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Hockey Hall of Fame to be final home for Olympic gold medal puck
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The gold medal puck is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame. The official announcement is set for later today in Vancouver but a source has confirmed the famous chunk of rubber is hea...
Canadians advised against travel to northern Mexico after 2 Americans killed
OTTAWA - The federal government has issued a warning to Canadians who might be venturing into northern Mexico. The alert comes after two Americans were shot to death across the border from El Paso,...
U of T scholar Natalie Zemon Davis wins US$700,500 Holberg Prize
TORONTO - A University of Toronto history scholar has won one of the world's top academic prizes. Natalie Zemon Davis has won the Holberg Prize, which is worth US$700,500. Established by the Norweg...
Funeral for Canadian actor Corey Haim to be held in his native Toronto
TORONTO - Former teen heartthrob Corey Haim will be laid to rest today in his native Toronto. The "Lost Boys" star, who died last week at age 38 in Burbank, Calif., will be honoured during a funera...
Winning gold medal helps Brian McKeever remembers why he keeps racing
WHISTLER, B.C. - Brian McKeever will never forget his Olympic disappointment, but the Paralympic gold medal he won Monday helped remind him why he keeps racing. McKeever's victory in the 20-kilomet...
Montreal cops pelted with projectiles at annual anti-police march: 100 arrested
MONTREAL - Montreal police arrested dozens of protesters who launched beer bottles at riot cops and tossed firecrackers at officers'horses during the city's annual anti-police march on Monday. A mo...
Cops - and their horses - pelted with projectiles at annual anti-police march
MONTREAL - In a Montreal springtime ritual as predictable as cherry blossoms and melting snow, the city's riot cops squared off Monday against hundreds of marauding protesters at an anti-police march....
Calgary zookeeper suspended after gorilla nearly escapes enclosure
CALGARY - A Calgary zookeeper has been suspended after a gorilla nearly escaped his enclosure. Shortly before the zoo opened Monday morning, a seven-year-old male gorilla jumped about three metres ...
Justin Trudeau opposes rules on back-country access in wake of slide deaths
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Justin Trudeau lost his brother to a B.C. back-country avalanche, but the son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau says he opposes anything that impinges on Canadians'ability to enj...
Flaherty says European proposal to tax banks, financial transactions 'a mistake'
NEW YORK - Canada will not impose new taxes on banks or financial transactions and will try to convince European leaders of the folly of their proposals at the upcoming G8 and G20 near Toronto in June...
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The gold medal puck is going to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The official announcement is set
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