ArticleQuebec learns the truth hurts
David Frum: Well that was a real service to Canada. Parliament worried that Canadians could not make up their own minds about Maclean’s’ reporting on Quebec. So Parliament undertook the job itself
View ArticleDown in polls, McGuinty turns to Twitter
A year from his third election, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has turned to Twitter to connect with the people he leads. He says the social networking tool has opened his eyes to a world of opinion
View ArticleCanada cautions travellers in Europe
As the United States and Britain warned their citizens this weekend of an increased risk of terrorist attacks in Europe, the Canadian government issued its own, more subtle, caution
View ArticleGermany celebrates 20 years reunited
Germany’s president called for better integration of the country’s roughly four million Muslims Sunday, as he praised those who defeated communism to pave the way for reunification 20 years ago
View ArticleGrenade attack in Mexico injures 12
Assailants tossed a grenade into a square in Mexico’s northern business city of Monterrey on Saturday, injuring 12 people in an attack the government blamed on drug gangs.
View ArticleMystery shrouds case of elderly missing couple
Ontario police have found the body of a man near Black Donald Lake, near where they found a woman’s body and a car belonging to an elderly Quebec couple who have been missing since Wednesday
View ArticleChina’s lead-free reports unreliable: Health Canada
Canadian importers and retailers shouldn’t be relying on reports from China showing their cheap metallic jewelry is lead-free because the tests are sometimes bogus, according to internal Health Canada...
View ArticleRunning diary: Europe’s dramatic day at Ryder Cup
Scott Stinson: The clear winner through the first two days of the Ryder Cup was the umbrella lobby, with rain having washed out a full day of play at the Celtic Manor
View ArticleNDP urges Harper to remove tax from heating costs
The federal NDP is calling for a tax break that could warm Canadians’ hearts and feet this winter. Leader Jack Layton on Sunday called on the federal government to remove the tax from home heating
View ArticleAre sparks flying between Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen in Toronto?
So, how’s this for the Commonwealth Games? In one corner: hometown fave and noted damsel in non-distress Rachel McAdams. In the other: Michael Sheen, a chameleonic force, that of the Welsh variety
View ArticleEmanuel launches bid for mayor of Chicago
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on Sunday announced his bid to become mayor of Chicago, according to a video message posted on his website
View ArticleGunmen attack NATO fuel tankers in Pakistan
Three people were killed Monday and eight others wounded when about 20 NATO oil tankers were attacked and set ablaze in the Pakistani capital, a police emergency official told AFP
View ArticleExit poll suggests Rousseff seals Brazil presidency
An exit poll given by the Globo TV network immediately after general elections in Brazil suggested the ruling party’s presidential candidate, Dilma Rousseff, had won 51%of ballots
View ArticleCommonwealth Games hit by first case of dengue fever
The Commonwealth Games was hit by its first case of dengue fever on Sunday, health officials said, as the opening ceremonies kicked off in New Delhi
View ArticlePalestinians want to keep peace talks alive: Mitchell
The Palestinians want peace talks with Israel to continue, U.S. envoy George Mitchell insisted as he visited Egypt and Jordan in a last-ditch effort to salvage fledgling direct negotiations.
View ArticleForeign doctors not passing Canada's certification exams: study
With Canada’s doctor shortage still dire, medical authorities are under constant pressure to let more foreign-trained medical graduates work here as physicians. But two new studies point to a roadblock
View ArticleOttawa ponders further tightening of mortgage rules
The federal government is once again looking at tightening rules in the Canadian mortgage market, according to a source close to the situation.
View ArticleNo bus to court means charges stayed for N.S. robber
Nova Scotia's Joseph Nolan Reddick had just been sentenced to four years in prison for a robbery when, days later, he was scheduled to be back in court to face more outstanding charges.
View ArticleCanadian pediatricians recommend rotavirus vaccination
Pediatricians want to add another shot to the panoply of vaccines Canadian children receive, urging that every baby in the country be vaccinated against a virus that sends thousands of children to...
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