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One in six first-year university students will not make the grade

For someone who considers herself a responsible and mature person, Natalie Czerwinski is coping a lot worse than she thought she would during her first month of university.

Research team launches search for serpent-like creature

Brigette Horvath knew she saw something strange in Cameron Lake on Vancouver Island two years ago and a team of researchers say she might be right.Was it a fish, an eel or some kind of serpent-like creature?

Winnipeg man charged after baby stabbed

A 23-year-old man is in custody and will be charged after his infant son was found stabbed near the eye, Winnipeg police said Sunday.

B.C. man killed after motorcycle drifts off Alberta highway

A B.C. man has died on a southern Alberta highway after his motorcycle drifted off the highway in brisk winds.

Oilsands security in doubt?

While the oilsands industry tries to calm any frayed nerves after a splashy protest by Greenpeace at a Shell work site in northern Alberta, some analysts say the infiltration of such a huge operation should serve as a warning about the security of energy installations.

Feds mum over legal protection for flu vaccine makers

The federal government won’t say if Canadians who suffer harmful side effects from the new swine flu shot can take the vaccine maker to court.

Canadians want military to pursue peacekeeping, according to new Ipsos Reid research finding

A public opinion poll conducted for National Defence says half of Canadians surveyed want their soldiers to return to a “peacekeeping only” role in the world.

Police say Sask boy used bike to save his little brother from child abductor

RCMP say it’s fortunate a boy wasn’t injured when he rescued his five-year-old brother from the clutches of an alleged child abductor in a small Saskatchewan community.
Fallen soldier thought Afghan mission ’useless’: family

Fallen soldier thought Afghan mission ’useless’: family

The latest Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan reportedly considered the mission pointless.
Another Canadian soldier killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

Another Canadian soldier killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan

The ever-present perils of the Panjwaii claimed the life of another young Canadian soldier Thursday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb while returning from a mission to root out Taliban command centres and weapons caches.