Federal contractor racks up hefty bills
Federal contract workers charged the government $5,266 to install six potlights and $1,000 to replace a light switch.

Canadian beaten in Australia recovering
A 35-year-old Manitoba man is recovering from surgery in Sydney, Australia, after he was beaten severely late Tuesday night.

[ Health ] Tuberculosis: Old Disease, Continuing Threat
The "rest cure" – an extended stay in a sanatorium, or TB hospital, away from home and family – was the only hope for tuberculosis patients in the first half of the 20th century. Then came a cure for the dreaded lung disease: powerful antibiotics that made the sanatorium a thing of the past. But TB was far from eradicated, and new drug-resistant strains surfaced in the 1980s, threatening vulnerable groups such as the urban poor and northern aboriginals. Now, over half of new TB cases in Canada are found in newcomers, and Canadian scientists are at the forefront of new treatments for the disease.

Murder charge laid in deadly police shootout
Ontario Provincial Police have charged former township leader Fred Preston with first-degree murder in death of a constable who was killed in a shootout on a rural road in southwestern Ontario.

[ Society ] Meeting the Dalai Lama
Roy Bonisteel sits down with the famed Tibetan leader to discuss life in exile.

[ Arts & Entertainment ] Nicolas Dickner, Canada Reads author
In 2008 the author of Nikolski talks about the process of writing his novel.