Mayerthorpe memorial for slain Mounties unveiled In turning tragedy into "goodness," the tiny community of Mayerthorpe, Alta., unveiled four life-sized bronze statues in a new memorial park dedicated to the Mounties gunned down in 2005.
Family group demands Morgentaler honour be revoked A Calgary-based activist group has filed a request to the Governor General, asking that she strip abortion crusader Dr. Henry Morgentaler of his membership to the Order of Canada.
Feds start coast-to-coast talks on immigration law The federal government will begin consulting with experts across the country next week on controversial legislation passed to speed immigration applications by giving officials the power of selecting which ones to fast track.
French patients demand standing at cancer test inquiry Cancer patients from the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland, say they were the last to know about breast cancer testing mistakes in the labs of Eastern Health.
Retailers caught selling flavoured cigars to kids In a small change to its sting operations for catching retailers selling tobacco to minors, the Province of P.E.I. has found stores selling flavoured cigars to youth.
Fire-struck residents thank 'our heroes' Hundreds of people gathered in Cole Harbour Thursday night to thank firefighters, police and other emergency workers who battled the Porters Lake fire last month, the biggest forest fire in an urban area in Nova Scotia in 30 years.
Toronto police, corrections officers arrested in connection with grow-ops Two Toronto police officers and three corrections officers were some of the 23 people arrested Thursday on suspicion of being involved with "a very elaborate criminal organization" that grew and sold marijuana and other drugs.
Ottawa man charged with theft of 25 sewer grates A 42-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with the theft of 25 sewer grates in the Elmvale Acres area - some of the 150 catch basin covers that have gone missing around the city in the past month.
Whale carcass buried in N.B. forest A 15-metre-long whale that beached near Rockport, N.B., on Chignecto Bay was buried Thursday in a forested area just up from the beach in Slack's Cove.
Minister reinforces position on bridge closure The B.C. transportation minister says Vancouver police should learn from their counterparts in San Francisco how to handle people disrupting traffic on busy bridges.
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