AUDITOR GENERAL TO PROBE SUSPICIONS OF DOUBLE BILLING
Public Works Minister Don Boudria has called on the auditor general to
investigate whether the federal government paid a Montreal marketing
firm twice for the same report.
FORMER RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER
A former Russian diplomat has been found guilty of involuntary
manslaughter in the drunk driving death of a woman in Ottawa.
SPENDING DOWN, TAXES UP IN ALBERTA
Premier Ralph Klein's government delivered a budget Tuesday, which for
the first time in years, significantly increases taxes and fees.
LIBERALS, OPPOSITION ARGUE OVER GAGLIANO'S CREDENTIALS
Former public works minister Alfonso Gagliano appeared before the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons on Tuesday to defend
his qualifications as Canada's new ambassador to Denmark.
VOTE COUNT UNDERWAY IN ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP RACE
First-ballot results for the Canadian Alliance leadership will be
announced Wednesday evening in Calgary. Supporters for the two
front-runners say the race is too close to call.
SOFTWOOD TRADE TALKS LUMBER TOWARDS DEADLINE
Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew arrived in Washington Tuesday evening
promising to prod a logjam in negotiations to settle the softwood lumber
dispute.
NEWFOUNDLAND ESTABLISHES ROYAL COMMISSION TO STUDY RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador says it will create a royal
commission to study the province's future against the backdrop of the
changes that have taken place since it joined Canada in 1949.
INCREASED DRUG MONITORING GOAL OF HEALTH CANADA
Health Canada is poised to announce that it will create a new
organization to increase the effectiveness of drug monitoring after the
drugs have been approved for sale.
SUSPECT'S BROTHER QUESTIONS POLICE TACTICS IN MISSING WOMEN CASE
The brother of a man accused of murdering two of the 50 women missing in
Vancouver is questioning why police are showing people a tape of a
12-hour interrogation.
'MR. TORONTO' JOHNNY LOMBARDI DIES
Prominent Toronto broadcasting personality Johnny Lombardi died Monday
night at a Toronto hospital following a brief illness.
MARCH 19, 2002
TORY
STRATEGIST, COMMENTATOR DALTON CAMP DIES
Dalton
Camp, a powerful backroom Conservative who led the campaign to bring down the
party's former leader John Diefenbaker, died Monday at the age of 81.
NO END IN
SIGHT TO WAR ON TERRORISM: PM
The federal government hasn't made a decision on whether to extend
Canada's six-month military commitment to Afghanistan, says Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien.
PAINTER RIOPELLE
REMEMBERED AT UNORTHODOX FUNERAL
More than 900 people gathered at an east-end church in Montreal Monday
for an unconventional goodbye to abstract artist Jean-Paul Riopelle.
ALBERTA
TEACHERS TAKE PROVINCE TO COURT OVER STRIKE BAN
Angry over the way the provincial government has handled their labor
dispute, Alberta teachers on Monday vowed to fight back.
'BLOOD DIAMONDS'
UNDER MAGNIFYING GLASS IN OTTAWA
Representatives from 35 countries and aid organizations are meeting in
Ottawa this week to explore ways to halt the trade in so-called "blood
diamonds".
QUEBEC MOURNS
FATHER MISTAKENLY KILLED BY BIKERS
A Montreal-area father of two was remembered at an emotional service
Monday as a loving family man who happened to be in the wrong place at the
wrong time.
JURORS
SLOWLY CHOSEN FOR MURDER TRIAL OF QUEBEC BIKER
Extra security measures were in place Monday for the start of the
trial
of alleged Hells Angels leader Maurice "Mom" Boucher.
MARCH 18, 2003
B.C.
POLICE MAY HAVE SECOND SUSPECT IN MISSING WOMEN CASE
The investigation into the case of 50 women who've vanished in British
Columbia may have expanded to include another suspect, CBC News has learned.
'OPERATION
HARPOON' STIRS WAVES OF EMOTIONS BACK HOME
As Canadian soldiers wrapped up their first major combat mission in
half a century, nervous relatives breathed a little easier Sunday on the other
side of the world.
ARCTIC WINTER
GAMES OPEN IN NUNAVUT AND GREENLAND
Nearly 2,000 athletes, coaches and cultural performers gathered in
Nunavut's capital Sunday to mark the start of the Arctic Winter Games.
MAIL THEFT HAS
CARRIERS, CUSTOMERS ON GUARD
Hundreds of Canadians have stopped getting their mail because of scam
artists who've tricked the postal service into sending it somewhere else.
WILD BOARS BORE
INTO PRAIRIE FARMS, PROFITS
Step aside coyotes. Farmers and conservation officers in the West are
dealing with a new threat that's wreaking havoc and multiplying fast.
MARCH 17, 2002
CANADIAN
TROOPS RETURN FROM COMBAT
Canadian
soldiers involved in the first full-scale combat mission since the Korean war
began returning from the front line on Saturday.
MAIL THEFT HAS
CARRIERS, CUSTOMERS ON GUARD
Hundreds of Canadians have stopped getting their mail because of scam
artists who've tricked the postal service into sending it somewhere else.
VIA TRAIN
DERAILS IN N.B.
Part of a train carrying about 100 passengers and crew members went
off the rails in northern New Brunswick Saturday.
FISHERMEN
FIGHT AGGRESSIVE GREEN CRAB
Fishermen on Canada's East Coast are worried that a tiny shellfish
called the "cockroach of the sea" is jeopardizing their
multimillion-dollar industries.
WILD BOARS BORE
INTO PRAIRIE FARMS, PROFITS
Step aside coyotes. Farmers and conservation officers in the West are
dealing with a new threat that's wreaking havoc and multiplying fast.
CBC'S FRENCH
NEWS SERVICE MOVES CLOSER TO STRIKE
Journalists at CBC's French-language news service in Quebec and New
Brunswick have rejected the corporation's latest contract offer.
B.C.
WOMAN GIVES AWAY LIFE SAVINGS BY MISTAKE
A Kelowna woman is trying to recover $40,000 after accidentally
tossing it into a charity bin earlier this month.
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