Baby hurt in Winnipeg house fire dies
The four-month-old Winnipeg girl who was hospitalized following a devastating fire that killed her mother, grandmother and two sisters has died, according to the head of the Islamic Social Services Association.
Asteroid makes close approach to Earth
An asteroid about 11 metres in diameter roared past the Earth early Friday in one of the closest approaches ever recorded for such an event, astronomers say.
Neilson recalls Trutaste milk over contamination
People should not drink certain Neilson microfiltered partly skimmed milk because it may be contaminated with a cleaning solution, federal food officials say.
RCMP apologizes for not catching Pickton earlier
The RCMP has issued an apology for not catching B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton earlier.
[ War & Conflict ] Life after Auschwitz
Six decades after Auschwitz was liberated, the biggest and most brutal Nazi death camp remains a potent symbol of terror and genocide. More than a million Jews were murdered there, as well as tens of thousands of Poles, Gypsies and Soviet prisoners of war. When Allied soldiers liberated the complex in Poland in January 1945, they found skeletal prisoners, mounds of corpses, gas chambers and cooling crematoria. Survivors scattered, many to Canada, to rebuild their lives. But the Nazi atrocities they witnessed have echoed through the years along with the cry "Never again."
[ Society ] Quebec Winter Carnival
It was a merry fete celebrating pea soup and tourtière. Revellers rejoiced in the culture of
les habitants
when the Quebec Winter Carnival first began in 1894. In 1955, residents of Quebec City revived the festival with new traditions in the old city. Skilled canoeists raced on the half-frozen St. Lawrence and artists built ice sculptures. But over the years purists say
Le Carnaval de Québec
has strayed too far from its roots, using gimmicks from Bonhomme to Brooke Shields to attract crowds.
[ War & Conflict ] 'Slime and abominable crime'
Canadian troops liberate a Nazi concentration camp.
[ Arts & Entertainment ] Mordecai Richler Was Here
When Mordecai Richler left Canada for Paris, he was a brooding young intellectual with lots to say. He returned a prolific, respected writer with a keen eye for the absurd and the magnetism to charm or anger just about all of his contemporaries. From Montreal's Jewish ghetto to Quebec nationalism to boring Anglophones to hypocritical politicians – the incomparable Richler commented, questioned, laughed and angered.
