Canada and World

Kelowna woman enlists MPs help to bring Haitian baby to Canada

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 | 10:00 am

Christine Roesler called on Ron Cannan to get help bringing her new niece home.

Tags: adoption, haiti, jason kenney, Kelowna, ron cannan
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Stockwell Day contributed to ’structural deficit’ in Alberta, political scientist says

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 | 10:00 am

Stockwell Day has come full circle as the man appointed to rein in federal deficit helped set conditions for Alberta’s current budget crunch while serving as treasurer there.

Tags: Conservative Party of Canada, stephen harper, stockwell day, structural deficit
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Harper selects Stockwell Day as his new deficit slayer

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | 4:30 pm

The new president of the Treasury Board talks to Kelowna.com about the challenge ahead.

Tags: cabinet shuffle, Kelowna, president, stockwell day, treasury board, West Kelowna
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Salvation Army responds to devastating earthquake in Haiti

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 | 7:59 am

Contributed

The Salvation Army is mobilizing resources to respond to the destructive earthquake that struck the Caribbean island of Haiti on Tuesday. The country is paralyzed and many are without power, clean water, and food after the quake all but destroyed…

Tags: haiti
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Three dead, five wounded in Missouri shooting: Police

Thursday, January 7th, 2010 | 11:42 am

A U.S. gunman Thursday shot dead three people and wounded five in a rampage at a Missouri power company, police said.

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Soldiers killed Wednesday named

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | 10:10 am

The Department of National Defence has announced the names of the four soldiers killed in Afghanisttan during an IED attack Wednesday.

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Reporter, four soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 | 4:34 pm

Canwest News service

A Canadian journalist and four Canadian soldiers died in Afghanistan on Wednesday in the blast of an improvised explosive device.

Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang, 34, was on secondment to Canwest News Service and was travelling with a provincial…

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Cop killer suspect killed by police

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 | 7:11 am

Maurice Clemmons has been the focus of a manhunt since Sunday morning when he is accused of killing four Lakewood, Wash., police officers in a coffee shop.

Tags: cop killer, lakewood washington, maurice clemmons
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