Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 2:16 am
Canwest News Service
WINDSOR, Ont. – A student at an Ontario high school is in police custody after allegedly stabbing another student in a fight off school property Monday afternoon. Teenagers who were gathered outside the school said the altercation between…
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 2:16 am
Canwest News Service
VANCOUVER – Jean Labonte, the captain of Canada's sledge hockey team, has been named Canada's flag-bearer for the 2010 Paralympic Games.
Labonte, 41, of Gatineau, Que., is a four-time Paralympian and was part of Canada's gold-medal winning team in…
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 2:16 am
Canwest News Service
LEADBURY, Ont. – The Ontario Provincial Police are mourning the loss of one of their own after the calm in this rural community was shattered by a shootout that killed Const. Vu Pham, a 15-year veteran of the…
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 4:31 pm
Canwest News Service
Vancouver Island beekeepers are reeling from the worst commercial honeybee die-off in recent memory, with some estimating almost 90 per cent of colonies have been wiped out in the last few months.
Many blame a harmful parasite called varroa…
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 4:31 pm
Canwest News Service
METRO VANCOUVER – The Richmond RCMP were asking for the public's assistance Monday in locating 21 bicycles that have yet to be returned to their Dutch owners after the Olympics.
These bikes are among the 400 that were on…
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 1:16 pm
Canwest News Service
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver restaurant owner plans to file a lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court claiming copyright infringement against director James Cameron and other makers of the highest-grossing film of all time, the Academy Award-nominated Avatar.
Emil Malak,…
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 1:16 pm
Canwest News Service
VANCOUVER – Four years after he was charged with lying during the Air India terrorism trial, Inderjit Singh Reyat will hear the Crown's case against him Monday atthe opening of his perjury trial.
While serving his sentence for manslaughter…
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 3:31 am
Canwest News Service
It was an Oscar night that honoured the art and not the popularity.
So said Mo'Nique, best known as a comedienne and talk-show host, who was named best supporting actress Sunday night at the 82nd annual Academy Awards. She…
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 3:31 am
Canwest News Service
VANCOUVER – A 16-year-old girl was seven months pregnant when her pimp posted sexads offering her services on an Internet classified site, her mother claims.
And after her daughter had the child last summer, the same pimp again used…
Monday, March 8th, 2010 | 3:31 am
Canwest News Service
VANCOUVER – British Columbia gangsters are turning away from murder, now solving their disputes with beatings, kidnappings and threats, the head of the Gang Task Force said.
Supt. Dan Malo, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said the…
