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Charles hails those who have 'selflessly served' communities
REGINA — Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, were kept busy on the final day of their whirlwind visit to Canada as they met more of the people the prince has described as an inspiration on this trip.
“Over the past three days, I can say from the heart that we have both been incredibly moved by the stories of the literally hundreds and hundreds of Canadians we have met who have selflessly served their communities without thought of recognition or thanks — whether it is running a breakfast club at their local school or teaching young people practical skills for future employment,” Charles said Wednesday after presenting Diamond Jubilee medals at a ceremony at the Saskatchewan legislature. READ
Quebec government willing to talk to students
QUEBEC — The Quebec government has set strict conditions for any resumption of negotiations with student strike leaders: there will be no talk of a tuition freeze, and no question of scrapping a newly enacted emergency law. READ
Ottawa cuts off some EI data just as it readies new rules for claimants
OTTAWA — The Conservative government has cut off the flow of some key employment data to the public just as it is about to present new, stricter rules on Employment Insurance. READ
Charles, Camilla see golden lab Queen gifted to RCMP
REGINA — Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have visited Government House in Regina where they dedicated an herb garden and met a royal canine. READ
G-G's military citation presented to U.S. Army Green Beret unit
OTTAWA — An American special forces contingent has become the first non-Canadian recipient of the country’s highest citation for military units. READ
Ottawa appeals wheat board declaration
OTTAWA — The latest chapter in the long and bitter saga of the Canadian Wheat Board played out Wednesday in the Federal Court of Appeal. READ
CP Rail on strike, Ottawa preparing to legislate end ’if necessary’
Ottawa is prepared to table back-to-work legislation to end the strike at Canadian Pacific, federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said Wednesday as she urged both sides to keep talking to reach a deal. READ
Vince Li thought victim was an alien: supporter
A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus thought he was attacking an alien, according to a supporter. Vince Li is filled with remorse for his actions and understands he is a schizophrenic who must remain on his medication, Chris Summerville said Tuesday. READ
Ottawa, Nunavut discuss province-like powers over natural resources
Ottawa and Nunavut are opening talks on granting province-like powers to the eastern Arctic territory over its natural resources. “Our economic development and our self-reliance depend on reaching an agreement to transfer land management responsibilities to Nunavut,” Pemier Eva Aariak said Tuesday as she named Nunavut’s chief negotiator for the talks. READ
Rick Hansen wraps his 25th anniversary Man in Motion tour with tribute to Fox
More than 25 years ago, when Rick Hansen was beginning the tour that would ultimately lead him through 34 countries and four continents, waiters would look to Hansen’s friends for the athlete’s meal order. READ
Woman threatened for hours by man with explosives
A woman taken hostage in her Kamloops, B.C., home last week says a man who died there in an explosion and blaze tormented her for hours and threatened to set her on fire. Sherry Young told station CFJC that she knew 48-year-old Dennan Crosby only as a former colleague and was not his ex-girlfriend as reported earlier. READ
Police bullets fly during wild getaway in fatal shooting
Police opened fire on a fleeing vehicle after it struck a pedestrian and a police cruiser following the Victoria Day shooting death of a 31-year-old man in Saskatoon. Police say an officer thought he heard shots and later discovered a fatally wounded man on the street. READ
Man in stable condition after plunging over Niagara Falls in apparent suicide bid
A man who survived a plunge of at least 180 feet (55 metres) over Niagara Falls — only the third person known to have done so without a safety device — was in stable condition Tuesday, a day after his apparent suicide attempt led to a dramatic and painstaking rescue. READ
Quebec student protests go global
MONTREAL — A river of red-clad protesters is rippling through downtown Montreal on this, the 100th day of Quebec’s student strikes, with smaller events being held in other cities. READ
Veteran Mountie reprimanded for disgraceful conduct
RCMP leaders are defending a decision not to fire a senior Mountie for disgraceful conduct that includes have sex with subordinates, exposing himself to a co-worker and drinking on the job. READ
Woman charged in stabbing deaths of Canadian tourists
A woman arrested in the daytime stabbing deaths of two Canadian tourists near an Atlantic City casino laughed, frowned, grimaced and repeatedly asked where her lawyer was Tuesday as she was charged with murdering the women, one of them 80 years old. READ
Providing better mental health care doesn’t mean more money: minister
Canada needs to deal with the stigma surrounding mental health issues before it can go on to tackle funding questions, says federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq. READ
Long-term expat Canadians fight ‘unconstitutional’ voting rule
A law stripping voting rights from more than a million expatriate Canadians who have lived abroad for more than five years should be struck down as unconstitutional, according to a legal challenge served on the federal government. The new application, filed in Ontario Superior Court on behalf of two Canadians living in the United States, argues the five-year rule in the Canada Elections Act is arbitrary and unreasonable. READ
Tory MPs ask court to toss request to review election results
Seven Conservative MPs who narrowly won their seats in the last election are asking the Federal Court to toss out a request to review the results in their ridings. Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton has filed motions on behalf of the seven MPs asking that the cases be rejected. READ
Crowds greet Prince Charles and wife Camilla
TORONTO — Cheers and curtsies welcomed the royal couple as they toured Toronto on the second day of their whirlwind visit to Canada, but it was Camilla who seemed to fire up the crowds waiting at each stop. READ
