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Captain Robert Semrau (right) arrives under military police custody for his custody hearing at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ont. Tuesday. (Photo: Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press)

Soldier accused of killing insurgent gravely hurt in firefight

Captain Robert Semrau asks hearing to be released from military custody until his second-degree murder trial


Pipeline bombings ‘increasingly violent': RCMP

Fourth explosion took place only 250 metres from nearest home


Two survive crash of small plane in Quebec woods

Weather may have played a role – low clouds shrouded mountains where accident occurred


Funny – or racist?

Radio-Canada under fire as more than 1,000 people send complaints about New Year's Eve show ‘Bye Bye' that poked fun at Obama, prison rape, black criminality and more

Environment

Windmills at a Gaspé Peninsula wind farm in Cap Chat,   Que.  Roger Hallett/The Globe and Mail

A revolution in the air

Canada produces just 1 per cent of its electricity from wind, but that is about to change


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A family 'in ruins'

christie blatchford

If you come to Canada and your child is murdered, surely the rest of us should help you rebuild

 
 
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Navistar plant cutting 200 more jobs

Latest round at Chatham, Ont., truck maker comes in addition to 490 previous layoffs

Pressure mounting on Tory

Disgruntled party members say Ontario Conservative Leader's inability to find a seat is hurting party morale and its ability to raise funds

B.C. firm chasing $3-billion deal to modernize rescue plane

Although foreign company expected to get contract, executive says building aircraft in Canada would create jobs in downturn

Proposed ban on Israeli academics sparks bitter debate

Major Ontario union seeking to bar Israeli academics from province's universities if they do not explicitly condemn Israeli action in Gaza

Powder-hungry skier says he'd break rules again

Incident at B.C.'s Grouse Mountain Resort comes amid new sensitivity about following rules

Canada and U.S. renew portion of pact to protect, share Pacific salmon

New Tory senator faces harassment complaint

Brazeau cleared of sexual accusations by aboriginal group's internal process

Father trying to clear name in son's death

One of the many child autopsies that Charles Smith is alleged to have botched during his scandal-ridden reign as Ontario's top pathologist

Learn from U.S., 911 expert says

U.S. didn't get serious about upgrading phone system until a series of preventable deaths

Residential schools apology deeply moved Harper

Newly released internal e-mails indicate event had a significant impact on PM


Regional News 

Lorne McLaren, 80

Former Saskatchewan Tory cabinet minister was convicted of defrauding taxpayers of almost $1-million

Couple in suspected suicide pact had money woes

Quebec couple were struggling with bankruptcy, joblessness and little more than their car left

Toronto council executive backs subway extension

Mayor says upgrades are tied to Yonge line reaching York Region and predicts cost overruns

Body of shot woman found in vehicle idling for hours

Death baffles investigators almost as much as it did residents

Police investigate fourth B.C. pipeline blast

No injuries or gas leakage from most recent of attacks, which have triggered major probe involving RCMP anti-terrorist squad

Native band seeks to halt proposed mine

Group that won title case in 2007 back in court to stop development that is estimated would generate $5-billion in economic activity

New Brunswick, nurses reach tentative deal

Union says nurses will be pleased with undisclosed agreement

Rain, snow create 'perfect recipe' for avalanches

Expert warns that risk takers are deceiving themselves into thinking conditions are safe

Two presumed dead in Saguenay

Man and woman in 50s missing after fire sweeps through apartment building

Sanderson remembered in hometown

Cherry among 500 mourners who attend funeral for 21-year-old senior league hockey player


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