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Young driver denies he was racing friend before crash
A 20-year-old man has denied he was street racing illegally on Macleod Trail when the friend lost control, crossed the median, struck a vehicle and injured two people including his passenger.
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:26A
Ex-chief electoral officer sues for wrongful dismissal
Lorne Gibson is seeking $450000 in lost pay and benefits after his contract was terminated without reasonable notice on March 3, 2009, a lawsuit alleges. Both the government of Alberta and the Office of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta are named as
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:26A
Senator learns fate on fraud charge today
A senator finds out today whether an Ontario Superior Court judge will find him guilty of fraud over $5000, breach of trust and obstruction of justice. The Mounties levied charges against Senator Raymond Lavigne in 2007 after a yearlong investigation
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:26A
Surgeon claimed he was pushed out
A former Edmonton surgeon claimed in a lawsuit he was forced out of his job by the Capital Health Authority and two senior managers after he complained about lengthy waits for cancer surgery and inadequate resources for patients.
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:26A
Lansley Gives a Month to Save Chase Campaigners for Drawing an Alternative Plan
Campaigners protesting against the shutting down of the Accident and Emergency (A&E) and Maternity Units of the hospital were asked by Mr. Lansley to come up with a possible solution in a month. The protests were being run by campaigners and the
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:26A
Opinions differ about elite corruption in Georgia
Those who observe recent Georgian history can vividly remember when current President Saakashvili was Minister of Justice of the Shevardnadze administration, and at one of the government's sitting he brought the pictures of real estate of some of his
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:26A
AP-Train Collision-Settlement
and more than 100 others were injured when a Metrolink train ran a red light and slammed head-on into a freight train in suburban Chatsworth. Investigators believe a Metrolink engineer, who was provided by Connex, was texting moments before the crash.
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:26A
Fired Sheen seeks $100m
Sheen filed a $100-million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Lorre. Charlie Sheen filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking more than $100 million US from Warner Brothers and the producers of Two and a Half Men for sacking him from the hit TV show.
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
Big drop in fatal accidents in Worcester
A review of fatal crash statistics shows there were 70 fatal crashes from 2001 to 2005. The numbers take a 53 percent decrease from 2006 to 2010 as the city saw 32 fatal crashes in those years. “I think a lot has to do with targeted enforcement,
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A
Four dead in head-on crash
Two children remain in critical condition in a Quebec hospital Thursday after a deadly collision in St-Victor, Que., claimed the lives of four people on Wednesday. Two adults and two children, one not even a year old, died after the minivan they were
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:25A