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Ignatieff credits Harper for Grit comeback
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff kicked off his party’s convention in Vancouver Thursday by simultaneously thanking and slamming his Tory foes.
Dutch royal family target of car attack during parade
A Dutch driver careened through police barriers and plowed into a crowd of merrymakers cheering their popular queen Thursday, in a premeditated assault on the royal family that killed five bystanders and injured 12, authorities said.
Canada, Ontario to own 2 per cent of Chrysler
Ottawa and Ontario will kick in $3.8 billion to help Chrysler restructure amid a bankruptcy deal that will see the once-mighty company team up with Italian automaker Fiat.
Family judge accepts teen’s peacemaking deal
A judge presiding over a bizarre custody dispute decided Thursday to accept a peace deal a teenager brokered with his warring parents after an emotional reunion, and rejected an Ontario agency’s demands to first force counselling on the family.
Kashechewan jail fire a dark chapter, inquest told
The excruciating deaths of two aboriginal men arrested for public intoxication marked another dark chapter in Canada’s shameful history of neglecting First Nations people and must never be repeated, an inquest heard.
Tougher Ont. drinking-and-driving law looms
Ontario’s tough new impaired driving laws take effect Friday. As of May 1, a driver caught with a blood alcohol level between 0.05 to 0.08 — the so-called warn range — will have their licence suspended for three days.
Housing inspectors target run-down apartments
Tenants claim they’ve been waiting for repairs for almost a year. Sun Media’s Ian Robertson talks with inspectors and tenants.
Ex-homicide cops troubled by Tori’s case
Two former Toronto homicide detectives say they find many troubling aspects to the disappearance of Woodstock girl Tori Stafford more than three weeks ago.
Housing inspectors target run-down apartments
Tenants claim they’ve been waiting for repairs for almost a year. Sun Media’s Ian Robertson talks with inspectors and tenants.
Lab-confirmed cases of H1N1 flu now at 257
The World Health Organization said Thursday that the number of laboratory confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza A, the so-called "swine flu," has jumped to 257 people around the globe.
