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The Canadian Public Complaints Commission issued a damning report on the misuse of Tasers following the tragic death of a Polish immigrant at the Vancouver airport over a year ago. Commission member Paul Kennedy detailed fumble and cover-ups that bring...

Diabetes is expected to cost Canada about $12.2 billion in 2010, nearly double its level a decade ago, the Canadian Diabetes Association says. A significant proportion of HIV-positive women of child-bearing age want to become pregnant at some point, a...

Opposition leader Olive Crane invoked the voice of her predecessor, now Premier Robert Ghiz, in her efforts to get witnesses before the public accounts committee. A Charlottetown man went through a local fast food drive-thru to buy a hamburger, and...

An Etobicoke woman was found guilty today of first-degree murder in the axe-bludgeoning of her long-time boyfriend. Nicky Puddicombe was convicted of either orchestrating, aiding in the murder or wielding the axe herself during the Oct. 27, 2006 slaying of...

I've flown all over this province in all manner of planes. Beavers and Otters and Dash 7's & 8's....jets and helicopters. I've lifted off from fog-bound Gold River with loggers returning to camps a hundred miles away through thick coastal...

With high unemployment it is not surprising that there would be more families requiring help from the government. This shows that job creation needs to be a number one priority for the Obama administration. As the figures indicate, minority groups...

A private members' bill unveiled Thursday will make it easier for torture victims to sue other countries and officials through the Canadian criminal system. The proposed bill was brought forth by Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, who served as justice minister...