Quebec health minister calls doctors' ads 'deplorable'

A long-simmering pay dispute between Quebec and its top medical specialists boiled over Wednesday following a set of newspaper ads by doctors that Health Minister Philippe Couillard described as "deplorable" and "unethical."

Transsexual had right to choose female officer for strip search

Transsexuals who are strip-searched by police should be able to choose whether it's done by a male or female officer, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled Wednesday.

Harper says he's finished with Ottawa press corps

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he'll no longer give news conferences for the national media, after a dispute led a number of journalists to walk away from an event when he refused to take their questions. 

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces Canada is increasing aid to Sudan's violence-plagued Darfur region as Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Mackay looks on in Ottawa, Tuesday May 23, 2006. It was during this news conference that some reporters left after being told they would not be allowed to ask questions. (CP PHOTO/Fred Chartrand) Canadian Press

West Vancouver protesters could face arrest

A B.C. Supreme Court judge granted an enforcement order to help push through the construction of a controversial new section of highway through Eagleridge Bluffs, in West Vancouver, which has been the subject of fierce environmental protest.

Goddard to be buried in Ottawa military cemetery

Capt. Nichola Goddard, Canada's first female combat soldier to be killed on the front lines, will be buried at Canada's national military cemetery.

Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard was killed while fighting Taliban forces outside Kandahar. (Department of National Defence)

Fourth teen charged in online threats case

A 15-year-old girl is the fourth teenager to be charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly making online threats against students and teachers at a Halifax-area school.

N.B. seeks way to restore access to abortions

New Brunswick Health Minister Brad Green is searching for a way to provide medicare-funded abortions after the last provincial hospital to offer the service said it could no longer do so.

Traffic moving through Caledonia as both sides weigh options

Traffic is moving freely through Caledonia in southwestern Ontario for the first time in nearly six weeks after aboriginal protesters removed a highway blockade on Tuesday.

Brace stolen from Regina teen with scoliosis

A Regina teen with a spine disorder hopes to get his body brace back after two young people stole it from him last week.

A brace similar to this one was stolen from a Regina teenager on Friday.

N.L. fishermen place fading hopes on summit

Fishermen and community leaders hope a summit in St. John's on Wednesday will be a first step toward saving the fishery and the communities that depend on it.