Almost one million drop-side cribs in Canada were recalled late Monday just as the world’s standards organization is poised to institute a worldwide ban of cribs with a movable side rail, following multiple baby deaths.
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Doctors should have realized man trapped in diagnosed coma: Canadian expert
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 | 7:23 am
A top medical expert at Canada’s largest rehabilitation hospital said Monday doctors should have realized sooner that a Berlin man who was diagnosed to be in a coma for more than two decades was in fact, conscious the entire time.
Two Vancouver Island communities being evacuated after mass flooding
Friday, November 20th, 2009 | 1:02 pm
The Vancouver Island communities of Duncan and North Cowichan have declared a state of emergency and issued evacuation orders due to extensive flooding that began early Friday morning.
Corporate crime up in Canada, study says
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 | 9:00 pm
Corporate crime has risen in Canada over the last year, with sour economic conditions cited as a factor, according a new report.
Transport minister tried to kill passenger rights bill despite publicly supporting it
Monday, November 16th, 2009 | 7:00 pm
Canwest News Service
OTTAWA — The federal transport minister’s office privately pleaded with Canada’s big airlines to step up their lobby campaign to kill a proposed passenger bill of rights even as the minister publicly rallied behind the popular initiative, according…
Canadian disaster sparked mini ice age in Europe, scientist finds
Sunday, November 15th, 2009 | 4:00 pm
About 12,800 years ago, Canada violently sneezed and Europe caught a killer cold almost instantly, a University of Saskatchewan geologist has discovered.
‘I think I’m going to bring the country together:’ Ross Rebagliati
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 | 7:26 am
About two dozen party members show up at nomination meeting in Penticton.
New retractable roof for BC Place hits $458M
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 1:50 pm
The B.C. government has signed off on a plan to build a new $458-million retractable roof for BC Place stadium after the close of the 2010 Winter Games.
Kyle Unger acquitted of 1990 killing
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 12:10 pm
Murder charges against Kyle Unger have been dropped in a Winnipeg courtroom, ending a 20-year legal odyssey after the Crown determined it didn’t have enough evidence to retry him for a 1990 killing.
Native knitters investigated, B.C. MLA says
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 | 11:50 am
On a day when Vancouver’s police chief insisted his officers would not act with a heavy hand against Olympic protesters, B.C.’s solicitor general was having to field questions about how heavily Olympic security personnel have dealt with a group of…

