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Professional groups need to stop playing 'gatekeeper' on foreign credentials, says Kenney
MONTREAL - Professional associations refusing to recognize the credentials of foreign workers are threatening to slow Canada's economic recovery, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Thursday. Pr...
Police probe Rizzuto links in brazen daytime shooting at Mtl clothing store
MONTREAL - A deadly daytime shooting that paralyzed Old Montreal was possibly linked to a violent feud involving Canada's most prominent Mafia family, police sources said Thursday. Two men were sho...
Severe radioactive isotope shortage looming, could affect 1,000s of patients
TORONTO - The health of thousands of Canadian and U.S. patients could be put in jeopardy by a critical shortage of radioactive isotopes over the next few weeks, nuclear medicine experts say. The So...
Alberta RCMP say citizens foil child abduction in Whitecourt, charges pending
WHITECOURT, Alta. - RCMP say a group of people in Whitecourt, Alta., helped foil an attempted child abduction. Police say a man approached a girl on Wednesday at a school playground in the communit...
2 Toronto men charged after ATM tampering equipment found during traffic stop
CLARINGTON, Ont. - Two Toronto men were arrested in the Durham region after police found ATM tampering equipment during a routine traffic stop. A Durham regional police officer stopped a newer mode...
Saskatchewan man to face first-degree murder trial in death of young mother
SASKATOON - A provincial court judge has ruled that a man accused of killing a Saskatchewan woman whose remains weren't found for several years will stand trial for first-degree murder. Douglas Hal...
2nd case of flesh-eating disease in Windsor, Ont.; patient 'cautiously stable.'
WINDSOR, Ont. - A hospital official confirms there is a second case of flesh-eating disease in Windsor, Ont. Windsor Regional Hospital spokesman Ron Foster would only say today the patient is in "c...
Bail denied Sask man accused of threatening prime minister, two other people
SASKATOON - A man accused of threatening the prime minister, the premier of Saskatchewan and the head of the Canadian Grain Commission has been denied bail. Donald Lorenz appeared in a Saskatoon co...
Manitoba finance minister hints no spending cuts, higher user fees in budget
WINNIPEG - Despite tough economic times, Manitoba's NDP government is not looking at deep spending cuts in its budget next Tuesday and is instead leaving the door open to higher user fees and a contin...
Toronto police find car involved in fatal hit and run of 25-year-old man
TORONTO - Toronto police have found the suspect vehicle involved the fatal hit and run of a 25-year-old man. The vehicle, a 2005 Monte Carlo, was located Thursday afternoon in northwest Toronto. ...
Elton John and Billy Joel are back on the road with the latest leg of their Face To Face tour. After a troubling end of 2009, which
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