
OTTAWA - It's not exactly election fever, but Canadians appear more ready this year to head to the polls than they did last fall, says Liberal Leader Stephane Dion.

A confrontation in a back lane in downtown Winnipeg ended in the city's first Taser-related death Tuesday, police said.
SDEROT, Israel (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama assured Israel and its U.S. Jewish supporters on Wednesday he was a friend who would not press for peace concessions that would compromise its security.
The owner of three tourism camps in the Northwest Territories is putting two camps up for sale, saying business has gone down since the territorial government slashed the number of caribou that can be hunted.
The B.C. Ferry Commission has given BC Ferries the green light to implement another major fuel surcharge on Aug. 1.
DIGNE-LES-BAINS, France - Barloworld will withdraw its cycling sponsorship after one of its riders was expelled from this year's doping-marred Tour de France.
VANCOUVER - Steve Coyne is looking for bombs but he's not doing it with a dog or high-tech detection equipment.
The Charlottetown Civic Centre tried to convince Elton John to make a P.E.I. stop on his tour through Atlantic Canada, but his management was not happy with the security arrangements.
A Papua New Guinea politician is threatening retaliation against Canadian companies after eight young dancers were denied entry to Canada, apparently because border officials didn't believe they were on a cultural exchange.
A man accused in the kidnapping of two Banff women had his first court appearance on Monday.
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