Last Updated: Thursday, August 19, 2010 | 5:22 PM ET
- B.C. smoke triggers Alta. health warning
- Health officials issued a warning Thursday that smoke drifting into Alberta from the forest fires in British Columbia poses a potential health risk. more »
- 3 arrested after RCMP rollover
- Two youths and a 19-year-old man have been charged in relation to an incident near Banff, Alta., earlier this week in which an RCMP officer rolled her vehicle. more »
- Medicine Hat caps pet ownership
- The city of Medicine Hat voted Monday to limit the number of pets people are allowed to own. more »
- Parkade proposed to fund heritage restoration
- Investors are being sought for a $40-million automated parkade project that would offset the costs of revitalizing a stretch of Seventh Avenue S.W. more »
- RCMP rammed in arrest drama
- Police in central Alberta were fired at and had their vehicles rammed when they responded to a call about a distraught man threatening someone with a rifle. more »
- Lopes-Schliep dominates in Zurich win
- Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep has served notice in Switzerland, beating LoLo Jones and the rest of the field in convincing fashion in the 100-metre hurdles. more »
- Red Deer MD breached act by leaving files behind
- A Red Deer doctor violated the province's Health Information Act by leaving medical records in an office after moving to a new building last year, according to findings by the office of Alberta's information and privacy commissioner. more »
- Anti-oilsands postcards target Alberta tourism
- The anti-oilsands groups behind the Rethink Alberta billboards have opened a third front in their campaign to get potential tourists to reconsider visiting the province. more »
- Biker hurt flipping onto semi's fender
- A Calgary motorcyclist is in hospital after running into the back of a semi-trailer Wednesday night, flipping over the handlebars and landing on its rear fender. more »
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- Fires force B.C. forestry workers out of woods
- Up to 300 forestry workers in Northern B.C. have been pulled off the job due to extreme forest fire risk, as fires in the area burn across 20,000 hectares of forests.
- Harper pledges 550 new jobs in Miramichi, N.B.
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the federal government will create 550 jobs by establishing a payroll centre in Miramichi, N.B.
- Gun program head will follow MPs' direction
- The new director of the Canadian Firearms Program says he believes the current program "has contributed to officer and public safety," but he will "respect and follow any future direction" provided by Parliament.
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- Last U.S. combat brigade leaves Iraq
- The final brigade of U.S. combat troops has pulled out of Iraq, signalling a new chapter in the country's future.
- U.S. boosts Pakistan flood aid to $150M
- The United States will increase its contribution to flood relief efforts in Pakistan to $150 million, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
- VIDEO: Arcade Fire singer criticizes Wyclef's presidential bid
- Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is campaigning for president of Haiti and he's drawing criticism from some unlikely quarters, including from Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, whose wife, Régine Chassagne, is of Haitian origin and who has questioned Jean's French language fluency.
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- B.C. smoke triggers Alta. health warning
- Health officials issued a warning Thursday that smoke drifting into Alberta from the forest fires in British Columbia poses a potential health risk.
- Existing drugs could also combat kids' cancer
- Children with neuroblastoma may be able to use existing medications to fight their cancer under a new approach to drug screening proposed by Canadian researchers.
- N.S. would take part in national MS trial
- Nova Scotia's premier says he is open to taking part in any federal study of a controversial treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Arts & Entertainment »
- VIDEO: Arcade Fire singer criticizes Wyclef's presidential bid
- Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is campaigning for president of Haiti and he's drawing criticism from some unlikely quarters, including from Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler, whose wife, Régine Chassagne, is of Haitian origin and who has questioned Jean's French language fluency.
- Ottawa film festival to focus on local scene
- The organizers behind the first Ottawa International Film Festival opening this weekend are hoping to draw the eyes of the world on what they say is a thriving local film scene.
- 3-D is exploding - but where's the next Avatar?
- Eight months after the premiere of Avatar, Hollywood is still using 3-D technology mostly for cheap thrills.
Technology & Science »
- Radiation could pinpoint black hole merger
- Astronomers may be able to get an early warning about where to look for merging black holes and study gravitational waves thanks a new model created by Canadian and U.S. astrophysicists.
- BP oil plume a long-lasting threat: study
- A 35-kilometre-long invisible mist of oil is meandering far below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where it will probably loiter for months or more, scientists reported Thursday in the first conclusive evidence of an underwater plume from the BP spill.
- Moon shrinking with age
- The moon may be shrinking. Not to worry though, lovers and crooners, it won't be disappearing any time soon.
Money »
- Markets close lower on U.S. jobless data
- North American stocks lost ground Thursday on lower employment data in the U.S., and despite a big takeover bid in the high-tech industry.
- The foreign ownership debate renewed
- The possibility that Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan could fall into foreign hands is renewing the debate over the potential loss of resource industries in Canada.
- U.S. workplace deaths drop with recession
- The number of Americans who died on the job fell to the lowest level since 1992 last year, dropping 17 per cent to 4,340 across the country in 2009.
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- Nannies, foreign workers face new rules
- The federal government is tightening the regulations affecting live-in caregivers and temporary foreign workers, as well as the people who hire them.
- Anti-oilsands postcards target Alberta tourism
- The anti-oilsands groups behind the Rethink Alberta billboards have opened a third front in their campaign to get potential tourists to reconsider visiting the province.
- Cameron Diaz most dangerous net search
- Putting the name of Hollywood star Cameron Diaz into a search engine can be downright dangerous according to security company McAfee.
Sports »
- Ex-pitcher Clemens charged with perjury
- A U.S. federal grand jury indicts seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress about using steroids.
- Lopes-Schliep dominates in Zurich win
- Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep has served notice in Switzerland, beating LoLo Jones and the rest of the field in convincing fashion in the 100-metre hurdles.
- CBC, AHL strike broadcast deal
- CBC Sports and the American Hockey League announced a one-year broadcast agreement on Thursday.
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