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Two arrested after armed standoff in Montreal ends without incident

MONTREAL - Two Montreal police detectives who went to a west-end apartment building Monday afternoon came face-to-face with a gun-toting man who answered his door....

Sidhartha Banerjee, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News


Defence to begin calling witnesses in trial of man accused of murder by HIV

HAMILTON - The defence is scheduled to begin calling witnesses today in the trial of a Hamilton man accused of infecting his sexual partners with HIV....

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News


Another gold, more records for Canada at the world junior championship

OTTAWA - Canada continues to raise the bar at the world junior hockey championship....

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News




Nanotechnology: the science of tiny raises big hopes and also big fears

EDMONTON - It's the speck of dirt on the foot of a flea, and within it may be locked the Utopian dreams of a great beginning or the repressed fears of apocalyptic end times....

Dean Bennett, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Ottawa sending delegation to lobby EU against banning Cdn seal products

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The federal government is sending a delegation to Europe later this month to lobby the European Union against proposed legislation that could ban Canadian seal...

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Another shooting in Calgary; first few days of New Year plagued by violence

CALGARY - The first few days of the New Year have been plagued by violence in Calgary....

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Fighting preventing Canadians from leaving Gaza: Foreign Affairs

OTTAWA - Israeli authorities have temporarily prevented three dozen Canadians from escaping the warfare in the Middle East, citing security concerns....

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Elderly Montreal man facing murder charge in death of 83-year-old wife

MONTREAL - An 86-year-old Montrealer is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of his 83-year-old wife....

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Toronto police say woman found dead in SUV is city's second homicide of 2009

TORONTO - Toronto police say a woman whose body was found slumped over a steering wheel in an SUV is the city's second homicide of the year....

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Vancouver senior says she's disgusted with city's lack of snow removal

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Residents and officials are struggling to deal with that most Canadian of inconveniences - snow - following near-record snowfall in this West Coast city in...

Camille Bains, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Homeless dealing with one of the coldest Prairie winters in years

WINNIPEG - Winter is only two weeks old, but for most people in the Prairies, it already feels like a very long bone-chilling, balaclava-wearing, test of endurance....

Steve Lambert, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Billions in aid for auto industry will 'keep lights on' for now: McGuinty

TORONTO - Billions of taxpayer dollars aimed at bailing out struggling automakers will likely be used to "keep the lights on" rather than directly transform the companies into...

Maria Babbage, THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News

Two people dead after blaze sweeps through Quebec apartment building

SAGUENAY, Que. - A man and a woman in their 50s died on Monday after fire swept through an apartment building about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City, police said....

THE CANADIAN PRESS | 01/05/2009 | National News




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    01/06/2009
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  • 01/07/2009
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