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Chrétien blasts PM on China
Tracey Tyler  
In bypassing the Beijing Olympics, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has undermined the work that every Canadian leader since John Diefenbaker has poured into improving relations with China, Jean Chrétien said yesterday.
Harper mocks Dion, woos GTA
Tonda MacCharles  
Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off a quick swing through the GTA and southwestern Ontario with a campaign-style speech that served as a rallying cry to party faithful.
MDs oppose Clement on safe-injection sites
Sean Gordon  
Federal Health Minister Tony Clement contends safe-injection sites may well violate the standards of medical ethics, a position that earned him a crisp and swift rebuke from the country's largest doctors' group.
Lawyers urge Ottawa to solve legal aid problem
Tracey Tyler  
It was a political mismatch yesterday when Justice Minister Rob Nicholson made his debut before Canada's largest lawyers' organization, wanting to talk about funding for aboriginal justice programs and making ...
Political Decoder
Linda Diebel offers her take on what is going through Stephane Dion's mind with a looming by-election, leadership review and possible fall election.
 
Decline in violent crime?
Crack dealers with guns ... carjackings ... home invasions ... drive-by shootings. This is Canada's new vocabulary of crime. Crimes that were unheard of just 30 years ago.
 
Kids fighting for new school
It all started in a Grade 6 classroom. Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay, paid a visit to St. Patrick School in Cobalt this spring to tell the students about the children of Attawapiskat, who have no school.
Hundreds remember 'good soldier' at funeral
Jennifer Graham  
A man referred to as a "soldier's soldier," who not long ago carried the casket of a comrade slain in Afghanistan, was remembered Tuesday by hundreds of mourners in Saskatoon.

Eight-year-old boy shot and killed while hunting
An 8-year-old boy taking part in a gopher hunt, considered a right-of-passage on the Prairies, has died in southern Saskatchewan.

Winnipeg officer charged with sex assault on boys
A veteran Winnipeg police officer who worked briefly for a government child welfare agency has been suspended following allegations of sexually assaulting two 11-year-old boys.

Someone tries to cash in on Manitoba bus beheading
Steve Lambert  
Someone claiming to be a sister of the young man stabbed and beheaded on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last month has been trying to use the horrific killing to collect money.

Harper: Chrétien criticism ’hypocritical’
It’s “a bit hypocritical” of Jean Chrétien, who attended only one Olympics during his tenure at Canada’s helm, to attack Stephen Harper’s decision to skip the Summer Games in Beijing, the Conservative prime minister ...

Harper stokes election speculation
Gregory Bonnell  
The drumbeat of a possible federal election campaign grew louder today as Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed to spend the next few weeks contemplating whether to send Canadians to the polls – a pledge quickly ...

Hamilton gets $35M for heart research
The federal government will contribute nearly $35 million to a new cardiovascular disease research institute based in Hamilton, Ont.

Quash terror charges, Khawaja's lawyer says
The defence lawyer for Momin Khawaja says the Ottawa software developer may have wanted to fight for the Islamic cause in Afghanistan, but never intended to bomb civilians in Britain.

Prentice counters anti-NAFTA talk
Richard Brennan  
Industry Minister Jim Prentice talked up the North American Free Trade Agreement in the United States yesterday in an attempt to counter criticism of the trade pact south of the border.