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Revelstoke avalanche investigation continues - 1 hour ago
Police and avalanche experts have returned to Boulder Mountain near Revelstoke, B.C., to wrap up their search and investigation into a weekend avalanche that killed two Alberta men.

Aboriginal Peoples, Muslims face discrimination most: poll - 5 hours ago
One in three Canadians believe that Aboriginal Peoples and Muslims are the frequent targets of discrimination, a CBC-commissioned poll suggests.

Bar probed for serving murder suspect, 18 - 43 minutes ago
Ontario's Alcohol and Gaming Commission is investigating allegations that the 18-year-old charged with murdering two women on Friday was served alcohol in a Belleville bar the night before the shooting.

Canada's McKeever wins Paralympic gold - 1 hour ago
Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever won Canada's first gold medal of the Paralympics on Monday, taking the men's 20-kilometre event in Whistler, B.C.

Boaters charged in 1,001 kg coke bust - 50 minutes ago
RCMP in B.C. have seized 1,001 kilograms of cocaine and charged two men who sailed into a remote Vancouver Island port on a 50-foot Panamanian-registered sailboat.

Native student funding a failure: report - 39 minutes ago
The current school-funding program for aboriginal youth is wrought with problems and should be phased out, with the money instead given directly to students, according to a report.

Potash giant fined in worker's death - 42 minutes ago
The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan has been ordered to pay $420,000 for its role in the death of a mine worker in Lanigan.

Toxic conditions cited in Eastern Health lab review - 1 hour ago
The lab at Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority is plagued by a toxic working environment and distrust between colleagues, a review has found.

FBI tip led to Labrador child porn charges - 4 hours ago
A tip from U.S. investigators led the RCMP to lay multiple charges involving child pornography against a Labrador teacher.

Corey Haim funeral not city-funded: Toronto - 1 hour ago
The City of Toronto has denied claims that actor Corey Haim's funeral Tuesday will be paid for by taxpayers.

NDP tabling torture prevention bill - 1 hour ago
NDP human rights critic Wayne Marston is tabling a private member's bill in the House of Commons on Monday that he says will prevent any government complicity in torture.

Senior drivers need more options: MDs - 1 hour ago
A senior's licence to drive shouldn't trump public safety, say doctors advocating better transportation programs for an aging population.

BBC News | Technology | UK Edition

Tories may 'lose broadband vote' - 8 hours ago
Research suggests that key Tory constituencies could suffer most from the Conservative policy on super-fast broadband.

Dotcom marks silver anniversary - 11 hours ago
The internet domain name dotcom celebrates its 25th anniversary as nearly 86 million active internet sites now use it.

China's stern warning to Google - 3 days 5 hours ago
China's top internet official warns that Google will "pay the consequences" if it does not comply with censorship laws.

Net clash for web police projects - 3 days 8 hours ago
A row is brewing over separate projects to use the web to bring people closer to their local police forces.

HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft - 4 days 2 hours ago
About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.

Tweeting 'fundamental' in life - 3 days 6 hours ago
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams believes social networks will become a fundamental way the public communicates with government.

Microsoft rebuffed in Word appeal - 3 days 9 hours ago
Microsoft has lost a second appeal in a case that will see it pay $240m (£160m) in damages to software firm i4i.

'Console killer' launches in June - 4 days 10 hours ago
A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.

Apollo men decry Obama Moon plans - 2 days 16 hours ago
Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic".

Passing it on - 9 hours ago
The race to get the UK online begins to gather pace

Been and dotgone - 4 hours ago
Remember QXL and Beenz? 10 now defunct dotcoms

Top 100 sites - 3 days 10 hours ago
Explore the biggest websites and what do they do

Powering up - 3 days 8 hours ago
Japan's home fuel-cell tech to take on Europe

dot.Rory - 10 hours ago
What are the UK's dotcom pioneers doing now?

Farming future - 4 days 9 hours ago
The dawning age of the agricultural automatons

Telegraph poles for broadband - 4 days 2 hours ago
Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK.

Tories pledge 'fastest broadband' - 4 days 5 hours ago
The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband.

Sony shows off motion controller - 4 days 16 hours ago
Sony reveals details about its new motion controller the PlayStation Move, as a contender to market leader Nintendo Wii.