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Military bomb sweeps missed anti-tank weapons and mortars: documents

OTTAWA - Bomb sweeps by the Defence Department on former military ranges failed to turn up a number of potentially explosive remnants of past training exercises, say newly released documents. At le...

Scientists see hope for porbeagle sharks in discovery of new breeding ground

HALIFAX - Scientists have discovered a new breeding ground for porbeagle sharks off Canada's East Coast, giving hope to a species whose numbers have been steadily slipping around the world. A resea...

B.C. MP dumped by Liberals says he wants to return to party fold

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - B.C. Independent MP Blair Wilson says he wants to return to the Liberal caucus and run under the party's flag in the next federal election. The West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast ...

Legal options for trying Khadr in Canada fraught with difficulty: legal experts

OTTAWA - Omar Khadr would likely never face conviction in Canada even if there was a way to charge him with an offence under Canadian law, legal experts who advocate his repatriation acknowledge. T...

Massive surge in passport demand projected over next year: report

OTTAWA - The federal government is predicting a record surge in passport applications over the next year as Canadians get ready for tougher U.S. border rules. Passport Canada is bracing for 5.2 mil...

Canada part of group working on plan to bring Mars samples back to Earth

MONTREAL - Canada, which is part of a group working to bring samples of Mars back to Earth, has helped the mission exploring the Red Planet to get more bang for its buck, says a key American scientist...

Activists say Montreal firms used as fronts for building Israeli settlements

MONTREAL - Murky ownership of two Montreal companies is feeding allegations by U.S. activists that the firms are being used as fronts for Israeli developers intent on building settlements in Palestini...

Young sex assault victim spent seven years in court, finally moving on

TISDALE, Sask. - To the public, she's known as the 12-year-old aboriginal girl who accused three white men of plying her with beer and trying to have sex with her on a country road in north-central Sa...

Province not providing enough funds for child autism services, agencies say

TORONTO - The Liberal government is failing to live up to its promises to adequately fund early therapy for autistic children, forcing some service providers to turn away families who've waited years ...

Math students in B.C. to solve real-world problems: like unexploded bombs

VANCOUVER - Steve Coyne is looking for bombs but he's not doing it with a dog or high-tech detection equipment. He's using a pencil. The 22-year-old mathematics student is part of a month-long p...