Rail crossings make safety watch list
The Transportation Safety Board has identified high-risk rail crossings as one of nine areas it says pose the greatest safety threats to Canadians.

[ War & Conflict ] Canada's Secret War: Vietnam
Vietnam may have been America's war but Canada was heavily involved — for and against. Canada harboured American draft dodgers and helped supervise ceasefires. But at the same time, about 30,000 Canadians volunteered to fight in southeast Asia. And there was Canada's involvement in secret missions, weapons testing and arms production. CBC Archives looks at Canada's role in the Vietnam War.

Canada's Forest wins Paralympic bronze
Edmonton's Viviane Forest won a bronze medal in the women's giant slalom for the visually impaired at the Paralympics on Tuesday.

Quebec health board not obliged to accommodate minorities
Quebec's health insurance board has no obligation to accommodate special requests related to religious or cultural beliefs, the province's human rights commission has ruled.

Charges laid in BC Ferries deaths
One of the officers on the ill-fated Queen of the North has been charged with criminal negligence causing the deaths of two people, in the sinking of the BC Ferries vessel off the West Coast in March 2006.