OTTAWA - One by one, Conservative MPs in the House of Commons led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper voted late Tuesday to join the war in Iraq, passing a controversial motion that clears the way for Canadian CF-18s to embark on airstrikes in the Middle East.
CALGARY - Alberta's auditor general says a report from the Alberta and federal governments on their much-vaunted joint oilsands monitoring program took too long to release and was flawed.
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - Police in Prince Edward Island investigating a possible case of food tampering say a second potato containing a metal object has been found in Newfoundland and Labrador.
OTTAWA - The pace of housing starts in Canada picked up up slightly in September as work began on more multiple-unit dwellings including condominiums, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Wednesday.
WADENA, Sask. - The local fire chief says an evacuation order has been lifted for residents of a small Saskatchewan community forced from their homes by a fiery train derailment.
TORONTO - Visiting a hospital emergency department often conjures up an image of hours of cooling one's heels before being assessed by a doctor, treated and released.