Italy supports Canadian plans for a G20 summit, cooperation on Africa
[Oct 15, 2004, 23:58]
OTTAWA (AFP) - Italy expressed support for a Canadian initiative to hold a summit of developed, developing and middle income countries.
Feds create new force to defend against cyber-attacks from terrorists
[Oct 15, 2004, 23:55]
OTTAWA - A high-level national task force is being assembled to help Canada steel its defences against potential cyber-attacks by terrorists.
Toddler found alive after spending night in bush west of Edmonton
[Oct 15, 2004, 23:53]
CARNWOOD, Alta. - Toddler Zack Hill was gone in the blink of an eye but saved after 16 freezing hours in bush country by a flash of his blue coat and the sighting of one tiny little arm.
Submariners tell tale of fire, fear
[Oct 12, 2004, 16:40]
They're badly bruised, unable to fall asleep and their "sea legs" still pitch them to and fro, even in their hotel rooms.But their tales of survival in the charred belly of a Canadian submarine pour out with the harrowing force of the waves and thick smoke they battled.There was a fleeting moment with myself when I really questioned whether or not this was going to be it."By then, all power was out and the inside of the sub was pitch-black. Light from powerful flashlights travelled no farther than 15 centimetres before disappearing in darkness, and men gasping for air fumbled about blindly trying to find masks."I couldn't even see the fire but you could feel the warmth coming over and it was increasing as the temperature went higher," he says.
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Legislature faces health-care debate
[Oct 12, 2004, 16:35]
MPPs are back at work in the Ontario legislature Tuesday, after a three-month break. NDP leader Howard Hampton says he will force the government to explain why it's going to stop subsidizing some health services. The Progressive Conservatives are also expected to go after the government over health care.
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Pakistan testfires Ghauri Hatf V missile
[Oct 12, 2004, 16:33]
Pakistan today successfully testfired medium range surface-to-surface Ghauri Missile Hatf V capable of carrying nuclear warheads up to 1500 kms. Pakistan had testfired a nuclear-capable missile on June four this year.
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Canadian spaceship representative visits Sask. to prepare for launch
[Oct 12, 2004, 00:01]
SASKATOON - A representative for the Canadian group that hopes to launch the world's second private spaceship will visit Kindersley, Sask. this week, but it's unlikely he'll be announcing a date for the blast-off
Martin and Putin to sign joint statement condemning terrorism
[Oct 11, 2004, 23:59]
MOSCOW - Prime Minister Paul Martin is expected to sign with Vladimir Putin a joint statement condemning terror even as the Russian president's related tactics are under international attack.Martin arrived in Moscow on Monday as part of a six-day European tour that will also take him to France and Hungary. He meets Tuesday with Putin, who has been assailed for using terrorist threats as an excuse to crack down on free speech while beefing up security forces.
The toll grows to 69 women
[Oct 8, 2004, 08:49]
Despair over the city's missing women deepened yesterday with the addition of eight names, bringing to 69 the number of prostitutes who were murdered or have disappeared. Police said the eight women identified come from an ongoing review of missing person's files rather than the discovery of DNA or human remains at the pig farm at the centre of Canada's largest serial murder investigation.
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Leaders make 11th-hour deal
[Oct 8, 2004, 08:46]
Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government has averted collapse and made history with last night's eleventh-hour agreement to make a substantial change in its throne speech. It was a change prompted by a separatist opposition party, the Bloc Québécois, and more amendments may be incorporated eventually from the Conservative opposition.It is a sign, Martin boasted, of a thriving democracy in a shaky minority."I actually think this is pretty healthy," Martin said.
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