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Air Canada flight helps rescue Australian sailor

Air Canada flight helps rescue Australian sailor

A lucky sailor is back on dry land after passengers and crew on a commercial flight from Canada helped find his crippled yacht adrift in rough seas hundreds of miles off the Australian coast, rescue authorities said.
Boy dead after violent protests in Panama

Boy dead after violent protests in Panama

At least one person, a nine-year-old boy, died on Friday in violent protests over a new law allowing the sale of state-owned land in a dilapidated port city within the duty-free zone next to the Panama Canal.
XL Foods to destroy all beef recalled in E. coli scare

XL Foods to destroy all beef recalled in E. coli scare

Mountain of meat in storage could be treated for sale as food product
Election concerns follow MP

Election concerns follow MP

Tories under fire for staffing of Canadian mission to monitor election in Ukraine
Amorous elk banished after forbidden love

Amorous elk banished after forbidden love

Some-where east of this Cariboo community wanders an enormous bull elk, stripped of its crown of six-point antlers and a misplaced attraction for one of Greg Messner's cows.
Bureaucrat admits taking $600,000 in kickbacks

Bureaucrat admits taking $600,000 in kickbacks

A retired city of Montreal engineer says he collected kickbacks in cash worth more than $600,000 from construction companies over about 20 years.
Family of guard shot at border thankful for public's support

Family of guard shot at border thankful for public's support

Cards, flowers, letters and other messages of support have been pouring in for the family of a guard shot in her booth at a busy Canada-U.S. border crossing and the guard's family says they are very grateful.
MacKay To Give official send-off to Canada's first military satellite

MacKay To Give official send-off to Canada's first military satellite

Defence Minister Peter MacKay will give Sapphire, Canada's first military satellite, the official send-off today at the David Florida Laboratory, where it underwent final tests before a planned launch in December.
Jamaican's court antics anger judge

Jamaican's court antics anger judge

A chronic Canadian border jumper has admitted to his latest failed attempt to enter the country and drawn the ire of a Manitoba judge for his behaviour during the process.
Arctic icebreakers' costs could rise sharply

Arctic icebreakers' costs could rise sharply

Canada's new Arctic patrol ships will cost more to maintain if National Defence signs a long-term service contract for the mini-icebreakers while the boats are under construction.