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Liberal Leader Stephane Dion gestures while doing a television interview on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday.

And they're off ...

Election date set for Oct. 14; Harper says he expects campaign to be 'very nasty'


Canadian soldier killed by roadside bomb

Sgt. Scott Shipway, whose motto was ‘Never let a comrade down', was one week away from finishing his second tour of duty


One dead, three injured in Calgary community-hall shooting

Police are sorting through witness statements to determine what happened to spark the 3 a.m. shooting at the Alberta Park Radisson Heights Community Centre


Remants of Hanna roll into Maritimes

Southern New Brunswick is bearing the brunt of the storm, with more than 130 millimetres of rain recorded in the Point Lepreau area and 120 millimetres in Saint John

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Politics

Gagliano

Gagliano hopes to leave sour grapes behind

Prominent player in sponsorship scandal denies favouritism in obtaining $550,000 federal loan to purchase Quebec winery


Adam Radwanski

Adam Radwanski

One fumble after another

Dion has taken a timeout already - on his very first play


Blogolitics

Dan Cook

Dan Cook on the news

Headline for the day

 

Federal Election 2008 

MacKay announces millions in military upgrades

Projects worth more than $76-million will upgrade facilities on both coasts

Fourth Tory set to retire

North Ontario MP Joe Comuzzi will not run in the next election

Bloc will take nothing for granted: Duceppe

Poll puts Conservatives and Bloc Québécois in a virtual tie in Quebec

Green party drops B.C. candidate over blog post

Green Party leader Elizabeth May announced John Shavluk, party's candidate in Newton-North Delta, has been dropped

UFO memorials and other Tory ‘splurges'

Canadian Taxpayers Federation says Conservative Government has spent millions in pre-election sweeteners

MacKay hopes election won't fuel Taliban

Defence Minister Peter MacKay says Taliban is watching world events; hopes federal campaign does not inspire more attacks

Dion puts food safety on the table in lead-up to federal election

Calls for resignation of Agriculture Minister

Harper's 'culture of secrecy' attacked

Stéphane Dion begins framing what Liberals expect to be a volatile election campaign

Pre-election ads portray Tory Leader as family guy

'I play a lot of card games with my kids, we go to the movies'

Roy MacGregor: Dion, like Clark, not to be underestimated

A minority government, the same hot-button issue, the same sorry optics - the parallels of Stéphane and Joe


National news 

Neighbours of mushroom farm have been complaining for years

Three people died, three injured after being overcome by noxious fumes in a shed at the farm

Harper sets terms for listeriosis investigation

Probe will look at effectiveness of federal agencies' response, as well as prevention programs

Emotional repatriation ceremony for three fallen soldiers

Family members, dignitaries and members of the Canadian military pay tribute to three soldiers

Transport Canada study on road tolls cancelled

Government halts look into using tolls, parking levies to help reduce pollution in Canada's largest cities and pay for more public transport

New CAW leader vows to take on Conservatives

‘I will do anything in my power ... to influence the electoral process and citizens not to give the Tories the majority government that they're working for,' Lewenza says

Three dead, three seriously injured at B.C. mushroom farm

'Strong possibility' one of the three dead was someone who went to the others' aid

Virk family reels as Ellard wins fourth trial in beating death

The B.C. Court of Appeal has ordered yet another trial for Kelly Ellard, first convicted of second-degree murder eight years ago for her role in Reena's death

Teacher charged with 230 new child porn counts

New accusations stem from images found on a compact disc that was seized by Virginia police from a motel room

Troops best as peacekeepers, Canadians say

Leaked defence poll finds country would rather see military helping disaster victims than fighting, despite attempts to rebrand them as combat forces

Harper nominates Nova Scotian to Supreme Court

In nominating Thomas Cromwell, PM bypasses selection process he set up.


Regional News 

Pilot found dead in wreckage of plane crash north of Toronto

Rescue crews began searching after the 54-year-old pilot from King City, Ont. didn't return Saturday as expected

Leaky public schools will cost B.C. taxpayers millions to fix

Almost $380-million worth of work needed on schools across the province

Girl's carers charged with murder

Pair charged with first-degree murder for death of seven-year-old Katelynn Sampson

Ahead of Games, city reaches out to Vancouver homeless

Mental health effort aims to take hundreds of people off streets of Downtown Eastside

Bridge fire to snarl morning commute on Toronto's 401

Accident paralyzes traffic around already-tight bottleneck where Canada's busiest highway meets the Don Valley Parkway

Alberta teens get community service for microwaving cat

Two 16-year-old boys who admitted to breaking into a neighbour's house, putting the family cat in a microwave and then watching it cook to death have been sentenced

B.C. Conservative Party fires leader

Party's board cited several concerns about Leader Wilf Hanni, including posting of party materials on an unauthorized website and issues with record keeping

Fall ad blitz to tout B.C. Premier's carbon tax – again

Renewed bid to get residents onside will collide with federal Tories' election stand against tolls on greenhouse-gas emissions

Metrolinx aims for consensus with TTC

Province's new regional transportation agency keen to play down a brewing fight with the city

Grant cut called 'vengeful' act by Baird

Environment Minister accused of playing politics after rescinding of $100,000 grant to the Sierra Club of B.C.

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